that has to be the best driving I've seen so far and the sound from that v8 engine is mint !

@shaneharrisnj3484

3 жыл бұрын

That Rover V8, was actually a 214 cubic inch Buick small block, Buick gave Rover that motor...

Great driving. People have to remember that this video was shot not that long after the King's X fire in which 33 people died. For years afterwards, the LFB were rightly very fast to respond to any AFA's at London stations, and getting commanders there quickly was a priority. This guy's traffic reading was first class. You'd need a sick bag though in a Range Rover!

@Roger_Stenning

3 жыл бұрын

Was it a Rangey or a Disco? I'm looking at the grab handle in front of the passenger, and that's a classic Disco #1 feature before they began to stick air bags there?

@PaulCrichtonStandardC-528

Жыл бұрын

They did wallow on corners, and this classic well executed "Roadcraft"

@jamjardj1974

8 ай бұрын

@@Roger_StenningV8 Range Rover

@jamjardj1974

8 ай бұрын

Now they have Minis and i3s. SMDH.

Probably the best emergency driving ive ever seen. Those who criticise should explain why and give credentials

@LiamGardner

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely top quality drive, wheels didn't stop rolling from leaving station to getting to the shout! The only thing you could possibly pick up on is the route he took, he could have gone down Piccadilly when he got to Hyde Park Corner and then down Haymarket or turned straight onto Constitution Hill and straight down The Mall (assuming they were both open)... but he knew as soon as he went past the turning hence the comment about "oh it's Charing Cross!"

@code3responsevideos872

Жыл бұрын

No Criticisms but my credentials are firefighter since 2013 and driving instructor since 2018 which included teaching at our county academy. Also I am a CDL holder since 2013 and drive trucks professionally. I will say the way they drive is much more aggressive then in the US. I would venture to say their legal standards are looser. I also know if an accident occurred while driving like this in the US the operator would be incarcerated. While driving you cannot force other drivers out of the way. I will say the driver in this video was highly skilled.

@mrangry3753

Жыл бұрын

Driving was horrendous, why race a control unit to a call like that. He was aggressive and shouting at other road users like a clown. Arrived just in time for the stop Went through a red light that definitely questionable. This man didn't make it through his career without hitting something for sure. Credentials, driving trucks in the big smoke for 20 years like I stole them. Best driver ever got into the front bar none

@dangp7

7 ай бұрын

Starting from the arse end of Harrow Road, heading to Charing Cross, quick as possible. From someone who literally did this drive yesterday while on shift. Not much has changed in the road layout itself in those 25 years, the manner of driving absolutely. Nitpicks going down Edgware Rd, but not too bad. It’s notoriously difficult making progress. Wrong way around the Tyburn Tree at Marble Arch was dangerous, that’s a blind corner coming from Bayswater Rd, and if drivers back then are anything like now they fly around there. Sketchy driving down Park Lane. Forcing drivers into the bus lanes for no benefit, lane changes near side for no benefit. Stay big and bold in lane 4 and get drivers to move left, migrating in is just hoping there isn’t a moped in your blind spot. If he was planning on using the Mall to get to CX, why he didn’t go Constitution Hill off HPC is beyond me, even the guy in the passenger seat was questioning going Grosvenor place towards Vic. I’ll bet my entire salary this was red mist. Asking if the Queen is home going past Buckingham palace is mandatory, even though she died a year ago. Flooring it up the Mall is my favourite thing to do on blues. Then it all really goes tits up. Wrong way through Admiralty Arch is dangerous enough, WRONG WAY AROUND TRAFALGAR SQUARE!?! I physically cringed. Absolutely fucking not. If I ever drove with anyone who did that, I’d slap the shit out of them out of impulse. And then (like now), the Strand is divided up the middle, so you’re pushing right through opposing traffic all the way to the exit of CX. He’s lucky the other drivers were smarter than him. Facing the wrong way on a one way street with traffic is the most embarrassing thing. Don’t do that. Standards may have changed but common bloody sense hasn’t, and if you think this is good driving either for the time or now, you’re just an idiot and I’m happy for anyone to reply defending it so I can laugh.

@dangp7

7 ай бұрын

Also, wheelspin is not a good thing. Not in racing, and not on the road. It’s a sign of poor throttle control, even before the days of TCS and better differentials. If time is so bloody important to everyone over safe progress, you’re losing both.

Love it. The OIC is totally unfazed, which shows he has total trust in the skill and ability of his driver, even when they tackle Trafalgar Square against the traffic. Just another day in the office (so to speak).

excellent tactical driving. Great responses from the motoring public, yielding and giving way. Sadly that's not the case anymore these days despite emergency vehicles having even more lights and sirens.

@1977mph

9 жыл бұрын

'excellent tactical driving ' , no dangerous, reckless and falling well short of the standards expected of an emergency driver by the Police and Ambulance service , but as it;s trumpton it;s perfectly acceptable.

Oh listen to that engine roar!! LOVELY!! And skilled driving as well

Driving at its best. Aggressive but safe and controlled. The kind of man I would want to arrive if ever I have an emergency!

@Roger_Stenning

3 жыл бұрын

Not aggressive: Assertive. Similar spelling, but worlds apart in methodology ;)

Damn Impressive driving from the Old School Fire Fighters of LFB. Great work lads. Defiantly London's finest.

@thegoose4715

8 жыл бұрын

No LAS are ;)

@86501freightliner

8 жыл бұрын

+Clem Fandango All of London's Emergency First Responders are!

@thegoose4715

8 жыл бұрын

+WaiHon Lam ha ha ok... I am biased, I was an LAS medic. I of course share your view... I was jesting.

Wicked driving, nice timing though, getting there just as the 'Stop' comes through!!

Unbelievable driving, that run from Paddington to Charing Cross easily takes an hour, even in the late 80's/early 90's

That is the best driving I’ve seen, on video or in the streets of London!! The comment at the end “Always wanted to go around Trafalgar Sq the wrong way..” hilarious

These guys used to have the fire out before it even started!

@ayl3166

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds like an OAP... "In my day, if we told the fire no, it meant no"

I'm an advanced driver with St John ambulance London . I could only dream of having the driving skill that this guy has. I will however now look at Trafalgar Square in a different way ! These guys still made it in under 8 minutes even then! I've found my new KZread heroes!

This EFAD driving is brilliant. His speed is very swift and very calm. He gets through the London traffic very easily. Wonderful driving.

Getting through that much traffic, he made it look easy. It was almost as if he planned the route in advanced, good job mate!

Seven and a half minutes of the best driving I've ever seen. I finally found something that's better than Steve McQueen's chase scene. Dear god.

Why is there so much overt criticism of the driving here?? The driving demonstrated here is that expected of an advanced driver. Let's not be critical, the aim of the emergency services is the preservation of life and property and damage limitation. Response times are deadly critical, make no bones about that and in Central London, where the traffic and road conditions, at times, can be adverse, then there will be occasions when the emergency services may require to undertake 'unorthodox' manoeuvres. Admittedly, this footage is now somewhat 'elderly', certainly looks like early to mid 90s, so driving practices and procedures have changed somewhat now. None the less a cracking response time from Paddington to Charing Cross and an accomplished piece of driving!

@1977mph

9 жыл бұрын

it is not the driving expected from and Advanced Driver, it is reckjless and dangerous especially as it's the FCU not a first due resource

@hvymtal8566

9 жыл бұрын

1977mph FCU was first due for tube train incidents back then, it's radios could transmit/receive well through the various tunnels involved in underground stations. Now radios are good enough that they aren't needed

@1977mph

7 жыл бұрын

given it's an FCU and it;s presence is a adminstrative nicety ... but let's not let the facts or the views of people with with over a decade of experience in emergency work get in the way of silly little boys frothing themselves silly over nee-naws

@hvymtal8566

7 жыл бұрын

1977mph Except it wasn't an administrative nicety, it was necessary at the time for underground operations due to the radio technology in use, as I've already said and you totally ignore furthermore emergency response driving was a different animal in that time, comparing techniques used then to techniques now would be like comparing a Spittfire and an EF Typhoon and immediately concluding that the spitfire is junk

@scottishmale1970

5 жыл бұрын

well a fully trained driver and id say skilled at what he does

Sir, I applourd your driving skills, they were fantastic. I am an ambulance driver from birmingham and I think you handled the entire run with prescision!!! Wish they still taught DEFENSIVE driving as it should be!

You can feel the tension just by watching the driver coping with traffic! FANTASTIC VIDEO!!

Thanks for the video! The sound of that Land Rovers V8 and the driving was brilliant :)

"Oh Shit its charing cross innit?" < Freaking lols!

this guy should be a rally driver . Big balls

All that hard work and gets a code 6 on arrival..good drive I was at A22 for 2 years it's a nightmare getting around the West end on blues and twos

If I was the passenger I think I'd be hanging on for dear life!!! Fantastic driving!!!

WoW, thats amazing driving in that Rage Rover, who'd have thought they were as chuckable as that!!!

@deezelfairy

6 жыл бұрын

Dash Cam Das I used to have an 80's range rover and you really could chuck em about, you had to really know them well though, get it wrong and you could have a bad day very quickly - this guy must have had serious training.

@TheMank999

3 жыл бұрын

It wasn’t that chuckable. It was rolled twice before we changed it out. I used it as a runaround from staff at padders.

This is by far the craziest ting I have seen all month. I love it!

It may be terrible quality (due to various factors) but, it is one of the best emergency response videos I've ever seen! That V8 sound and ballsy driving were something else, more of this please!

@a20axf

3 ай бұрын

Found myself back here again 😂👌🏻

Bloody awsome driving skills

5:45 "What a fuckin' donkey" I must say that made laugh

Best driver I’ve seen so far...

@southeastandsouthcentralem1355

3 жыл бұрын

@BLACKWALL STUDIOS older woodway commander mate

@LondonEmergency999

4 ай бұрын

@@southeastandsouthcentralem1355Whelen WS295 actually, not a woodway commander

@southeastandsouthcentralem1355

4 ай бұрын

@@LondonEmergency999 good for you pal

hands down the best driving and reflexes if seen!!

@1977mph

9 жыл бұрын

worst EV driving i've ever seen , i've seen better driving from untrained drivers

@haydenjessup

9 жыл бұрын

1977mph you're on the wrong video buddy.

@1977mph

9 жыл бұрын

Hayden Jessup I don't think so ...

@hvymtal8566

9 жыл бұрын

1977mph Justify your statement. I've seen pursuit specialists in US and Britain drive worse than this on tape

Even watching this in Nov 2022 - modern time's - that guy can drive!!!! I wonder what he'd be like in a performance car if he can drive a original v8 Range rover like that....And the v8 made sweet music to accompany this emergency driving masterclass......10/10 for driving , v8 , old siren.

Surely Constitution Hill would have been faster than down to Lower Grosvenor Place? Amazing driving, even so :)

@patgeorge1

7 ай бұрын

But late with your advice!

great driving , holy shit!!

Amazing ! I can watch this video over 200 times and always I will be delighted. Fantastic drive through hard streets. Great !

Proper old school response driving. Love it. :D

Absolutely loved this run, excellent driving

Awesome! This makes Rendezvous look like Postman Pat on his rounds.

Amazing Driving and very confident,Calm, skilful and I have every respect for this Fire Emergency Driver.

Brilliant driving, thanks for posting

Nice to see this one making a return, many many thanks for posting.

Good driver , never missed a gap.

"Oh shit its Charing Cross" "We're in Victoria" Fucking gold, great vid and great driving though!

@CobraEmergency

9 жыл бұрын

***** Aha x)

Fantastic video!, Love the sound of the V8 and some pretty hairy driving around Trafalgar Square!, Thanks for uploading!

That's really some incredible driving. Loved it!

@1977mph

9 жыл бұрын

unfortunately ravan the number of Coffins says US Americian Opinions on what is safe and effective emergency driving somewhat moot.

remember people, this was in a time where cars had little sound insulation and people actually respected the right of way of the guy with the flashing lights :P No matter, just goes to show how good command units' driver are/were. That was a lot of wheel and pedal action

@gta4ishardcore

9 жыл бұрын

hvymtal Sorry but driving the wrong way on a round about swerving between lanes is not safe, he got away with it but it isn't safe.

@TheMaxyboy92

9 жыл бұрын

Don't forget this was also before mobile phones became stuck on the side of Human's head's. I drive Fire Appliances in London today(and drove the Range Rover shown in the clip,although not when this film was shot) and the average motorist is much less aware of what is going on around them.

@paulmarshall9549

7 жыл бұрын

Not safe ha what would you do if your loved ones needed this driver, he was fantastic there should be more drivers like him he is the type you need if people are in trouble

@charlieroberts7775

6 жыл бұрын

It is u moron if using proper warning devices

@Biffo1262

4 жыл бұрын

@@gta4ishardcore It looks impressive but as an EFAD driver and now retired Sub Officer it was at times rather risky. I appreciate the drivers wider field of vision is far better than that of the lens of the video camera and the speed is exaggerated by the narrow field of vision by he gave little regard as to what time he gave other drivers to react. OK HE knows what he's doing but does he know what the other drivers are going to do? I have ridden more times than I care to think about with drivers like that in my career and every one, bar none, comes a cropper eventually simply because they get away with it for so long the odds catch up with them. A surprising fact is that very often the 'steady Eddy' driver gets there just as fast as he gives the traffic more time to react which ensures a far smoother ride with far less harsh acceleration and heavy braking. Spectacular it is, safe it isn't. BTW it wasn't necessary anyway, it's only the Command Unit, so all the risky driving was totally unnecessary; it was all for the camera.

Absolutely brilliant. Well done! The only time I had anything to do with a fire engine was when on Fire Picket in the RAF in 1961, and then I only pressed the bell button!

I always wanted to go round Trafalgar Square the wrong way. Classic.

LOL Heading to Victoria when the shout is at charring cross, the as soon as they arrive you hear the stop message.. Great driving

I'm impressed most drivers made an effort to get out of the way.

Fook me that's not a response driver ....that's a bank job get away driver......balls of steel

That’s a good fast one from Paddington to Charing +. What an old video. Why didn’t he go down Constitution Hill - instead going the long way around Buck House via Grosvenor Place.?

Paddington -> along Westway -> Edgeware Rd -> Marble Arch @2:00 -> along Hyde Park -> Grovsenor Pl -> past Buckingham Palace @4:40 -> The Mall -> under Admiralty Arch @5:45 -> wrong way around Trafalgar Sq -> Charing Cross Station

Just as they pull in…”A242. STOP. Charing Cross Station. Code 6”. Couldn’t have been better timing!

One of if not the best vids and display of driving ever

Anyone else hear the ‘stop’ message just as they pull up 😂😂

As a younger person, it's fascinating to hear this old automatic transmission doing its job. Really makes it clear why "slushbox" is a thing! There isn't an auto in the world right now that's this slushy.

Love it. Brilliant driving.

Is the driver still alive? He deserves a pint and an award )

@stevekiel82

6 жыл бұрын

I too wish to shake this mans hand and buy him a pint! :-)

Wow that's some amazing driving

The best ride around London I ever had! Great vid, thanks for posting. Praise the LFB.

The more I watch this, the more respect this driver gets from me, I bluelight in Birmingham and this guy has more skill than anyone Ive ever driven with!

That driver is absolutely hossing it through the traffic like a complete boss!

That is some excellent driving... Well done chap!

Driving Skills 👌

Those classic range rovers really did like to be thrown around. Had a few over the years wish I had one now

I think you develop a 'sixth sense' about what other drivers will do when driving in 'emergency' . You don't just concentrate on your own driving but watch all the others and predict what they might do - all comes with experience and good training !

Range rover porn British class at it's best!

@shaneharrisnj3484

3 жыл бұрын

Yup. Two tones, 80s Wailers and A very angry Rover V8! So classic!

Watched this again after a few years,still amazed he never had a crash (and not because of his driving)the driver obviously knew the dimensions of the vehicle very well and negotiated the traffic fantastically and given he had only that poor strobe lights on top that can't be compared to post 2007 led's that run was amazing .Today that would probably be classed as dangerous ,how times have changed,still I don't know why he chose to force his way through the traffic at the end because it was an afa.Anyway full credit for his driving skills and if anyone wants to critique my comments good or bad I'm open to listen .thanks

@johnarat9618

Жыл бұрын

This happened just after Kings Cross. It's similar to 9/11. Where and when will the next Kings Cross (or 9/11) happen? You never know.

wow, great driving!!

Excellent driving! You wouldn't be slagging him off if it was YOUR bloody house on fire! Linda

I love this video.

How do you teach someone to drive like that? I think it's the anticipation of other drivers' reactions that's the most impressive. Some of the gaps he gets that thing through are amazing.

@crashdodgers

3 жыл бұрын

You can not teach skills like this driver has, as it comes with years of experience.

Great driving!!!!!

What a great driver...fantastic!! I actually thought I was on a ride at Disney...I could feel myself moving from side to side in my chair!

That old V8 must have nearly achieved two mikes to the gallon there! Fantastic driving.

Now that was class

what kind of siren is this? pls

Just put it in Google maps...28 mins 3.3 mile...they done it in 7 1/2 mins....just watched it AGAIN wow

that driving was world class!!!!!!

Excellent video.

The Queen may nor have been home but I swear I saw a curtain twitch at The Palace....fabulous driving.

What an awesome ride. The driver is great.

Awesome driving

I commented on this video when I first watched it about ten years ago, and I really can’t be arsed to scroll down to see what I wrote. But as it has just popped up in my “suggestions to watch’’ list after all these years I thought I’d give it another look. And I’m sooooo glad I did. Such aggressive, almost reckless driving, spent on the wrong side of the road as much as the right side, outright bullying, and, no doubt, frightening other motorists and pedestrians half to death in the process. Proper loud wails and yelps with a bit of proper two-tone horn thrown in for good measure too. And multiple police units diving out of the way, with all the officers thinking ‘’Who the fu*k is this coming?! Colin MaCrae?’’ The countless screeches of angry rubber on tarmac, and that luscious V8 roar from that beautiful Range Rover........ and then booking in attendance just as the stop goes in..... what’s not to Love? This has to be my favourite 999 videos of all time. Shame we’re never gonna see the likes of it again. Well not in Britain anyway. Sod it, I’m gonna watch it again!

@simongreer6179

Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't say it was reckless driving, or aggressive, the call stated the fire was at Charing Cross Station, was an Automatic Fire Alarm, and credits the Fire Service, however a fire at a train station, In London, You're going to have lots of people there, meaning there's the possible case where you have lots of people stuck inside, meaning you need as many appliances to get to the scene, as quickly as possible to get as many BA's in there as you can. This clearly happened after the Kings Cross Fire, and that just shows how bad a possible fire at the train station can be. So the driver of this vehicle was doing the right thing by getting to the incident, as quickly as possible

@YelpBullhorn

Жыл бұрын

@@simongreer6179 .... yeah but what offends many in this thread is it's an officer and a driver in a Range Rover, that's all. It's not a fire engine responding. Did they have to respond like this to an AFA? Probably not. Personally I love it and I'm glad they did. But do you know something, they certainly wouldn't be allowed to drive like this today. Many brigades don't respond on blues to AFAs any more. Some just send an officer in a car..... with not a single fire appliance in sight. Oh how times have changed. And I didn't say reckless, I said almost reckless.

Superb Driving. Class Ews.

Excellent driving.

bahhaha, stop message comes in when they arrive 🤣

Great Driving!

Great driving.He went through gaps that were not there

brilliant driving

I love the observer mirror for the boss

Very good driver. Highly skilled.

Not unlike a ride I had in a HFB Range Rover in Helsinki in the late 70's...sad the day of the two-tone horn has passed...brilliant driver!

good vid see this on here a couple years ago then it dissapeared great to see it back. this driver has great skill but would they really get away with driveing the wrong way down a one way street now?. thanx for posting it again.

Wow, this was quite a ride, though I'd have held my breath if I was in it. Interesting way of driving...

Why does the he use a different siren from time to time in the second half of the video? Whats its purpose?

How many miles to the gallon on that run

His toolbox was crashing around abit in the back lol

Some call it reckless, i call it skillfull