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With lights and
Extra - Peter Wainwright.
sirens the journey
takes just five
minutes.
A paramedic is
already tending
to a woman who
appears to have
suffered
neck
injuries.
PC Richardson
talks to both
drivers,
takes
photographs of
skid marks left on
the road for use as
evidence and gets
the traffic flowing
again.
And after a
visit to St Mary’s
to check on the
injured driver, it’s 2nd driver involved in the Cowes collision.
time to head back No drink or drugs were involved simply a
to the station case of a lack of concentration.
and complete his
Richardson assures us that it will be
paperwork.
a completely different experience
We’ll be joining PC Richardson in
our June/July issue for a shift in the
Traffic Division’s unmarked car. PC
as members of the public drive
normally, which includes all the
usual things, speeding, jumping
lights etc... Should be interesting.
Stella Baker explains that her car is
insured under a motor traders policy.
plates could indicate
that the trailer has been
stolen.”
The driver is told to
take the vehicle home
and fix the lights before PC Richardson with Michael Phillips who
going any further.
on this occasion got off with a warning for
If members of the speeding (not enough evidence to say he’d
public call to complain been speeding for 2 tenths of a mile)...
about speeding, the
police will go to that area and set up
the family involved.
their speed guns.
“It’s not easy to be told someone
Rather than hiding behind a hedge
has died. There’s a sense of disbelief.
to catch drivers going over the speed
“Some people close the door on
limit, which he is perfectly entitled
you, others might hit you but often
to do, PC Richardson prefers to be in
they will just want to share all their
full view of oncoming motorists.
memories of their loved one.”
“We are here to educate people. If
Just before the end of his shift
our presence makes them think a
a call comes in for a two-vehicle
little more about the speeds they are
collision in Mill Hill Road, East
doing that’s good.”
Cowes, involving injured persons.
PC Richardson is passionate about
There are no local units available
road safety and says this comes
and as PC Richardson packs up his
from years of having to clear up the
speed gun in Rookley, he knows he
carnage.
could be the first on the scene and
“I am also a family liaison officer
have to carry out preliminary first
and in the event of an accident, it is
aid.
me who has to knock on the door of
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This lucky driver is let off with a warning
and told to go home and fix the lights.
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