Would you change a flat tyre on a motorway hard shoulder?

robatwork

Haven't broken down on the motorway for a while - either nervous or mechanical - but if I did I would get myself and passengers out the car and as far the other side of the barrier as possible.

Too many reports of cars - including police cars - being wiped out to risk it.

Rodney_Trotter

robatwork wrote: »

Haven't broken down on the motorway for a while - either nervous or mechanical - but if I did I would get myself and passengers out the car and as far the other side of the barrier as possible.

Too many reports of cars - including police cars - being wiped out to risk it.

About 250 a year.

Rodney_Trotter

Deleted_User wrote: »

No, off the GoogleNet.

Strange thing to google. Do you fish at all?

sniffles

The_Gambler wrote: »

Who does the weekly checks then?

Me. It goes or it does not go. It always seems to go and I get it serviced every 6 months just to make sure.

Rodney_Trotter

sniffles wrote: »

Me. It goes or it does not go. It always seems to go and I get it serviced every 6 months just to make sure.

So things such as oil and water don't get checked between services? How do you make screen wash last that long?

sniffles

What? It rains..I wipe, I don't worry about such things. I have a towel and a squeegee thing. It's all good in my Fiat world.

Rodney_Trotter

sniffles wrote: »

What? It rains..I wipe, I don't worry about such things. I have a towel and a squeegee thing. It's all good in my Fiat world.

And they stop engines seizing too?

sniffles

The engine won't seize. It has had a good talking to. If it steps out of line it knows it will get a good thrashing.

[Deleted User]

Rodney_Trotter wrote: »

Strange thing to google. Do you fish at all?

I can see how you have managed 483 posts in less than 3 weeks.

skivenov

If I hadn't got breakdown cover, yeah, I'd call the police because I don't have the highways agency's phone number to hand. I daresay they'd pass the job on anyway.

If you're broken down on the motorway hard shoulder, you and potentially other people are at risk, so I'd consider it worth a 999.

I have done this in the past when I've passed a breakdown on a free flowing motorway where dad was looking under the bonnet and mum and 3 little kids were wandering around in front of the car waiting for someone to deliver their Darwin award.

MrsE wrote: »

Safer for the car because the RAC man changes it instead of you?

I don't understand that.

Isn't it the same process whoever changes it?

Safer for me cause he gets run over while I'm safely hiding up the embankment

Joking aside. They've got a van to use as a barrier, warning lights on the roof, and a decent jack that's quick to use and isn't going to slip, rather than the wind up rubbish that comes free with the car. Add on they're used to working in that environment. I've done my fair share of spannering and a totally capable of changing a wheel, but they can do it more safely than I can in that situation.