Thursday night 20:15hrs
M5 between Jn 16 and 17 southbound .
Reduced speed to 40 mph
Matrix flashing STRANDED VEHICLE.
In reality
1 X Wombel all the lights and traffic cones out
1X ATS tyre van
1 X car
Yes a chuffin CAR …WTF 
Unfortunately an awfull lot of cars don’t come with a spare wheel these day and have run flat tyres. if the car fails to let you know the tyres gon flat the first you know is when the tyre disintegrates
chester1:
Unfortunately an awfull lot of cars don’t come with a spare wheel these day and have run flat tyres. if the car fails to let you know the tyres gon flat the first you know is when the tyre disintegrates
Is this because so many “drivers” wouldn’t know where to find it, never mind fit it so they just dont bother supplying them now
I was talking to a AA patrol driver asking if he got fed up with lazy people who didn’t know how to change a wheel. He said that they’re good for business as it helps keep the stats up for the amount of members that they fix problems at the roadside
It’s the bloody speed limit I really don’t get
Because idiots are unable to steer around them an end up ploughing into the recovery crew.
I bet the 1 x car was a young blond that’s why they put all the extra effort in 
scanny77:
chester1:
Unfortunately an awfull lot of cars don’t come with a spare wheel these day and have run flat tyres. if the car fails to let you know the tyres gon flat the first you know is when the tyre disintegratesIs this because so many “drivers” wouldn’t know where to find it, never mind fit it so they just dont bother supplying them now
Same as Indicator stalks on BMW’s & Audi’s.
To be fair, If I was the recovery guy changing a tyre on the hard shoulder I’d want to give people plenty notice to move over a lane and id feel a lot safer knowing the traffic was being slowed down.
There was a thing on telly a while ago where a guy was moaning about a waste of money for cones, signs, lane closeures etc for two guys litter picking. He decided to record it on his phone as evidence. While he was driving. He tried to justify it by saying he was angry at the money being wasted but the irony of the fact it was people like him who use excuses to justify using phones etc when driving that the workers needed protected from was lost on him.
You say its over kill. I say its protecting a guy just doing his job. You’re right, its probably a touch over board but some people are so clueless to whats going on around them when they’re driving then over board is the only way to protect people working near them
Given the lack of skill most drivers on motorways have, I’m not surprised. Yesterday I saw a women driving along the M62 with a phone in one hand and a slice of toast in the other with a “baby on board” sticker thing on the back window!
scanny77:
chester1:
Unfortunately an awfull lot of cars don’t come with a spare wheel these day and have run flat tyres. if the car fails to let you know the tyres gon flat the first you know is when the tyre disintegratesIs this because so many “drivers” wouldn’t know where to find it, never mind fit it so they just dont bother supplying them now
Many new cars don’t have a spare because the car manufacturer want to get the best mpg out of it. Getting rid of the dead weight of a spare wheel can make improve fuel economy.
Usually now you’ll get one of those pressurised cans of glue that you spray into the tyre. While it might seal a small hole, it’ll jam up the valve and still leave you needing a new tyre anyway.
Hammy747:
scanny77:
chester1:
Unfortunately an awfull lot of cars don’t come with a spare wheel these day and have run flat tyres. if the car fails to let you know the tyres gon flat the first you know is when the tyre disintegratesIs this because so many “drivers” wouldn’t know where to find it, never mind fit it so they just dont bother supplying them now
Many new cars don’t have a spare because the car manufacturer want to get the best mpg out of it. Getting rid of the dead weight of a spare wheel can make improve fuel economy.
Usually now you’ll get one of those pressurised cans of glue that you spray into the tyre. While it might seal a small hole, it’ll jam up the valve and still leave you needing a new tyre anyway.
Thats what I was told by the Merc guy when I bought my new car. That can of gunk is only there to get you to the nearest point to the change the tyre.
If I was the tyre guy or the womble would want to think it was 40mph limit,yes I know it’s a pita sometimes but hats off to anyone that works on the side of a motorway or any road for that matter.
All you see when you drive past is just someone working but insulated in the cab don’t realise how dangerous it can be.
If they didn’t do it and one of club plant pot collided with them they would then be liable, observe how many alleged lorry drivers fail to move over from the nearside lane when above incident takes place.
martinviking:
scanny77:
chester1:
Unfortunately an awfull lot of cars don’t come with a spare wheel these day and have run flat tyres. if the car fails to let you know the tyres gon flat the first you know is when the tyre disintegratesIs this because so many “drivers” wouldn’t know where to find it, never mind fit it so they just dont bother supplying them now
Same as Indicator stalks on BMW’s & Audi’s.
I won’t bite
Radar19:
Hammy747:
scanny77:
chester1:
Unfortunately an awfull lot of cars don’t come with a spare wheel these day and have run flat tyres. if the car fails to let you know the tyres gon flat the first you know is when the tyre disintegratesIs this because so many “drivers” wouldn’t know where to find it, never mind fit it so they just dont bother supplying them now
Many new cars don’t have a spare because the car manufacturer want to get the best mpg out of it. Getting rid of the dead weight of a spare wheel can make improve fuel economy.
Usually now you’ll get one of those pressurised cans of glue that you spray into the tyre. While it might seal a small hole, it’ll jam up the valve and still leave you needing a new tyre anyway.
Thats what I was told by the Merc guy when I bought my new car. That can of gunk is only there to get you to the nearest point to the change the tyre.
Brother-in-law was on his way to visit us in his nice new Renault Megane and had a front blowout: managed to just decorate the kerb and tarmac with the can of gunge because there was a big sidewall split, so had to call recovery and go home. (it was a Bank Holiday Sunday with no tyre shops open in the area)
I’m glad my car has a full size spare.
Radar19:
Given the lack of skill most drivers on motorways have, I’m not surprised. Yesterday I saw a women driving along the M62 with a phone in one hand and a slice of toast in the other with a “baby on board” sticker thing on the back window!
Do said stickers give people the right to drive like plebs? That seems to be something I regularly witness. Might get one myself so I have an excuse…