"Steve Hurley" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Julian Mamo wrote:
> > There is not a police driving permit category "Advanced". The domestic
> > advanced and the police class 1 are poles apart. You might say just
because
> > you can put a plug on does not make you an electrical engineer.
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> So, where in the police driving manual does it recommend aggressive
> tailgating? I can't let you get away with the usual: They're better
> trained so they are able to drive too close, too fast etc. No one's
> invincible, no matter how well trained.
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> Being an Electrical Engineer doesn't mean putting the plug on properly
> isn't important.
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> I may be tolerant, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.

Would you know if the Earth was needed or better left off? Do you know which
way the current is flowing and why there is a positive and negative in AC
current. You may not know what properly realy is when it comes to fitting
the plug.
As for police drivers they are trained for 6/7 weeks with a pencil jabbed in
their thigh or the back of the hand every time they make the slightest
mistake at the extremes of what is possible. They are taught to drive a lot
closer than the domestic motorist and they are even taught to overtake at
junctions in certain circumstances. The highway code does not tell you how
to jump red lights, drive up one way streets the wrong way or nip down
pedestrian precincts. You wont see it written down anywhere how to push a
car off the road or to turn 180 degs and push off sharpish when things are
not what they are supposed to be.
They do make mistakes as well but they know it. Some lesser trained in
smaller vehicles leave a lot to be desired but no where near so much is
asked of them.