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

powerful_Rogue

MrsE wrote: »

If your not a member of an aa type organisation, what choice do you have if you get a flat tyre.

Call the highways agency or take out roadside membership at the time. Yes you will pay a premium, but what price do you put on your life.

The hard shoulder is the most dangerous place to be.

opinions4u

The RAC did mine when I had a blow out.

He'll turn up within half an hour in normal conditions, do it quicker than me and the car will be safer than if I did it.

Oh, and I'm not revealing my bum cleavage to any passing truck driver.

MrsE_2

powerful_Rogue wrote: »

Call the highways agency or take out roadside membership at the time. Yes you will pay a premium, but what price do you put on your life.

The hard shoulder is the most dangerous place to be.

Suspose someone just didn't have the cash in their account to join the aa.

What would the highways agency do?

MrsE_2

opinions4u wrote: »

The RAC did mine when I had a blow out.

He'll turn up within half an hour in normal conditions, do it quicker than me and the car will be safer than if I did it.

Oh, and I'm not revealing my bum cleavage to any passing truck driver.

Why is it safer for the rac to do it?

CKhalvashi

powerful_Rogue wrote: »

Call the highways agency or take out roadside membership at the time. Yes you will pay a premium, but what price do you put on your life.

The hard shoulder is the most dangerous place to be.

When you've run over a bit of metal at 11pm, all you want to do is get home. This was my last time stopping on a hard shoulder

I have breakdown cover on my bank account, and if it was rush hour I'd probably have called them, but in my case I called highways, to have the police arrive (to remove the metal) 2 minutes later, and lovingly did it myself with a police car parked behind mine and my car as far in to the hard shoulder as possible.

CK

Rodney_Trotter

paddedjohn wrote: »

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.

It's an offence to stop unless it's an emergency. So unless you're an authorised recovery agent stopping to tow someone isn't an emergency.

wba31

i dont have a spare, just a spray kit... i dread the day i get some kind of puncture... luckily i have Green Flag cover through my bank account...

paddedjohn

Rodney_Trotter wrote: »

It's an offence to stop unless it's an emergency. So unless you're an authorised recovery agent stopping to tow someone isn't an emergency.

Show me a link that backs that statement up as fact and I will believe you, until then I will continue to stop on the hard shoulder to help. As I explained in my post, I can't find a definitive answer either way and my understanding is that stopping to help someone who has broken down is an emergency.

Rodney_Trotter

paddedjohn wrote: »

Show me a link that backs that statement up as fact and I will believe you, until then I will continue to stop on the hard shoulder to help. As I explained in my post, I can't find a definitive answer either way and my understanding is that stopping to help someone who has broken down is an emergency.

I'm not going to argue with you, continue to put yourself in unnecessary danger and one day you can become a stated case when you challenge your ticket. That's if the coroner don't report on you first.

Andy_L

brightonman123 wrote: »

https://www.gov.uk/breakdowns-and-incidents-274-to-287/additional-rules-for-motorways-275-to-278

"do not put yourself in danger by attempting even simple repairs
ensure that passengers keep away from the carriageway and hard shoulder, and that children are kept under control"

However, since that doesn't have MUST/MUST NOT in front of it its not law just a (sensible) recommendation