Winter Road Rescue Ch5

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FiF

44,094 posts

251 months

Wednesday 1st March 2017
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poing said:
everyeggabird said:
After the totally over the top drama about the pick-up in the ditch we could not bear it any longer and turned over. Vowed never to try and watch it ever again.

We find the narrators voice very, very annoying.
I think it's Neil Morrissey doing the voiceover but I didn't bother to check at the end.
It sounds like him, but isn't, we had that discussion and one of us thought Morrissey, the other Stephen Tomkinson. Turned it's nobody we'd heard of previously, Matt Edmonds. Who? Turns out he's a researcher on Room 101. As you say annoying.

john2443

6,339 posts

211 months

Wednesday 1st March 2017
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everyeggabird said:
After the totally over the top drama about the pick-up in the ditch we could not bear it any longer and turned over. Vowed never to try and watch it ever again.

We find the narrators voice very, very annoying.
Shirley if you're trying to get a 4x4 out of a ditch you try to drive it out at the same time as towing with the Transit, not just pull with the van. I wonder if they put it in neutral and taken the handbrake off?

Also lolling about a hole in a driveshaft leaking water and an emergency temporary repair by filling the radiator with 'Spring Water'. Just pour some f'ing water in, any old stuff will do as long as it's clean, and sort out the antifreeze when you get home!

I despair of the RAC (or the script writers, not sure which are worse!)

There are some bits that are a bit interesting but they aren't major dramas like they try to make out.

Morningside

24,110 posts

229 months

Wednesday 1st March 2017
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It was bloody dreadful. I turned off after about 15 minutes. The over the top Americanisation of so-called dramatic life and death situations was impossibly cringe worthy.

Dire crap.

Laurel Green

30,780 posts

232 months

Monday 6th March 2017
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"The car is parked on a dangerous bend on the motorway" erm, it's a straight road you tard!

Robertj21a

16,477 posts

105 months

Monday 6th March 2017
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I couldn't cope with it tonight. Had to switch channels.

ch108

1,127 posts

133 months

Monday 6th March 2017
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Agree with all the points above on the latest episode. The farmer that spun his pick up into a ditch. If it was so dangerous and death defying a situation that the commentary would have us believe, then why did the farmer only call the RAC out, and not the emergency services?

Had to laugh at the commentary on this "The RAC patrolman knows that <insert farmers name> relies on this vehicle for his livelihood". He's not a 3rd world farmer from Africa that has just lost his only donkey, there are van hire companies about. And I would have thought most farms have more than one vehicle anyway.

There were so many situations in that programme when the RAC were filmed apparently racing towards a dangerous incident,or in non dramatic terms a vehicle recovery! If you are in a dangerous situation surely you call the police, not a breakdown service that could take an hour to turn up.

I won't be watching any more episodes, as the narrator is obviously watching different footage to what we're seeing. Cringeworthy stuff.









Laurel Green

30,780 posts

232 months

Monday 26th February 2018
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A new series starts this evening at 8 o'clock.

jmorgan

36,010 posts

284 months

Monday 26th February 2018
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Just chuck some water and yeast in.....

Laurel Green

30,780 posts

232 months

Monday 26th February 2018
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That would make the trailer rise. hehe

Laurel Green

30,780 posts

232 months

Monday 26th February 2018
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Three children in the car with no phone or breakdown cover - blimey!

Edited by Laurel Green on Monday 26th February 20:32

Long Drax

744 posts

170 months

Monday 26th February 2018
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jmorgan said:
Just chuck some water and yeast in.....
Driver was lucky not to be brown bread.


jmorgan

36,010 posts

284 months

Tuesday 27th February 2018
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Laurel Green said:
That would make the trailer rise. hehe
That that one might have been missed......

Laurel Green

30,780 posts

232 months

Monday 5th March 2018
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I think it a good idea for every driver to know where their towing eye is stowed.

jmorgan

36,010 posts

284 months

Monday 5th March 2018
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Considering most don't know where their indicator stalk is......

BossHogg

6,015 posts

178 months

Monday 5th March 2018
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Watching it now, always nice to put a face to a control operator, he works on my shift pattern. I was on duty when that wagon jack knifed, I watched the incident on CCTV.

Laurel Green

30,780 posts

232 months

Monday 5th March 2018
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jmorgan said:
Considering most don't know where their indicator stalk is......
That'll be the Audi and BMW drivers accounted for... hehe

Laurel Green

30,780 posts

232 months

Monday 5th March 2018
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Blimey! The state of that truck coming up in next week's episode. yikes

BossHogg

6,015 posts

178 months

Monday 5th March 2018
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I've seen similar in my 12 years doing the job. wink

oilbethere

908 posts

81 months

Monday 5th March 2018
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Laurel Green said:
Blimey! The state of that truck coming up in next week's episode. yikes

Nasty smash. The clip of the guy who nearly gets wiped out by another truck at the start makes me wince.

BossHogg

6,015 posts

178 months

Monday 5th March 2018
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I've had a wagon jack knife on black ice and come sliding across all 3 lanes straight at me, my little fat hairy legs had me cover 100m up an embankment in a time that would have put Linford Christie to shame!!! laugh