M 40 crash

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I get out of the car and stand upstream of it. So if it gets hit i don't end up picking a car out of my teeth.

Always have a few sets of thermal hi viz gear in the boot from work.

People are perfectly entitled to stay inside their vehicles but they do do at their own risk. short of possibly hypothermia or other very specific risks from being outdoors i don't think there are many good reasons to be in the car on the hardshoulder.
 
(note that I didn't say what I would have done, I just asked people to be totally honest to THEMSELVES about what THEY would do, on a cold dark motorway hard-shoulder at the actual event. Good answers so far though!)
 
What a very sad story.

This was a major safety issue. I can understand they may not have been able to recover them a long distance with 12 dogs, but surely they had the responsibility to tow them off the motorway to a place of safety like the nearest garage.

Then a tragedy could have been avoided.

We should email the RAC expressing our disgust at their dereliction of duty to recover at least as far as a place of safety.
 
Facts about crash from one of the ladies involved

I am unable to read the posts as my situation is still too fragile.. But I feel the need to clarify some facts as I am one of the three ladies ... The dogs were all secured in custom made steel and or fibreglass crates that were custom made to fit our rig. The dogs were running down the motorway after our vehicle was hit and obliterated .
We have such a large rig because we take our entire family of dogs with us whenever we are off on a weekend jaunt.
We do not breed or show as a profession we have each been in dogs our entire lives.
The RAC was informed the dogs were in crates
The Motorhome had what I believe was a clutch/gearbox failure as it was still revving but no gears engaged.
We did get out but ad the temps were brutal we were forced back in to get warm
At all times we had all sidelights and flashers on
Repeated pleas over 3 hours were made to the RAC but they said they were having a hard time because the contractors were refusing to come
At no time did we ask if even one dog would be allowed in a recovery truck
Our dogs are our life and our kids - we did the best we could for them... Quite honestly evenif we had been sitting on the bank with the distance the chassis and debris was thrown we could have all been even more seriously injured, and I would never have been able recover witnessing my dogs being crushed.
Sincerely
Lisa Croft-Elliott
 
I am really sorry to hear what you've gone through.

It probably is a good idea not to read the rest of this thread it will just upset you more.
 
dogphotographer said:
I am unable to read the posts as my situation is still too fragile..
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I feel for you so badly. I would have been terrified for my dogs in such a situation.

I am sure that vast majority of those on this forum feel the same.
None of us would ever want to go through what you have.
 
Dogs are the same as family for many people Trev, you don't seem to be getting it? Many dogs have the intelligence of a two or three year old child so why shouldn't they deserve the same respect as humans? They'd probably even use Linux mint given half the choice!
 
Hats off to a very brave lady for facing up to you lot and giving the truth/facts of what happened, rather than the suppositions that have littered this thread. Madam, I wish you and your friends well and hope that you manage to recover from what has been an awful situation.

It makes me so angry that people spout off about situations, without knowing all the facts before giving their opinion, sometimes in a very offensive way!
 
trevskoda said:
once again some one more worried about dogs than the person injured,very strange.
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If you took the trouble to read the post properly, 'Empathy' is appropriate here, never mind whether we are talking about humans or dogs! Personally, I think you are trolling, so give it a rest please?
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John
 
Simply loco, Wind Dancer & Bopper have put it very well.
Whatever your personal opinions please have some respect for the feelings of others.
That's all, just respect.
It is not too much to ask is it?
 
Firefox said:
Dogs are the same as family for many people Trev, you don't seem to be getting it? Many dogs have the intelligence of a two or three year old child so why shouldn't they deserve the same respect as humans? They'd probably even use Linux mint given half the choice!



How can you answer "No" with any confidence... are you a dog!?
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