DUNKS Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 I watch this with interest but one thing puzzles me. In most of the police cars there is a long stalk on the right of the steering wheel. I have seen it operated with the right index finger. It's obviously retro fitted to chase cars. Anyone know what it's for please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossco89 Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 Sounds like a push to talk button, linked to the radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNKS Posted December 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 Yep I bet that's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommoTomson Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 As above it's for the comms. Pull it towards you to talk and when released it goes back to centre and if you push it away from you it stays in open mic position. Unfortunately it's a sod for pushing back with your knee when your moving about and you are on open mic without knowing about it..................not always good depending on the topic of conversation you and your colleague are having Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medic1281 Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 23 minutes ago, TommoTomson said: As above it's for the comms. Pull it towards you to talk and when released it goes back to centre and if you push it away from you it stays in open mic position. Unfortunately it's a sod for pushing back with your knee when your moving about and you are on open mic without knowing about it..................not always good depending on the topic of conversation you and your colleague are having That sounds slightly different to ours. Ours are just a button on the end of a semi rigid flexible stalk. Push the button to talk on the radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 PTT to make it pretty much hands free in car, used to work for a force and it was a yellow button on a rigid stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommoTomson Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 9 hours ago, Medic1281 said: That sounds slightly different to ours. Ours are just a button on the end of a semi rigid flexible stalk. Push the button to talk on the radio. I'd imagine there will be some differences between the forces. The ones we had were handy as you could leave your mic open during a pursuit and feed info back to control (usually on a channel set up for that job and they would then pass the info out to other units on the standard channels) whilst having both hands fully on the wheel. They may have changed things now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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