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police close convoy
Just wondering if someone could give an explanation.Travelling between Honiton and Exeter on the A30 duel carraigeway, were three police volvo estate cars travelling in the opposite direction at speed seperated by less than a metre between them. They were definitely not connected in any way.
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Perhaps testing to see if Volvos were as good as Audis?
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Re: police close convoy
Getting some practice for 'boxing someone in' also at speed?
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Clarkson, Hammond and May on their way to Whitby?
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Driver training
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Did they have their Blue lights on? If so, possibly moving a high risk detainee between locations. If not, probably training, but doubtful, this type of training/activity is usually carried out at quiet times with minimal traffic about to lessen risk to other road users..
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Re: police close convoy
Any special escort would involve bikes, sounds to me like they were just twatting about.
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Gets my votemycar wrote:Any special escort would involve bikes, sounds to me like they were just twatting about.
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Driver training for TPAC, tactical pursuit and containment, it is practiced on public roads as it's training for the real world...... Mark..
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TPAC, is that the acronym. I should have put BI training
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Re: police close convoy
I would love to be a traffic rozzer. I particularly enjoyed the DDK TPAC training across France this year.
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Re: police close convoy
Blue lights not flashing and the road was not that busy.
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Tactical Pursuit and Containment (TPAC)
Video explains why the practice for close proximity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh0e4wL2e9g
It has to be practiced in the real world.............no blue lights as members of the public tend to do all sorts of silly things when they see them in their rear view mirror. Unfortunately public roads have to be used, you don’t find many stolen cars on a race track or airfield?
Video explains why the practice for close proximity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh0e4wL2e9g
It has to be practiced in the real world.............no blue lights as members of the public tend to do all sorts of silly things when they see them in their rear view mirror. Unfortunately public roads have to be used, you don’t find many stolen cars on a race track or airfield?
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Re: police close convoy
I thought TPAC was shot dead in a drive by?