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Post by phil70 on Mar 1, 2018 18:47:29 GMT
Just seen a bloke stuck on a motorway in Scotland and despite a red warning and despite the Police telling people not to travel this guy thought it a good idea to travel with his wife and 7 month old child
Not surprisingly he got stuck and then proceeded to blame everybody but himself even branding the Police and Highways Agency staff "pathetic for not rescuing him
Phil
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Post by patty on Mar 1, 2018 19:09:58 GMT
I bet being stuck in a car with a 7 month old could be a tad stressful and as we know there are those who will blame everyone else for their own stupidity...cos nuffin ever their fault..
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Post by peterboat on Mar 1, 2018 22:16:18 GMT
Phil we thought exactly the same when we watched it! I mean how many times did he have to be told that the weather was going to be like it was? clearly a lot more for it tp sink into his thick skull!! rant over
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Post by phil70 on Mar 2, 2018 10:54:51 GMT
And today's Knob Head is ...... Thomas Hamilton currently stuck on the A303
Ranting over a live stream to Sky News that he had been abandoned by all the useless emergency services. He left London heading for the West Country in his 4x4 into a red warning zone, he past hundreds of stuck lorries and cars and still pressed on till he too became stuck
When asked why he chose to ignore the "Don't travel advice he managed to skirt round the question stating he had not seen a gritter or snow plough at all
The fact was that the gritters and ploughs were tied up trying to free the road on a hill a bit further on. The hill had been gritted 6 times in the last 24 hours
But of course our Thomas was only concerned about himself
Perhaps next time he will be a bit more attentive to warnings
Phil
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Post by lollygagger on Mar 2, 2018 11:07:58 GMT
And today's Knob Head is ...... Thomas Hamilton currently stuck on the A303 Ranting over a live stream to Sky News that he had been abandoned by all the useless emergency services. He left London heading for the West Country in his 4x4 into a red warning zone, he past hundreds of stuck lorries and cars and still pressed on till he too became stuck When asked why he chose to ignore the "Don't travel advice he managed to skirt round the question stating he had not seen a gritter or snow plough at all The fact was that the gritters and ploughs were tied up trying to free the road on a hill a bit further on. The hill had been gritted 6 times in the last 24 hours But of course our Thomas was only concerned about himself Perhaps next time he will be a bit more attentive to warnings Phil They put these people on for us to laugh at.  |
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Post by Trina on Mar 2, 2018 11:27:40 GMT
It's all part of the,'Me,me,me' attitude many folks seem to have these days😠.
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Post by JohnV on Mar 2, 2018 11:28:01 GMT
And today's Knob Head is ...... Thomas Hamilton currently stuck on the A303 don't hold your breath Phil. You sometimes need to travel because others are depending on you, however if it doesn't work out you can't blame anyone but yourself. In the very bad snow in the Southeast (1987) I was roadying for a function band. I was based in Romford Essex at the time and the Gig was at Runnymeade almost exactly half way round the M25. I drove to the garage in my Renault Trafic to collect the band's van (Mazda E2000) and found that the Mazda just couldn't handle the conditions at all ..... I had dug it out of the garage but once in the snow it was useless. I unloaded the gear into my old Renault, pushed the Mazda back into the garage and set off. (The Renault Trafic was a great van in snow, front wheel drive with the engine sitting directly over the front wheels makes it very sure footed) I went through the back roads to join the motorway and trundled round the M25 to the gig ......... I arrived at the hotel to find that the gig had been cancelled and that they had informed the bandleader the evening before. ........ the sneaky bugger hadn't told me ....... at less than 48 hours notice of cancellation he would still have had to pay me .... He was counting on me not being able to get there, in which case he wouldn't have had to pay !!! By me turning up, he had to pay not just my wages but all the expenses as well After a cup of coffee I set off back and trundled along the M25 again retracing my route ..... I hadn't seen another vehicle moving the whole journey there and back. As I was going round Gallows Corner roundabout (A12 ) I was stopped by a policeman. He asked where I had come from and I told him "well just down there a mile but via the opposite side of the M25" He looked at me blankly for a moment and then said "But the M25 is blocked and closed to traffic" I just said "Well nobody told me and there were no signs" He asked me if I had any problems and when I said no it had been a good run, he just grinned and waved me on |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2018 11:32:49 GMT
I have a feeling that most of the cars that got stuck on the 303 were not in the red warning area. Doesn't stop some off them from being knobheads though.
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Post by patty on Mar 2, 2018 11:39:59 GMT
Family told me if I drive when there is a red warning out and prang the car ..not covered by insurance...dunno if this be true or a ruse to keep me tucked up safe..
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Post by Stumpy on Mar 2, 2018 11:44:05 GMT
Family told me if I drive when there is a red warning out and prang the car ..not covered by insurance...dunno if this be true or a ruse to keep me tucked up safe.. I used to tell my children that when the ice cream van was playing music, it meant he'd run out of ice creams  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2018 11:49:27 GMT
I get very annoyed when people blame the authorities for their own stupidity, negligence, and carelessness.
If you choose to risk driving in adverse conditions, you have to accept the consequences.
This is like Gazza the other day, blaming the authorities because poor drivers (one drunk) had an accident killing people.
We are responsible for our own actions.
Rog
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Post by patty on Mar 2, 2018 12:36:15 GMT
Family told me if I drive when there is a red warning out and prang the car ..not covered by insurance...dunno if this be true or a ruse to keep me tucked up safe.. I used to tell my children that when the ice cream van was playing music, it meant he'd run out of ice creams Ah so it may not be true then..... |
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Post by Stumpy on Mar 2, 2018 13:00:16 GMT
Family told me if I drive when there is a red warning out and prang the car ..not covered by insurance...dunno if this be true or a ruse to keep me tucked up safe.. Just read this in The Bath Chronicle....... LINK
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2018 13:07:39 GMT
Family told me if I drive when there is a red warning out and prang the car ..not covered by insurance...dunno if this be true or a ruse to keep me tucked up safe.. This was going around on Facebook over last week. The advice is to check your policy but it is highly unlikely to say such a specific thing. They might get you on a clause about 'taking reasonable care' but it is unlikely to be so specific. |
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Post by Andyberg on Mar 2, 2018 15:11:02 GMT
And today's Knob Head is ...... Thomas Hamilton currently stuck on the A303 Ranting over a live stream to Sky News that he had been abandoned by all the useless emergency services. He left London heading for the West Country in his 4x4 into a red warning zone, Phil Why is it always some jumped up bellend in a 4 X 4? They all seem to think they have the capability to drive to Paris-Dakar standards when the most intense off-roading the majority of them have driven is going over the speed bumps on Tesco car parks! One Discovery driving clown in my local boozer constantly bismirches my car due to its inability to be able to cope with harsh UK winter weather?? Yeh right, Suppose I should drive round in a rattly, unreliable POS discovery like him for an odd occasion I may get stuck (never happened yetin the 5 years I've owned it!🙄🙄) |
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