Police car test drive

[Boot Hill Bandit]

Originally Posted by caled

Perhaps you would rather them practice high speed runs during the school run?

I think the idea of what we would get told is there is a time and place for such activity which is a trackday or on private grounds...........not doing high speed or handling testing with road furniture for 'run off' areas...........

Sorry if my post comes across anti police.......it really isn't. I just don't like to see our money being burnt by someones carelessness. I know full well my local Police have karting events and other motorsport activities to hone their skills......I just don't think those skills should be 'furthered' on our roads.

[Dan1971]

This isn't testing the driver. This would have been testing the car and in the hands of someone trained to as very high standard. Not high enough I hear you think - but is there a person on here that has not had a prang before ? I've been given cars that are on test and motorbikes - to put them through what we do day to day.

Yep - terrible waste of a car. I say again though - just lucky no-one got hurt. And this isn't an anti police site - or an anti police post Boot hill - far from it. It's the one site I've been on where I don't care that people know what I do as you're all sensible and fair adults entitled to an opinion and where we're wrong - it's right to criticise and I'll say it too.

People have opinions on it that's why it featured. I've seen a BMW 530 d with less than 500 miles being cut open to release the 3 firearms officers who were stationary minding their own business and got hit from the rear by an HGV. Did that make the press .... no.... no story there ....

Why 2am though - seriously - because it's quiet.....