Blue light run with commentary
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2021
- In this video I attempt to commentate my decision making process as I am driving on an emergency response. As such, no edits or pauses in this video so it gives you more of an idea as to how quick the thought processes have to be.
This is my first attempt at this (the commentary.... not the driving) and proved exceptionally challenging but became more fluid as it went on but would be keen to hear your feedback.
Stay safe all.
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01:46 I know the traffic light is on red, but the way the pedestrians casually cross the road to the LH pavement without even looking at the on-coming blues-and-twos is mind-boggling.
They have right of way 👍
@@leenisp8nis909 The Highway Code, Rule 7C: *Look all around for traffic* and listen. *Traffic could come from any direction* . Listen as well, because you can sometimes hear traffic before you see it.
Rule 7E: *Keep looking* and listening for traffic while you cross, in case there is any traffic you did not see, or *in case other traffic appears suddenly* .
Rule 31 *Situations needing extra care* : *Emergency vehicles* . If an ambulance, fire engine, police or other emergency vehicle approaches using flashing blue lights, headlights and/or sirens, *keep off the road* .
@@BsktImp yes but they were already on the road at this point and on a pedestrian crossing
@@leenisp8nis909 Who cares who has right of way - slowing down an ambulance is thick
The most dangerous thing on the road is a pedestrian. They don't pay any attention at all to what is around them
7:15 Just taking a moment to appreciate his racing line there
If I had to define it in one word, I would say it was Crisp
Chris Martin to replace Bottas in Mercedes next year
Max Verstappen taking the apex onto the A7 lmao.
Stevenage.. done that multiple times
Entertaining but also really useful to assist with my decision making when an emergency vehicle is approaching. It’s not always easy to know what to do.
I feel like the number one thing to do is to slow down and not keep going
Don't panic, and instead of thinking of what you need to be doing, think what the emergency driver want's you to do. Think like them and you'll do the right thing all the time.
@@af252 is that a joke?
From an emergency response driver. Pull left and stop, where it is safe to do so and by doing so you won’t inadvertently block the emergency vehicle. If you have nowhere to go, to get out the way completely, then just keep moving. I’d rather sit behind you at the posted limit and hold back until you have a safe place to move out the way. If an emergency vehicle is on the offside of the white centre line and you’re approaching an obstruction, such as a central traffic island, stop. There’s nothing worse than when people slow but continue creeping forward and close down the gap for the emergency vehicle to come back to the normal side of the road. One thing I’ve noticed a massive increase in, is people pulling offside toward oncoming traffic, DONT!!! Emergency drivers have legal exemption to contravene keep left signs and will go offside if they need to. Please don’t drive toward oncoming traffic in an effort to get out of the way. Not only will it essentially confuse the emergency driver and cause a whole load of extra planning for them but most importantly it’s incredibly unsafe for you
Give them a path through, whether that means stopping hundreds of meters in advance or accelerate a little bit to create a gap behind you
Having to watch out for loads of cars and people going those speeds while commentating is a real talent! keep it up
AND navigate, mind you...!! Very impressive indeed
Actually the commentating isn't the difficult bit. My brother was a cop and had to do this sort of training. The commentating comes naturally because all you are doing is explaining out loud exactly what you are doing and why. The difficult bit is predicting just what some of the idiots on the road are going to do. After my brother had a couple of crashes during emergency responses they let him drive a desk instead of a squad car though :-)
You actually have to do this to pass the advanced drivers course but yes it is very impressive!
@@mrblablablabla If you watch the rest of his videos you'll see they're pretty much all this same route, so navigating is not much of an issue, it's a journey he's probably done hundreds of times : )
@@NeonPheonix Another great tip I learnt was to keep mirror checking vehicles behind when approaching junctions, roundabouts and slow moving traffic. To see if their also slowing and if their not what evasive action I can take, yes they may be at fault if there a bump or worse, but it's always better not to have one.
I see @ 5:43 Network Rail staff are as competent on the road as they are with railways.
I like to imagine that the people that don't hear you are singing full volume to Tina Turner or something similar
Would rather say Dire Straights, Tina isn’t my scene man.
I'm a driver of 3 years, people tell me I'm quite decent. I always do think, and have thought, of situations where I might cause a hindrance rather than being a help to an emergency vehicle - a classic example being me pulling over at the start of a bend, preventing good visibility for the EM driver. I'd never stop near a bend, to me it's an obvious one. A bollard being another example, or stopping next to a parked car if there is double parking on the road etc.
One thing that I failed to think of though, is when at a red light. If the sirens are cancelled, I should wait behind the stop line. Not only is it dangerous for me to go through a red light, it's also illegal. I guess my automatic reaction would have been to pass the stop line to allow an emergency vehicle to pass. Now I know that they do not expect me to do that, however I'd still try to make room if I could.
This teaches me a lot about what emergency vehicles expect, as well as what course of action they are likely to take. Often, somebody immediately stopping (as soon as you spot them coming up behind you) to let them pass can slow EM drivers down much more than if drivers were to keep moving, find a sensible place to stop and THEN stop/crawl.
I'd say the blind bend like with the BMW driver in this video is one that a lot of people would miss!
The bollard is an obvious one but I feel like a lot would expect the emergency vehicle to pass on that bend, without actually thinking about the logistics of how that could happen. :)
Also, I believe he explained in another video that EMS aren't allowed to push you through a red light, police are able to though.
Love these videos bud, commenting really does make a difference, obviously just don’t do it if you never feel comfortable doing so! 10/10💪🏻
@Christ Martin EMS Could you have an onscreen speedometer or display the speed somehow while on a blue light please? I'd love to see the attention and work needed while at those speeds. I love the videos!
I'd imagine the easiest way to do that would be via OBDII and being a fleet vehicle I would say that's probably a no-go, usually they will have trackers plugged into the OBD port. However if the camera has that function it would be nice, although far from accurate in terms of timing as GPS speed lags quite a bit.
The service have some new set rules in place now to follow, Charlie, just to allow them to be able to do this on video. Seeing speed, where they are going and why, along with final destination are also a part of these new privacy rules. The less information shown and given out, the happier the service are about allowing it to continue . . .
Charlie, I think we can all assume he's traveling down that dual carriage way at well over a ton !! .... we can see the car is traveling at speed, and it would be nice to see the performance of the VRX. But we have to respect the privacy of the EMS staff in these circumstances and I'm sure that there are people out there who would use such videos to bring the services into disrepute, suggesting the speed may be excessive for the circumstances.
This is really impressive. What I can't believe it people still tried to cross the road with the sirens going, I mean what the hell!
I was once waiting to cross a road and there were at least 10 other people. An ambulance was approaching with sirens when the light turned green but half the people decided to cross anyway, then having seen the ambulance stop the other half decided to follow them, leaving me the only one waiting to let it pass...
Love the videos. Keep them coming.
I never really realised stopping the tone was to say "keep going for now"
The tones are designed to project a sense of urgency, in high risk situations they can often cause members of the public (who have no training or exemptions of course) to break traffic laws and/or put themselves and others at risk.
@@vizuk Or in the case of traffic light junctions commit an offence by making the car move through a red light.
I never knew there was so much nuance in a siren! It's so useful to see what emergency drivers are signalling to you when they stop the siren and maintain distance behind you vs. engage it and close the gap
It’s really cool to hear the commentary “if I do such and such then hopefully...” and then a few seconds later the vehicle in front moves accordingly. It just shows the tactics of advanced driving really work
Love this so much, thank you for sharing. It's amazing to hear your thought process.
Great video! Absolutely lucky to live in a country where the health care will come to you at a point of crisis, and not a four day walk on someone's back. Also again a credit to fleet maintenance teams across the NHS Ambulance Trusts who make sure the machines do what they are meant to.
Just fantastic.
One thing I would add as well, and this has come form watching videos like yours, is, there are plenty of situations where you are "happy" to wait, we don't have to get instantly out the way on long corners where the vision is not going to assist you.
The fact you have to think about all this while driving at these speeds and you can articulate your thoughts at the same time is just mind boggling. I assumed it was going to be post production commentary but this is just another level. Extremely useful and insightful video, look forward to the next one!
We had an EMS come through the drive thru so I swiped him a free meal, they deserve it (^^)
Thanks for the upload, I’ve subscribed and can honestly say with your commentary as well as your great driving, I could watch this all day!
Extremely well commentated, enjoyed and learned a lot!
Best video you have done yet. Well done, fantastic driving. Love the commentary
Saying you were out of practice with commentary driving in previous remarks, that was very well done. Succinct and clear flow. Great drive.
Fantastic to hear your thought process and why blue light drivers do certain things, very interesting.
Fantastic video. Commentary was so relaxed and calm. I can remember doing commentary while learning towards my RoSPA. It’s not an easy thing to do! Great work!
Loving these videos Chris! Can’t wait to see more!!
Really enjoyed watching this. The commentary does allow to watcher the get in your head a bit which is fun! Keep up the good work
Well I just learnt why there is a change in siren tone now I get it and just WOW your driving skill car identification and commentary whilst driving with such skill is incredible and thank you for your service
3:25 Ford Mondeo parked facing oncoming traffic blocking most the lane, very strange. Was also parked there on the night run video.
When I did my advanced motorcycle test, the examiner (Police class 1 instructor) said he wanted to see a ride that was safe, smooth and quick - in that order! Congratulations to the driver here. Safety was never compromised, the drive was smooth (excellent lines through roundabouts) and I’ve got to say very quick. And you dealt with the muppets very well. Silencing the siren when you needed to was clever. Thanks for a great video, showing us all how it should be done.
As someone who's looking to eventually get out on the road (Currently a dispatcher) I really find these videos interesting and quite educational, especially with the commentary, A) to get an idea of what you guys think about when responding on lights to calls and B) to see the sort of thing that's looked at when completing a blue light course. Would love to see more of these videos, keep up the great work!
Do you suffer from punctures much having to drive across hatch markings/patches of roads that collect the nasty stuff?
That’s always a risk, but it depends on the road and the maintenance performed. Motorway hash marks are significantly worse than sections in town/city areas.
Of course the tyre wear is high, i think these emergency vehicles are well maintained, else it would get very dangerous. But a puncture from just unlucky depris is probably kept to a minimum by the insane driving skills of there responders. Either they'd notice it or just have that feel and avoid it as well
@@jesse291 they don't notice nails in the road... it's just about risk mitigation and having an understanding of where debris is most likely to build up.
You’re usually taught in training to never use those areas, due to the fact they’re full of debris, although in the real world needs must… any blue light driver can tell you however how dangerous it can be in those areas.
That was superb to watch, the police drivers certainly know their stuff. Driving and giving commentary at 50 miles per hour is quite difficult but at the speeds these drivers were travelling at and the type of roads they were on was breath taking at times
This is a really great watch! Very interesting too!
It's encouraging to see how many drivers become aware of the vehicle and then make sensible decisions in getting out of your way. Rarely perfect but generally with good intent. It's quite stark the impact of the vehicles that don't move over... quite a momentum killer that. The poor white van (5.12 to 5.46)... somewhat embarrassing that he or she took 30 seconds to clue into there being an emergency vehicle with lights flashing and maximum noise to get his or her attention.
Fantastic video. Really useful as a civilian to see how you think and how to respond appropriately. Thanks
(chefs kiss) superb CM!
please do more of these videos, love them
As a 76 year old Brit living in Vietnam friends travelling with me are sometimes concerned, with me driving at my age. I put them at ease with using the commentary technic and their amazed at what I'm noticing ahead and to the rear. OK sometimes I go a little over the top. It's also a very good way of keeping your mind on the road, should it start to stray.
Thanks for posting and stay safe.
Outstanding driving! Well done love the commentary!
Love the content, thank you 👍
Fantastic drive - love the commentary👍👍
This is amazing!
Great video. You did a good job of manging to narrate all the hazards as you were driving. Do you think a future video could include the different types of siren and why you change between them whilst responding?
Cheers great video, any chance you can add the speed? Nice one.
The service have some new set rules in place now to follow, A M, just to allow them to be able to do this on video. Seeing speed, where they are going and why, along with final destination are also a part of these new privacy rules. The less information shown and given out, the happier the service are about allowing it to continue . . .
@@anoldfogeysfun How is speed related to privacy rules?
@@Bartimayus - The speed part is mainly personal for any drivers of ESV's - the police notwithstanding, as they can use their relative video speed to highlight how fast those they were after were doing illegally.to escape being caught in a court later . . . but as for the other services, fire, ambulance, doctors, etc - no matter what they do, there are always trolls or people (untrained) who will forever complain that they were going too fast on their emergency run/shout - which may even affect their working credibility, so it's now just better for them not to show it to viewers at all . . . But this is only my opinion.
Great stuff, keep em coming
This is awesome. Very interesting insight
Love a good commentary run 👍
Really nice driving. That bend at Paynes Park...I once saw a driver lose it speeding round there and flip his car. Took out a good chunk of the railings that came flying passed my window.
Not as easy as it looks is it! Listening to that I'd have definitely believed you if you'd told me you'd done it before. It seemed to flow very well and complimented the drive. Great job, I enjoyed it :)
Came here fully expecting a commentary put in post production. Commentating on the fly, at such quality, blew me away!!!
Brilliant driving and observations. A dream job for me
The driving I could do; the performing a medical procedure when you get to where you're going on the other hand. . .
Amazing skill...just sitting here trying to focus on that gave me a headache...hahaha... blown away!
this is awesome
The commentary was great. Thank you.
Excellent drive. Excellent commentary
Very useful education material for fellow motorists. One does miss the old "Public Information" films from the Central Office of Information. Neat driving, as well!
Omg I thought you were talking over the video! You're commentating as you drive! Impressive stuff mate
Very skilled response driver....
Great informative video..
Superb, super impressive. Also, Stevenage has a shed load of roundabouts.
If in a situation like at 2:30 where you know that the only real way for the emergency services to progress is just to maintain your speed (like if they had sirens on and just turned them off and you can see a blind bend or no where to overtake because of bollards etc) is there anyway to acknowledge that you've seen the emergency services but also say that you can see that the best thing to do is just to maintain speed until the sirens come back on where then you should pull to the side and let them pass
Maybe just one blink of the left indicator to acknowledge? Even that might send a mixed message...
@@Leviathan_2460 flash hazards twice while maintaining ur speed
or blink left blink right twice
Very interesting to see how it’s done.
As where I live they don’t turn the sirens off at all.
soooo epic! 🔥🔥🔥
Beautiful VRS growl ❤
Nice fast drive, and good chat with it
Fantastic siren control!! In my country i have an issue with sirens being too quiet to get into modern cabins..
Great commentary! Good driving keep it up!
So weird seeing you driving up Martins way at the end my daily route home. Nice driving!
please do more Ill be doing my training soon and I'm going to need to learn all of this
Fantastic skills and driving!
Very interesting and informative.
Great vid, Being able to see your speed would be amazing :)
Awesome video Chris!
Excellent driving Chris.
Top Driver !!!
Great vid! There used to be a guy here called Ambuchannel112 he is a Dutch ambulance driver and used to upload the same kind of videos. Pity he had to remove them as they were very educational.
The new privacy rules that came in scuppered Robin's videos, Philip. As on his he was showing too much - as in SatNav display, destination, what it was for, and speed. Here the service also have some new set rules in place now to follow, just to allow them to be able to do this on video. Seeing speed, where they are going to and perhaps why, along with final destination are also a part of these new privacy rules. The less information shown and given out, the happier the service are about allowing it to continue right now . . .
Very nice video. I like your driving style and your commentary is very clear (I’m watching on a phone).
Felt extremely bizzare to see you driving on roads that I remember from when I lived back over in Stevenage.
Great video again cheers
Terrific vid
Emergency run with commentary and the real work only starte after 👏 👏
Must be hard keeping the balance of the car in check all the time. Good drive. 👍
Great video and great commentary, I know you’d mentioned it was difficult to do so respect!
Would be interested to know what your speed is at certain points such as approaching roundabout or on the dual carriageway.
Amazing commentary video, I thought with blue lights on u would push forward through traffic at anytime but u backed off reducing pressure on the traffic in front when u are unable to safely pass. Good educational video!
Hi Chris, really enjoying the videos. I have just got a quick question. Ambulance Services seem to vary their 'authorised speeds' for example SCAS have the Speed and a half rule. What rules does your ambulance service use?
Hi Jamie, our policy is similar but currently its speed limit +20 as a guide.
Think for police, it's posted speed limit +30 mph
@@jonah406 Yeah and probably only 5% of the officers actually follow that rule... Thankfully. Imagine you are getting stabbed to death and police cant hurry because some dumbass sitting in a chair all day never have actually been out in the job decided its safer if they only go 30 over... Nonsense. Cars, especially the vrs's and bimmers the police use can stop in seconds and are very stable at high speeds, on top of that officers receive advanced driver training. Makes no sense to introduce stupid limits if they are capable of understanding how fast they can go in current conditions. 🤷♂️
@@waifuracer6516 emergency services on blue lights in the UK are not above the law, yes there are occasions where they may go over the +30, but if they cause an accident themselves and excess speed was a factor, then yes they could be liable to prosecution
@@jonah406 dont cause an accident then 🤷♂️ you see, this is the reason why in the uk at least where i live takes AGES for the ambulance and police to get to location. Interestingly where Im from (Hungary) emergency services are always priority and the laws are made around that and people are in the mindset that blue lights are priority. You dont see the nonsense you see in the uk where a blue light vehicle is sitting behind trafic, because everyone pulls to the side and goes through the redlight to let them go, and the emergency vehicle accident rate is not higher than in the UK, so if everyone else in europe can why cant the UK? Why there always need to be some stupid rule making everyones life harder. Let emergency workers do their job freely and MAYBE improve the piece of piss driving test and there would be less accidents and drivers would have more brain on the road. But thats just my take 🤷♂️
Not so long ago I was in the 'slow lane'? of a dual carriage way or a dual motorway. During the day, pretty sunny. I saw an ambulance fast approaching behind me, but I also noticed they had their left indicator on. So I indicated and pulled into the faster lane. As they drove past me I saw the driver waving thank you at me. They then pulled off into a left slip way. I thought that was pretty good for my driving, specially as being a new ish driver. Sorry if my terminology isn't spot on and thanks for another great video :)
Very interesting to see you changing tones or turning off to prevent panic. 👍🏻 Just the one van completely oblivious to you on this run then! 🤷🏻♂️
And then the van broke the law for pulling through a red light haha
Excellant driving.
Its frustration to see people slowing down when the response vehicle cant pass.
Sometimes its better to accelerate then slow down.People need to be more aware of there surrounding and the situation that they are in.
Hey Chris, thanks for the really great content. I'm currently doing my A levels and considering either working as a paramedic or in emergency medicine. Did you ever consider working in emergency medicine and what would you say are the main differences between the two?
Really interesting. As a volunteer fire fighter I've never received any formal training on blue-light runs. Here, the only training I had was "use common sense"... works great most of the time but there are situations where I'd appreciate to learn tactics that have proven to be save and effective.
Thanks for the commentary, was fantastic to hear your thoughts as you went. However, i do note how difficult it must be to concentrate on the road whilst commentating, so please don't feel the need to make more of these (however much i'd love it if you did! :) )
The commentary makes this really impressive as it really shows how much observation you are constantly doing. I also find it really impressive to commentate and focus on driving at the same time. I don't think I could to both at the same time.
Sad to see the pedestrians giving zero shit about you coming through at 1:46
Great video Chris 🎉
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video. People think that because of the siren and lights that you can just go and forget, not so. Do you have the control box where you can control the stop lights to turn green for you like some do here in the States? Please keep up the videos and stay safe.
I'd love to hear the bullhorn? Is your car fitted with one?
That van really didn’t use his mirrors at all. Wow
What’s the horn you hear every now and again?
Your commentary reminds me of instructions from my driving instructor, a retired City of Manchester Police instructor, except he wanted a commentary on what was also going on behind and beside the car. That was in the days when police cars were Wolsely saloons, had a bell on the front, and a sign written backwards in front of the radiator that said Police Stop. Of course, most of our driving at age 17 was under 30 mph. The principle remains sound, even though where I live now has the steering wheel on the other side of the car and we drive (mostly...) on the other side of the road. Practice defensive driving!
I like the way you don't waste mental energy on those that do not see you for ages.
Brooo when he said "cyclist on the left hand side" at 1:11 i was like, huh. where? then 6 seconds later i seen him lmao!
Incredible how so many drivers decide to stop in exactly the wrong place, e.g. next to a traffic island, on the entry to a roundabout or alongside somebody who is stopped at a traffic light, effectively blocking the road. If you don't know what to do, do nothing at all, and leave the decision up to the cop rather than confusing him/her.
I have the petrol version of this car - sounds like you’ve got the DSG gearbox. Do you use it in D or S or the paddles when you’re on a run?