I'd be ready for a rest after that drive, never mind starting to save someone's life... 🙏

Great to see a lot of drivers being aware of their rear mirrors and moving to allow progress. Good examples being the mini driver and all three british gas van drivers. Another fine example of awareness to the good and your expertise in driving.

The van at the end got the appreciation honk, love it :D

The thumbs-up in the window so drivers can see is so great. It helps normal drivers like us feel like what we do actually matters, that we can all be team members, however small.

Dear Chris, I stumbled upon your channel recently. I would like to share that I thoroughly enjoy your informative videos. They show the way most EMS workers think in traffic and how the people around them should/shouldn't respond. Great editing in this video. Keep up the good work. Cheers!

As a US citizen, I am very jealous of all the round-abouts. We have so many stop signs and traffic lights… so inefficient!

Really interesting to see your thought process and what you are looking for at junctions etc. Recently discovered your channel and am really enjoying it. Thanks!

Good editing. Appreciate that you cut out the connecting straights and gave this some focus.

1:24 that white car on the roundabout bypass had stopped in case you took their exit. Cracking awareness there.

It's nice to see one of those emergency-response drives with actual commentary on thought processes 🙂

Really enjoy watching your stuff man, it's so interesting to see how people react.. it's seems though quite a few people seem to get flustered and don't know where to go, always leave enough space between you and the car Infront even when stopping give room to pull forward and over to the side. Fortunately I'm used to reacting to emergency vehicles as I regularly drive a main route that ambulances use, roundabouts can get fun but everyone remembers to leave space between then and the vehicle Infront it's very easy to pull out the way. Keep up the great work Chris Fantastic stuff. 👍

Once again, not only massively impressed by your driving skill and professionalism, but also really chuffed to see the level of situational awareness of the public in this vid. An observation is that you are travelling fair distances to practice your EMS skills. We need more of you guys doing this job!

Random Suggestion, love the videos but have you considered getting a CPL filter for your main camera, i'll help remove the reflections in the windscreen and give a much clearer view in the video.

Hi Chris thanks again for another great video and I do love the ROAR the of your car and thank you for sharing your video's with us all. I do hope we don't need to see you in person while your at work but take care and be safe.

Quite enjoy an opportunity to show my manoeuvring skills and judgement when blues and twos approach, a nice feeling to know you’ve helped just a little.

Great video, really helpful notes and I learned by watching your observations. Also useful to see the examples of how drivers can be helpful to you.

Now I am kinding of wanting a diesel Octavia VRS, actuator is making it sound superb in this video. Great edit.

Hi Chris, great video. Further to your EV interest, I went over to the QE university hospital today Birmingham, I saw around 4 Emergency Blood cars, all 4 were Nissan Leaf’s!

Thanks for sharing Chris!

I use that road a lot for early training. Nice fast and wide single carriageway with mostly good sightlines, and plenty roundabouts.

Great video Chris, you could have called it “Just the best bits”. Superb driving as ever. Have you ever thought about upgrading the siren to a rumbler siren? That’s a whole new level of cool all together 🤣

What a nice and sunny day to go out for a drive! 😁

Good stuff and always interesting to see how people react to hear sirens and seeing the flashing lights. I know this is tough one and it will change all the time depending on the road, the traffic, the weather etc but in general where are you biggest risks?? Approaching roundabout's & traffic lights(especially 4-way crossroads) or out in the 50 & 60 zones where cars and people are just doing the speed limit and maybe not paying as much attention as they would when negotiating intersections.

nice video again. You must have seen my comment on the time laps video about the junctions being where the danger is for you 😉 I like to watch ahead of you for the potential dangers. May be you should put a red ring around potential hazards that you spot off the side of the main hazards. it would show people just how much information you are dealing with as you drive. I love how calm and in control you are as you drive. As for recommendations of what car to get next, in my opinion you have the best car for the job. Perhaps there is a volvo that could be a contender, but for me the skoda is a good size for your needs and due to it being a VW underneath, it is just a logical choice. (volvo V60 would be the only other car i would choose, but i suspect that they are over specked for what you need and thus pretty pricey in comparison with the skoda, with consideration to your actual needs)

Superb driving Chris...!

Nothing better than a nation doing the right thing to help someone in need, but also nothing worse than those ignoramus’ that don’t…

That must be the day rear view mirrors were being used properly, the three light commercials straight after the cyclist certainly were which made a welcome change from the way many have reacted in other videos.

enjoying your vids, keep up the good work.

i like to think that he drives around just because he enjoys giving people a thumbs up

That engine has a lovely grunt from it, the drivings not bad either!

Watching this video proves that your next car choice needs to be spot on - why?…. Because you’re going to miss this one!! 💪🏻

At least you use your siren. Some wait until they’re nearly on top of cars, throwing everyone into a panic trying to make way

Good driving skills, Buddy!

I've been watching a couple of your videos -- great work by the way! -- and I can't help but get the impression you seem to be on-route for quite some time? How lang does the/your average 999 response take? Are you a first responder or do you have a different role? (I'm not from the UK, if that is relevant.)

Are you allowed to speed through the avarage speed checks/speed cameras?

Great driving and top work as always Chris! I wondered, in between shifts and when you have time, you could go through what you carry in your kit vest please mate, just to be compared to what I, as a first aider, carry on mine for work and event duties to the amazing kit you carry!

4:30 - the Picasso was going to cut the roundabout and realised just in time...

Another great video, keep them coming Chris, two questions if you can help, have you got any Magnetic Paramedic Signs on the Car, and is your car equipped with the flashing headlights. The video showed great awareness of other road users, but I bet you get more not noticing you in their rear mirror, thereby slowing you down, as always, Drive Safe, Stay Safe

Some canny help from other drivers for you there, Chris . . .

Chris, could you answer this question… if I’m on a roundabout and an emergency vehicle with its lights on enters the roundabout, who has right of way? Let’s say hypothetically there was a collision between me on a roundabout and an emergency vehicle entering the roundabout, who would be at fault? Is an emergency vehicle with lights on still obliged for give way, assuming it was missed by cars on a roundabout? Not a real scenario, just curious as I only every read about moving to the side mentioned in the Highway code

So hang on, are emergency response vehicles not meant to overtake on double solid white lines?

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Can you do reaction/review videos on foreign emergency responses?

When i was 17 I ran out of fuel in the middle of that roundabout with the pub on. Vividly remember some annoyed van drivers getting out and helping me to push my £600 nova off the roundabout and to the side of the road.

Good skills Chris, can we see your heart rate BPM during a response, do you have one?

One thing I would be cautious of is debris in the centre of the road , do you have heavy duty tyres to combat the chances of picking up potential damage from nails ,bolts bits of sharp metal that could cause blowouts .

A couple of bits I'm curious on... 1: The mini at the start, mounting the kerb to make space. Credit to them, but I'm wary of doing that and sure some Police forces say it's not expected. 2: Letting drivers on motorway slips use the hard shoulder so you can continue at full pelt in the open lane. I get the "for emergency use", but surely it's for the blue-light driver to use it, not the civvy?

Another great video Chris. What happened to the idea of the voice over videos? I thought they were great!

1:56 is interesting, do you have any issues with vehicles in front of you stopping and obstructing the exit? We teach a "lane 2 exit" procedure where you'd sit in lane 2, sirens off but indicator on. Wait for the vehicle in lane 1 to get past the exit slip road and then come straight off from lane 2 to your exit. This keeps your options open :) Might be one worth trying, see how you find it.

i'm a bit confused as to why chris is allowed to use his car and not a ambulance car?

Is it a petrol or diesel car you have

Road Craft at its best, if you use that manual, know the Police did/ do as my Dad was a Traffic Copper for years. You must hit 100mph + on a few of those fast flowing A Roads. Brilliant Brilliant Birmingham video to watch!!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Hi I’m an EMA for secamb. Are u a CCP ? Or OTL?

Clearly, no room for emotions - like not all seem to see, are aware, attentiv or maybe gife a fu.. about the situation - that needs some real amount of training and professinal guts. Thanks.

Is there any reason why your emergency vehicle is unmarked? I think a marked high visibility vehicle is easier for other drivers/riders to spot and respond to. Also thankyou for the work you do in saving lives, it is greatly appreciated.

Just a curious question: why do you honk so often after taking the exit from a roundabout or when the cars in front have no room they could offer you/are pretty far away. I get the times you thank people or want to get their attention. Great driving as usual.

Do you think the black colour of your car helps or hinders?

In the second half you're careful never to cross a solid white while passing, even when you had space like the bridge at 5:10 - is this not covered by exemptions or do you just judge it too risky?

If you're on your way to a very important job and you crash, can you quickly give details and leave scene or so you have to do things thoroughly like take pictures and wait for recovery? I mean like a light bump, not a full on smash

I am curious. Does anyone know what sort of calls he goes to? Does he go to calls that require an ALS medic or does he go to "minor" calls too? Thanks in advance for any answers and if this has been answered before could you maybe point me to where I can find this info.

Can you do a compilation of all the bad drivers you see on these runs please?

Thought youre driving an f series

youv'e got to take this car to the Nurburgring one time, i wanna see you proper go for it one day lol

May I ask why you don't drive a marked car?

I'd be interested to know what the MPG is like from the start of a run to the end!

he drives like me

I know your workload on these runs is high but some commentary would make me less nervous 😂

So you work in Hertfordshire

Then after all this driving , you still have to get into work mode as well.

When the EMS driver gives the cyclist more space than the average joe on their commute....

I didnt understand what you meant by 'scrub the speed'? Is that something you are doing, or are you trying to influence the other drivers into slowing down?

its easy to drive like this when you have the way, also you shouldnt be waving your hands driving at such speeds.

Medics should have different markings / lights so all the drug dealers don't thing you're the PoPo. Anyone not yielding to a medic - instant cruise missile though the house.

My zzr 14 would smoke you pal ✌️

2:28. You shouldn't be using sirens through roadworks, incase people panic and enter the closure area, which could have any number of hazards

Breaking this down for us as if we are complete idiots and that this is rocket science. Hope the next video is better