Graham Wright wrote:akirk wrote:do all traffic schools teach only pull-push? roadcraft is not that strict!
Alasdair
It was written by a policeman! It was either Colonel T E St. Johnson or Geoffrey Palfrey (?) who were (I think) Chief Constables of Lancon.
Doubtless, someone will correct me.
To the best of my recollection , when the metropolitan police became motorised in the early 20th century and started pursuing bad guys , they were equipped with the fastest cars available , because that was what some of the bad guys had too , only without any formal training the crash rate was alarming !
Someone decided to go to one of the prominent racing drivers of the day : The Earl of Cottenham , and it was he who devised 'The System of Car Control' and ( I thought ? ) wrote the first version of Roadcraft ?