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URGENT. I am fecking stuck halfway through a 3 point turn

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ChristmasTrolleyRage · 21/12/2010 16:54

On a very snowy underused road.

slightly downhill need to reverse so can drive out of cul-se-fecking-sac.

Any advice?

OP posts:

pooka · 21/12/2010 21:46

And what do you do when approached by a drunk?

I tend to favour not making eye contact and attempting to sidle away.

Unless of course it's some drunk I know, in which case I'm much more approachable.

ThatVikRinA22 · 21/12/2010 21:47

scurry! i have that one! (except it was given to me in a big bag of books and ive not even looked at it yet....)

penny - i suggest you go have a long drink (alcoholic if not driving)

glad your away safely op. i did the exact same thing the other week in yorkshire - for a bloody hair appointment no less. we have missed the snow this time but we had over 2 feet of the stuff 2 weeks ago! i got well and truly stuck - had to be pushed off by kindly pedestrians!

scurryfunge · 21/12/2010 21:49

Vicar -it is actually a good read but don't worry about it until your driving course.

PenelopeTitsDropped · 21/12/2010 21:58

I'm not confusing anything with any other thing.

If one drives; one should be capable of driving and watching a weather forecast.

Op can't do a 3 point turn in snow; with children in the car.

Do the three point turn; get the car into a secure position.
Get out the car and get a taxi. Neither you or the kids are safe in these conditions with Op in charge of the car.

Last time it snowed in England (at this time of the year); was 35 years ago (in my memory).

I've had to walk 2 miles because a Range Rover has squashed my car.

No-One said that Road Craft is easy.

Luckily. I had walking boots, water, a foul attitude and a banana to keep me going.

I stuffed the banana up my DH's arse when he said "I told you that you shouldn't have gone out"

ThatVikRinA22 · 21/12/2010 21:59

driving course in 12 months....

have to confess - i just failed the basic test last week - am gutted. gutted. i passed my DVLA test first time with 2 minors but i was expected to pass another driving test with no tuition and in a very very unfamiliar diesel car....i rolled back on the hill start....so failed. no nipping on errands for me for a year!

i have never driven a diesel and didnt realise how much more revs you need to get up a hill!

gutted. did i say that? gutted. and feel under pressure now!

ThatVikRinA22 · 21/12/2010 22:00

oooo that was to scurry btw! sorry op...hijack!

scurryfunge · 21/12/2010 22:02

Penny, people make mistakes. The OP will probably treat today's experience as a massive learning experience. I am sure you treated your terrible accident as a learning experience.(ie. don't get in front of someone who has just thrown beer cans at you. Get the fuck out of their way, pull over and call police). Anyone can make an error of judgement.

scurryfunge · 21/12/2010 22:03

Vicar -don't worry. You will be a far better police officer by starting out on foot. Those in cars early on learn to avoid people rather than talk to them.

claig · 21/12/2010 22:05

'Anyone can make an error of judgement.'

Penny's DH has made a few. He tends to keep quiet now, it's safer all round.

HaveToWearHeels · 21/12/2010 22:10

Last time it snowed in England (at this time of the year); was 35 years ago (in my memory).

Ummmm Penelope didn't it snow this time of year last year !?

Imisssleeping · 21/12/2010 22:16

Oh yes we haven't had snow like this for 35 years !
ffs did you read that in your roadcraft book?

PenelopeTitsDropped · 21/12/2010 22:20

Penelope's Husband is scared to drive with Penelope as a passanger.

I was always difficult/critical.

Then with the Post Traumatic Stress after the car crash, I used to flip/scream/completely lose it.

He dumped me on the side of the road after one episode. He came back after about 20 minutes. Seven hours later we were fine.

I wouldn't go over a hump back bridge (with traffic lights)

chipmonkey · 21/12/2010 22:21

Penelope, 2 weeks ago, my car got stuck at the entrance to a roundabout. I didn't want to be out in the snow but hey, my boss expected me to be in work, my patients expected me to be in work, so Roadcraft or no Roadcraft, out I had to go, dropping my children to nursery en route.

Thanks to that experience and 3 similar ones since, I now know how to get my car unstuck. Living in Ireland, rather than Siberia, it wasn't a skill I expected to need. But snow happens and life goes on.

I'm sorry you had such a bad accident, I really am. But that was not the OPs fault.

ThatVikRinA22 · 21/12/2010 22:23

thanks scurry....i have good people skills anyway but am quite ok with the idea of speaking to shock - horror the public! in fact i quite enjoy it! im the one who stands chatting to little old ladies on practicals in shopping centres...! nuff said!

PenelopeTitsDropped · 21/12/2010 22:28

I said *SNOW AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR" for 35 years.

We had snow (here) later in January/February last year.

We're in Warwickshire/Worcestershire/Gloucestershire for accuracy.(Cotswolds; on the edge of the three counties).

There may have been snow before this date; UP North and Scotland par example. But we haven't had snow at Christmas (here) for about 35 years.

scurryfunge · 21/12/2010 22:29

Penny, PTSD is a terrible thing to have to deal with. Are you still having any assistance with it?

violetwellies · 21/12/2010 22:30

The trouble is with bananas that they tend to get eaten before I get stuck... Only stuck (three years ago as the drifts were deeper than the car). So walked home, phoned friend with tractor and returned to pull car out of drift. Theres chance yet, I might get stuck tomorrow.
At no time did this effect my entitlement to ride a motorbike.
The shovel is still in the car from last year. And I had to move it so I could fit some police officers in the car today (true, work) at no time did they ask what I had done with my bananas.

DontLetTinselDragOnTheFloor · 21/12/2010 22:36

Now the OP is free, can I have a loud guffaw at "phone is carp"

Imisssleeping · 21/12/2010 22:40

I KNOW YOU SAID THIS TIME OF YEAR
you are still talking carp !!

ThatVikRinA22 · 21/12/2010 22:40

took me ages to work out was a carp phone was!

PenelopeTitsDropped · 21/12/2010 22:40

"curryfunge Tue 21-Dec-10 22:29:52
Penny, PTSD is a terrible thing to have to deal with. Are you still having any assistance with it?"

I had a lot of help. But it's on going. The silly sod that flipped his car on mine this evening; hasn't helped. I actually transfer a lot of my fear to my Husband and Daughter. I'm working on it. I'm very scared about all forms of travel. I don't think that I will actually ever "get over it". It's too immense. I live with the pain and the disability everyday.

Violetwellies

Stock up on bananas. A bunch in the front; and a raw bunch in the boot.This will accomodate any police officers that you accomodate

HaveToWearHeels · 21/12/2010 22:42

Penelope you said
"Last time it snowed in England (at this time of the year); was 35 years ago (in my memory)"
I live in England and we had snow at exactly this time of year last year and I am definately not "UP North and Scotland par example" infact I am down south and not that far from you.
Your sweeping statements are irritating me.

PenelopeTitsDropped · 21/12/2010 22:43

Imiss. When did it last snow (in my region) at Christmas before ?

Imisssleeping · 21/12/2010 22:46

june 2003

PenelopeTitsDropped · 21/12/2010 22:46

Add message | Report | Message poster HaveToWearHeels

Terribly sorry to irritate with my sweeping statements.

Kindly make an appointment with my PA. so I can remember to give a fuck.

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