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colintandy:
was on my way to pick wife up from work late last friday nite was dark  :shock: was raining hard and im out in disco :D  im on a back road towards a village called lamport im heading towards northampton and just befor there are a few bad bends...anyway with the way people are warning me by flashing lights :(scared):  ect that there is a problem up ahead arrive and there is a woman on her side in a car in ditch on left there is also a car other side in a ditch but about 40 foot further up  anyway woman driver ok went to see other fella in car and he said he braked hard to stop hitting woman all ok and the emergency services called ....picture this  im sat in middle of road got my spots on and roof lights to warn traffic  the guy says to me could i pull him out ditch cos its only just in its a ford mondeo estate anyway i reply can do but will wait till old bill get here and let them check out situation  as the road would need blocking off !  for me to carry out safley in this dark wet weather! then i said to him while we wait check out where your front recovery point is on car do you know at all he said yes its here and at that point he walked to car went to front that was in ditch and then suddenly he dissapears out sight ! i look down and the poor fella is up to his neck in a very deep ditch full of water he only got a shirt and tie on at that point im trying my hardest not to laugh :D  :D  :D  anyway looking at car and ditch now the whole car could slip into ditch sideways so hes wet i offer him a blanket he say no im ok all matcho now you see i say ok only if your sure cos i would not get in vehicle its not safe anyway go back to lady on side she ok we here the police and fire crews arrive i turn around and speak with old bill and then all you here is the mondeo start up  he has jumped in and tried to move again and guess what happend next  :shock: yep the car went sideways in and now its realy stuck and the fella is well pixxxx off now i speak with old bill and they call a recovery truck out for him anyway what is bad is the amount of vehicles that warned me beforhand  but none stopped to help out !  :shock:  :

TimM:
I feel sorry for him for fallin into the ditch himself, but you did warn him about his car...... so I'm going to  :lol:  instead.

I agree about the other vehicles, they should have been stopping and if nothing else ensuring the emergency services were called, those two could have easily had some serious injuries.  :evil:

Bush Tucker Man:

--- Quote from: "colintandy" ---what is bad is the amount of vehicles that warned me beforhand  but none stopped to help out !  :shock:  :
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Sadly that's far too common these days.
People either 'don't want to get involved', or are too scared by stories in the media.


I've stopped on several occassions.
The last was up on a dead-end lane that leads onto the old road over Ilkley Moor.

It was a Toyota with an Asian driver & the bonnet up, cars had been going up & down as I motored up the hill.
I coasted alongside & asked if he was okay, he told me he'd been there all night as it wouldn't start & I was the only one who'd stopped.

On the first touch of the jump-leads it burst into life,
He was genuinely grateful & offered recompense, which was politely refused. I simply told him to do the same for someone else, as years ago my girlfriend (now SWMBO) had been helped when she was rendered immobile.

It was the same again, people didn't want to (or couldn't be bothered) to stop.

The other recent occurance was a lady with a flat-tyre at the side of the A1.
I did insist that she moved it as far as humanly possible to the left (it was an off-side tyre)
And yes, I had my 'Hi-Viz' on as soon as I got out

laser_jock99:

--- Quote from: "colintandy" ---
 what is bad is the amount of vehicles that warned me beforhand  but none stopped to help out !  :shock:  :
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Seems to happen a lot these days. Last week I stopped to assist an old lady whose exhaust had fallen of and jammed under the car leaving her stuck in the middle of the Fossway-just below the brow of hill! I got a flash warning from a car coming the other way, so was alert for danger. She had been there for 20 minutes- no one had stopped to help and it was nearly dark.

I pulled the car down the hill away from the hill crest and cut off the exhaust box to get her on her way. I also sugested she should get a mobile phone!

Bush Tucker Man:

--- Quote from: "laser_jock99" ---Seems to happen a lot these days. Last week I stopped to assist an old lady whose exhaust had fallen of and jammed under the car leaving her stuck in the middle of the Fossway-just below the brow of hill!
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I remember perhaps a couple of years ago at the roundabout at FerryBridge Services which is on the interchange of the A1 & M62, just to the east of Pontefract.

I'd been to 'WandaHomes' a caravan dealer (which is up the red-dotted lane & is the cluster of buildings at the edge of the north-bound 'off' slip-road)
I was standing waiting for a gap in the traffic to get out & noticed a landing skid (the semi-circular foot from the bottom of a semi-trailers front legs)

I'd been considering moving it, as I could see what may happen, as these are big lumps of metal.
Then it did..
A Jetta (or Golf?) came round & there was an almightly 'THUMP'
It had wedged into the sump & with sparks flying it came to a rapid halt.

Within seconds I had the Discovery half on the grass behind it & persuading the (lady) drive to abandon her car.

I phoned the Police & within minutes had a Traffic Officer with me, as it was essentially stuck in lane 1 of the M62 west-bound 'on' ramp

I did offer to move the car, if he'd stop the traffic for me, but upon closer  inspection the foot was wedged against the block, so we decided against it & he organised recovery.


What scared me was the ladies initial reluctance to get out of her car until she'd finished the phone-call she was making :shock:  :shock:  :shock:
Are people stupid, or simply don't live in the real world?

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