New Met police video

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In West Yorkshire, five motorways and two major cities meet in one of the country's busiest intersections.

Motorway cops Dave Robson and Phil Stonebanks come on duty to a type of call they always fear - an accident in a live lane of the motorway involving a two-year-old child. Dave and Phil close the motorway, and while the casualties are taken to hospital, the motorway cops begin their investigation - but it's fast approaching the evening rush hour, and time is not on their side.

The motorways are often a good place to identify drivers who shouldn't be on the road. With help from their automatic number plate recognition camera, PCs Lindsey Pickles and Martin Willis spot an uninsured driver. When Martin approaches the car, to his surprise he finds a mum with three children, one of which is too young to be transported in the front of the car.

While responding to a report of a car fire on the A1 motorway, PC Dale Anderson finds his progress blocked by a motorbike rider using hard shoulder. Taking a shortcut through the tailbacks doesn't impress Dale.

PC Matthew Hemingway deals with a distressed motorist who's been involved in a hit-and-run accident on the M62. Matthew is determined to track down the men who caused the accident.

In the quiet of the night, with less traffic on the roads, West Yorkshire's motorway cops are often asked to help out in the surrounding towns. PCs Lindsey Pickles and Martin Willis come across a driver they'd like to stop - but just as they attempt to stop the driver, he makes off, and a high-speed chase ensues.

And, when a drink driver goes the wrong way up the motorway during a police pursuit, the motorway cops are faced with some tragic consequences.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06bg9h1

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Terrible TA at the end. 

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Anyone else find the traffic officers advice on live lane breakdowns a bit odd? I'd rather stay in the car thanks!

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Not really, as difficult as it might be to get out and cross the carriageway, you'd be a lot safer stood at the side than parked in the middle.

[IanW + 1,916]

Anyone else find the traffic officers advice on live lane breakdowns a bit odd? I'd rather stay in the car thanks!

I've just watched this and I would generally agree with the advice of the traffic officer, if possible get our of that bit of metal waiting to be crashed into, it was the driver of the BDV who probably caused this as he said that he was driving a long a warning light came on and he stopped and put his hazard lights on...if possible limp the car to the hard shoulder, and get out and as far up away from the motorway as possible and dont thing the crash barrier will stop something hitting you on the verge!

 

Just look how far this car comes past the line of the crash barrier -

 

 

[andi + 1,262]

In the circumstances of the crash though, the driver would have had to get out of his car, go around to the passenger side, and take the child out of the seat whilst stationary in a live lane, and then cross live lanes of traffic holding a baby. I'd rather be hit strapped into a car than on foot.

You would undoubtedly be safer on the verge, but that's a hell of a big risk to get there!

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The incident with the MIni threw me off a little, as I honestly can't believe that a traffic officer had enough time to drive to the CCTV office and then trawl through CCTV for a vehicle that caused very little damage. 

I'm aware of the protocol for an RTC - Fail To Stop and the officer should really have told the female to attend at their local police station inside West Yorkshire and advised that there was CCTV on the motorway.