A Sight You Should Never See ( Or Be Anywhere Near )

BoroRover · 3rd March 2020, 08:25

The scene...BP Filling Station Ladgate Lane Ormesby Middlesbrough 0850 hrs.

A small hatchback is standing at the pumps.
Another small hatchback, owned by a driving school parks bonnet to bonnet with it.
The driver of the driving school car, ( presumably a driving instructor ), lifts the bonnets of both cars. then proceeds to attach jump leads from his donor car, to the stricken small hatchback standing at the pumps.
Quickly, other drivers using the filling station, rush to advise the driving instructor of the possible risks of attempting such an act. The stricken hatchback is subsequently pushed from the forecourt to a place of safety, advice having been given to the driving instructor.

Incredible stupidity. We live to fight another day. Just !!

FLYING BANANA · 3rd March 2020, 08:51

Could have been very nasty. You would think a driving instructor would know different.

roverbarmy · 3rd March 2020, 09:17

I've seen batteries explode, covering somebody in acid due to "misplacement" of the leads. Luckily a dousing with a watering can saved the person's face and hands but his overalls and shirt literally dropped off him in shreds soon after!

mbrenn · 3rd March 2020, 09:18

One day I had just finished refuelling my car when I glanced up at the driver on the other side of the pump island. He had a cigarette in his mouth with about an inch of ash hanging off it. If I said anything the idiot would have immediately tipped his ash and blown up the place. I ran to the garage for cover and to inform staff. The world is full of dangerous idiots. There is a video doing the rounds where a woman is filling a plastic bag with fuel at a pump. The bag is leaking. Unperturbed she gets a 2nd bag from the boot to put around it and promptly ties a knot in it and places it in the boot! Mission idiotic accomplished 😳

planenut · 3rd March 2020, 10:01

One day, one of my sisters pulled up at the pumps and as she went for the trigger hose, the engine compartment of her car burst into flames. She, wait for this, dived back into the car and drove it rearwards away from the pumps and stopped it on the other end of the forecourt jumping out and running from the car. Then the garage operators tried to get her to reposition the burning car because it was near the vents. She, in no uncertain terms, told them to do it themselves.

Brave concerned lady I thought, and luckily, the fire brigade drove her home after extinguishing the car.

trikey · 3rd March 2020, 10:20

Common sense is a rare thing these days....

Teflon · 3rd March 2020, 10:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by planenut

One day, one of my sisters pulled up at the pumps and as she went for the trigger hose, the engine compartment of her car burst into flames. She, wait for this, dived back into the car and drove it rearwards away from the pumps and stopped it on the other end of the forecourt jumping out and running from the car. Then the garage operators tried to get her to reposition the burning car because it was near the vents. She, in no uncertain terms, told them to do it themselves.

Brave concerned lady I thought, and luckily, the fire brigade drove her home after extinguishing the car.

Coming back from a breakfast meet at the Ugly Duckling a few months ago there was a car on fire on the hard shoulder of the opposite carriageway. It was fully ablaze and traffic on our carriage way was moving slowly as everyone slowed to look.

We were on the inside lane, so a good 6 lanes (plus central reservation) away from the fire with our windows closed. Despite this, the heat from the blaze was VERY noticeable. I really wouldn't want to be anywhere near a car when it goes up.

Cliff

roverbarmy · 3rd March 2020, 12:34

I knew that I'd seen something recently on this subject and here it is!

Phew!

bl52krz · 3rd March 2020, 12:49

Hi Bob. If you had seen how so called ‘driving instructors’ are teaching learners how to drive where I live, you hope that they do not get a licence to teach if they have to take an updated exam. Pulling out from behind parked cars with no signal and then stopping by the side of that car.............in front of a transit van coming along at 30 mph . Reversing round a corner, and allowing the learner to go up the gutter and stopping her just before she hit the wall. I have reported some of these idiot ‘teachers’ to their companies, and I have to say, word seems to have gone round amongst them that they have been reported, so they now go elsewhere to creat mayhem.

rab60bit · 3rd March 2020, 14:39

The Toyota rear screen wiper mechanism must be made in the UK - built to withstand the equivalent of a tactical nuclear attack!!

3rd March 2020, 08:25	#1
BoroRover Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Middlesbrough Posts: 1,518 Thanks: 1,861 Thanked 723 Times in 471 Posts	A Sight You Should Never See ( Or Be Anywhere Near ) The scene...BP Filling Station Ladgate Lane Ormesby Middlesbrough 0850 hrs. A small hatchback is standing at the pumps. Another small hatchback, owned by a driving school parks bonnet to bonnet with it. The driver of the driving school car, ( presumably a driving instructor ), lifts the bonnets of both cars. then proceeds to attach jump leads from his donor car, to the stricken small hatchback standing at the pumps. Quickly, other drivers using the filling station, rush to advise the driving instructor of the possible risks of attempting such an act. The stricken hatchback is subsequently pushed from the forecourt to a place of safety, advice having been given to the driving instructor. Incredible stupidity. We live to fight another day. Just !!

3rd March 2020, 08:51	#2
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3rd March 2020, 09:17	#3
roverbarmy This is my second home Roverless + 1.7D Sportage Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: East Norfolk Posts: 7,050 Thanks: 729 Thanked 2,021 Times in 1,449 Posts	I've seen batteries explode, covering somebody in acid due to "misplacement" of the leads. Luckily a dousing with a watering can saved the person's face and hands but his overalls and shirt literally dropped off him in shreds soon after! __________________ Oil in my veins!

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trikey Premium Trader Rover 75 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 33,764 Thanks: 8,837 Thanked 14,831 Times in 8,030 Posts	Common sense is a rare thing these days.... __________________ Lest we forget..

3rd March 2020, 12:34	#8
roverbarmy This is my second home Roverless + 1.7D Sportage Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: East Norfolk Posts: 7,050 Thanks: 729 Thanked 2,021 Times in 1,449 Posts	I knew that I'd seen something recently on this subject and here it is! Phew! __________________ Oil in my veins!

3rd March 2020, 09:18	#4
mbrenn Loves to post Rover 75 Saloons Conn SE 2.0L V6 (2001) & Conn 2.0L CDTi (2003) Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Dungannon Posts: 489 Thanks: 109 Thanked 110 Times in 100 Posts	One day I had just finished refuelling my car when I glanced up at the driver on the other side of the pump island. He had a cigarette in his mouth with about an inch of ash hanging off it. If I said anything the idiot would have immediately tipped his ash and blown up the place. I ran to the garage for cover and to inform staff. The world is full of dangerous idiots. There is a video doing the rounds where a woman is filling a plastic bag with fuel at a pump. The bag is leaking. Unperturbed she gets a 2nd bag from the boot to put around it and promptly ties a knot in it and places it in the boot! Mission idiotic accomplished 😳

3rd March 2020, 10:01	#5
planenut Regional Secretary Rover 1.8T Tourer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Heathrow Posts: 6,948 Thanks: 1,551 Thanked 2,036 Times in 1,264 Posts	One day, one of my sisters pulled up at the pumps and as she went for the trigger hose, the engine compartment of her car burst into flames. She, wait for this, dived back into the car and drove it rearwards away from the pumps and stopped it on the other end of the forecourt jumping out and running from the car. Then the garage operators tried to get her to reposition the burning car because it was near the vents. She, in no uncertain terms, told them to do it themselves. Brave concerned lady I thought, and luckily, the fire brigade drove her home after extinguishing the car.

3rd March 2020, 12:49	#9
bl52krz This is my second home Rover 75 cdt club + Rover 2.5 KV6 Conni SE Join Date: May 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 11,387 Thanks: 6,587 Thanked 2,262 Times in 1,729 Posts	Hi Bob. If you had seen how so called ‘driving instructors’ are teaching learners how to drive where I live, you hope that they do not get a licence to teach if they have to take an updated exam. Pulling out from behind parked cars with no signal and then stopping by the side of that car.............in front of a transit van coming along at 30 mph . Reversing round a corner, and allowing the learner to go up the gutter and stopping her just before she hit the wall. I have reported some of these idiot ‘teachers’ to their companies, and I have to say, word seems to have gone round amongst them that they have been reported, so they now go elsewhere to creat mayhem. __________________ Great Barr, Birmingham.

3rd March 2020, 14:39	#10
rab60bit Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Wilmslow Posts: 1,513 Thanks: 433 Thanked 301 Times in 212 Posts	The Toyota rear screen wiper mechanism must be made in the UK - built to withstand the equivalent of a tactical nuclear attack!!