Incident during breakdown recovery

atrixblue.-MFR-.

Warwick_Hunt wrote: »

That maybe in the Highway Code but think about what you've actually quoted.

If you point your wheels to the left and your stood at the nearside of the car and slightly ahead of it. (Using it for protection because there's no barrier) Where's it going if it's hit?

seriously!
if people followed and adhere to the highway code, then you'd be well clear of the car on a grass verge behind it and not infront so if it gets hit it is going into the verge and not into the carriageway to cause more accidents and your not in it or infront of it to plough into you its common sense.

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atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

• Do not Stop on hardshoulder unless in an emergency, tow truck driver should have exited at the next services to assess why he was being beeped and flashed.

The usual reason people flash a truck or vehicle with a trailer from behind is because they can see a major disaster in the making, that the driver doesn't know about.

I suppose you could simply carry on and hope you reach the services before the loose wheel actually comes off and takes out the coach-load of children on their way back from a puppy sale, or the smoking tyre explodes and the trailer side-swipes the coach full of children, or indeed, in this case, the debris coming from the open boot causes a major accident involving Nuns, puppies and children.

Most sensible drivers would stop to investigate.

Warwick_Hunt

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

seriously!
if people followed and adhere to the highway code, then you'd be well clear of the car on a grass verge behind it and not infront so if it gets hit it is going into the verge and not into the carriageway to cause more accidents and your not in it or infront of it to plough into you its common sense.

And if there's a nearside barrier that's exactly what the police and recovery operators would want when parked behind a breakdown.

If their car is stuck the don't want it hitting them.