Enterprise are trying to take all our savings

TELLIT01

k18dan said:

Who knows what they would have done in that situation, but it sounds like you did what felt right to you at the time.

That's probably the fairest comment I have seen in the entire thread.  Very easy to know exactly what somebody else should have done when you aren't in the likely state of shock that the driver would have been in.

ElefantEd

Alderbank said:

The police need to know very quickly about an incident so they can decide whether to actuate overhead speed limits. A driver at 300kps needs plenty of warning.

And brown trousers! 675000 mph is surely illegal even on autobahns.

Sandtree

ElefantEd said:

Alderbank said:

The police need to know very quickly about an incident so they can decide whether to actuate overhead speed limits. A driver at 300kps needs plenty of warning.

And brown trousers! 675000 mph is surely illegal even on autobahns.

Not directly but indirectly speed can be used for a "dangerous driving" type charge considering weather, traffic etc... the ability for anyone to catch you or your registration plate/video would however be challenging. Online resources suggest at 1,200mph puts you beyond what a standard camera can capture a registration plate at. 

Ergates

ElefantEd said:

Alderbank said:

The police need to know very quickly about an incident so they can decide whether to actuate overhead speed limits. A driver at 300kps needs plenty of warning.

And brown trousers! 675000 mph is surely illegal even on autobahns.

On the other hand, at that speed your number plate would be a rapidly spreading cloud of superheated plasma, so you probably couldn't be given a ticket.

MattMattMattUK

Ergates said:

ElefantEd said:

Alderbank said:

The police need to know very quickly about an incident so they can decide whether to actuate overhead speed limits. A driver at 300kps needs plenty of warning.

And brown trousers! 675000 mph is surely illegal even on autobahns.

On the other hand, at that speed your number plate would be a rapidly spreading cloud of superheated plasma, so you probably couldn't be given a ticket.

You would also be on your way into space, escape velocity is around 25,000 mph, that is one very fast fireball going up into the sky.

Manxman_in_exile

TELLIT01 said:

k18dan said:

Who knows what they would have done in that situation, but it sounds like you did what felt right to you at the time.

That's probably the fairest comment I have seen in the entire thread.  Very easy to know exactly what somebody else should have done when you aren't in the likely state of shock that the driver would have been in.

Well I know what I'd do.  In the only road traffic accident I've been involved in the first thing I did - after checking I was ok and the other driver was ok - was contact the police.  I didn't do so because another car was involved, I did so because the road needed to be cleared and because it seemed the sensible thing to do anyway.

I must admit I'm not clear what the effects of the recent Highway Code changes are, but I thought the very clear advice in there was that if you suffer a breakdown on the motorway and end up on the hard shoulder (which seems to be what the OP says happened to them) then your first action after safely exiting the car, if you aren't right next to an emergency 'phone, is to call 999 and ask for the police, or have I got that wrong?

If that's the advice for breakdowns on the motorway in the UK, I'm pretty sure I'd expect something similar on the Autobahn.  

And if I were driving a hire car in Germany - or any other foreign country - I'd make damn' sure I understood fully the terms of my insurance.  I note the OP still hasn't come back to confirm whether or not the term Enterprise is relying on is in the insurance they signed up to.

DB1904

Manxman_in_exile said:

TELLIT01 said:

k18dan said:

Who knows what they would have done in that situation, but it sounds like you did what felt right to you at the time.

That's probably the fairest comment I have seen in the entire thread.  Very easy to know exactly what somebody else should have done when you aren't in the likely state of shock that the driver would have been in.

Well I know what I'd do.  In the only road traffic accident I've been involved in the first thing I did - after checking I was ok and the other driver was ok - was contact the police.  I didn't do so because another car was involved, I did so because the road needed to be cleared and because it seemed the sensible thing to do anyway.

I must admit I'm not clear what the effects of the recent Highway Code changes are, but I thought the very clear advice in there was that if you suffer a breakdown on the motorway and end up on the hard shoulder (which seems to be what the OP says happened to them) then your first action after safely exiting the car, if you aren't right next to an emergency 'phone, is to call 999 and ask for the police, or have I got that wrong?

If that's the advice for breakdowns on the motorway in the UK, I'm pretty sure I'd expect something similar on the Autobahn.  

And if I were driving a hire car in Germany - or any other foreign country - I'd make damn' sure I understood fully the terms of my insurance.  I note the OP still hasn't come back to confirm whether or not the term Enterprise is relying on is in the insurance they signed up to.

Is that the advice? If so it's not good advice calling an emergency service for them to pass on your details to send Highways England.

mobileron

Ensure u cancel or lose the credit card,if it was booked in Germany.

Ergates

MattMattMattUK said:

Ergates said:

ElefantEd said:

Alderbank said:

The police need to know very quickly about an incident so they can decide whether to actuate overhead speed limits. A driver at 300kps needs plenty of warning.

And brown trousers! 675000 mph is surely illegal even on autobahns.

On the other hand, at that speed your number plate would be a rapidly spreading cloud of superheated plasma, so you probably couldn't be given a ticket.

You would also be on your way into space, escape velocity is around 25,000 mph, that is one very fast fireball going up into the sky.

The longest stretch of unregulated Autobahn is 150km - you'd cover that in 0.5 seconds.   I wonder what the stopping speed is from 675000 mph - considering that your tyres and brakes would also be superheated plasma.

Pollycat

mobileron said:

Ensure u cancel or lose the credit card,if it was booked in Germany.

Would that work if Enterprise take the OP to court?