Rescued from car by helicopter

[matchmaker]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-cent...

They were the only vehicle on the road - because it's been closed for a week. Despite the frequent traffic reports on the radio that the road is closed and the big red signs warning of this, they still decided to drive over it.

[jon-]

If they had winter tyres on they'd have been rescuing the helicopter.

[TonyRPH]

article said:

Dave, along with two police officers who were already on scene, walked down the road to get to the two people from their car - and in that short distance he slipped over three times.

So how did the police officers get there and why did they not simply drive the couple back...

Was it a case of "call the helicopter because we can?".

[rallycross]

What a waste of time/money by the helicopter.

All that was needed was the dispatch of a carefully driven Polica Astra diesel on some winter tyres to deliver a stern talking-to to these hardy fools.

[MX7]

Make them pay for the rescue.
Put points on their license.

[anonymous-user]

should have been driving a Defender...........

[DrDeAtH]

Another rescue for the hard of thinking.......

please...let darwinism take over... do us all a favour...