Another crash...

[jamieross]

...but..

it wasnt me, or my saxo.

my dad just came back home from an accident (hes in the fire brigade). he told me there was a car broken down at the side of the A1 and waiting for the recovery/breakdown truck to come and just as the truck was arriving at the car a lorry jack-knifed and crashed into the car, squashing it into the banking at the side of the road killing 3 passengers in the car.

its scary to know driving in this weather has consequences like this.

my advice is dont get out your car but sit in the passenger side of the car

thought i would let you know incase you find yourself broken down, take care

[sax-dan]

it just gets werse.

[Mystic]

Thats pretty Grim like, noone likes waiting at the side of the road in weather like this but this just goes to show it can make all the difference!

[Cammy]

i thought standing away or on an embankment till help arrives is what you were to do?

[Mochachino]

I was gonna post "learn how to drive then" but actually read the post.

Not good, RIP. I dont even go out in this weather.

[Meto]

Id go further than that mate and say get out your car and walk to the very top of the motorway embankment out of harms way.

RIP

[furiomike]

i thought standing away or on an embankment till help arrives is what you were to do?
Yeah it is. I can only guess it was cold outside :/

[CHIP]

it just gets werse.

It won't get any better either with spelling like that lol.

Sorry mate, no offence. Worse :y:

Sorry to hear about the 3 dead aswell... Not good at all :n:

[jamieross]

I was gonna post "learn how to drive then" but actually read the post.

Not good, RIP. I dont even go out in this weather.

dont even start that or youll end up like the ashleyp crash thread! :wall:

[Mochachino]

dont even start that or youll end up like the ashleyp crash thread! :wall:

Thats why i said it, thinking it was jus another slide into a ditch. Obv not though.

[Viper]

ooh shit!

I thought you should ALWAYS be out of the car.

If i was broken down and had warm clothing i would'nt stay in the car. just a matter of time until something hits :n:

[jamieross]

Thats why i said it, thinking it was jus another slide into a ditch. Obv not though.

lol, i know mate, im just joking

[jamieross]

ooh shit!

I thought you should ALWAYS be out of the car.

If i was broken down and had warm clothing i would'nt stay in the car. just a matter of time until something hits :n:

i got told by a policeman that you shouldnt incase a car doesnt see you at the side of the road and hits you?

[Mikol]

Speaking of which, why is ashleyp's thread now in Members only, after I made one of the few sensible posts in there?

Some days I hate sax-p's over-moderation.

Back on topic, this is genuinely sad.

[jamieross]

Speaking of which, why is ashleyp's thread now in Members only, after I made one of the few sensible posts in there?

Some days I hate sax-p's over-moderation.

Back on topic, this is genuinely sad.

yeah i read it left it to post this then went back to read page 7 onwards and couldnt read the last pages, not happy because it was epic e-warrior banter!

[Mystic]

i got told by a policeman that you shouldnt incase a car doesnt see you at the side of the road and hits you?

I think thats what he said?You are supposed to be outside the car and well away from it.
Speaking of which, why is ashleyp's thread now in Members only, after I made one of the few sensible posts in there?

Some days I hate sax-p's over-moderation.

Back on topic, this is genuinely sad.

Saxp's moderators hate saxp's over-spamulators more :)

[jamieross]

I think thats what he said?You are supposed to be outside the car and well away from it.


Saxp's moderators hate saxp's over-spamulators more :)

yeah i would have thought the same tbh

^good return too^

[stiffler69]

fucking lorries least of all should be on the roads, the loss of peoples lives is purely down to employers who are just too greedy to tell the employees to stay of the roads and not attempt to travel to work the goverment should have a scheme that pays towards lost earnings and help the smaller companys and employees when days off are a necessary no one should be travelling on these roads especially not to get to a poxy job or make a delivery dead line, to make someone else rich, at the end of the day its not worth your life.

I mean how often does weather like this come, not often at all but the greedy goverment and companys just think money money money they make me sick what should happen in this extreme weather is a broadcast on all local news channels in effected areas telling people to keep off the roads and stay home their should be payment schemes for people who cant afford to loose wages and employers should encourage people to stay home

As for lorries bring back the rail networks these damme lorrie drivers kill far too many people because they are not paying attention or fall to sleep or just trying to be somewhere in exetreme weather.

[Viper]

i got told by a policeman that you shouldnt incase a car doesnt see you at the side of the road and hits you?

Lucky i always have a High-vis in the car then :D

[Bound]

Speaking of which, why is ashleyp's thread now in Members only, after I made one of the few sensible posts in there?

Some days I hate sax-p's over-moderation.

Back on topic, this is genuinely sad.

Mate, it should of been locked LONG before that, that wasn't over-moderation, I was shocked (but pleased) it lasted as long as it did.

[Bound]

Lucky i always have a High-vis in the car then :D

And some cones to put out 10, and 20 feet from the rear of the car yeah? and a first aid kit, and two torches? :p.

[AJ_SAXO]

That is bad

[Mr_X]

Mate, it should of been locked LONG before that, that wasn't over-moderation, I was shocked (but pleased) it lasted as long as it did.

wasnt it moved to mods/admin section?

[Mikol]

Eh, I only made it to page 3. By the sounds of it long before it erupted into seven shades of hell.

Mystic I hope you're not labelling me a spammer. Maybe have a flick through my post history.

[jamieross]

fucking lorries least of all should be on the roads, the loss of peoples lives is purely down to employers who are just too greedy to tell the employees to stay of the roads and not attempt to travel to work the goverment should have a scheme that pays towards lost earnings and help the smaller companys and employees when days off are a necessary no one should be travelling on these roads especially not to get to a poxy job or make a delivery dead line, to make someone else rich, at the end of the day its not worth your life.

I mean how often does weather like this come, not often at all but the greedy goverment and companys just think money money money they make me sick what should happen in this extreme weather is a broadcast on all local news channels in effected areas telling people to keep off the roads and stay home their should be payment schemes for people who cant afford to loose wages and employers should encourage people to stay home

As for lorries bring back the rail networks these damme lorrie drivers kill far too many people because they are not paying attention or fall to sleep or just trying to be somewhere in exetreme weather.

i know what you mean but they do have a right the same as every other vehichle to be on the road, is that not what we pay tax for?

Lucky i always have a High-vis in the car then :D

same, and its a coat :)

Mate, it should of been locked LONG before that, that wasn't over-moderation, I was shocked (but pleased) it lasted as long as it did.

im surprised it wasnt locked quicker, there was mods getting involved too, but then it got too far!

[Viper]

i got told by a policeman that you shouldnt incase a car doesnt see you at the side of the road and hits you?

And some cones to put out 10, and 20 feet from the rear of the car yeah? and a first aid kit, and two torches? :p.

No cones, but i have a big maglite like this http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41WTctE8w7L.jpg

and a first aid kit :cool:

tempted to get a folding trench tool/shovel as well now!

[Bound]

wasnt it moved to mods/admin section?

Yeah I believe so, but I thought it would of been locked before it got that far tbh.

[Mr_X]

Yeah I believe so, but I thought it would of been locked before it got that far tbh.

yeah, i like saxp would rock with more lax modding. :D

[lemon191]

while i guess it was unfortunate for these people that a lorry hit them i cant help but think its partly their fault for staying in the car in the first place. its common sense to not stay in the car and ive heard it mentioned on news etc so not really any excuse for them, i keep spare cloths, sleeping bag, torch and coat in my boot most of the time not just winter since never know when might break down and where, it doesnt take alot of space or weight to carry this stuff either but i guess some people never learn until they are in the situation

[1-1dicky]

so were the people inside or out of the car? i assume inside the car?

thats bad!

RIP

[1-1dicky]

sorry i jsut read propery ( im so tired bed is calling me haha) that they were in the car

[Meto]

Think this is the link to it not sure but it matches OP description...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/8444930.stm

[lemon191]

Think this is the link to it not sure but it matches OP description...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/8444930.stm

op said that 3 passengers were killed in the car..

[Heliosphan]

I expect the thread was moved because someone spat the dummy out...again ;)

(the AshleyP thread)

[craig180]

There was another incident where a mother and son were hit by a jack-knived lorry whilst walking away from their stranded car on the A1. The teenage son was killed and mother was critical

[grebidge]

sucks :(

[titchster]

RIP to the occupants, as said, surely they should've been up the banking, although in this weather it's understandable that they weren't, I guess.



fucking lorries least of all should be on the roads, the loss of peoples lives is purely down to employers who are just too greedy to tell the employees to stay of the roads and not attempt to travel to work the goverment should have a scheme that pays towards lost earnings and help the smaller companys and employees when days off are a necessary no one should be travelling on these roads especially not to get to a poxy job or make a delivery dead line, to make someone else rich, at the end of the day its not worth your life.

I mean how often does weather like this come, not often at all but the greedy goverment and companys just think money money money they make me sick what should happen in this extreme weather is a broadcast on all local news channels in effected areas telling people to keep off the roads and stay home their should be payment schemes for people who cant afford to loose wages and employers should encourage people to stay home

As for lorries bring back the rail networks these damme lorrie drivers kill far too many people because they are not paying attention or fall to sleep or just trying to be somewhere in exetreme weather.

Is this for real?

If the lorries were off the roads, then how would shops get stock? How would petrol stations get fuel? How would other places continue to run?

It's a bit of snow, why should the country come to a standstill because of it?

Lorries are limited to 56mph, so even on motorways, they're going slower than cars.

And they kill to many people because they fall to sleep/because of fault of their own? I've seen some of the shit that car drivers do, and heard many stories from family members who drive lorries day in day out, and it's quite often the car's fault, thinking the lorry can stop in similar space etc. Obviously not the case in this situation, but, there must've been something wrong somewhere for the 1 lorry to jack knife, considering how many others must have gone across the same patch of road with no problems, yeah maybe driver error was to blame, but that doesn't mean they're all the same.:n:

[0790hooper]

when younger used to love snow but now older reliase how much damage and accidents its caused its not fun anymore its just akward