Changing a car tyre on the hard shoulder.

[Tin Pot]

I have sympathy for you Slick, but...

People dont care.

People like to argue about what’s right and what’s wrong about other people’s behaviour, try to shift blame, but it’s really just trying to mask the fact that they couldn’t give a flying fark whether you live or die.

 

[byegad]

I have to say I thought it was illegal to attempt a repair on the hard shoulder. I for one would be on the grass then on the phone.

 

[Slick]

I have sympathy for you Slick, but...



People like to argue about what’s right and what’s wrong about other people’s behaviour, try to shift blame, but it’s really just trying to mask the fact that they couldn’t give a flying fark whether you live or die.

Sadly, I couldn't agree more.

 

[swansonj]

I am amazed how many people you see waiting on the hard shoulder for assistance but downstream of their car. They probably feel a psychological protection from their car, but in terms of the physics, you really don't want to be standing in the zone any impact will propel your car into, and upstream (whilst of course at the outer edge of the hard shoulder) is surely safer.

 

[Tin Pot]

Sadly, I couldn't agree more.

Ive only had one blow out, didn’t have the space saver with me anyway, on the M11 on my way to a client.

Wasn’t sure what to do but knew I had green flag recovery, phoned them up and like others have said they told me to leave the car. That was a hair raising experience in itself, as like you say, none of the HGVs we’re shifting line at all.

It was daytime, but trudging into a muddy field was the only “safe space” in the February wind and rain. Watching HGVs hammer it within inches of my car for an hour and a half clarified any doubts I had about motorists as a whole.

 

[Slick]

I get the advice is call for assistance, but surely a simple change of attitude could reduce the risk to an acceptable level to carry out a simple repair without the need for a temporary lane closure?

I remember a notable member on here using a line whilst discussing a close pass, and it stuck with me. The traffic should react to where you are and not where they think you should be.

 

[Slick]

Ive only had one blow out, didn’t have the space saver with me anyway, on the M11 on my way to a client.

Wasn’t sure what to do but knew I had green flag recovery, phoned them up and like others have said they told me to leave the car. That was a hair raising experience in itself, as like you say, none of the HGVs we’re shifting line at all.

It was daytime, but trudging into a muddy field was the only “safe space” in the February wind and rain. Watching HGVs hammer it within inches of my car for an hour and a half clarified any doubts I had about motorists as a whole.

The boys who work on the motorways but have some horror stories to tell.

 

[Drago]

Have we got wombles in Scotland, if we have it's the ninja variety as I thought they were just for south of the border.

Good point. I dinnae know.

 

[Slick]

Good point. I dinnae know.

Don't think there is any, the only time I've ever seen them is when I'm over the border.

 

[Markymark]

After 2 young lads last month both had to have both legs amputated after changing a tyre on a busy road near me quite frankly if I cannot do it safely away from traffic I’m not going near it.

 

[Slick]

After 2 young lads last month both had to have both legs amputated after changing a tyre on a busy road near me quite frankly if I cannot do it safely away from traffic I’m not going near it.

Horrendous.

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

Like any other road a motorway is full of self obsessed people that don't give a shoot.
We drove 250 miles yesterday on motorways and in Lincolnshire and quite frankly I'm amazed most people survived it. The very basics of lane discipline and thinking ahead don't exist.

 

[roadrash]

@Nigel-YZ1 ....funnily enough , I was on the motorways in lincolnshire yesterday and noticed the same thing.

 

[classic33]

Have we got wombles in Scotland, if we have it's the ninja variety as I thought they were just for south of the border.

 

[Slick]

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Brilliant, I'm keeping that one.