[Moparhemi345]

Local to me yesterday.
Looks like police car 0 kit car/rod 1.

 

[chevrolet50]

looks like the car in front slammed on his brakes for a dodgy whiplash claim to me going on how the roof has been cut off!!! poor old car behind had no chance of stopping with drums all round and no servo :lol:

 

[chevy]

Probably on rear rod brakes only.

 

[Nigel Incubator-Jones]

That ain't no kit car or rod. That's this:


1926 Citroën B12 Paris taxi by Zack S. Classic Cars, on Flickr

 

[Stude Star]

That's Chelsfield lane, near me too. I had to divert off to get home. I only drove past quick and I couldn't figure out what had happened, couldn't see any damage on the old car and the cop car had no roof.

 

[Kustom Jim]

Looks like a flash mob from Leepu of Chop Shop fame!?

 

[Nigel Incubator-Jones]

Crap news report here: Orpington police car smash leaves officer in hospital (From News Shopper)
I hope everyone involved is alright.

I find it odd that Mr. Pearson considered the police car to be more remarkable than a 1920s French taxi that is possibly the only one of its kind in the country.

 

[stu460]

So even the Police aren't above making a fake compo claim for a small "crash". The bumper on the cop car isn't even scratched.

 

[technofobe54]

Local to me yesterday.
Looks like police car 0 kit car/rod 1.

Copper in the fore ground doesn't know either, he looks like he's scratching his bonce! :incheek:

 

[coupdegras]

It must be interesting those people on the grass have brought a picnic

 

[Mark]

Looks like the Police are doing a Hotrod type build off and there in front with the roof chop part way through ........The owners of the Hotrod (used lightly) are busy getting there turnups sorted before they start ......

 

[60minx]

Apparently the police car that was hit was stationary.. well that was a bloody stupid place to park wasn't it?

 

[Nigel Incubator-Jones]

Apparently the police car that was hit was stationary.. well that was a bloody stupid place to park wasn't it?

That's what I was thinking. It also seems like a very strange accident. There seems to be little damage to either car but the police car needed to have it's roof cut off.

:beuj:

 

[heavychevy]

The reason they cut the roof off is for extraction of the occupant. The car is considered sacrificial if spinal injuries are feared.

 

[BUNGLE]

Was chatting a couple of weeks ago, with other recovery guys, and got talking about how the fire brigade seem to have got into the habit of cutting roofs off around our area. This has increased a lot in the last couple of years. To the point that the Police around here will not let you sit in their cars , after an accident (unless arrested of course), for fear that the roof choppers cut their roof off, once you have got your thoughts together, and claim whiplash, bad back, etc., as this has happened more then a few times !!

 

[stu460]

The reason they cut the roof off is for extraction of the occupant. The car is considered sacrificial IF A COMPO CLAIM IS IN THE OFFING

There, fixed that for you! :tup:

Was chatting a couple of weeks ago, with other recovery guys, and got talking about how the fire brigade seem to have got into the habit of cutting roofs off around our area. This has increased a lot in the last couple of years. To the point that the Police around here will not let you sit in their cars , after an accident (unless arrested of course), for fear that the roof choppers cut their roof off, once you have got your thoughts together, and claim whiplash, bad back, etc., as this has happened more then a few times !!

I had this discussion with my wife a while ago and said no matter how a person looks after an accident do not let them sit in the car to "recover". They can sit on the road as far as I care.

 

[great68]

Theres plenty of cases where the roofs have been cut off 16-20K police cars because a possibly injured person has sat in one & the paramedics wont let them get out by themselves.

 

[chrisvs]

There seems to be a craze now where people driving past accidents feel the need to use their smartphones to take pictures so they can put them on Faceache/Twitter etc, while attending a recent accident the Northamptonshire Police noticed that a lot of drivers were taking photos as they drove past so the Police got their camera out and took photos of the offenders and are now seeking prosecutions against those people.

BBC News - Northamptonshire Police photograph car crash snappers

 

[Nigel Incubator-Jones]

The reason they cut the roof off is for extraction of the occupant. The car is considered sacrificial if spinal injuries are feared.

I see, thank you, although I suspect stu's post may be slightly more accurate.

 

[nobody]

There seems to be a craze now where people driving past accidents feel the need to use their smartphones to take pictures so they can put them on Faceache/Twitter etc, while attending a recent accident the Northamptonshire Police noticed that a lot of drivers were taking photos as they drove past so the Police got their camera out and took photos of the offenders and are now seeking prosecutions against those people.

BBC News - Northamptonshire Police photograph car crash snappers

Thats great news.i recon mobile phones must be the biggest cause off accidents these days.