M25 a couple of weeks ago. I am towing the caravan in lane 1 clockwise near junction 14. Traffic is grinding to a halt behind a stationary car ahead in lane 2 connected by a slack tow-rope to an AA van in lane 1. Lots of fraught last-minute lane changing going on and some cars using the hard shoulder to undertake the obstruction. I have left it way too late to change lanes and pass so am planning to wait. As I approach, the driver of the dead car is just getting in the driving seat and the AA chap has stopped a car undertaking him on the hard shoulder. Some finger-wagging and shouting is going on; then the undertaking car rockets away on the shoulder in a spray of dirt. AA man points at me, holds his hand up in a "halt" gesture, then indicates 2 minutes with his fingers. I switch on the hazards and I have enough room to ease the outfit over so it's blocking most of the hard shoulder and most of lane 1. The AA man tows the dead car from lane 2 onto the hard shoulder and gives me a cheery wave. I have helped a little bit. Caravans are some use after all! Never want to be an AA man, though.
Hawkeye
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Stranger in a strange land
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>> gesture then indicates 2 minutes with his fingers. >>
Shall I be the first to ask if you are sure that the AA man was indicating "2 minutes" with his fingers?
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Why do caravanners call their wobbly-boxes 'outfits'?
Sounds pretentious.
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Why do caravanners call their wobbly-boxes 'outfits'? Sounds pretentious.
It's easier to type outfit than car-and-caravan or wobbly-box
And wobbly-box sounds like something a 6-year-old might write.
Hawkeye
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Stranger in a strange land
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My caravan doesn't wobble so it can't be a wobble-box.
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That's enough Wobble Boxing ! I don't like caravans but I have my own interests that are minority pursuits so each to his own :-)
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This AA man was obviously more sensible than his colleague who zoomed down the hard shoulder in very slow traffic on the M5 southbound near Bristol yesterday presumably thinking that orange flashing lights give him permission to do this. Why was he in such a hurry I dont know as I could see the car ahead parked SAFELY on the hard shoulder with the bonnet raised.
Well, as safe as you can be on the hard shoulder with AA vans hurtling along them. Had I had a pen I would have noted his reg and reported him
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>>Why was he in such a hurry I dont know as I could see the car ahead parked >>SAFELY on the hard shoulder with the bonnet raised.
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Is any vehicle stopped on the hard shoulder "parked SAFELY" ? I think not, it's one of the most dangerous places to be stopped, the sooner it was moved the better!
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installer, the point I was making was that in traffic moving at less than 20mph he was in a perfectly safe place. The only hazard was being caused by the AA man speeding down the hard shoulder (I would estimate over 50 mph).
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