sars said:
Perfectly put.
Tonight wasn't my time.
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Perfectly put.
Are you guys for real?
Considering none of you were there to see the conditions and what the situation was, you comment in judgement of our actions???
There wasn't just our two cars on the road. If we'd have stopped at any point on that road, before or after the car on its side we would without any doubt have made the conditions worse and would have caused a pile up. It is a road where cars travel fast, day and night and we were travelling with traffic speed.
You can't leave the dual carriageway to turn round to go back for some miles and the emergency services could get to them before we could have gone back, which is exactly what happened. They passed us on the other side of the dual carriageway, as I said in my op.
If we'd stopped on the road after passing the car, behind it, and someone hit the car then we would have been hit too.
Before you comment about a, quite frankly situation where we could have been killed and criticise what we did or didn't do, maybe you could say, 'wasn't there anywhere you have stopped?' and given me chance to explain fully the situation before you criticise.
For the people who made kind comments then thank you very much.
I've found out this morning the passengers climbed up and out the passenger side (it was resting on the drivers side) before the rescue services got there, thank god and they are safe.
So, if we had stopped there probably the people were already out and we would be the ones potentially dead.
So before you pass derogatory comments on a situation you have read a small paragraph about by a poster on a forum, perhaps you should consider thinking about it first.
Considering none of you were there to see the conditions and what the situation was, you comment in judgement of our actions???
There wasn't just our two cars on the road. If we'd have stopped at any point on that road, before or after the car on its side we would without any doubt have made the conditions worse and would have caused a pile up. It is a road where cars travel fast, day and night and we were travelling with traffic speed.
You can't leave the dual carriageway to turn round to go back for some miles and the emergency services could get to them before we could have gone back, which is exactly what happened. They passed us on the other side of the dual carriageway, as I said in my op.
If we'd stopped on the road after passing the car, behind it, and someone hit the car then we would have been hit too.
Before you comment about a, quite frankly situation where we could have been killed and criticise what we did or didn't do, maybe you could say, 'wasn't there anywhere you have stopped?' and given me chance to explain fully the situation before you criticise.
For the people who made kind comments then thank you very much.
I've found out this morning the passengers climbed up and out the passenger side (it was resting on the drivers side) before the rescue services got there, thank god and they are safe.
So, if we had stopped there probably the people were already out and we would be the ones potentially dead.
So before you pass derogatory comments on a situation you have read a small paragraph about by a poster on a forum, perhaps you should consider thinking about it first.
TitanTim said:Carol M said:TitanTim said:Yeah just drive around an upturned car and drive off
As said all in hindsight :wink:
Tim.
Quite frankly, you are an arse.
Really? Thankyou.
At least you dialled 999 :wink:
Tim.
You know what, people like you need to shut their big sarcastic mouths and do the rest if us a favour.
(Oh and btw, we had children with us, two under ten which is another reason not to stop)
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Me and mine are far more precious to me than a stranger in an upturned car, unsafe to stop, the police would probably have torn your husband a new one if he had stopped.
You did the right thing.
You did the right thing.
There is no point attempting to try and help someone if you are likely to get mowed down in the process. Ensure it is safe to approach first...
That is what I have always learnt.
That is what I have always learnt.
Nosa said:
+1. We weren't there, thus no comment other than thankful nobody was injured. Cars can be replaced, people can't
Nosa said:
The police wouldnt have had to, quite possible another motorist would have hit them.
There's no doubt that on an unlit road with no hard shoulder that the correct thing to do was drive on.
People who weren't there need to stop thinking that they would have been a hero.
Carol M said:
just glad everyone in the scenario is in one piece.
I know the road well.Travel it most days.It's a nasty bit of dual carriageway and the problem seems to be the pull in and out from the service station.Also its the first bit of dual carriage way after a long single stretch back to Chirk on the A5.I think people often think it is an opportunity to speed up. I will often go through the village to avoid it.You did what most people would have done Carol.Certainly I would have done the same.Also the main hospital is only 2mins up the road,hence the quick response.Glad you are all OK.
rhys4 said:
As you know it would've been suicide to stop on the carriageway on that road. It was just at the services so you are right, I bet that had something to do with it.
There never used to be accidents like this before they built the by-pass but you can understand why the villagers didn't want the traffic any more.
It's funny how certain people think they know what they would have done but have no idea about the road I'm talking about.
Glad to hear you and your family are safe. Horrible situation to find yourself in. We have to thank modern cars that allow us to react so quickly to these moments...and Mr M's skill of course!
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