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blackwolf



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Another good reason not help those in trouble
Did anyone see this unfortunate story?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-20944339

A kind hearted woman allowed an elderly couple to sit in her car after they (the couple) had been involved in an accident (the woman's car was not involved and was not damaged in any way). The couple then started to complain of neck pains, so the emergency services cut the roof off her car to get them out!

This to me actually raises some interesting questions:-

a) What authority, if any, do the emergency services have to do this?
b) If the woman gave permission for them to do this, will her insurance be invalidated?
c) If the woman refused permission, does it constitute criminal damage?

Moral of the story - unless you already have a convertible, don't let people sit in your car after an accident!
Post #200218 9th Jan 2013 10:59am
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Delskinz



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In a previous life I had a job which meant I would have to deal with road traffic accidents on a daily basis and on some of the busiest motorways in the UK.

Bless the fire service but whenever they turned up you could guarantee a straight forward incident would turn into a scene from international rescue!

NEE NORRR NEE NOORR

RIGHT LADS CLOSE OFF TWO LANES (even if the incident was on the hard shoulder)
RIGHT LADS CUT THE BATTERY LEADS OF ALL VEHICLES INVOLVED (not very helpful as now all vehicles involved have their alarms going, are very hard to recover and just cost their owners extra)
SIR SIR SIR CAN I CUT A ROOF OFF? (you see what happens next)
RIGHT OUR WORK IS DONE LETS DEBRIEF FOR 20 MINUTES IN THE MIDDLE OF LANE 1 WHILST 10,000 CARS ARE BACKED UP BY OUR LANE CLOSURES!

NEE NOOR NEE NOOR (off to sleep the night away)
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farmer giles



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this doesn't worry me; i can unbolt my roof Very Happy
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blackwolf



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farmer giles wrote:
this doesn't worry me; i can unbolt my roof Very Happy


Yes, but in the time it takes you to find your socket set, the Fire Service will have cordoned off the vehicle and got to work with the tin snips!

Not long ago I saw the aftermath of a minor RTC involving two cars, a Vitara and a (very) small hatchback thing which had run into the back of the Vitara. The sqashy bit at the front of the hatchback was squashed, but the Vitara appeared completely undamaged, yet the roof was being cut off to extract the driver (who was probably already on the 'phone to InjuryLawyers4U or similar). Very depressing.
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