Beware of being mugged by the Highways agency 'officer'
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The photo clearly shows the Toyota LCruiser on the grass verge & yet the lying people between j28 & 29 lied they have footage of that vehicle broke down on the live lane.......
They lie because they want £192 for 3/4 mile 'reley' down the motorway to Tibshelf services. I was informed by the Birmingham more powerful complaint chap who said they sould not have done that without a 'stat'>>>>> what is a stat I asked? he said your vehicle was seen on the live lane
broken dow so I said, I'd better send you photos of it on the grass 6 foot from the lane white line.
To reinforcem her wishes to get me onto 'their' relay truck they'd already cancelled the relay I had requested through our insurer and sent for a nasty cop to browbeat me into paying the money. As a neutral he agreed with the highways traffic woman that although it was 50 yards from an iron Gantry with a rail and on the grass verge as well as the inner lane being closed our car with it's hazzards flashing was still a danger on that grass verge.
His impatience to get me pulled onto their truck matched the Highways agency easily. When I said you can tow me anywhere you frefer , I am very used to towing and being towed. Within seconds our car was on that truck and no amount of compaining they would get it off.
Then a reinforcement of their unusual behavior began by saying our insureres did not advise me on my first phone call that the ETA was 2.20,
A blatant lie.
Their recovery pulled into the Tibshelf services a few minutes later and I was told unless I paid on this number I would have to get out and be stranded and our vehicle would be put in their 'Yard'. I had to ask where is your yard? -Alfreton. To put a stop to this ridiculous situation I had to accept their daylight robbery/conspiracy and pay who I thought was the Highways agency, It was not the Highways agency but National Vehicle Recovery Manager. How can this happen in the United Kindom?
They lie because they want £192 for 3/4 mile 'reley' down the motorway to Tibshelf services. I was informed by the Birmingham more powerful complaint chap who said they sould not have done that without a 'stat'>>>>> what is a stat I asked? he said your vehicle was seen on the live lane
broken dow so I said, I'd better send you photos of it on the grass 6 foot from the lane white line.
To reinforcem her wishes to get me onto 'their' relay truck they'd already cancelled the relay I had requested through our insurer and sent for a nasty cop to browbeat me into paying the money. As a neutral he agreed with the highways traffic woman that although it was 50 yards from an iron Gantry with a rail and on the grass verge as well as the inner lane being closed our car with it's hazzards flashing was still a danger on that grass verge.
His impatience to get me pulled onto their truck matched the Highways agency easily. When I said you can tow me anywhere you frefer , I am very used to towing and being towed. Within seconds our car was on that truck and no amount of compaining they would get it off.
Then a reinforcement of their unusual behavior began by saying our insureres did not advise me on my first phone call that the ETA was 2.20,
A blatant lie.
Their recovery pulled into the Tibshelf services a few minutes later and I was told unless I paid on this number I would have to get out and be stranded and our vehicle would be put in their 'Yard'. I had to ask where is your yard? -Alfreton. To put a stop to this ridiculous situation I had to accept their daylight robbery/conspiracy and pay who I thought was the Highways agency, It was not the Highways agency but National Vehicle Recovery Manager. How can this happen in the United Kindom?
I think I can decipher the twaddle above.
The OP's Landcruiser broke down on the M1 and he parked it somewhere on (up?) the embankment. Highways rocked up and discovered that the ET for recovery was unacceptable, or possibly the recovery would not deal as the car did not have four wheels on the tarmac (as many don't).
Highways therefore invoked recovery under their Statutory Powers to get the thing removed pronto as things like this are a rubberneckers delight and cause the eejits to crash into each other.
The OP was upset at the cost.
Am I somewhere close?
Edit: Highways do not charge for recovery, their contractors do. So no surprise that the payment was made to NVRS.
The OP's Landcruiser broke down on the M1 and he parked it somewhere on (up?) the embankment. Highways rocked up and discovered that the ET for recovery was unacceptable, or possibly the recovery would not deal as the car did not have four wheels on the tarmac (as many don't).
Highways therefore invoked recovery under their Statutory Powers to get the thing removed pronto as things like this are a rubberneckers delight and cause the eejits to crash into each other.
The OP was upset at the cost.
Am I somewhere close?
Edit: Highways do not charge for recovery, their contractors do. So no surprise that the payment was made to NVRS.
Edited by littleredrooster on Wednesday 19th April 17:55
Edited by littleredrooster on Wednesday 19th April 17:57
Mick50NCD said:
The photo clearly shows the Toyota LCruiser on the grass verge & yet the lying people between j28 & 29 lied they have footage of that vehicle broke down on the live lane.......
They lie because they want £192 for 3/4 mile 'reley' down the motorway to Tibshelf services. I was informed by the Birmingham more powerful complaint chap who said they sould not have done that without a 'stat'>>>>> what is a stat I asked? he said your vehicle was seen on the live lane
broken dow so I said, I'd better send you photos of it on the grass 6 foot from the lane white line.
To reinforcem her wishes to get me onto 'their' relay truck they'd already cancelled the relay I had requested through our insurer and sent for a nasty cop to browbeat me into paying the money. As a neutral he agreed with the highways traffic woman that although it was 50 yards from an iron Gantry with a rail and on the grass verge as well as the inner lane being closed our car with it's hazzards flashing was still a danger on that grass verge.
His impatience to get me pulled onto their truck matched the Highways agency easily. When I said you can tow me anywhere you frefer , I am very used to towing and being towed. Within seconds our car was on that truck and no amount of compaining they would get it off.
Then a reinforcement of their unusual behavior began by saying our insureres did not advise me on my first phone call that the ETA was 2.20,
A blatant lie.
Their recovery pulled into the Tibshelf services a few minutes later and I was told unless I paid on this number I would have to get out and be stranded and our vehicle would be put in their 'Yard'. I had to ask where is your yard? -Alfreton. To put a stop to this ridiculous situation I had to accept their daylight robbery/conspiracy and pay who I thought was the Highways agency, It was not the Highways agency but National Vehicle Recovery Manager. How can this happen in the United Kindom?
Quoted for posterity...They lie because they want £192 for 3/4 mile 'reley' down the motorway to Tibshelf services. I was informed by the Birmingham more powerful complaint chap who said they sould not have done that without a 'stat'>>>>> what is a stat I asked? he said your vehicle was seen on the live lane
broken dow so I said, I'd better send you photos of it on the grass 6 foot from the lane white line.
To reinforcem her wishes to get me onto 'their' relay truck they'd already cancelled the relay I had requested through our insurer and sent for a nasty cop to browbeat me into paying the money. As a neutral he agreed with the highways traffic woman that although it was 50 yards from an iron Gantry with a rail and on the grass verge as well as the inner lane being closed our car with it's hazzards flashing was still a danger on that grass verge.
His impatience to get me pulled onto their truck matched the Highways agency easily. When I said you can tow me anywhere you frefer , I am very used to towing and being towed. Within seconds our car was on that truck and no amount of compaining they would get it off.
Then a reinforcement of their unusual behavior began by saying our insureres did not advise me on my first phone call that the ETA was 2.20,
A blatant lie.
Their recovery pulled into the Tibshelf services a few minutes later and I was told unless I paid on this number I would have to get out and be stranded and our vehicle would be put in their 'Yard'. I had to ask where is your yard? -Alfreton. To put a stop to this ridiculous situation I had to accept their daylight robbery/conspiracy and pay who I thought was the Highways agency, It was not the Highways agency but National Vehicle Recovery Manager. How can this happen in the United Kindom?
Mick50NCD said:
The photo clearly shows the Toyota LCruiser on the grass verge & yet the lying people between j28 & 29 lied they have footage of that vehicle broke down on the live lane.......
They lie because they want £192 for 3/4 mile 'reley' down the motorway to Tibshelf services. I was informed by the Birmingham more powerful complaint chap who said they sould not have done that without a 'stat'>>>>> what is a stat I asked? he said your vehicle was seen on the live lane
broken dow so I said, I'd better send you photos of it on the grass 6 foot from the lane white line.
To reinforcem her wishes to get me onto 'their' relay truck they'd already cancelled the relay I had requested through our insurer and sent for a nasty cop to browbeat me into paying the money. As a neutral he agreed with the highways traffic woman that although it was 50 yards from an iron Gantry with a rail and on the grass verge as well as the inner lane being closed our car with it's hazzards flashing was still a danger on that grass verge.
His impatience to get me pulled onto their truck matched the Highways agency easily. When I said you can tow me anywhere you frefer , I am very used to towing and being towed. Within seconds our car was on that truck and no amount of compaining they would get it off.
Then a reinforcement of their unusual behavior began by saying our insureres did not advise me on my first phone call that the ETA was 2.20,
A blatant lie.
Their recovery pulled into the Tibshelf services a few minutes later and I was told unless I paid on this number I would have to get out and be stranded and our vehicle would be put in their 'Yard'. I had to ask where is your yard? -Alfreton. To put a stop to this ridiculous situation I had to accept their daylight robbery/conspiracy and pay who I thought was the Highways agency, It was not the Highways agency but National Vehicle Recovery Manager. How can this happen in the United Kindom?
Quoting for posterity….They lie because they want £192 for 3/4 mile 'reley' down the motorway to Tibshelf services. I was informed by the Birmingham more powerful complaint chap who said they sould not have done that without a 'stat'>>>>> what is a stat I asked? he said your vehicle was seen on the live lane
broken dow so I said, I'd better send you photos of it on the grass 6 foot from the lane white line.
To reinforcem her wishes to get me onto 'their' relay truck they'd already cancelled the relay I had requested through our insurer and sent for a nasty cop to browbeat me into paying the money. As a neutral he agreed with the highways traffic woman that although it was 50 yards from an iron Gantry with a rail and on the grass verge as well as the inner lane being closed our car with it's hazzards flashing was still a danger on that grass verge.
His impatience to get me pulled onto their truck matched the Highways agency easily. When I said you can tow me anywhere you frefer , I am very used to towing and being towed. Within seconds our car was on that truck and no amount of compaining they would get it off.
Then a reinforcement of their unusual behavior began by saying our insureres did not advise me on my first phone call that the ETA was 2.20,
A blatant lie.
Their recovery pulled into the Tibshelf services a few minutes later and I was told unless I paid on this number I would have to get out and be stranded and our vehicle would be put in their 'Yard'. I had to ask where is your yard? -Alfreton. To put a stop to this ridiculous situation I had to accept their daylight robbery/conspiracy and pay who I thought was the Highways agency, It was not the Highways agency but National Vehicle Recovery Manager. How can this happen in the United Kindom?
So how much would you expect to be charged to have a broken-down car recovered from a motorway? AFAIK, the grass verge of a motorway is still the motorway - they will want a stationary vehicle recovered ASAP
He was moaning that he was being ripped off back in 2021.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/post.asp?h=0&a...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/post.asp?h=0&a...
Looks like Mick's found a new target for his frustrations then 
I guess Highways were the next obvious choice given that his previous dislike of Smart motorways has been, partially, resolved what with the announcement last week. 
Go back a couple of years and not a week went by on here without a thread being started about Smart motorways, their dislike of them, a story from the news tenuously linked, etc, but i think the mods got bored of closing them / linking to an older / existing thread and just started deleting them outright
Edit - here's another classic from the OP (if you're bored) from a couple of years ago
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
I guess Highways were the next obvious choice given that his previous dislike of Smart motorways has been, partially, resolved what with the announcement last week. Go back a couple of years and not a week went by on here without a thread being started about Smart motorways, their dislike of them, a story from the news tenuously linked, etc, but i think the mods got bored of closing them / linking to an older / existing thread and just started deleting them outright
Edit - here's another classic from the OP (if you're bored) from a couple of years ago
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Edited by AlexRS2782 on Wednesday 19th April 22:26
For all those that can't make sense of it, AI proves its worth...
Me: Please can you decipher what this forum post is about:
ChatGPT:
The forum post is a complaint about a situation where the author's car broke down on a grass verge between junction 28 and 29 of a motorway, and a recovery company allegedly lied about having footage of the car on the live lane and charged £192 for a relay down the motorway to Tibshelf services. The author argues that their car was not on the live lane and was only six feet away from the white line on the grass verge. The author requested a relay through their insurer, but the recovery company cancelled it and sent a police officer to force the author to pay for their services. The author also claims that the recovery company lied about the ETA and threatened to strand the author and their car in their yard if they didn't pay. The author describes the situation as "daylight robbery/conspiracy" and questions how such a thing could happen in the United Kingdom.
Happy to help.
Me: Please can you decipher what this forum post is about:
- original post not quoted for brevity **
ChatGPT:
The forum post is a complaint about a situation where the author's car broke down on a grass verge between junction 28 and 29 of a motorway, and a recovery company allegedly lied about having footage of the car on the live lane and charged £192 for a relay down the motorway to Tibshelf services. The author argues that their car was not on the live lane and was only six feet away from the white line on the grass verge. The author requested a relay through their insurer, but the recovery company cancelled it and sent a police officer to force the author to pay for their services. The author also claims that the recovery company lied about the ETA and threatened to strand the author and their car in their yard if they didn't pay. The author describes the situation as "daylight robbery/conspiracy" and questions how such a thing could happen in the United Kingdom.
Happy to help.
In fairly, I've been shafted for the same when I aquaplanned into a ditch on a B-road.
Prevented my recovery recovering it as 'their truck wasn't big enough' and then took my car twice as far as it needed moving, in the wrong direction, and imponded it on a Friday night and where completely uncontactable till Monday. By which time I was both in work, and liabile for three days storage charges as well as the recovery cost, and had absolutely no way to fight or contest it.
Had it recovered around the corner to a local scrapyard to avoid the fees, by which time the interior was absolutely full of muddy boots on the seats, several wheels removed, a door card destroyed, and my friends family hairloom watch missing. Obviously neither party admitted any off it.
I was about 24 at the time, recently bought my first house, and fairly strapped for cash, the unwanted several hundred pounds woeth of fees, same again in damage, and the car being in Stoke not Uttoxeter was the last thing I need in addition to crashing in the first place.
Tossers.
Daniel
Prevented my recovery recovering it as 'their truck wasn't big enough' and then took my car twice as far as it needed moving, in the wrong direction, and imponded it on a Friday night and where completely uncontactable till Monday. By which time I was both in work, and liabile for three days storage charges as well as the recovery cost, and had absolutely no way to fight or contest it.
Had it recovered around the corner to a local scrapyard to avoid the fees, by which time the interior was absolutely full of muddy boots on the seats, several wheels removed, a door card destroyed, and my friends family hairloom watch missing. Obviously neither party admitted any off it.
I was about 24 at the time, recently bought my first house, and fairly strapped for cash, the unwanted several hundred pounds woeth of fees, same again in damage, and the car being in Stoke not Uttoxeter was the last thing I need in addition to crashing in the first place.
Tossers.
Daniel
Edited by dhutch on Wednesday 19th April 22:52
dhutch said:
In fairly, I've been shafted for the same when I aquaplanned into a ditch on a B-road.
Prevented my recovery recovering it as 'their truck wasn't big enough' and then took my car twice as far as it needed moving, in the wrong direction, and imponded it on a Friday night and where completely uncontactable till Monday. By which time I was both in work, and liabile for three days storage charges as well as the recovery cost, and had absolutely no way to fight or contest it.
Had it recovered around the corner to a local scrapyard to avoid the fees, by which time the interior was absolutely full of muddy boots on the seats, several wheels removed, a door card destroyed, and my friends family hairloom watch missing. Obviously neither party admitted any off it.
I was about 24 at the time, recently bought my first house, and fairly strapped for cash, the unwanted several hundred pounds woeth of fees, same again in damage, and the car being in Stoke not Uttoxeter was the last thing I need in addition to crashing in the first place.
Tossers.
Daniel
Do I detect the same errant grammar and spelling as in the OP? Do we have an alias...?Prevented my recovery recovering it as 'their truck wasn't big enough' and then took my car twice as far as it needed moving, in the wrong direction, and imponded it on a Friday night and where completely uncontactable till Monday. By which time I was both in work, and liabile for three days storage charges as well as the recovery cost, and had absolutely no way to fight or contest it.
Had it recovered around the corner to a local scrapyard to avoid the fees, by which time the interior was absolutely full of muddy boots on the seats, several wheels removed, a door card destroyed, and my friends family hairloom watch missing. Obviously neither party admitted any off it.
I was about 24 at the time, recently bought my first house, and fairly strapped for cash, the unwanted several hundred pounds woeth of fees, same again in damage, and the car being in Stoke not Uttoxeter was the last thing I need in addition to crashing in the first place.
Tossers.
Daniel
Edited by dhutch on Wednesday 19th April 22:52
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