999 response - rusty drive
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- One of my more rusty response drives and plenty of areas for learning to be had. A familiar route with the dreaded double white lines with some differing reactions along the way.
Keep a listen out for the safety warnings from the vehicle, part of the collision avoidance system.
Nice ! How concentrated must you be to anticipate people panicking, making the wrong choices, overzealous people (who pull out just to show they can let you by just after), put your sirens on and switch from one to the other at the right time and be ready to stop at any time. Impressive
It was a clean drive considering the poor and unpredictable response from other motorists. Maybe could have pulled out slightly sooner behind the white van for visibility, but I'm certain it's far better than I can do.
of course better than you can do
@@MrJinxmaster1 He could be a trained driver for all you know, do you know him? Judging by his comment I'd say he's not, but my point still stands.
Tricky drive for sure and very difficult driving conditions. I can’t imagine the pressure and all the complex issues involved here. I’m just always amazed how you drive and how you manage to navigate the various scenarios that get thrown up. It’s very easy to critique but I’m sure it’s incredibly difficult to drive with a critical patient on the other end. I applaud you for evaluating and allowing open critique of your driving. A very brave thing to do and so long as the critique is helpful; very useful👍😊
I love the way he goes from the messy city centre to a completely empty road around the 4-5 minute mark. Great scenery too
I think this video is a prime example of an ordinary person's driving habits and how alert they really are after a shift a work. Looks like it's rush hour traffic, twilight daylight so i'm assuming this was recorded in autumn or late winter/early spring. People just want to get home, in a mind of their own or on auto pilot.
I agree with some of the driving critique used at some of the other drivers, just very poor situation awareness and forward planning which makes your job as an emergency response unit even harder and more critical with every second lost.
Appreciate what you do for the community, Chris, and thank for the uploads 👍
It's really interesting to watch how some drivers just stop right in front of you with oncoming traffic and barely a gap for you to get through (and only if oncoming traffic also stops...), while other drivers see you coming from nearly a mile back and pull to the side in a roundabout giving you plenty of room to either turn or go straight through...
Also how some drivers decide to mount the curb rather than just proceeding through the green light in front of them with plenty of space for them to join the queue and let you by...
So difficult to stay cool with people oblivious the sirens 😮 well done again Chris superb handling
That car pulling out proves to many people are in own world
Really enjoy these videos, this one was a particularly tense watch!
Cheers Chris - hope you had a good Christmas 🍻
I understand the frustration but it is important to remember, other motorists are not blue light trained... I think pull left and stop is the advice when learning to pass the normal test. They certainly don't teach which emergency services has what exemptions and where and when... Flight school 101- Aviate, Navigate, Communicate. Ignore everything and make sure you're in control and know what you're doing/where you're going.
in norway its different if there is a emergency vehicle with only blue lights/ there is only blue lights in Norway then all the vehicles pull on the side like all of them, rarely emergency vehicles drive with siren maybe only in big cities like the capital or medium ones but great response Chris👌👍
They rarely drive with siren cause we are usually good at yielding.
Siren is noise pollution and should be avoided.
Usually only people on the road see the blue lights, but everyone hear thee siren.
Glad to see that you're still coming to our rescue, here in Hertfordshire Chris! I'm very familiar with the roads in your videos and I find this one particularly difficult with all those bends.
Like many others here, I've learned a lot from these videos about how to be helpful to you and your colleagues; but still learning. What really matters is us enabling 'flow' for your route through us lot. I'm impressed by those oncoming who stop to let you through, especially if they signal you.
Did you notice that the bollard at 2:46 has finally been changed to display 'pass either side', rather than 'keep left'? It's taken years of complaining to get this dangerous error corrected!
I love this. Thank you for uploading Chris, i’d like to be part of the critical care team one day
Impressive! This sure was a rusty one because you were losing your patience as you responding to an urgent call. Through your videos, I really learn a lot about how to give way to ambulance by making the right choice, right timing and actions. I also see that our action as drivers are crucial especially when we try give way to ambulance during traffic, narrow roads, and twisty roads. I'm so stunned by your driving skills. The way you drive, filtering traffic, going through narrow roads smoothly. Especially in this video, you are going so fast. However long have you been driving? I wish to drive like you one day by being good at filtering traffic, go through narrow roads and twisty roads.
Not you that's rusty, but the drivers stopping before the top of the hill!
Nice video as always. My only question is at 4:18 would you not consider turning off your lights as well as sirens to prevent the cars reacting in the way they did?
its an idea but also if the drivers had a little bit of skill and forward planning they would and should of carried on driving at the speed limit if safe to do so as other did in the double white line sections of the video
He did the correct thing here, leave the lights on, but turn sirens off (what we were thought on the response course is sirens off - please move / continue. Sirens on - please stop)
Leave the lights on, but also leave a good following distance to try and not influence the vehicle ahead. If they choose to stop and you’ve left a plentiful gap, then that’s on them, they chose to stop, they weren’t pressured into doing so.
Why do you run without the siren on the country road when it’s quiet? When the car pulled out of the junction on you, would it not have helped them see/hear you if the siren was on? Also when you cut the siren whilst following on a hard to overtake section I bet that confuses a lot of people in regards to what you want them to do? Obviously I have no clue as I’m not a trained response driver. Just curious and would love to know from a trained driver. Great vids. Love watching them 👍🏻
The part where it was on the hard to overtake country lane, - this was also a double white line road, even though it’s an emergency response car, and trained driver we still have to abide by the rules of the road and any actions we do take to break those rules (exceptions) we have to full backup if something was to happen. So, it’s just as easy to wait until it’s safe to overtake.
@@ikweby9169 i think this comment was directed at the moment a driver emerged from the side road, eliciting a comment. As a blue light driver myself I was wondering why the sirens were off with a clear road ahead. If the speed exemption is being used, and probably even if not, it's worth having the sirens on for just this sort of instance. Once they see you they may have already started moving. If they hear you, they, may look again. There's been civil litigation on this basis that was successful.
You are required to have good eyesight to drive on the road, so the driver should have seen the blue lights.
That particular driver probably would have pulled out regardless of the siren being on.
Generally when he cuts the siren it's because he can't safely pass (and he wants traffic in front of him to keep going, not stop in front of him and make him pass potentially unsafely like many of the drivers in this clip do). I'm not sure why they would be confused; when an emergency vehicle has their siren on and then cuts it off as they come behind you, it's probably because they see that you can't do anything to let them by and they can't get by themselves.
I agree it was a bit odd when he was tooting along without the siren though.
I would like it if you commented on the reactions of other drivers.
Watching these videos I wonder what the best action for me as a normal driver would be in certain situations.
You could give us some good insights on what to do and why!
He has done other videos where he has reacted to others responses. Never stop on a double white line no overtaking zone unless there is a pullout safe to do so, give plenty of indication as per your intentions. Never just come to a complete stop without thinking of the consequences. Try to always give yourself time to plan your move. Don’t stop on junctions. Don’t stop on a roundabout as you cannot guess exit the ems vehicle will want to take. Also if u are pulling over to the side to allow them to overtake. Make sure oncoming traffic has reacted the same way as you and you do not hinder the path
@@C4rl0s-_-4R Stopping on double whites (obviously where the emergency driver has visibility / not on a bend is not necessarily an issue, sometimes it's the best thing for the emergency vehicle to get past on extended double whites. You can legally overtake a stationary obstruction on double whites. Indeed in this video there was a section where he was stuck behind a driver on double whites for an extended period - the driver stopping so he could go around would have delayed him less.
The issue is he cannot legally overtake on double whites unless the vehicle completes to a complete stop. So either keep going, or come to a complete stop, but don't do that annoying thing where you slow down getting in the way but don't stop either.
Bit harsh on yourself Chris . Public reaction was either great or appalling but you don't know that when you arrive at each situation. I drive a DAF truck at work and the AEBS goes off if the sun is low and I'm going to hit a bridge 20 foot high 500 yards away ! We can turn it off though.
10:48 third car in opposite lane.
highbeams and stopped to give way
Boss move, since you just came around that corner.
Well spotted
I don't think they flashed high beams, they just drove over a speed bump, the one Chris drives over at 10:58, but they did stop with their indicator on a good way before he got there.
Some of the drivers hadn't a clue what to do when you were behind them. Nice drive though
Why , oh why , do drivers stop on the apex of a hill 999 cannot see otherside of summit .
The saftey stuff on the car could course you a accident. Cant you turn them off?
No chance. Volvo is THE leader in automotive safety systems. For 99% of drivers, Volvo's systems keep them safe. I remember a similar issue with the UA-camr, Misha Charoudin's Polestar on the Nurburgring. There were several close-calls every lap caused by the safety systems. They were relaxed later by Polestar themselves but I doubt Volvo would implement anything like that unless fleetwide for all EMS vehicles.
Volvo refuses, there have been complaints at least from ARVs that it activates randomly (rarely) and slams on the brakes, as it’s not designed for the speeds and close calls you get for response driving
2:41 what is this beeping ??
Probably collision avoidance
I thought it might be his data terminal updating, it seems inconsistent to be a collision avoidance, but I may be wrong.
Found the little commets as youre driving to be funny
Some particularly bad "blue light fixation" from drivers today eh!
The traffic on your side really didn’t help you on that day Chris.
do you expect people to mount kerbs to get out of your way?
There was a "how to respond to blue lights" type article on one of the Police websites a while back, that said kerb-mounting is never expected. Suspect they will always take advantage if someone chooses to, though.
I once had an ambulance driver get very irate with me when I didn’t mount the kerb!
The small car hand plenty of opportunities to pull over, and when it comes to a place where you could overtake, she doesn't even brake.. people like this shouldn't be on the road.
Sounds like stupid gearbox behaviour, I’m guessing these don’t have Polestar optimisation
Wow, nice one. The collision warning system throwing in some panic braking didn't make it easy though. You also had me on the edge of my seat with the overtake that turned out to be not on.
The front of your car look like the cover of "How to drive for dummies"
Sorry but it's a stupid rule you can't cross double white lines.
the view is restricted so it is safer for cars to carry on driving at the speed limit if safe to do so and when the response driver sees a safe spot or the car then they will overtake. should not stop on double white as it could be dangerous for the overtake
He can’t cross double lines. The exception is when a motorist/s clearly have given right of way. He had his siren off, but the cars had all stopped and indicated, or had hazards on. It’s ridiculous that an ambulance CANNOT across double lines on a lights and siren run. Look how much time was wasted towards the end. It’s also confusing for drivers as to why there is an ambulance who was coming up quickly suddenly slows and turned it sirens off. Absolutely brainless law.
I must wonder, did the inventor of the collision warning system ever consider how truly helpful it is?
Like.. it plays annoying beeps and draws your attention off the road down to whatever screen it uses, at the time it thinks you are most in danger.
Am I the only one who sees that massively flawed logic? Getting you to take your eyes away from the road in front when it thinks you are most likely to be in an accident?
You wouldn't do that with anything else.. about to fire a gun? Yeah go ahead and look down at the floor whilst you pull the trigger, what's the worst that can happen?
About to cross the road? You better look down at your feet, you might trip on a banana peel. Don't worry about checking for cars, I'm sure it's fine.
It just doesn't make much sense to me.
In the previous generation of Volvo cars (I own two of them) the visual element of the collision warning system flashes lights onto the bottom of the windscreen - out of the way but in your peripheral vision - and no other warning systems provide visual alerts. Each audible alert has its own unique tone. It’s very similar to flying an Airbus or Boeing jet. I’m not sure whether the current generation Volvos (like Chris’s) are the same or not - I’ve only ever driven them as service loan cars - but I can’t see why Volvo of all manufacturers would move away from such a system.
Other manufacturers may well do things differently in which case I fully agree with your comment - it’s not a safety system if it distracts the driver at the most critical moment.
The government should stop wasting money housing illegals and use that money to train more first responders to save people like yourself from having to travel so far for a call.
Think i only heard it go of about 8 times 😜
I love the rear camera. Sometimes the front view does not indicate what happened just out of view (like a car moving on a side) but that can be judged from the rear angle.
I like the early indication of where you are going. Indicators can so much help other drivers to make room the way you intend to,. I've seen as a driver how helpful it is when I know and how frustrating when indicator is not on and for example by moving I know I'll block one way or the other from eg. two possibilities.
If there's one thing I take away from these videos, is that at over 12mins and counting to reach your target, it screams out there are too few of you and we need more of you dotted around to keep response times down. But no one can fault you for what you do. That is intense high stress situational driving.
Amazing how many people have no idea how to react when an emergency vehicle appears behind them. Stopping in places where it just causes longer delays, on blind bends, before the crest of the hill and even when they are alongside a stationary vehicle on the other side of the road!
If you can’t let the emergency vehicle past without delaying it, keep going until you find a suitable place to let them past.
i have missed seeing your uploads.
im just curious did you do any blue light runs in the latest snow spell we had? it would be interesting to see how much different the blue light run is.
What to, and what not to do in presence of emergency vehicle should be a part of driving school and theory.
We all have our off days =D.
Thank you for everything you do. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year.
9:16 and 11:50 whats the AEB going off for?
Both parked cars, silver one first then the range rover, angle of the car make the computer think its straight ahead.
@@h418lfc That's dangerous if the brakes suddenly apply
@@jozuafra3700 I agree, but frontal collision avoidance in cars only activates if there is no input from the driver, Chris turning and lightly applying the brakes will tell the car all is under control.
Not sure where you could improve on that , it looked very solid.
You can never predict how or where a driver is going to pull over, on not! Very impressive.
Considering the mass stupidity that you were dealing with, I think that was an ok drive. One or two bits maybe could have been better with the benefit of hindsight but it’s very easy to comment after the fact. Remember, in car safety tech is there to cater to the average idiot that is barely fit to be called a steering wheel attendant not for a competent emergency response driver that knows what they are doing. My collision warning activates if I go over a dip, my lane departure activates if I’m driving on a concrete road in the rain.
Some motorist really need to learn how to better pull over for emergency services, just sticking your indictor on and not moving or stopping on a blind corner... c'mon.
Bonjour, je trouve que les conducteurs britanniques sont assez disciplinés lors de votre arrivée sur eux. Vos vidéos sont assez formatrices pour les gestes a adopter en tant que conducteur grâce a des situations très variées. Chez nous en France, j'ai lu dernièrement sur un post de la gendarmerie qu'ils préfèrent que l'on continue à notre vitesse normale sans a coup et que c'est eux qui "s'adaptent" à nous. En est il de même chez vous?
Laurent, Google just translated the last part for me:
"At home in France, I recently read on a post from the gendarmerie that they prefer that we continue at our normal speed without a hitch and that it is they who "adapt" to us".
Hello, I find UK drivers to be quite disciplined when you come upon them. Your videos are quite formative for the gestures to adopt as a driver thanks to very varied situations. At home in France, I recently read on a post from the gendarmerie that they prefer that we continue at our normal speed without a hitch and that it is they who "adapt" to us. Is it the same with you?
It is not you that is rusty Chris some of those drivers had not got a clue what the hell to do, many of the drivers coming towards you could have stopped a lot earlier allowing more room to overtake and cut back in,those are the ones that need retraining lets hope they see this video and learn from it. Thank you Chris Happy New Year to you and everyone in the service stay safe and take care.
Rusty drive for the others involved in putting themselves in unhelpful situations. Your driving was tidy as always.
Main takeout from me here was the complete range of reactions from other drivers, some were brilliant, some awful. Must make it so difficult to manoeuvre not knowing when you get what range of those reactions.
That's the level of skill he has.
What do you have to do if you come across a horse?
I think you was quite frustrated this drive maybe due to the car or just something else, from what i saw most drivers did the best they could under the circumstances, 10:05 he signalled left to let you know he saw you and wasn't going to overtake, your flying down past two cars without sirens until you got closer all it took was one to overtake the other and you would of had to slam on so he just let you know he saw you and go past him.
Most drivers cant read what you want them to do, most see blue lights and will stop no matter if its on a bend or double whites, when i was a ride along on a blue light run the driver turned his lights off to let people know in front to keep going forward, sometimes just cutting sirens off isn't enough, plus don't forget there is different types of responders! ones who force the public through red lights and giving them bullhorn for not stopping instantly then there is ones who don't want the public going through red lights or stopping instantly....i would say its down to poor education to the public on blue lights but also poor standards from some responders, i myself have watched your videos from the start and know not to stop on bends but didn't stop a cop car the other week blasting his bullhorn at me multiple times on bendy country roads! we're not mind readers.
Good drive as always i just think on this one you was not relaxed and maybe the car systems going off didn't help but i do think you took it out on drivers for 0 reason, some are either just poorly educated on what to do with blue lights behind or some have just experienced a bad responder behind them and then you just have nervous drivers but no matter how poor the decision they are still trying to help!
- Too fast/rushed at times which caused most of the issues
- Cutting sirens off early then moaning a car pulls out when your approaching him at x2 the speed limit with just lights
- 10:05 why moan at someone simply going to extra effort to help you?
"No emergency is worth responding to if you risk the lives of others" - basic 101.
Chris wouldn't you find it easier if UK had the same system as Japan which tells the cars over a loud speaker which way there going, seeing videos of there fire, police and Ambulance it all looks flow less people move out the way none of this waiting for people to move etc... what's your views on this?
The amount of people I see driving here though wearing headphones it must be impossible for them to hear anything outside of their vehicle
How many other vehicles had no/minimal lighting is worrying.
It would be very easy to miss seeing something. Though, maybe the camera mskes it look worse than the Human eye would perceive.
What is it that turns some people into blithering idiots when they see an emergency response vehicle?? Why on earth would you stop right on a bend? or pull out on something lit up like a Christmas tree...or just not get out of the way even when you pass several suitable places???
Rare to hear you venting your frustrations on these! Completely understandable though with adrenaline spiking and the knowledge of why you're having to blue light run and the potential impacts of getting slowed down.
Great video as usual! One thing i would like to see is youre commetry. Saw another emergency response chanel from the netherlands (unfortunatly they had to shoutdown) wich used the subtitle function for comments on the response
It lacks some precision of the VRS you drove before, bit more sway under braking, can see you compensating well for this.
Why the sounding of the horn when no one's near ?
The horn changes the siren tone. 2 times turns it off.
Nice to see ickleford again
The car at 8:04 I bet you felt like stopping and having a polite with them!
In this instance, it appears that Chris committed to the overtake before waiting for 2 positive reactions from the driver. He should have positioned early but stayed back until the driver had given positive reactions.
@@Dust76tr he gave them plenty of warning and positioned himself two minutes earlier, and there were a couple of options for the car to pull into in that time, but sailed blindly on.
@@gregg.d all the more reason he should have waited for the positive reactions. If you don’t have them, don’t commit, especially if they’ve previously not seen you, as you’ve stated he was following for several minutes with still no reaction
What do the different sirens mean? Great driving
Nothing specific tbh.
The first siren tone (the long wail) is meant to throw the sound forward to give advanced notice that you’re coming and is what is used most often.
The second tone (the yelp) is more for the approach to hazards, doesn’t throw as far but the tone change helps ‘wake people up’ if they’ve managed to blank out the wail.
The final tone (the piercer) is a very short tone, meant for when you’re right at the hazard, meant to go ‘I’m here’ again.
So, the tones themselves don’t have a specific meaning (they all mean ‘would you please stop for me, I’d like to come through’) but they’re suited for different places within the response drive.
@@Dust76tr thanks!
Again, it amazes me just how oblivious people are when it comes to situational awareness. That SUV that went well over a mile without seeing you just infuriates me. Yes, I know some of it was double solids, but even after putting the siren back on, they only realised you were there when you started overtaking.
I'm curious what tyres you use. It looks quite cold and wet, you're obviously carrying a good amount of speed in some places and I can't imagine that your car is particularly light.
That all puts a lot of emphasis on good tyre choice.
Bit of a late reply but they are typically on Conti Premium Contact 6.
A new car mate. You're pushing things and getting to know it under various conditions. As long as you get there safely ( 'cos you won't be much help if you don't).
thats how I drive going to get some milk in Aldi, whats the big deal
Are you looking for a medal?