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

skivenov

Call the police and ask them to provide cover while you change it.

Personally though, I wouldn't be without my breakdown cover. It's that cheap that I'd gladly give someone my membership fee for a year to change a tyre for me on the motorway.

Working on a car on the hard shoulder is very much one of those things that isn't worth the risk.

Rodney_Trotter

skivenov wrote: »

Call the police and ask them to provide cover while you change it.

Personally though, I wouldn't be without my breakdown cover. It's that cheap that I'd gladly give someone my membership fee for a year to change a tyre for me on the motorway.

Working on a car on the hard shoulder is very much one of those things that isn't worth the risk.

Not their job to do that.

globalds

yes ..It is not that dangerous.

Joe_Horner

Have done in the past, and have also stripped a (n/s) rear drum when part of a lining came loose and locked the wheel.

But that was a couple of decades ago when traffic was nothing like what it was now. Most cars moved out to the center lane as they passed - which in today's traffic wouldn't often be possible.

So now, I guess it'd be a yes or no depending on conditions at the time.

paddedjohn

Rodney_Trotter wrote: »

You wouldn't have to you would be removed within 30 minutes.

You might be removed within 30 minutes, ive waited hours before now.

jaymidlands

n/s I would do with no hesitation..O/s I would pull car over as far as i could and if traffic light would do it quickly if heavy traffic phone hato ell them and wait for them to block lane 1 so I could change wheel quickly again

marleyboy

Rodney_Trotter wrote: »

Yes there was and by the sound if it you stopped illegally too which makes matters worse.

Stopped illegally?

A- I was not driving the vehicle, I was a passenger.
B- The car suffered a puncture meaning the driver had no choice but to pull over
and stop the vehicle.

Whether or not it is illegal to change a tyre on the hard shoulder nowadays, there was no such law when it happened to us nearly a decade ago.

As far as I am aware, stopping a vehicle on the hard shoulder as a result of a puncture is NOT ILLEGAL, I am sure its NOT illegal to change a tyre on the hard shoulder but its not advised, thankfully I need not worry about it nowadays, as I am covered should such an event happen to me.

I imagine driving a car with a deflated tyre is illegal, as it was back when it happened, but this was nearly a decade ago and long before the days of runflat tyres.

tiger_eyes

Absolutely not. Too many people hit and killed on the hard shoulder. I wouldn't even stay in the car. Get out via the passenger side and stand as far back as possible.

paddedjohn

As far as I know its not illegal to stop and assist a broken down vehicle, ive towed a few off in my time and also been towed off, I think you have to leave by the next exit though.
Different sites suggest different answers but ive not found a definitive answer that states its illegal to stop to help a broken down vehicle.


Iwouldnt change a wheel on the offside, id rather drive to the next junction and wreck the wheel.

londonTiger

changing a wheel in the dark and rain is bad enough as it is but also changing where there are 70mph vehicles moving that appear the size of golf balls one moment and then 10 seconds later they're just feets away from you - dont fancy my chances. would rather tap out and call the emergency services to give cover and call recover to change wheel