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V8MoneyPit:
On the way home from work tonight, we came across a police car diverting traffic. I stopped, assuming a crash and offered help to clear the road. It turns out a car had rolled at a tight bend. But I was told there was a recovery vehicle en-route, but thanks anyway.

I passed by about 1/2 hour later and the road was still shut. I can't help thinking that stupid health and safety rules came in to play here. If I had winched the car over and dragged it out of the way, the road would have been open again.

It's not like it was a busy road and the diversion was not too far round. So I guess there wasn't any urgency.

Still, at least I offered I suppose.

SWEETY:
We did the same this year after a had flipped onto it's roof due to it going into a ditch after the road froze solid because of a hail storm & then a down poor of snow.There was a hilux surf & a poor & very cold police woman trying to shift it to open the road up. We ended up stopping the traffic then pushing the capri as the surf tried to pull it off the road into a field. I ended up with a nice cut on my ankle as the exhaust flipped around as the surf managed to get some grip. I then pulled the surf out of the field :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Bush Tucker Man:

--- Quote from: "V8MoneyPit" --- I can't help thinking that stupid health and safety rules came in to play here. If I had winched the car over and dragged it out of the way, the road would have been open again.
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Exactly. Like you I've been there as well (& I'll guess we're not the only ones as well??)

Lee_D:
Steve I'm sure your offer was well appreciated!

We've all I'm sure seen some scary recovery going on with 4x4's , unfortunately the bobbies aren't able to invite peeps to help and  with some of the antics some would get up to this is probably a good policy.

Recovery companies who get to go on the rota system in our county have to pass some very stringent tests.. some who are well equipped and have massive wreckers weren't signed up because the refused to meet the standards required - other companies have spent scary amounts of money to meet the standards required.

Having watched recovery of HGV's on their sides the reason becomes fully apparent - ther recovery operators work with a military precision and kit that most of us could only dream of having to play with. This is of course the extreme end of the scale.

I'm sure Steve that you would have been professional in your approach. Well done for offering dude!

Budgie:
They may have been waiting for their accident investigation unit to arrive, depends on the seriousness of the accident and whether any evidence gathering was required for future prosecutions. In which case then they won't have wanted the vehicle moved until photos and measurement etc had been taken.  :wink:

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