At the end of March 2007 the first HATO interviews were conducted involving seven top Traffic Officers from across England.

They chatted to falkor for 20 minutes about their woes, their hobbies, their work and their free time! Now read what other members thought of the interviews or simply click on one of the logos above to start reading these legendary texts!

M6 redneck I carry a Swiss Army Knife, (do not own a leatherman and wont subsidise my employee by getting one, miss the pliers tho), spare contact lenses, plenty of pens and scrap paper and a decent resusi aid. (Plus the under utilised tape). HA issue I carry a lot of rubber gloves and thats it. This all goes on my belt. In coat pocket, (winter only as lightweight has no pockets), debris gloves, wolly hat, (not HA's) fags + lighter. Ready for anything! Dog lead V. good idea! On Fire Blankets Have not been trained to use a crow bar, spill kit, shovel or broom. Despite this oversite have mastered their use and used them with success. Common sense will always rule, and we were schooled in this, (DRA). If you feel a fire blanket will make a difference you will use it, if not or you are unsure if it will be safe you wont. Cannot really see a reason to remove it and did not even know it should have been. Still got them in our vehicles and for one I am glad. Always better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. M6 redneck's review Posted: 14 May 2007 06:58 pm Subject: Re: reviews     alihowe’s interview Poking around the site one day I discovered that the Big Man also runs a forum for PCSOs. Imagine my delight, a whole new world appeared before me with many more users for my ramblings and incoherent rants to reach. But in a rare moment of clarity I said to myself, "Do these good folk deserve the Redneck treatment". Not knowing the answer and following the spirit of scientific enquiry I decided to find out. Thus with a brave heart I checked out this interview and now take the time out to recommend it to you. This brave lady has to deal with all the vagaries society has to offer, armed with only the maglite of discipline; and she has a cool taste in cars. However her cat is far too soft on dogs. Plus there is a picture at the end. Grrrr. read alihowe's interview right here!     mondeoman’s interview Paranoia, Prospect, the Olympics, Herts Police, more Paranoia and Politics. More fun then a jar full o' 'Shine and a well oilled pig read mondeoman's interview right here! Feeling part of the team Redneck

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Charl_Hunter Name Anything and everything. I think I use a different user name on virtually every forum I use. Charl Hunter is very random though even by my standards. Occupation Ambulance Technician with East Midlands Ambulance Service. Joined in 2003 and still loving it. Should be doing my Paramedic training on the next availible course. Previous Occupation General dogsbody, driver, forklift operative in a warehouse environment Back Up Occupation Lorry driver, got my cat C (old class 2) did the occasional shift on the bin wagons while I was on a trainee wage. the two jobs were quite similar..... Best Smilie I seem to use it the most of them all. Best 2 TV Programmes on now Simpsons - don't have sky or anything like that so in the fortunate position where most the stuff shown on telly now I've never seen before. And er erm, dunno, don't watch a lot of telly Best 2 TV programmes not on now Oh dear tv questions er er, can I have one on sport instead please? Best 2 Movies Ever Cube and hmmm a choice of many. Can U have 3? (well 4 I suppose) but the Back To The Future trilogy, possibly the 2nd being my favourite. Best 2 Albums Ever Prodigy fat of the land and Offspring Americana. Although i you asked tomorrow you'd prob get a diufferent answer Most Sadly Missed thing Lost friends Latest 2 Videos Bought One hour photo guyand March of the penguins (although that was a gift for someone else so I don;t know if should count Favourite take away chinese take away With tons of sweet and sour sauce and some really cold drink, diet coke'll do it!! (I know thats the same as Falks, but I can't improve on that except I'll not have any of this manby panby diet coke crap! lol) Charl_Hunter's reviews(2) Posted: 21 May 2007 08:45 pm Subject: Re: reviews     Mondeoman's Interview I enjoyed reading mondeomans interview as there was quite a lot of talk about 'behind the scenes' stuff that you wouldn't necasarily assosiate with HATOs work, giving presentations to lorry drivers and fleet groups about the work that traffic officers do, and even better looking at catching them while they are young and giving presentations to school children!! It was also interesting when he touched on the area of getting abuse from drivers when closing lanes etc on the motorways. You would like not to believe that stuff like that happens, but believe it or not we get that too, you can't block a road without getting abuse whether you're in an ambulance a fire engine or TOV or anything!!     Tricky's interview Well first thing first Tricky and Falc devote a fair amount of time to talking about Jacket Potatos, Chinese and thai food so that gets a big thumbs up from me straight away!! And then later on they move onto cheap wine! It gets better and better!! And then Tricky says he prefers the beer!! Is there no stopping this guy?! Oh yeah and there are a few mentions of traffic officers and civil service transfers etc, but I mean after the food wine and beer who cares!!!