Biblical weather, mischievous horses and crap drivers are no match for blunt northern coppers with epic facial hair and the mighty Range Rover. 👌👌👌
@Amathusukx3 жыл бұрын
Probably why it took so long to catch the Yorkshire ripper, must have been the look of the day for truck drivers.
@rudolfx10703 жыл бұрын
... and not the name of a short drink!
@brianfearn42463 жыл бұрын
It's Yorkshire tea now..
@zakelwe3 жыл бұрын
The tyres in those days were terrible as well, but still they managed to "mostly" get through snowball earth ... Drivers nowadays, one snowflake and the whole of the England is gridlocked.
@griffgriffiths998215 күн бұрын
did they have snow in the bible?
@steveb9363 жыл бұрын
Back in the days when men were men and range rovers were range rovers, cant we turn the clock back and go back to normality, brilliant
@andrewmarr8279 Жыл бұрын
Agree When we built roads When we knew how to deal with fucking NIMBYS These boomers stopping progress
@peteglobe2310 ай бұрын
Your now in the day where men can be women and women can be men 😂
@Djpaul-lo1px10 ай бұрын
Range rovers are actually the same today as they were then. Junk.
@jeremywentworth183310 ай бұрын
Always have a soft spot for a Range Rover classic and P38 as from 90 to 05.i was responsible for tooling approval and dimensional Engineer reports of the Landrover Aluminium V8 block and head and the TD5 head but not block that along with the V8 the 5 cylinder diesel went in the P38 Rangey.
@philrobinson566710 ай бұрын
I remember watching this when it was first aired and it was a real insight how the motorway police worked (next to no omnipresent documentary crews with small cameras in those days) Funnily enough I wasn’t in the slightest bit ‘triggered’ of in need of a ‘safe space’ after viewing.
@peterward83083 жыл бұрын
Brilliant stuff. Not one copper shouting "I need you to calm down" when everyone is perfectly calm.
@bigrigger37624 жыл бұрын
Best film I’ve seen is this, it’s so atmospheric it just seemed a different time back then. How different things are now, with all the health & safety rules, these guys just rolled up their sleeves and got on with the job. Savage winters back tgen.
@StuartOliver833 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@Gideonsmythe3 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, the good old days of drink/driving and significantly more deaths on the roads than now. Police have a significantly more difficult job these days thanks to funding cuts. 74 GMB officers dedicated to the motorways of the city in 1979. That'll be 8 now.
@freddiebozwell70493 жыл бұрын
Me aswell.
@user-lx6bl2wd8g3 жыл бұрын
@@StuartOliver83 Seconded
@ZJS01133 жыл бұрын
Well, the reason we have H&S so pedantic is because back in the day people were f*cking idiots who clearly didn't have common sense
@johndunn42463 жыл бұрын
Old school coppers can’t beat them and never will hats off to you guys
@mikegrace Жыл бұрын
@@JD-eq4dplike what?
@HexAyed9 ай бұрын
@@JD-eq4dp They were police officers during the height of Organised crime and the IRA Troubles. They dealt with the same shit, with less equipment.
@JohnnyPaton2 жыл бұрын
I was six when this first aired. And yes I had the Corgi Police Range Rover model. What a brilliant piece of nostalgia.
@Salman-sc8gr8 ай бұрын
That is soo cool,I had the ambulance model,begged mum long time till she bought it.
@kamranhashmi15752 ай бұрын
I was 6 aswell 😊
@paddy14373 жыл бұрын
love the Yorkshie man fluent in German...cant stop watching this. its my childhood..its everything I love
@philyew36173 жыл бұрын
And he wasn't given a ticket for stopping to help either. All that man would get today would be a Politically correct Bo11ocking. A sodding great fine. And told to F### off, mind your own business, and stop interferring.
@aidy60003 жыл бұрын
He probably learnt it in the war.
@NoirL.A.3 жыл бұрын
they were speaking dutch not german but still pretty amazing considering people who speak english as a first language are not exactly famous for being able to speak anything else i'd imagine that guy knowing both languages and being there at the right time was pretty one in a million odds.
@cdev21175 ай бұрын
@@NoirL.A. Even I'm late... the driver speaks Swiss-German.
@antj293 жыл бұрын
Apart from the cars being as solid as a bean can, look how much better it was then, coppers not afraid to call a member of the public an idiot when they were, even the public were more civil and approachable and had Respect for the coppers...... just shows how backward we are now , the irony,,,,, thanks that was a good watch
@djreddy6662 жыл бұрын
Well put! Completely agree
@Roscoe.P.Coldchain2 жыл бұрын
You mean when they could do what they wanted? Arseholes the lot of em..👎
@djreddy6662 жыл бұрын
@@Roscoe.P.Coldchain in your opinion.. no need for obscenities
@gingersheep19833 жыл бұрын
That wasn't what I expected from this film. Absolute bedlam from start to finish! The quickest 50-odd minutes I've spent on KZfaq.
@jupiterenigma91323 жыл бұрын
Watched this a few times over the years. Absolutely encapsulates that era of our roads, traffic policing & adverse weather. 2 things.... my interest lies with this programme as I am a traffic cop and have been for over 20 years and regularly patrol the motorways and this programmes shows the DNA that runs through the work of us traffic cops and the dangers ( and the fun) we still face day to day. Some of the working practices captured in this film are still embroidered in today’s practices even though cars equipment and trainings moved up. Motorways still very dangerous places & a dangerous occupation. Secondly, some may not believe this , but watching this programme at around 27mins...the incident with the gentleman who’s crashed his beloved red Ford Cortina...that is a chap who was our neighbour when I was growing up as kid!... He is called Mr Yates, from Haslingden. Still with us & I still chat with him now & again. Ironically he once told me he worked as a civil engineer on constructing the motorways. Quite remarkable.
@tba82413 жыл бұрын
Just watched that bit on Mr.Yates,speaks a bit like Fred Diana and looks a touch like Robert Lindsay.The Bobby who was dealing needs to lose a stone or two lol
@brianbadonde90393 жыл бұрын
I’d say we’ve regressed, not progressed as a society since this film. Such a sorry state of affairs now.
@this_is_a_tiny_town3 жыл бұрын
@@tba8241 He does sound a lot like Fred Dibnah, I noticed that too. I also thought the police Range Rover was going to plough into the stricken Cortina!
@rickydub69502 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting, think this is my 3rd or 4th watching of this and i'll keep an eye out for Mr Yates shortly 👍🙂
@GaZonk10011 ай бұрын
you start appreciating traffic cops when your children 'get their licence'...had a traffic cop in the family too
@tomupward90123 жыл бұрын
This is pure social history and absolutely fascinating :)
@tba82413 жыл бұрын
I was on the 62 driving my Morris Minor van from Liverpool to Hull,I remember this day vividly.They actually closed the motorway 10 minutes after I got off it.I was a mere 20 year old,I knew no different.
@anthonycrompton69223 жыл бұрын
You were on it weren’t you dark blue Morris van!
@philyew36173 жыл бұрын
I was actually on it, right on the top when they closed it, I was on the westbound side just before the Scammonden bridge crosses over. The scariest thing for me was when an Artic was on my offside, he was trying to move forward and the back end of his (empty) trailer started to slide to the left, the wind was that strong. I had visions of being stuck under his deck and squashed. The surface was just a sheet of Ice. At one point I got out of the car and the wind knocked me clean off my feet. It was bloody cold and, it was genuinely scary.
@gcfcos3 жыл бұрын
Best thing I’ve watched for ages. My dad was a firefighter from 1978 to 2008, great to see the yellow leggings again!
@bobbelsekwol3 жыл бұрын
Believe me, it wasn't nice wearing them.
@CJ-zt5mr3 жыл бұрын
@@bobbelsekwol i bet mate
@damonk36743 жыл бұрын
My dad was a firefighter from 1975 to 2006 with greater Manchester fire and rescue service
@petecollins49253 жыл бұрын
I live within spitting distance of the M25 Dartford Crossing. If there's even a minor prang on the motorway the whole damn area gets gridlocked within 30 minutes. Oh how great it would be to have a couple of coppers with their Range Rover who could move two slightly dented motors to the hard shoulder within 10 minutes instead of the current 3 hours for Highways England to do so.
@philyew36173 жыл бұрын
What Bloody Hard Shoulder ? The Hard shoulder was always planned as an emergency refuge. Turning them into Running Lanes has removed that planned place of safety.
@petecollins49253 жыл бұрын
@@philyew3617 I feel your pain. I know, it's wishful thinking on my part to expect common sense solutions these days.
@alisonsh234 жыл бұрын
08.38 Brian Mitchell RIP, not long after this he was posted to Salford and was one of my first Sgts, top bloke
@swaneknoctic95553 жыл бұрын
Good riddance.
@flalingbashers29573 жыл бұрын
@@swaneknoctic9555 Prick
@mikebuckley6663 жыл бұрын
A @ swane knoctic. You are a collosal bell end!
@swaneknoctic95553 жыл бұрын
@@flalingbashers2957 This comment has been reported for the use of vile language. If you are going to react to my reply please find the decency to use a more educated and meaningful response. I am tired of replying to nothing but common imbeciles who lack the intelligence to come up with something more original.
@CJ-zt5mr3 жыл бұрын
@@swaneknoctic9555 here is a response go and fuck off u dirty gobshite
@wilfamos731411 ай бұрын
Lovely stuff. I was 8 when this was filmed. The cars, the audio values, the snow, skating rozzers....what a brilliant video!
@paulwilson30832 жыл бұрын
Today’s police could learn such a lot from this, common seance instead of bloody procedure, they got stuck in and got results with a sense of humour, it was the year I passed my HGV and can never remember the road closures we get today in this Nanny state, the police earned there respect those days and got a lot more back from the public in return, thank you so much for this video
@Highland_MooАй бұрын
Doesn’t help when they employ mere foetuses with no common sense or life experience.
@garymcmillan41773 жыл бұрын
Pulling a jack knifed wagon with two range rovers in the snow,,,class. Jamie davis would need 3. Wreckers for that lol.
@mitoturbo9185 Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@corrinecummings35383 жыл бұрын
That's a superb bit of telly.
@paulhornsby85886 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video, i was a hgv driver when this film was made and i can remember the m62 being closed due to the ice and snow .When they managed to reopen the motorway there was thick patches of ice on the road .I was trying to get to Sheffield but they had closed the m62 so i tryed the woodhead road instead, i managed to get about half way when i got stopped and told that road was blocked so i managed to turn back and drove to Sheffield the next day. When you watch what the police were doing then ,they did a great job . But we should be very grateful about the way accidents are dealt with now . Rolling road blocks and stopped traffic while the incidents are dealt with. Thankfully we don't have much snow now.
@probono32843 жыл бұрын
A brilliant video, and a reminder of how it really was grim up north in the 70's. Tremendous respect for those policemen, risking their lives for others and not making any fuss about it, and a bit of nostalgia as well, for the times long lost when people could use common sense and initiative to achieve results.
@drampadreg1386 Жыл бұрын
I'll smoke to that, a thankless job we would all miss if they weren't there!
@kevinjackson7340 Жыл бұрын
grim up north lol, no, it`s just you shandy drinking southerners cant hack the cold.
@bobcharlie79823 жыл бұрын
People just got on with things better. The copper asks a question, gets an answer and your alright. Nowadays everyone just gives em lip
@sawleyram74053 жыл бұрын
I agree, there seems to be way too much aggression and confrontation these days which is sad. Having lived and worked then though, I am so very glad our attitudes to personal safety have improved since then -- I saw injury and death in the workplace because of poor attitudes to safety.
@annpartoon53002 жыл бұрын
And we all carried licence and insurane
@johnathanryan21173 жыл бұрын
Fantastic. Not that long ago but a different time. Those officers wouldnt last now, they use initiative, common sense and talk straight. No place for that now.
@unbalancedcrank3 жыл бұрын
A reminder that back in the day the Range Rover was the best car in the world.
@animal79thecat Жыл бұрын
Now,the worst
@coops1964 Жыл бұрын
When it hadn’t broken down of course. 😊
@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue420611 ай бұрын
These series one Range Rover cars were EPIC. 100% Agree
@sawleyram74053 жыл бұрын
I felt sorry for the poor boggers needing medical assistance and what they must have felt when they saw the ambulance approaching them at 39:38! That whole sequence was brilliantly calamitous.
@cptlatency4283 жыл бұрын
"We didn't want that car" XD
@jonathanhall-williams35743 жыл бұрын
Proof that life is comedy!
@bullockserveruk123452 жыл бұрын
I couldn’t help but laugh. Here comes back up. No no they’ve F@&£ed it.
@Gecko....10 ай бұрын
Ambulances then were basically just buses to the hospital for a lot of injuries. They had very basic equipement and little expertise in treating the seriously injured.
@sawleyram740510 ай бұрын
@@Gecko.... They were mini hospitals compared to the ambulances of 30 years before (of which I coincidently have an interest in!), but yes they were essentially vessels for hospital transport. I was just remarking on the calamity of the driving!
@ianbishop2473 жыл бұрын
Excellent film. My late father was a Police Constable in Hattersley just slightly further south of the M62 and often described how bad the Pennine road conditions were and how motorists would still try and cross. How things have changed but to think there were no air bags, anti-lock brakes and only Landrovers/Rangerovers had 4 wheel drive. But yet some were determined to 'get to work'.
@shanemanchester3 жыл бұрын
Pal of mine got pulled over in Blackley, Manchester, early ‘80’s. He stumbles out of his van, well sloshed. The copper looks at his licence and realises it’s my mate’s 21st birthday. He only gives him an escort home, tells him to sleep it off and learn his lesson. Which he did.
@gosportjamie3 жыл бұрын
A Marina on Cobra Super Slots... You don't get much more late '70s British than that...
@mickw73603 жыл бұрын
If this film is anything to go by, they were all Marinas and cortinas back then
@gosportjamie3 жыл бұрын
@@mickw7360 They were both very big sellers to company fleets back then...
@jfv653 жыл бұрын
Atrotious dangerously cold weather. It was the same in NL , west-Germany, DDR and Denmark. I remember it clearly. Our Dutch highway police also used Range Rovers back then. Nice video!
@andicog3 жыл бұрын
Makes you realise how good the police were back then, look at them, hands on, stuck into anything, tow rope on the Range Rover, climbing on the barriers to clear snow, don't see that now, can't see a BMW X5 doing what the Range Rovers did either. They just seemed to get on with it, this should be necessary viewing for all trainee traffic police.
@stevealexR13 жыл бұрын
Yep, and even rescued a guy’s umbrella!
@edwardgensheimer66403 жыл бұрын
Yeah now the cops are right in figuring what kind of revenue there gonna make up and get out of you, no deescalate, they escalate to get you for nothing there, then they call the wreckers and sit down and tally up the revenue they gotout of poeple, no more serve and protect, its harass and collect
@Rybo-Senpai2 жыл бұрын
looked to me like they really ran those range rovers into the ground doing what they did with em back in them days, don't reckon them Rovers made it past 10 years of hard graft.
@ged36802 жыл бұрын
I was a traffic officer in the 1990 for 10 years before I became a detective. Our top priority was to look after the injured , investigate and to remove obstructions . We just dragged things out of the way with Range Rovers and tow ropes. This was to keep traffic moving. Nowadays you see the Highways officer sitting behind broken cars waiting for tow trucks that are stuck in the traffic jams. Ged
@itsweb15842 жыл бұрын
We drag/push broken down vehicles onto the hard shoulder every day, off busier motorways than we had in the 70s
@The-Sea-Dragon-19772 жыл бұрын
Hour long Range Rover advert! Brilliant!
@RobertSmith-zz5kk3 жыл бұрын
The coppers were a different breed back then
@southwest36713 жыл бұрын
So was the public in general. Much more grounded and with common sense.
@steuk65103 жыл бұрын
This was before I was born nice to see the old emergency vehicles and police working as a team not like today
@paulreed4803 жыл бұрын
@@southwest3671 i have to agree with you, everybody has changed, police, general public, just society altogether, in such a short time really.
@southwest36713 жыл бұрын
@@paulreed480 Thanks to the invention of (anti) social media. As thumbs went up, moods came down.
@redd_cat3 жыл бұрын
@@southwest3671 It goes a lot deeper than that. Social media has ruined people's attention spans (that along with other on-demand content sites). People are more entitled, thin-skinned, and not grounded in reality, among other issues. We're in a period of cultural decay because an era of decadence (peacetime and abundance of everything we could possibly need and more) created large swathes of weak men. Inevitably, things are crumbling around us and many people have the stupidity to think we are moving forwards because they saw something scientific that looked cool on some viral KZfaq video. Lots of people are choosing long careers in pointless fields instead of starting families causing our below-replacement birth rate and a lack of fulfillment in young people - they try to fill the void with hedonism and fake spirituality (think 20-something women taking up astrology and a laughably watered-down version of Buddhism where their "meditation" is interrupted every 20 seconds because they keep getting Snapchat notifications). The police covered up massive grooming gang scandals all around the country for decades because they were too scared of being labeled as racist - so they let 10,000s of native British girls suffer repeatedly because they didn't want to be accused of something (and then, for the most part, got away with it and had their records thoroughly scrubbed from existence). I've seen young people who champion astroturfed movements such as Extinction Rebellion and claim to care deeply about the environment, but will then waste away their days smoking weed, littering in public, and being a general drain on society as a whole. The West in general is falling apart, so the next half-century will be an interesting one, to say the least - things can change a lot in just a couple decades. I'm sure that will seem like a melodramatic conclusion to most people, but once you see how rotten the foundations of our society have become, you too will realize it's only a matter of time before various parts of it start collapsing.
@lezzman3 жыл бұрын
41:50 "Can you check the lady trapped in the back?" "No problem." [kicks in window] "How are ya, luv?"
@animal79thecat Жыл бұрын
"Smashin pet,and you?"😄
@DasArab5 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic piece of automotive history. Thanks for sharing.
@stolpinski13 жыл бұрын
Fantastic piece of archive footage. The only things that haven't changed in 40 odd years are the harsh winter weather conditions over the tops and idiots in motor vehicles.
@scuderia20006 жыл бұрын
The mighty V8 Range Rovers, pity the motorway units dont use them any more
@contactacb4 жыл бұрын
Considering everything I hear about current Jaguar Land Rover vehicles it's a good job!
@JD-eq4dp3 жыл бұрын
We used to have V8 diesel Range Rovers on CMPG. They were not reliable.
@JFBridge4 жыл бұрын
Remember watching this when it was first made on TV; brilliant documentary, vividly filmed, immaculately edited, full of danger and humour, the latter needed in such awful weather. Glad I found it again after all these years.
@cabacs80623 жыл бұрын
You have to say that those copper, ambulance men, and firefighters were proper heroes. Even the motorists that were injured just took it in their stride.
@dan999uk3 жыл бұрын
I particularly enjoyed the ambulance driver crashing into the parked police car on the motorway at 37:39.
@rjs1985853 жыл бұрын
39:40
@cabacs80623 жыл бұрын
@@rjs198585 Yeah. but "we didn't want that car"
@almaxx96803 жыл бұрын
Always respect a man with sideburns 🧔
@keithmartin13282 ай бұрын
And a thick mustache.
@Bertiesghost5 жыл бұрын
This is great back when bobbies were bobbies I.e No speed cameras no ANPR cameras no HATOs. I’m sure safety has improved since then with all the new laws and rules but there is something satisfying about problem solving with whatever is at hand.
@s125ish4 жыл бұрын
DangerousDavies2008 surprised to see Hi vis
@Si-653 жыл бұрын
yonmons Thank you for posting this, I remember well seeing this. Watching with my Father as a 14 year old. He was a wagon driver, I do miss him and wish I could share this with him. I am in awe at GMP and had friends who worked in traffic. Respect.
@stevecampbell2430 Жыл бұрын
I started my driving career in 1980 driving vans & then HGVs until 2016, the M62 was a regular run until 2008 when I went local only (Bristol to Wales). Great police in those days 'up north' & one incident springs to mind. Driving vans for a printing company in Bristol my boss informed me in 1984 that he was buying me a brand new VW LT35 6 cylinder diesel van, these were fast!! Driving over the M62 & reaching the top of a hill in the 3rd lane & starting a downhill run passing 2 lanes of now accelerating trucks I looked at my speedo to see I was doing 80mph & still accelerating, as I passed the trucks & pulled in to the inside lane I noticed a police Range Rover following me. He stayed behind as I pulled into the services & stopped beside me, as the driver walked over to me I was expecting a speeding ticket...no... his words stay with me still....." Is that one of those new 6 cylinder turbo diesels?" I said yes & turning to his mate he says " I knew it was the moment he hit 90mph, I told you they were quick!" turning to me he said "Just hold the right foot back a bit driver, I know you were passing the trucks but it only takes a second to lose control" & off they drove....& no ticket!
@julienixon1616 Жыл бұрын
One of my favourite videos of all time! Just amazing vehicles too.
@garethparker91983 жыл бұрын
Excellent film, proper weather, proper coppers!
@fabiomaia74723 жыл бұрын
CARA, ESSES PATRULHEIROS DE TRÂNSITO DE RODOVIAS INGLESAS TRABALHAVAM, E MUITO, ISSO, EM 1979, QUE DEMAIS!! PERCEBE SE O AMOR E DEDICAÇÃO DELES EM SALVAR VIDAS, PARABÉNS!! COM TODA A CERTEZA, ALGUNS JÁ SE FORAM, E OS QUE AINDA ESTÃO ENTRE NÓS, DEVEM TER ENTRE 70 E 80 ANOS, OU MAIS. ADOREI, AMEI ESSE EXCELENTE E MARAVILHOSO VÍDEO!!
@biroldjoshan37454 жыл бұрын
I remember 1979..a bad year for lots of snow....proper winters we had then.....thanks for sharing a good old by gone age
@LMCB103 жыл бұрын
Them were the days - 2 x v8 range rovers tying to yank an jackknifed artic ....meanwhile an a balance bins it into plods best motor
@paulsimpson68994 жыл бұрын
Remember back in those days the ambulances weren't the paramedic units we have today, they were basically just to transport you to the hospital and most ambulance workers were employed by the council.
@s125ish4 жыл бұрын
Paul Simpson when did that change
@michaelgrace12984 жыл бұрын
@@s125ish it's got to be around this time, I've see videos of mobile doctors not long after this
@newforestroadwarrior3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelgrace1298 One of my schoolmates got run down by a van. The two policemen who attended put him in the back of their panda car and drove him to the local A&E: no first aid, no checks for broken bones, no nothing.
@aljack19793 жыл бұрын
Any vehicle with a first aid kit can be called an ambulance. I think ambulances of this era had oxygen and and a ventilator and that's about it. I think trauma doctors would go out on certain jobs but that was on London only I think.
@alistairbartlett65693 жыл бұрын
No neck brace or support of any kind. One false move from any of them and his life would have changed forever .
@Avenging.angel.no13 жыл бұрын
I was expecting George best to be found near the e type crash....
@aljack19793 жыл бұрын
If only we had police like this today ensuring lane discipline!
@pm-bg9mu Жыл бұрын
Total agree But now a days everyone hogs the middle lane It's so annoying
@bobdobalina29313 жыл бұрын
1979, I was fifteen and living with my mum and dad in south east London. Life back then seems a million miles away from the politically correct, health and safety driven times we live in now. Back then they just cleared the road and caused as little delay as possible. Nowadays they cordon off the M25 for six hours if a leaf blows across the carriageway.
@brianbadonde90393 жыл бұрын
It’s so sad to see. This country has been destroyed sadly.
@Retro_Rich3 жыл бұрын
Only the wrong type of leaf
@brianbadonde90393 жыл бұрын
@@Retro_Rich a wet leaf
@BossySwan2 жыл бұрын
@@brianbadonde9039 Bello
@marknestbox5 жыл бұрын
OK, now I have watched all of it = just about one of the very best things ever filmed and certainly the greatest must-see on KZfaq (as there's mostly crap otherwise on offer ; but try Second Side Up!).
@glenn66233 жыл бұрын
Just realized how old I am! I can't believe I was driving a ford D series then. I now drive a very modern Scania and unfortunately at lot of them accidents still happen today ! I retire in a few years 😅
@patrickhurst82053 жыл бұрын
Quality film when coppers where coppers. Its like it was a competition to keep it open. When the ambulance hit the police car and the copper said well we didnt need that car.
@andrewproctor60313 жыл бұрын
All these guys deserve a lot of respect
@sjguk2676 жыл бұрын
As an 8 year old when this was filmed the snow was great, schools were shut and we used to break the icicles off houses with snowballs, no loft insulation back then. Driving in this must have been hell. Those coppers were typical 70's blokes, roll your sleeves and crack on, unlike today sadly......risk assessment anyone!!
@bonkeydollocks18796 жыл бұрын
No pissing about in those day's. Crash , clear and carry on .
@jjamo55 жыл бұрын
POB. 🎓
@damian-7954 жыл бұрын
Yep , health and safety has gone nuts these day, no sense.
@milesfinch3 жыл бұрын
@@damian-795 Too many enthusiastic coopers causing life changing injuries me thinks!!
@gosportjamie3 жыл бұрын
@@milesfinch It's more down to better understanding of mechanism of injury and traumatic injuries, plus the fact that vehicles are a fair bit quicker these days... There weren't many vehicles on the road back then that could break 100mph, now pretty much everything, even your gran's motorised shopping trolley, can. People crash faster and harder these days...
@mathewmeehan55533 жыл бұрын
@@gosportjamie yes but cars back then had no real safety I crashed a e rev fiat panda at 10mph complete write off bet cops went to some horrific crashes then
@philyew36173 жыл бұрын
When coppers were proper coppers and used common sense, and nobody wanted to sue them for sneezing. I used that stretch every day for 11 years and, the night it was closed by heavy snow on the top I was stuck on it for hours. Some of the scenes they cleared in minutes would have the motorway shut in both directions for three days now. They need a full shift to do the risk assessment before they can get out of the car. As for the mighty Range Rover or the Defender, what a sorry state JLR has become. Today it's nothing but a footballers wifes posh handbag carrier. JLR should be made to study this film to make them realise how they've Destroyed the best 4x4 there ever was.
@garethhelliwell97364 жыл бұрын
This is like watching traffic cops 40 years too early 🤣. This is the year I was born, and my things have changed loads and not for the best.
@StuartOliver833 жыл бұрын
I know what you mean
@BossySwan2 жыл бұрын
T’raffic Cops
@chrisstubbings69813 жыл бұрын
We were a bloody sight tougher in those days!
@Liam247953 жыл бұрын
Whenever I watch things like this, I always imagine going back in time and telling them all about what things are like in the future and how much has changed. They’d look at me like I was an alien 😂
@hondac70286 ай бұрын
I remember this winter well I was eight great time to be a kid in the snow it was a bad one .🥶
@ironmage61056 жыл бұрын
What has happened to this country in the name of politics, bureaucracy and progression is heart breaking! Real people facing real life using common sense, nous and whats at hand! not one fucking mobile device.....breath of fresh air.....sweet motors too!
@closethedoornow75383 жыл бұрын
A radio is a mobile device
@chorltonwheelie1683 жыл бұрын
Oh turn it in will you. I suggest you spend a couple if days with the motorway cops of now in wintertime on the same stretch of motorway. I think you'll find that nothing much has changed for these poor souls who have to police these horrid stretches of the M62 in winter.
@chriswardlow94413 жыл бұрын
My goodness what a winter that was I remember it well, it actually started in 1978 and over flowed eventually into 1979 I was on the M62 three times a week getting on at Howden and doing delivers in West Yorkshire and on Mondays down to Manchester Airport.Everyone talks about the beast from the East compared to 78/79 in my mind it was a snow flurry, as winter's go, we are on the East Coast and it wasn't that bad but of course some places were effected more than others.
@ajs412 жыл бұрын
I was born on 21st December 1978. My father didn't get to the hospital in time because of the bad weather.
@ianmcclellan76956 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. My dad was on the unit at this time.
@damian-7954 жыл бұрын
43:12 That Range Rover is a specialist Fire Service rescue vehicle. It look`s impressive even these days and this was 41 years ago :-) .
@mortgagewizard403 жыл бұрын
A primitive rescue tender, but totaly agree ,bloody great vehicle
@newforestroadwarrior3 жыл бұрын
@@mortgagewizard40 According to the DVLA website it lived until 1995
@carlbentley803 жыл бұрын
Its a Carmicheal conversion, also used at airports and by the RAF.
@PaulBrooks-te3jl10 ай бұрын
I actuall worked the M62 up until 1979 with all these Officers, many have sadly passed away, but it was a hectic Motorway, but great camararderie
@boldorboy083 жыл бұрын
Jeezus! Biblical weather! What legends! If one rangy won’t tow it, use two.
@Jeffybonbon3 жыл бұрын
THe days when we had police forces not the soft police service we have today very differant times in lots of ways very simple indeed
@eddiesolo19713 жыл бұрын
Have to agree, a copper was someone you feared and respected. Nowadays, they just get hassled and cheeked back to, adults and kids. Love them Range Rovers though.
@Jack-hg1hq3 жыл бұрын
soft police service? tell that to the 1000s of innocent people who have been on the receiving end of police violence and incompetence
@eddiesolo19713 жыл бұрын
@@Jack-hg1hq I agree that certain abuses of power do happen, deliberate and by mistake. However, a cuff around the ear from a copper was something you dare not tell your mum and dad about because you would have got another. Many of the lads I grew up with would have gone the wrong side of the law if it wasn't for community policing, talking to people and yes...a cuff and a bollocking. Children nowadays, do lack respect-foul language is the norm, treating people and property with contempt. They say that upbringing is key and it isn't the job of the police or teachers but parents to bring their children up and know right from wrong...that is true. But, when you have kids having no parental control then they just run amok around towns etc and misbehave at school. Kids with no seat belts on, mobile phones glued to their ears-I see this everyday-no respect for the law.
@Jack-hg1hq3 жыл бұрын
@@eddiesolo1971 yeah pretty much, I'm 21 and are ashamed of my generation, don't understand how they talk or act etc. When they act out they get a free therapy session and some more money. A slap would cost the tax payer a lot less and be far more effective. I now live in fear of going outside from the gangs, moped thief's, knife crime etc. And I'm young and healthy. Imagine what that's like for an old lady. Howevrr The police in Derbyshire where I live direct the power in the wrong direction. They spend all their money making sure no-one does 51 in a 50 yet allow gang fights in our towns. That's not a police force I can get behind I'm afraid
@eddiesolo19713 жыл бұрын
@@Jack-hg1hq I do feel for the young nowadays, you keep yourself safe and away from gangs hanging around.
@lodevanhoudt83095 жыл бұрын
respect for the policemen and ambulance crew!!!
@sarahsworld994 жыл бұрын
M62. The Motorway That Would Never Close, unless it snowed
@rattersinc4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading this, haven’t seen it in years. Takes me back to the old days on the 62.
@horace93413 жыл бұрын
1979 when every copper seemed to be a moustacheio man 🥸🥸🥸😂😂. Playing chicken on the motorway removing debris 😂. That was so normal back then, how things have changed. Great vid.
@RebirthRadio20236 жыл бұрын
I drive the M62 almost every day, fascinating documentary and even now the uppermost stretch is wild and remote. As someone who has to travel between Yorkshire and Cheshire for work, this road is a lifeline, especially in the winter.
@chorltonwheelie1683 жыл бұрын
You poor guy. No amount of money woukd make me drive thus journey to work everyday. I'd rather work in Morrisons in Bradford on £8 an hour than go through that everyday.
@JuiceTerry873 жыл бұрын
I drove from Shaw (Oldham) to Leeds commuting. Never seen the weather as bad as this but have known it to snow. It's a great road apart from the horrible traffic!
@rosscharlie53496 жыл бұрын
GREAT VIDEO Thanks for posting .I'd love to see an X5 do what those Range Rovers did .
@stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi47333 жыл бұрын
John cleese explaining to the foreign bloke was hillarious.
@cabovermike3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video ,ive never seen so many f88s/f86s/f89 in1 video,plus the good old range rovers with proper coppers,.
@stevealexR111 ай бұрын
From the days before the police dressed in para military kit merely to make themselves look tough but actually were tough and realised the public didn’t need to be told everything is a danger! I love all the old cars too!
@dannyboyspain13 жыл бұрын
A time when traffic police were a welcome sight. Doing what they did and no health and safety, just did what needed doing. The police of today could learn a lot from these guys. I remember that winter and man was it bad. Schools were shut as the heating wouldn't work, no buses, no milk, total chaos...and guess what, we got through it. The younger generation these days would be clueless.
@tightcamper10 ай бұрын
I totally agree. Shows what clowns the police are today.
@tangomoggynoengi85189 ай бұрын
I was in infant school at that time and even in East Anglia the winter was bad, with drifting snow. Nowadays I live in the central south (Berkshire) and the weather is barely ever anything more than temperate. If it does ever snow, it is generally clear after a couple of days and it never gets anywhere near as bad as it does up north...! At the moment I can only conclude that this is a good point, as medically that much cold would probably dramatically shorten my life...!!!
@SuperActionForceGo11 ай бұрын
Whenever you see people older than 45 in the street remember they survived this dystopian world !!!!
@ChattingWithMeHGV5 ай бұрын
This is like opening up a motoring time capsule of pure Gold. Absolutely AMAZING footage of bygone times from my early childhood. Great upload. Thank you, this was a pure pleasure to watch. !
@HarveyJohnWillmott3 жыл бұрын
That was brilliant! I can’t believe how hands on the cops were. They wouldn’t bother with half of that nowadays. They’re leaving it to the ambulance crews, and recovery trucks.
@britishwillywankerАй бұрын
Watched this as a young lad been on M62 many times on the way to holidays as a teen in N Wales .
@johnedwards41763 жыл бұрын
Good old school police that just got the job done
@MrPabsUk3 жыл бұрын
Blimey, looks like that Cortina at 28:18 went back on the road! Last taxed in 1989! On top of that, the Rolled Datsun at 42:10 was repaired (or rung..) & went on till 87!
@animal79thecat Жыл бұрын
cut and shuts maybe?🤔
@JordanEmonds3 жыл бұрын
That smashed up E type is on a sorn!
@leonardharverson86603 жыл бұрын
Bloody hell! 😆
@craigix2 жыл бұрын
They were right then, it can be fixed!
@fredyellowsnow74925 жыл бұрын
Proper documentary from when great TV was made. Hat off to the coppers involved.
@englishmadcow74612 жыл бұрын
Fogger. The way they ducked between traffic to clear road. Bloody wonderful how they just got on with the task at hand. No waiting for Highway Agency etc to say its gonna take hours to clear!
@sarahbryant87683 жыл бұрын
I remember this winter. We moved from Leigh to Helmshore and I remember the snow!! But the accidents and excuses! forty years and it is still the same!! Middle lane hoggers, ignoring the road closed, no excuse for no lights, drunk, driving too fast for the weather and drivers who dont speak english.
@brushrescue17015 жыл бұрын
Well I was three when this was made.......... absolutely awesome
@amillionviews888Ай бұрын
July 2024. Hats off to those hardcore police men of the 70s They really did their jobs properly and risk them too. I was only a 10 year old back then and remembered those long sideburns, dustbin jacket wearing hard men of the 70s. Just like those actors in the sweeneys. I really really wished that I could relive that era of time in the UK. Very special times back them
@scottfew918510 ай бұрын
The good old days. Just hear the emergency vehicle's sirens brings back lots of memories
@carlkelly42103 жыл бұрын
Brilliant documentary. Thank you for showing it on youtube
@christopherhulse83854 жыл бұрын
19:20 some things never change, car stuck in the middle lane.
@paulknowles96133 жыл бұрын
Great, i drive on this bit of the m62 every day, hasnt changed much, still the same bad drivers, all the cortinas have turned into audis and bmws...a good film, with bad winters and police that would help out...i was ten when this was filmed but my dad was a regular motorway driver then, he always had fords, loved the cortinas and escorts....
@NB_NB_NB3 жыл бұрын
The vehicles look so much more deadly back then, as in no protection for crashes. Driving around in tin coffins
@CJ-zt5mr3 жыл бұрын
That was when cars were cars
@annpartoon53002 жыл бұрын
@@CJ-zt5mr mine was made 1971 still going
@CJ-zt5mr2 жыл бұрын
@@annpartoon5300 O yeah it will be it will still be going in another 30 year's
@stevealexR111 ай бұрын
More interesting and fun though!
@nigeltomlinson33293 жыл бұрын
Had a job putting Armco barrier up in late 80 s cold n grim on that top even in summer enjoyed job tho 🥶
@mgtfbluestreak39563 жыл бұрын
Couldn't believe how many ford cortinas I saw and hey..e type jag...not so many foreign cars back then...thank heavens for the range rover
@iainv40923 жыл бұрын
Highways agency would have a fit at these conditions