Driveroneuk:
ebabes:
I thought I’ll be clever and gave someone a call just to say there is a distressed looking person on the hard shoulder as now know what this sign means, but WHO should I of rang? didn’t seem right dailing 999 for that as at glace nothing seem life threating but he defo wanted some sort of help/assistanceHighways Agency control centre 0121 33 58 300 manned 24/7
Very useful, hopefully I’ll never need it but very handy to have just in case.
Thanks.
There is 1 big prob now “L” drivers are quite often not taught to overtake 
why not 
so maybe some adverts should be back on tv about this
animal:
There is 1 big prob now “L” drivers are quite often not taught to overtake
Because in todays heavy traffic, the opporunities to overtake on single carriageways (within 30 minutes of the pupil’s home) are few.
They should be taught to OT on dual carriageways
Driveroneuk:
animal:
There is 1 big prob now “L” drivers are quite often not taught to overtakeBecause in todays heavy traffic, the opporunities to overtake on single carriageways (within 30 minutes of the pupil’s home) are few.
They should be taught to OT on dual carriageways
Yep agreed poss as there are quite a few duel carriageway near to where I live it is poss for that to happen ( not a m/way tough or anything with 3 lanes ) also with the pass plus thing that they now have etc it should be taught as when I learnt to drive they did the overtaking bit as well as some other things that they seem to miss out but some have never changed
Unfortunately the uptake rate for Pass Plus has remained low.
Most young people consider they are more than good enough & have proved it by passing the driving test.
Also, once having done that, there is great reluctance to spend yet more money.
now i thought these were meant to tell the emergancy services where you were.
i had an accident on the M4 once, i used the orange emergancy phone told them the post number and the other bits and bobs and they had no idea where i was…
jessicas dad:
i had an accident on the M4 once, i used the orange emergancy phone told them the post number and the other bits and bobs and they had no idea where i was…
Very strange, as soon as you call from a roadside emergency phone, they know exactly where it is. Don’t need any peg no’s etc.
Driveroneuk:
jessicas dad:
i had an accident on the M4 once, i used the orange emergancy phone told them the post number and the other bits and bobs and they had no idea where i was…Very strange, as soon as you call from a roadside emergency phone, they know exactly where it is. Don’t need any peg no’s etc.
yes thats exactly what i thought but even with the number off the side off the phone still no idea.
I had a front tyre blowout at Sedgefield on the A1m week before last and I remembered this thread and gave the operator the details of the large blue marker and the orange phone no. but the Hato guys in the end phoned me up to find out where I was, they had been informed I was nr. Scotch corner 
guess sometimes time the messages don’t get relayed correctly.
Using 112 instead of 999 sends the location of the caller anyway doesn’t it? That’s what I was told on my First Aid course…
jessicas dad:
now i thought these were meant to tell the emergancy services where you were.
i had an accident on the M4 once, i used the orange emergancy phone told them the post number and the other bits and bobs and they had no idea where i was…
That means your 100M from the junction, it’s for BMW drivers in L3 so they have time to cut in 
Picking up the phone should give your exact location, in the old days (pre 5 years ago) it used to through to BIB where anyone may have answered it, now it goes to H/a control rooms, (i’m sure Biffo must have an old picture to show you what they look like in there, it’s like something out of startrek enterprise )
Ringing 999 could get anyone picking up in BIB control who has no idea of Motorway locations.