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Yeah, the answer doesn't have to be weigh anchor if it isn't appropriate - people should be _extremely_ careful when they do things like that though the courts haven't always been forgiving on for example jumping red lights (even if only partially) to get out the way or where people caused accidents etc.

@@streaky81 But in this situation he didnt jump a red light he came out pretty safely and got out of the way. But yeah you’ve got to be very careful doing that.

Yeah I agree, most peoples reaction is just to stop. Sometimes best speed is appropriate. Done it a couple times in hull where you can’t always pullover due to the roadworks, so I’ve just sped up and made sure the car behind isn’t being held up

Yes I noticed (and admired) that too. Most impressive!

White vans actually moved out of the way (multiple times). So I'm going to hazard a guess and say yes.

Also, even though there are flashing blue lights and sirens on the unmarked VRS too, the reflective green and lightbar would definitely make the car stand out...

@@davenz000 could just be the drivers in this part of the country. There is an obvious change when you drive to different places

The more visible the vehicle is the better - hence why marked are better than unmarked. Like, I remember my dad almost colliding with an unmarked before - so, hencewhy it better to be seen than not seen.

It was certianly understood from the working groups I worked on with the DfT and local authorities that where possible an overt vehicle is always preferred over a covert one. The design of battenberg markings was specific for the purposes of providing an improved visual presence. The colour of the vehicle is also important. Lemon yellow and white are the only two vehicle colours provided for in TSM Chapter 8 Part 2: O5.2 Vehicle Conspicuity - and while this was developed for vehicles attending road works, there was a significant amount of research into which colours provided the best reaction from drivers. That said, we found the largest factor was vehicle positioning during the approach. You can entirely negate the effects of a fully marked vehicle by being in the wrong position or approaching too fast and ending up in a blind spot. Many a time I have seen a fully marked X5 inches off the rear of an HGV that can neither see nor hear it. In the same manner I have seen an unmarked Ford Fiesta with a single roof beacon clear huge gaps in heavy motorway traffic just by the driver positioning themselves where everyone can see them

Thanks and one of my next ones will be M1 Beds so will be good to get some thoughts from you on that one.

as a retired EMT in the US... You probably don't want to know...

I don't think the main stress to paramedics is the driving, its the shite they have to deal with once they get there.

​@@legallyfree2955To me driving an ambulance with code is, as for anybody else probably, both exciting and stressful. Depending on the call it can be more stressful than the call itself, it depends ^^

Going by that registration, it's only a 2.0 diesel. So my guess he is losing about 30bhp over the VRS and maybe an extra 2 seconds on the 0-60mph

@@gary63693 If this is the Scout version of the Octavia, it could also be the 184HP engine which is also used in the vRS. Due to 4WD it has even better acceleration then the FWD vRS.

@@MikeFoxtrot87 Yeah but the vRS is standard 200bhp? My old Octavia vRS was 200bhp petrol

@@gary63693 I am pretty sure these guys use diesel engines. The newer Octavia vRS models have up to 245bhp with petrol engines.

@@MikeFoxtrot87 nope, these are NHS vehicles… boggo standard 150bhp is all you get

Tires only blow in movies, and sometimes in America.

@@dubious6718 Or at 50mph on a left hand bend on a trailer you're towing. In other words, it happened to me.

@Dubious your wrong it happens in uk. Go Troll else where.

@@Andy-tm9ns No it doesn't. and you are the Troll.

@@dbracer It punctured.. it didn't blow.

Depends if he's working as an officer aswell or the new role is just clinical inwhich case he probably won't have a need for an unmarked car

Not sure if Chris will reply, but in case he doesn't... I'd venture a guess that the "driving" part of the job is somewhat secondary. It's a means to the end of getting a person qualified to do X to a specific location, quickly. Therefore, the thing to focus on is the skill X that would be needed. Ambulance drivers are primarily paramedics; fire engine drivers are primarily firefighters; etc. The only "emergency response" drivers that I can think of that are purely there for the "driving" bit would be blood/organ transplant.

I feel like those would be too expensive for the amount of tires police departments probably go through

those tyres handle awfully in corners and high speeds so id be surprised of they used them

Also I’m not sure what the implications would be if an emergency vehicle crashed whilst driving with a flat tyre, even on runflats. It wouldn’t be able to continue at any sort of pace anyway so there’s no point pushing it with a flat and therefore not much point continuing with the call

Cant speak to ambulance but for fire we use regular normal tyres on all vehicles. If we have an issue with the vehicle be it flat tyre or engine failure or flat battery we advise dispatch we are unable to proceed to the event and to page out the next brigade, then about 30 seconds later we ask them to contact the maintenance office and have them send the repair truck to our location. A few minutes after that they will get back to us with an ETA on how long they expect it will take for the repair truck to get to us. If you have done something to the truck that cannot be handled by the maintenance team (I bogged a truck in mud up the axles once) they will then call for 3rd party contractors to come and do whatever is required.

Oh please don’t start on about smart motorways ! Hard shoulders date back to the early days of motorways & have little to no value in this age of roads & vehicles.

@@WhiskeyGulf71 Try saying that to the owners of the three cars on the hard shoulder that Chris passed just after he re-joined the carriageway

@@WhiskeyGulf71 well , saw a vid telling otherwise. Where guy broke down on smart motorway and nothing happend, nobody noticed him and eventually car took him out and he died. So no matter how what age we live in, hard shoulders are always safer to have rather than trust blindly some technology

Or to one of the many people killed because they broke down , including one I was witness too, smart motorways are lethal and should have never been allowed A) far too many people ignore the signs B) the signs are often not turned on at all despite vehicles been broken down sometimes for up to an hour in live lanes

38 officially recorded deaths due to smart motorways, I would put money on that number been higher in reality

I think in the UK the max speed is 40mph

every country has different regulations on this topic; Thus in Germany emergency vehicles won't use the hard shoulder at all

Sealant is no good for anything bigger than a pin hole in the middle 2/3 of the tread and it wrecks your tyre

@@88SPIKE thats not really a priority for them though, speed is all that matters and its certainly faster than changing a tire

I’m guessing they might use that foam stuff you put in but that’s normally limited to 50 or 60MPH

My understanding is that there are two types of tyre "sealant". The type you put in after a puncture as a temporary fix (which obviously will cause delays and limit speed en route) and the "tyre goo" type which you put in your tyres as a preventative measure prior to any puncture, which then seals any subsequent puncture via centrefugal force. I would be curious to know if any EVs are fitted with the latter type to reduce the likelihood of having to abandon an emergency run part way.

Thanks for the feedback and I’ll try and reduce the fast forward then, just didn’t want viewers to get bored with long motorways or where there is no traffic but will reduce some of the edits. Thanks

Significantly increase the chances of them losing a paramedic though. Motorcycles also lack in the amount of equipment they can carry which is mainly an issue, or most commonly an issue, for oxygen.

Not saying motorbikes don't have their place in places where traffic is really really really bad though...

True however you can see their brake lights come on and they veer slightly towards the right whilst Chris is behind - he probably took this as a good indication he was seen by the driver and was happy to pass on the left.

Thats not actually too far, only Stevenage to Hatfield, some 12 miles roughly. Although hes also done videos as far out as Luton and Dunstable. So he does cover quite a large area

I think he's pretty specialised and very well trained with advanced skills. So he probably covers quite a wide area.

I ended up asking that question the other day to the ambulance crew that picked me up they said their ambulance station is in Stevenage(hertfordshire) & they could end up as far as southend (essex) but they also cover north mid hospital (North London tottenham)

@@grime_garage Yup, gone are the days where most towns had an A&E and ambulance crews covered approx 10 mile radius of it. Now for Hertfordshire, it seems anywhere down the A1 corridor. - A few years back we witnessed a car leave the road and hit a tree. The driver had a nasty head wound, and we called for an ambulance.... an hour and a half later (and this was before current delays) a crew turned up, having driven all the way from Grantham to arrive at Welwyn (where the motorway goes from 2 lanes to 3 in the video above) a journey roughly 90 miles !

@@grime_garage North Mids my area so wow they've a hellova patch to cover, knew Barnet General also take LAS and East of England Ambulances as well. Seems many hospitals to multiple areas.

while the Skodas are pulling strong even if they've chosen an underpowered version, the engine noise at high RPMs can be quite annoying, when pushing it to its limits, accelerating and getting it up to 5000 or 6000 rpm Personal experience: although a large station wagon, and perfect to do family stuff with it, it barely offers sufficient space for being used as emergency vehicle. Our spare unit, a Skoda Octavia Scout, is packed using every inch of available space After the Octavia Scout we used the Octavia Superb, which is a bit worse as it's a pure on road vehicle. Afterwards we got the BMW X3, a rather compact SUV with poor handling but at least a bit ground clearance; Right now we use the BMW 2 Gran Tourer, with better handling and better interior layout but again with no ground clearance - can't even mount a curb; Next up we'll finally switch to a van, a Mercedes-Benz Vito

@@EnjoyFirefighting Very informative response. Always keen on hearing what other countries use. I've found ground clearance a key feature in a suitable response vehicle. Here our critical care paramedics and operational supervisors use wagons, rather than stretcher fitted vans (Mercedes Sprinters and Toyota Landcruisers). Our first such units were V6 and V8 police spec Holden Commodore station wagons but as they no longer make these, Hyundais, Subarus and Isuzus have filled the spot.

@@coover65 you're welcome although we barely have any unpaved roads, and dirt roads can also be driven with unsuitable cars like a Smart ForTwo, for me it's important to be able to e.g. mount a curb, drive across some grass, slightly "rougher" paths like e.g. in a quarry or alongside a river bank and thus prefer units with at least a bit of ground clearance; For the ALS Emergency Ambulances we use Sprinters with a box body, putting close to 5 tons on the scale. 98% of all ALS Emergency Ambulances here are Sprinters Some clips showing the former and current emergency doctor cars we're using: The former Skoda Superb and Skoda Octavia Scout: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eZl-g5ui35mok40.html The former BMW X3: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nb6dktt_yLiZhnk.html And the current generation of BMW 2 series Gran Tourer: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m9yUfpSntKmbdJc.html