Yes. My initial response to any blue lights or sirens behind me is to immediately speed away as fast as possible, but then I figure out it's probably not me that the ambulance is chasing so I can move aside and then follow them through the traffic if I'm quick 😂

He's done that before I think in other videos?

@@marksapollo Not the technical side of the car iirc. Also he has a shiny new car now😁

@@feynthefallen Agreed, would love a tour. The B6 R-Design PHEV he's using is an absolute beast. 300bhp, 0-60 in 6.6 seconds, and limited to 120mph (not bad at all for a set of wheels weighing in at almost two tonnes!) No wonder the cops in the UK and Scandinavian countries have always used V and S series for their Traffic and Road Crime units.

@@davieee1168 I followed that channel too... Ambuchannel. It was always so skilful driving and the narration was spot on.. Kinda like Chris here. I´m not sure though, that is was cancelled due to what he was showing of the car, more like the bosses was afraid of what he MIGHT end up showing (in terms of privacy of the "customers") that they forced him to shut down. Sad really, because videos like these is both entertaining are educational.

​@@davieee1168 Literally anyone can fake an emergency vehicle. You can get the equipment (graphics + lights) pretty much everywhere you want. The guy from the Netherlands - Ambuchannel - was forced to stop with this due to the EU's over-regulation and absolutely insane data protection laws. Fortunately the UK doesn't have to abide that EU nonsense anymore.

To be honest it didn't need to get to that situation to start with. They were able to pull over from 3:05. That's 10 seconds worth of safe places to pull over. Yet chose to check their mirrors far too late and have to block him from being able to overtake for a considerable amount of time. Yes they realised he couldn't pass. But it never needed to get to that point.

@@mikedinni6318 Glad i’m not the only one to see that ! I sometimes think my expectations of other drivers is too high so i’m glad i’m not alone 😊

@@mikedinni6318 Too busy texting on their phone or deeply focused on a phone call I bet.

Only problem is that he is not allowed to overtake over double white line its not an exemption that can be claimed by the Ambulance service, unfortunately the Police will prosecute as happened to my crew mate up in the Midlands a few years back. Double white lines are very hard to negotiate when you are in traffic, turning your sirens off and holding back is best practice.

@@ssrsuspension8247 There was ample space to stop to allow the response car to pass before the double white lines. If you can’t drive then don’t drive, if you can’t watch the footage then don’t comment on it ffs !

Its not fast though, just fluid and thats how we get trained and if you wish to leanr how to drive fluid like this then contact the institute of advanced motorists. You will notice the responder here never goes above 20mph over the posted limit, every county service has different regs.

Except it's a Chinese Volvo 😉

300bhp PHEV, 0-60mph in 6.6 seconds and restricted to 120mph (unrestricted could easily cruise to 150+) Genuine understated "wolf in sheep's clothing", bit like the Skoda Octavia vRS Challenge Edition or Cupra Leon VZ300.

Indeed! XD

Congrats on your Rospa! Hoping to be starting my advanced rider qualifications as soon as I have the time to get my A2 done and dealt with.

What about the driver who pull onto a green box and was fined for stoping on it to let a ambulance out 😅😅😅😅

Ah ha...thanks and yes that was me. You're welcome. Besides.... head on you'd have def won 😁👍

😂😂😂😂😂

I'm happy to stand corrected, but I believe the unsuitable spot for overtaking refers to the double solid white lines and blind corners. If I remember correctly, even response drivers aren't supposed to cross a double solid. In this circumstance, the best practice as a general motorist is to keep going until a suitable place for a pass is found and then slow and make space for the EMS.

Agreed, made for a very easy run given how considerate everyone was. Thanks for the comments.

Ps, the Volvo is very nice to drive😀

Yes I have reassessed my view of how many brain-dead idiots there are sitting in the driver's seat of most cars (you can't say they are driving the cars) - these people were actually *aware* of what was going on around them!

Christ

Anonymous - totally agree with your points. I work in the highways maintenance sector where there are specific mandatory conspicuity requirements that must be complied with and surely similar requirements exist in the emergency response sectors. The scheme on the car in question does seem to be something of a "freelance" effort to the detriment of road users. In a post a few minutes ago I asked Chris if he was able to educate us as to the rationale for the new scheme.

@@sirhum I had a very similar issue with an organisation I once worked for. The organisation did a variety of operations, partially including but not dedicated to operating patient transfer services, and event medical services. We got a CEO who appeared to not understand principles of livery design from any perspective, who delegated the design to a marketing manager who didn't understand the practicalities or even distinct marketing requirements of PTS or EMS operations. They didn't seek any input from staff who were familliar with these operations. So we got a bland livery that made our Sprinter ambulances look more like delivery vans, had no conspicuity markings, and were entirely non-reflective because it was cheaper that way. I only found out the plans late in the process and very like the Volvo here, the only concession I eventually managed to get out of them after lodging my safety concerns was some non-fluorescent reflective decals. There are no mandatory conspicuity requirements in my jurisdiction, but there are best practice guidelines for roadside maintenance, incident response, and emergency vehicles. The folks who designed our livery had no idea these guidelines existed, and basically ignored them when I pointed them out due to the inconvenience and potential cost of making our vehicles compliant.

After a little more research, the BHECCS livery is the work of Stephen Story Design. Stephen describes himself as "as a self-taught freelancer", but also a registered paramedic. I am genuinely surprised this is the work of a paramedic.

Unfortunetly it's only in mi/h so you have to convert it to have an idea of how fast it is.

Size is fine

They even found their indicators!

@@pseud420 😂😂😂

That tailgating is just insane

I like that we think the same. When I was writing my earlier comment I was also pondering querying retroreflectivity but decided not to go too in-depth. Looking at a couple of online images of this car the only components on the front or sides I can identify as definitely retroreflective are the white decals on the wing mirrors, A-pillar, under the headlights and on the fenders. The reflective decals under the headlights and on fenders appear to be recent additions as well, they are not present in older photos of this same vehicle. These white decals appear to be 3M Diamond Grade or similar. The other markings all look like non-reflective matte wraps. Although to be fair, the rear of the vehicle actually does use retroreflective fluroescent yellow and orange cheverons that work for vehicles approaching directly from the rear. It's just bizarre that the rest of the vehicle doesn't. This might be okay for a roadside maintenance vehicle which primarily needs to be visible from the rear while stationary, but an emergency response vehicle that maneuvers through traffic at high speeds really needs high conspicuity from all angles. I also agree that the design is fragmented. The bonnet, sides, and rear of the vehicle are all visually discontiguous from each other. The only sort of logic I can make of it is that the matte yellow is at least more visually distinctive that the white, red, or black so it's very slightly better from a frontal-elevated angle than it is from the sides. It would be interesting to know if there's something we're missing!

@@Anonymous551656 - one can only hope that in the interests of road safety Chris raises our concerns with the people at BHECCS. One would not like to think of harm coming to Chris or any other road user from an incident arising in part from what appear to be ineffective conspicuity markings.

@@sirhum people usually have no problem noticing emergency vehicles even if they have completly different color schemes. Sure, it would help if all vehicles from one kind of service all had the very same color scheme, but it works just fine also if they're all different. Just look at those in Germany: every FD has its own color scheme; In EMS even units from the same provider in neighboring counties might have an entirely different color scheme, not even talking about all the different EMS providers at that point. And then there are emergency services like public transit, power / water / gas providers, rail services etc

@@sirhum retroreflectivity offers next to zero increases in safety if at all. Hi-vis etc on personnel in any facet of life doesn't work despite the reflectives. This is yet another facet of H&S that is misunderstood and data manipulated to make out it works. So many things pushed as safety aids/PPE are utter tosh incl in the motoring industr (like seatbelts) which have brought about more harm since their introduction) and indeed act to decrease safety, DRLs are another example.

Take a look at Chris Gilbert 999 for commentary driving. Good luck with your blue light course.

@@fastman05 Thanks mate, I'll check him out.