POV v2 - 999 response 

Ì was reading it and I was like he can't be doing 90 it doesn't look fast enough 😂

I've said this before. The driving is impressive, but the getting your shit together to arrive on scene and deal with potentially life threatening situations is remarkable. Whatever he's getting paid it's not enough

I’m sure I can do the Hitchin to Shefford run quicker than this 😁😉.

I think the speed we see is Kph. I’m sure I’ve heard Chris mention he works to speed limit +20. Still very impressive though

@@ollieflj it isn't kph, I have the same car and those speeds/gears/revs are mph..

@@ollieflj Definitely not KPH, it would make no sense to drive a car with a KPH speedo in the UK where all speed limits are in MPH...

People are told, and it's in the theory test (though obviously not every theory question is asked every time). But people forget, or have rubbish instructors who only teach them enough to scrape by on a lucky day. A lot of drivers are terrible with priority, observations, signalling, etc. and they should be doing those every single drive, so there's no hope when it comes to making way for emergency vehicles, which occurs a lot less than every drive for most people.

Highway Code rule 219 (Emergency and Incident Support vehicles): "You should look and listen for ambulances, fire engines, police, doctors or other emergency vehicles using flashing blue, red or green lights and sirens or flashing headlights, or traffic officer and incident support vehicles using flashing amber lights. When one approaches do not panic. Consider the route of such a vehicle and take appropriate action to let it pass, while complying with all traffic signs. If necessary, pull to the side of the road and stop, but try to avoid stopping before the brow of a hill, a bend or narrow section of road. Do not endanger yourself, other road users or pedestrians and avoid mounting the kerb. Do not brake harshly on approach to a junction or roundabout, as a following vehicle may not have the same view as you." That seems quite clear and sensible. While what we saw in this video was most people slowing Chris down, or making no difference, even the very helpful van near the end didn't actually save Chris any time since Chris could have gone either side of the traffic island, probably lost a little time. So, what is the best advice to the public? In this video it would have been better if none of them had slowed at all, might have been better if some of them had speeded up, although sometimes stopping is the best thing to do. Use common sense would be good, but I guess that is not going to go well! A little while ago, I had a fire engine catch up with me on a road of continuous blind bends, I couldn't safely let him passed for about the next mile, so I just speeded up. Apparently he was full of water and couldn't keep up, so that solved the issue.

be nice to add something like this to the theory test

A large proportion of drivers on the road today never sat a theory test. Unfortunately the government don't publish statistics specifically on how many, or even in what years drivers passed their test, but as it was only 1996 anyone in their 50s and older is highly likely to have not sat a theory test unless they learned to drive later in life. Either way, the solution has to be mandatory re-tests.

​@@DevAnubis "A large proportion of drivers on the road today never sat a theory test.", is not true. Before the current theory test, the theory test was given in the car by the examiner as part of the driving test,, and I don't expect that there is anyone left on the road that never needed to take the driving test. So everyone on the roads should have learned the Highway Code, and this situation is covered nicely by the Highway Code. I get the impression that learners these days concentrate on learning the theory test instead of learning the Highway Code! Retesting, or handing out penalties is not going to help this situation, most of the people causing problems in this video where the people who were aware of the emergency vehicle and were doing their best to help! A lot of them failed to make the best decisions, but the only way to solve that is to have more practice. It will have been the drivers who most recently sat their theory tests that were the worst, because they are the ones that have never had any practice in this situation and semi-panicked instead of dealing with the situation calmly, allowing Chris to make the rapid decisions.

Tbf it’s also the car showing it’s built to cruise at that high of speed while still providing comfort to its driver and passengers.

And a good set of tyres makes a world of difference on any car. Michelin pilot sport are excellent in the wet.

Easy work I got x5 4.0d and still touch 150mph most days

If you're in the UK and haven't already, I highly recommend booking on your local Bikesafe course - I did that when I got my first bike, it was amazing and a literal life saver! It helped me become a much safer rider and hyper aware of the dangers and hazards. Ride safe!

​@@dave8832I agree and also Enhanced Rider Scheme too

@@dave8832 Hey dave, I've not done it just yet but I've had a look of what they do on youtube a while back and I'm defo gonna sign up when they're nearby me. Thanks for the heads up! Ride safe!

Standard policy by both the Police and Ambulance Service to slow slightly for Traffic Calming but not detract from the job in hand

Thanks, appreciatted.

What was the air ambulance called?

tbf he has no rear windscreen lol

Just lucky they did that manoeuvre early before Chris was closer, allowing time to react and work around it.

Yes very poor driving from that van. Brilliant awareness from the car infront. Van drivers need to be extra careful when pulling out as they have no rear mirrors.

Its amazing how he devotes so much time to saving lives with such a heavy tour schedule.

He does not require glory, only results, for his health service.

Glad I wasn't the only one to spot that! Completely oblivious to what was going on around them.

@@JasperFoxx Its annoying to see because I drive a van without rear/side windows and never get caught out like that. Ive always got to be aware of whats happening especially when in London. I think it was a bit of impatience.

Standard van driver behaviour

No didn’t get pissed off as you can clearly see the mk6 golf come to a near complete stop on a main road the van probably couldn’t stop in time and had to go around

Van mirrors are often rubbish at seeing what is directly behind. No rear view mirror remember.

i think and i may be wrong (often am) but they told him to stand down at the end? and he said great to hear, like I say not 100% sure and too lazy to listen again :D

@@policematrixx I understand but he must have been going on a shout for some reason again hope the person is ok

@@davidbowen60 ahh yes gotcha yeah me too :)

Yeah, impressive cos it's only a 2.0 A4 as well.

You beat me to it.... 😁

He has done a few if you look back through his older videos

40 TDI 204 quattro

@@ChrisMartinEMS Great! Thought it sounded TDI, we have a 40 TFSI sounds very different.

Hi and it sounds like you did everything right as we don't have exemptions on solid white lines so keeping moving sounds good until a suitable place to pull in is available or they end so chin up, sounds like they were a little impatient.

From your description, it sounds like only one of you should have braked, and since he did, you should have carried on, which would have allowed him to pull back in behind you a lot sooner. I might not be understanding the situation properly, but it is unlikely that it made sense for both to brake, and his use of the horn was likely because he was annoyed that you braked, preventing him pulling back in to safety when he expected to be able to do so. Not saying that anything is your fault, the solid lines were obviously there for good reason and should have been obeyed, but something to think about. Normally, solid white lines don't last long, especially without good reason, so continuing to their end normally makes sense, although in the last decade or so there seem to have been some places that have gained excessive continuous double white lines, along with reduced speed limits, so it is not always true.

@@ChrisMartinEMS thank you for your reply. Keep up the amazing work you do

Everyone in the ambulance service who is a driver will do a 4 week course. Some, not all trusts will do additional usually one day course to allow you to drive cars, Lorry’s etc But no, no ‘advanced’ courses

Not yet but one day maybe :)

Depends on the resource type but most of the time for an ambulance its straight on to the next job in the stack. For me, back to what ever office i was working in before being sent out.

@@ChrisMartinEMS Cheers.

it matters not. Simply it is an emergency

He really prefers the stalk - as every change of siren mode on the horn meant that the horn had to beep to do it - even on his night drives . . .

Forgot to move it to S soon enough!

😂

nearly means not doing something, he did survive it in fact he avoided it

Nearly survived means he's dead lol

He's changing the siren tone. If you look carefully, you can sometimes see a yellow button behind the steering wheel on that side to allow him to change the siren.

Chaging siren tone. It cycles around low, medium and high frequency. Double tap to turn off. Low frequency for signalling over long distances. Medium for built up areas. High frequency for junctions. Off for situations where he doesn’t want to pressure drivers like when there is a solid white line or on a slip road. On previous cars it was connected to the horn so he’d have to toot the horn to change siren! Just what I’ve picked up watching these videos

@@JasperFoxx Tks👍🏼

@@frogsplorer Tks👍🏼

@@frogsplorer I think police cars tend to have it on the horn as that's what Ive observed.

Will do thanks. Do you mean post edit or during the drive?

@@ChrisMartinEMS Your instant reaction or a judgment after the fact: either would be interesting. 👍

@@ChrisMartinEMS I think post edit would be best. Also it means you can use the same footage twice lol. Release like this then a second video a few days later with your commentary over explaining what people did right and wrong what you would like to see people do if they were mind readers etc