Полиция и порядок. Артемьева О.А - 12 стр.

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criminal. Sooner or later, the criminal loses his head and either stops of his own accord or begins to take greater risks than he should
and eventually crashes. All the police then have to do is to step in and pick up the pieces without further risk to themselves or their
cars.
Originally, the use of patrol cars was intended to do no more than to enable the police to deal more easily with their increasing
number of criminals using cars themselves. But the improvement in radio communications, the development of the information
rooms, and the growing extent to which the public have used the police-alarm system have caused patrol cars to be used also on much
the same sort of work as that carried out by the beat constable on foot.
Task. Choose the right answer or answers.
1. The police are taught
a) trick driving;
b) how to drive fast with safety over any sort of road surface and in any weather.
2. The police cars
a) are kept in excellent condition;
b) seldom have problems with engine failure or other breakdowns;
c) always have problems with engine failure or other breakdowns.
3. The police consider that
a) criminals are far more experienced in high-speed driving than the majority of police drivers;
b) their drivers are far more experienced in high-speed driving than the majority of criminals.
4. Police method for stopping escaping criminals is based on
a) shock tactics;
b) psychological advantage which the hunter always has over the hunted;
c) “tailing” the escaping car;
d) keeping themselves in full view of the criminal.
5. Using shock tactics means
a) crashing into the criminal’s car;
b) trying to puncture tyres of the criminal’s car with gunfire;
c) “tailing” the escaping car;
d) edging criminal’s car into the side of the road.
6. If the criminal refuses to stop, the policemen
a) make an effort to overtake him or to edge him into the side of the road;
b) simply keep close behind the criminals where he can see them in his driving mirror;
c) follow every move the criminal makes;
d) always keep themselves in full view of the criminal.
7. To “tail” the escaping car means
a) to keep close behind the criminal where he can see police car in his driving mirror;
b) to follow every move the criminal makes;
c) that if the criminal slows down, the police slow down too, if the criminal accelerates, the police accelerate too;
d) to make an effort to overtake the criminal or to edge him into the side of the road.
8. Police method of tailing the escaping car is used in order to
a) make the criminal lose his head and stop of his own accord;
b) make the criminal take greater risks and crash his car;
c) make the criminal get excited and make mistakes which, in high-speed driving, might be fatal;
d) demonstrate the psychological advantage which the hunter always has over the hunted.
9. Police car in Great Britain is
a) yellow cab;
b) panda car;
c) black taxi.
Text 7. Do not break the speed limit ...
American films are full of big, fast cars and car chases. The bad guys go straight past red traffic lights, and people have to jump
out of the way. The police do the same. Cars turn over and catch fire. Twenty or thirty cars end up in one big crash.
That’s in the films. Real life is very different. You will be surprised when you go to the USA. People drive carefully, and the
traffic is very slow. The speed limit in most states is 55 miles per hour! (That is 88 km/h.)
It is not a good idea to break the speed limit. The Highway Patrol (the road police) have very sophisticated methods. They have
cameras, radar and computers. And they have helicopters! You can’t see a police car in your mir-ror ... but look up. At this very
moment, the pilot above you is reporting you to a Highway Patrol officer three miles ahead!
Task. Listen to the cassette.
You are in the Highway Patrol car. You get information from the helicopter. Copy and complete the table with information to
help you catch the two cars.
colour type speed road direction
1
2

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