Blue light run with commentary

Some drivers appear to be blind and deaf shock horror

cant decide whether people are dumb or they just dont care

Voice is quite hard to hear. Maybe voice over would be better? You could then pause the video and explain things in more detail without having to rush.

Fantastic siren control!! In my country i have an issue with sirens being too quiet to get into modern cabins..

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.

Why do you never go full speed when the road is long straight and clear

please do more of these videos, love them

To be fair all the BMW drivers are paying attention

Amazing skill...just sitting here trying to focus on that gave me a headache...hahaha... blown away!

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.

Came here fully expecting a commentary put in post production. Commentating on the fly, at such quality, blew me away!!!

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.

Question: always wanted to know, when, why and how the siren changes in nearly all emergency vehicles ?

My wonders: is it changed automatically depending on speed or manually when the vehicles travelling at slower / faster speed ?

The Legal responsibility is on the Blue Light driver always even when pedestrians and other motorists do very stupid things

May I ask who carries out your training and assessment?
Some fantastic driving and commentary.

What car is this? It sounds rather meaty.

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! :) )

Outstanding driving! Well done love the commentary!

this is awesome

The police could learn a few things from you. They're all terrible drivers that drive dangerously and use sirens incorrectly. I was in a 40 zone once time, bend going round to my right (blind bend) and as soon as I've come round I find a police car in the middle of the road which meant I had to brake sharply to avoid a collision. Police also use sirens when the roads are completely clear, and even in the dead of night when they should respect that people are sleeping.

Fantastic to hear your thought process and why blue light drivers do certain things, very interesting.

Do you have any limits with regards to your speed (Performance Availability vs Trust Guidleines)?

I noticed on some other of your videos that you have full control of the siren from the steering wheel controls.
My question is do you have protocols for the differing siren options?

Your commentary was a little slow lookahead more read your roadcraft book 🇬🇧🇬🇧

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 :)

Fantastic skills and driving!

What car is he driving?

Excellent driving Chris.

training video only they do that to train new drivers

It's hard to validate this kind of crap. I can hardly ever find a situation where it makes sense to put other people's lives in jeopardy to respond to a call. In order to do so, I would have to know the call you're going to, how important you are to the person's health and well-being when you get there, almost more important...who is the person? How did they get hurt? Are they a dumbass who needs help because they've overdosed on drugs? Should I really put everyone else's life at risk regardless of how useful you'll be to their recovery if that's the kind of person they are. It stands to reason that there is hardly ever a situation in which it's necessary for you to drive like this regardless of what it is you think you're doing to help someone.

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.

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!

Beautiful VRS growl ❤

No wonder they drive slow with the sirens

Superb, super impressive. Also, Stevenage has a shed load of roundabouts.

Top Driver !!!

Not very good is he?
No mention of limit points, choke points...
Slow cautious drive, this one.

Do the different siren tones do anything different? Does one throw further than the others, or are there different ones so you can try changing to a different, loud and unusual sound to hopefully be noticed more easily?

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

I found commentary challenging at first, it does get easier but sometimes you need 100% on the driving so you just stop verbalising.

During the commentary... no updates on speed or location? Using wrong siren tones for junctions too.....

Great bit of advanced driving with commentary done that myself with IAM not easy you've got to be 100% on the ball .

nice Drive Sir. Smooth and great Roadcraft.