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üPOLICE STOP! - THE REVIEW
Ç
You have maybe read the article in Issue 4 of Maggie by Ripped
Off - yes, the one called 'Driving Mad'. If you haven't, why
not?
Police Stop! the Video was released at the end of January 1994,
and was a big seller, reaching number 1 in the video sell-thru
charts here in the UK. It has been described as a 'horror' video
- not the same type as üThe Kiss (1988)Ç or üCandymanÇ - but a true-
life film of the kind of things that drivers here in the UK tend
to get up to.
The rise in car-related crime has been big headlines for the
tabloid press in recent years (because they have nothing else to
print) and the overstretched police forces up and down the
country are having to deal with more and more high-speed motor
chases, almost always ending in death and destruction of people,
cars, vans, lorries etc. When police take part in these chases,
they record them on video using a special camera that they have
installed into one of their cars. The results - a small fraction
of these - are in the video 'Police Stop'.
The film starts off with a high-speed van chase around the UK's
'Road To Hell' - ie the M25. The G-registered van is being
driven by three criminals who have just burgled someone's house,
and they are seen throwing items out of the back doors of the
van, such as TV's, video recorders, etc. They try all sorts of
tactics to get the police off their tail - one of these is where
they appear to be heading for a turn-off - with a police car in
hot pursuit - and they jump back on to the M25, with the police
car having to swerve and go down the slip road! They eventually
go up another sliproad and smash into a lamp-post, injuring
themselves and writing off the van in the process.
The next portion of the film is an actual film of an accident
happening in wet conditions on the M6. British drivers seem to
have this silly thing about driving right behind you, sitting on
your arse - no matter what the conditions - and this is about
when the traffic has to stop in an emergency due to another car
that has spun for no reason - and, because no-one can stop in
time, all the cars end up smashing into each other.
Different driving habits of people are also spotlighted -
including the idiots who do such things as:-
changing a flat tyre in the fast lane
reading a map when at the wheel
lorries shedding their loads
taking a 'call of nature' at a turn-off
üreversingÇ up the hard shoulder when a turning has been missed(!)
There is also a quite thrilling chase involving a Toyota MR2
chase through towns and villages, ending up with a nasty smash
and a death -- üinvolving an innocent member of the publicÇ.
ÇThere is also a case where another MR2 sprays smoke out of it's
exhaust after a service has gone badly wrong - and makes it damn
difficult for anyone else to see where they are going....
Joyriders are also involved in a high speed car chase involving a
H-registered stolen Nova SRi - which is written off during this
chase - as most joyrider's cars tend to be these days......
There is also a spectacular chase involving a motorbike doing
speeds of over 100 mph (!) through the Mill Hill area of London.
Other motorbike chases are featured - the case where one was
doing over 130 mph (!) and the police car could'nt keep up with
it!
One hilarious point involves a learner who, driving in the right-
hand lane, suddenly cuts in front of a police car and off to the
left -- üwith the police car in hot pursuitÇ.
Towing of broken-down cars is also noted - with the reference
made that it is illegal to overtake when towing someone -- and,
yes, there is a piece of film showing an idiot actually doing
this!
The final piece of film involves two joyriders who have a pit
bull terrier dog in their car. For those readers outside the UK,
pit bull terriers are a certain type of dog that has been
'banned' under a Government law after an attack on a young child
some years ago. They are known to be vicious and have injured
people who have been unfortunate enough to be their victims.
Anyway, these joyriders try to frighten the police car which is
chasing them off their tail by appearing to 'hang' the dog out of
the car! This chase goes on for a while, until the car is lost
in a field.
All in all, it makes for quite a good video to bring your friends
around to watch one night ** ie after the pub! **
I hear that 'Police Stop!2' is due out soon .. watch out for a
review!
Felice.
