Unmarked BMW 5 Series London Ambulance Service Supervisor's Car

[dance2noise002]

How much does the police force in London and area pay for these BMWs? They seem to have sooo many in their fleet?! Can someone explain ?

[04smallmj]

@dance2noise002 Read the comment at the top... and this is for an ambulance supervisor...

[TubeMemberLogin]

Don't like the rear lights of unmarked car as flash unequally/are not properly syncronised - should be wig wag or synch flash but they are somewhere between the two

[Francesc2000]

Nice car. I'd love to have it myself. Great catch.

[smith34n]

Why would this vehicle be unmarked, what is the reason for it not to have the standard markings on the side like most emergency services vehicles?

[code3paris]

@smith34n Hi, see some of the very good comments below which address this issue. The supervisors contribute to the payments of this car and use them for personal use as well as for emergency use which is why they are unmarked.

[pyro999maniac]

@code3paris the supervisor himself owns the car however the ambulance service fit it with blues and twos and insure it as an emergency vehicle to allow him to respond without taking an rrv off general service. they do respond to 999 calls because the service is so busy and it alows them to respond on blues directly from home in the even of a national emergency :)

[5car5ace]

I want that....

[supermanutd1000]

why was they there wot happend

[Bigbadandgrizzley]

Officers in Unmarked cars only respond to major incidents, or things like large public events (such as football matches, or stadium concerts). They tend to work the rest of the shift either at the control centre, or moving from station to station doing managerial roles. There is no point assigning them to a fully marked fully kitted car as it will take a vehicle off the road to be able to attend to emergencies.

[pyro999maniac]

@Bigbadandgrizzley often supervisors respond to standard 999 calls, after all they are paramedics, because the ambulance service is just so busy now.

[ukmale4]

nice cone crushing action, would it not have been a smarter idea to move the cones first!!??

[bben95]

Why does the ambulance service need unmarked cars?

[w4o8l15f16i23g48]

why do the ambulance need unmarked cars?

[04smallmj]

@w4o8l15f16i23g48 read the comments below.

[ChrisHawkswell]

Guys, some of you are being a little nieve. Senior managers are clearly given lease cars which they contribute payments to. This is used as their personal car but is fitted with covert blue lights in the event that they need to respond to incidents... hence this was the protests taking place in London. The vehicles are not used as a standard ambulance and very rarely do they respond to emergency calls. They have blue lights to enable them to respond to large incidents.

[112NHN]

I love that Freelander 2 <3 :D

[Aylesburyfire]

was that the met police helicopter in the sky when looking at the rear of the BMW

[code3paris]

@Aylesburyfire Yes indeed it was. This was taken during the demonstration against the Cuts and the Met Police had the helicopter out.

[dunitlol]

Bran-new F10's wow...they shouldn't replace them just next time get X-Drive

[Mattylad36]

I think these are unmarked due to the fact they are actually the ambulance officer's own cars what they take home, also note the fact that they have small (most probably magnetic) lightbars so it can be used as their everyday car too. Same goes for fire, except some of them get marked up cars, not sure about them getting to take them home but I know that there's an London Fire Brigade ADO who lives near me and he takes his marked car home.

Nice video, I've got some shots of that Land Rover too!

[PoliceAmbulanceFire]

Great footage, lve the land rover at the end

[BLAustinSaysHi]

Looks good, My dad bought home the brand new 60 plate Discovery 4 the other day and it is amazing, Goes like a rocket and the interior is quality :D This is the ambulance version :)

[AthelStanVideos]

i understand unmarked police cars... but unmarked ambulances? surely that makes the quest to get through the street worse?

[EnjoyFirefighting]

@AthelStanVideos I think when they use it also as private vehicle they don't want other people to see what he normally works. In my city one water rescue service has two unmarked command cars, and the red cross has an almost unmarked chief unit (just one little sign on the hood). Others again are marked as for example emergency doctor, but not from which organization

[061zgz]

Why unmarked? :S

[pyro999maniac]

@061zgz our officers use their own cars and the service fit them with fixed grille lights and siren and a magnetic lightbar. they take the lightbar off or just don't use it when off duty. the car is not owned by the service