That highways chap done his job perfectly. Stopped a good distance back to provide protection, waved traffic to slow down while you worked on the offside of the car, and then when you needed to join back on the motorway he pulled out into lane 1 first giving protection to join too. You also done a great job too, efficient but safe.
Highways lad is definitely on the ball, never taking his eye off the oncoming traffic. Safety is clearly his priority. Surprised Greg didn’t mention it based on his last dealings with them 😅
Considering he looks on the younger side, he's probably new-ish. They're always the best ones to have to be honest, because they have the training fresh in their minds still. People prefer older ones because they have "more experience" but in my opinion I'd rather take the younger newer freshly trained ones. They also have less bad habits.. as you said, his eyes were always on the traffic and where Mr GDB was. Didn't look at his phone, didn't start a conversation.. did his job exactly.
I know others have said it but hats off to that highways patrol, very vigilant and went to the offside with you for more visibility to cars in lane one.
Annoyingly the last one to be built is right up my neck of the woods on the M6 around Warrington and Wigan. To make things worse, the works have been extended until Spring 2025 after having started in late 2020/early 2021. It will actually be strange not having to average 50mph when they finally finish the damn thing.
They have not stopped they are doing more on the M6 north but say it is safety sign improvements a blatant lie as they have 20 plus miles of average speed cameras at 50mph.
The Highways Agency did their job wonderfully this time. That meant that the time you and the customer spent at the side of a busy motorway was kept to the absolute minimum. Less time sitting there also means decreasing the risk potential, although it should never be forgotten that an accident can happen within a split-second of pulling to the side of the road as I'm sure you know better than most of us.
Before the Transport Minister authorises a Smart Motorway they should be made to agree to stage an unannounced breakdown. This would be with him as the driver, with his family on a rainy night. If he refuses, then no smart lane.
Nice recovery mate. Great bit of kit. And Highways sent a top lad along by the looks of it. Nice to see him watching your back while you strapped the O/S. only thing I spotted was the trade plates in the cars windows means as a recovery driver for the largest recovery company he’d have got a lift to the nearest safe place and then it’d be commercial charges.
Loved the highways guy was watching your back whilst you was working. One thing I do when putting the customers in the cab is say "watch I dont bash you with the door when I close it" They are usually half in and working out where to sit. Great video
Who but an utter moron would sit at a desk and devise a new road where there is NO refuge following a breakdown, then call it a "Smart Motorway", there is NOTHING "smart" about it. Excellent job and made all the better when plod turned up to cover your back. Stay safe out there. Oh and LOVE your choice of music on the intro 👌👍
Smart means connected to the internet , not clever, these roads are not intended for humans to drive on , they are ultimately intended for automated driverless cars which will have distance monitoring and crash avoidance technology. Makes more sense now , eh. Globalists . !
I’m in two minds about smart motorways. I get the point about it taking time to close the lane if it’s obstructed by a breakdown. However we have hundreds of miles of dual carriageways. They have the same speed limit as motorways but no hard shoulder or refuges, often narrower lanes, more frequent junctions and no automated systems looking for obstructions. They’re often just as busy as motorways and yet no-one is suggesting turning one of the lanes into a hard shoulder.
Thanks Greg, nice job using 999 to 'manage the smart motorway' and dramatically improve safety for all involved. Hope you got the Motorways' Officer contact number - he was top notch and situationally aware, a real asset to the Motorways' response team.
I'll never take my family onto a smart motorway, if I have to re-route and its takes me another another hour travel time, so be it. No way am I risking mine or anyone else's lives on these roads. I understand there are few incidents, but it only takes that one time. Great work by yourself and the highways guys, timed to perfection.
What a great bit of team work the National Highways seemed friendly and helpful, real quick recovery and for most drivers they seemed to follow the lane closure. These motorways need to go back to "dumb" motorways it was so much safer. Keep safe and well!
spec lift looks better on the iveco chassis was to heavy for the transit. looks a good jab well done. like your message at the end slow down and move over. been told recovery trucks can have red flashing lights when stationery recovering a vehicle before long. we've been using a single red flashing light for years. on the rear of our truck.
Up North on the A1 the highways guys and galls block the lane and put 100yds of cones out behind their car to get traffic moving across , they don't just rely on the flashing lights . I use a set of low ramps with a cut out section for the spec to sit down in on my truck . Just a 3ft x 8" sheet of 3mm tin on the bottom with the ramp raising from zero to 5" over 2ft then around a 4" gap then the 8" x 8" x 5" high box with a slightly concave top - all welded on the 3ft base of 3mm tin . Place the ramps infront of each wheel and extend the spec frame to the gap in the ramps and drop it to the ground so the raised block is in the spec frame where the wheel will go . Winch / push the car up and across the gap where the frame drops in till it's sitting on the raised block with a concave top . Raise the spec frame and get the straps on . Ramps back in the truck . Unloading is even easier , place the ramps and drop the wheels on the raised block - get in the car and give a push with your right leg and they roll straight off and you can steer / brake as it rolls back . Way better than jacking , especially with the modern plastic undertrays etc .
SO many, ignore the gantry boards. Regularly see vehicles still driving in lanes marked with a Red X. Either in too much of a rush or just can't be bothered. Additionally the people that control the boards as well. Often the works or hazard has been removed and the boards still saw the lane is blocked.
Dear Greg I am watching all your vids and appreciate your efforts greatly. I see the N Highways have behaved badly and it's my opinion which seems to be simiar to others and ours that their decisions at times do not make the slightest common sense? These days it seems dodgy to offend those in high places and I am very much with you that you must record every detail that shows the facts of the matter in your perilous work that you do. Your job is most definitely a dangerous one where by doing your jobe you mat be snuffed out at any time and in particular the dangerous task of recovery on any motorway that is ALR. Why then is the rule = lane one closure that adds safety stopped? This deserves further questioning? It might be met with stupidity? Why should those who designated the idea care one Fxxx about the consequence of their decision if they bear no responsibility or liability for that decision they made? Back in April 2023 our usually very reliable Toyota Land cruiser oil pumping system became faulty on the Southbound M1 1.2 miles before Tibshelf services. I felt I had to keep going till I got to a bit of grass verge. Most vehicles would most probably hve siezed but the better engineered Toyota kept going to safety. The live lane was live for 49 minutes after I stopped. BBC, Panorama told me the system was 'out' at that time! There was then a fiasco caused by the NH. In any case who put the steel barrier there to pen drivers and vehicles in to keep them in live lanes? If the Authorities do not accept any responsibility whatsoever for any damage to vehicles but more importantly anyones death on their ill designed motorways. They have the audacity to publicise these inadequate motorways are safer than Motorways with a continuous hard shoulder refuge which most good ,safe drivers know to be bollocks. Is it a surprise that drivers with perception are complaining about these serious facts? The Smart Motorways Kill org is the truth and is to be applauded. That astute wonderfull caring lady Claire Mercer is indeed one in a million and her supporters are indeed some of the most experienced drivers to be found anywhere. Their hard work to rectify the dangerous situation on 'our' ALR motorways deserves finality in their favour beause of the facts that they are 'right'. In 2012 many 'good' drivers on the forum 'Pistonheads' predicted deaths would occur due to the 'No Hard Shoulder' design. One said it was murder by design. I asked is this idea really true? Can anyone conceive such a ridiculous idea? Some believe there are infiltrators on Pistonheads are the ones who are all for the killer idea of no hard shoulder.
Just because I've noticed it in the one screen text of many your videos (so not just a typo on this one), have a quick read of up the difference between your and you're. It's something I didn't know for years and I cringe now thinking how many times I got it wrong. Also families not 'familys'.
You are the best-breakdown-recovery channels that I have started watching going to be looking out for more give the professional struggler Chris Allan 🏴 1:30 😁
I've broke down on a smart motorway and honestly it's the scariest thing that ever happened to me. It took them atleast 15 minutes to realise I was stopped dead on lane 1 which would have been the hard shoulder. I had to make a break for it to the get over the barrier then watched 15 minutes of people mostly in lorry's nearly rear ended my vehicle. How is that safe
Hisghways Agency chap gets top marks for this one, couldn't have timed it better if it was rehersed. VOSA need an opticians appointment for not spotting the obvious when you passed through their depot.
I have witnessed so many vehicles ignoring lane restriction including the "red x" which and only move when just feet away from a traffic officers vehicle. Yet the traffic officers never do anything about it. I remember once obeying the red x when I was in a hurry to get to hospital for my mothers last hours of life. It took me three hours to travel just one mile. A lorry decided they red x di not apply to him and drove straight through the closed lane trying to push into the queue only when he was upon the problem which the traffic officer was attending. When I continued driving in the lane that I was supposed to be in, the driver of the lorry gave me rude gestures held his hand on the horn and constantly flashed his lights, then keeping the lights on high beam to try to bling me from behind! I assume this was because this was because he did not want to be delayed. I actually did not make it to the Hospital before my Mother died alone!
I used to be a full time carer for a wheelchair bound family member (sadly passed away in 2020) and they were terrified of travelling on a smart motorway how do you get them out and to a safe place, sadly have been let down by a large well known company (begging with R) who have Blue badge cover six hour wait (and they say they prioritize disabled customers) so watching your videos showing your fast response would have eliminated her fears
Accidently found my fav road side Rescue Guy seem like a top bloke Hope someone Buys you a few beers for putting yourself in danger where many would panic
I don't know why when calling 999 they can't just put you though to the highways control room as they can set the signals straight away and have a traffic officer on route. Same addage as a level crossing where the highway code tells you not to call 999 but use the phone as it contacts the signaller directly so they can stop all trains.
Ime just asking. When you turn up to a job site. Do you turn the front wheels of recovery vehicle inwards to inbankment. So vehicle gets pushed away from all traffic. That was a good safe recovery
When the police and highways work with you recovery ops the job is done quicker and safer. In my opinion when a recovery is on the motorway the highways should always be there to assist
that's actually incorrect - the roads are monitored by something called SVD (Stopped Vehicle Detection) they look like a white pod on the gantry signals and are spread across the network at intervals. The CCTV cameras are used to confirm reports but if SVD hasn't flagged the vehicle up, no automatic signals would be implemented and no alert would be given to the control room. There's over 50 cameras purely between J14/15 which would make it impossible to scan through them all at the same time. In this instance, SVD wouldn't have flagged it because the vehicle was still on the entry slip (you can tell this by the gap between the verge and LBS1 [Lane below signal 1 - basically lane 1] getting smaller and smaller.. Still a risk though but what a cracking job @GDBRescueandrecovery did to ensure his customer was safely dealt with!
@@TheRoadGuy-rm5ciThat's been trivial with computer vision for at least 5 years. Next you'll be telling us that the control room runs on a web app that only works in Internet Explorer
why did that traffic officer behind you feel the need to cross a solid white line at 5.05 into the video then move back into the left hand lane. Are they not meant to comply with the law?
It will be more of the point of unsure exactly where the casualty vehicle is, ie situated in lane 1 , so he went into lane 1 to fend off that lane. Then in the distance he saw it was slip road so moved back over.
Just as your about to a take off look at those 2 cars still in lane 1 take there license off them 11:17. Looking again looks like they could of been coming on to motorway.
A large percentage of brake downs on motorways are drivers simply running out of petrol. Smart motorway or dumb drivers. Smart Motorways have emergency laybys. In 40 years of driving including 20 years as an HGV driver i have never suffered a sudden immediate vehicle failure that has caused the vehicle to stop instantly in a lane. There has always been some kind of prior warning allowing time to get to emergency lay-by. If drivers choose to ignore the warnings and try to carry on or fail to keep there vehicle properly maintained is that a fault of the Smart Motorway.
@6.43, quite correct, I've seen signage from junc 15 as far down as the Toll Road & there was nothing causing a problem, I complied all the way, and you wonder why some ignore them when there is no problem, I rang Highways & said doesn't anyone look at the camera's & see there is no problem & this is why people ignore them which puts peoples lives at risks when there is an incident!
The idea of smart motorways isn't the worst, but it is very badly implemented - you didn't get a lane closure, I don't know if they reduced speed for you; but nearly every time I drive the M5 section from Brum to Worcester there is are speed restrictions/hazard warnings but no hazards. It just doesn't quite work.
Well you generally know what it is or ask the questions first prior to booking on ie fwd rwd 4wd. I have tow dollys on the vehicle anyway if i needed to use them etc
I think the smart motorways are a good idea. It the not smart people who think the rules don't apply to them. If a lane is closed or you have warning about moving over, MOVE OVER!!! people think a stranded vehicle is only in the left lane. A stranded vehicle can be in any lane.
how many more have to die in these "smart" motorways it is sheer stupidity i stopped that stupid advert that said if you break down pull into the next layby or pull off the motorway i said to them if you have broken down you have broken down end off they saw sense and ended the advert, thanks for your good work keep safe, and thanks for the video
Hello thanks for tuning in! , Yeah no idea how an earth these got passed to be allowed, awful experience for customers that can not make it to the chosen places of safety. GDB
Didn’t that go well and all it took was a little cooperation from highways guy ….all the fuss over closing a lane on the other breakdown …..they are the BOSS so you do as your told young man ….and like it …don’t forget to doc your cap with some of them
That highways chap done his job perfectly. Stopped a good distance back to provide protection, waved traffic to slow down while you worked on the offside of the car, and then when you needed to join back on the motorway he pulled out into lane 1 first giving protection to join too.
You also done a great job too, efficient but safe.
Highways lad is definitely on the ball, never taking his eye off the oncoming traffic. Safety is clearly his priority. Surprised Greg didn’t mention it based on his last dealings with them 😅
Considering he looks on the younger side, he's probably new-ish. They're always the best ones to have to be honest, because they have the training fresh in their minds still. People prefer older ones because they have "more experience" but in my opinion I'd rather take the younger newer freshly trained ones. They also have less bad habits.. as you said, his eyes were always on the traffic and where Mr GDB was. Didn't look at his phone, didn't start a conversation.. did his job exactly.
Slowing down doesn't make it safer as other drivers are in lanes 2-4, all it causes is rubber necking and Pepole looking causing crashes
I know others have said it but hats off to that highways patrol, very vigilant and went to the offside with you for more visibility to cars in lane one.
I'm glad they have put a stop to building smart motorways atm
Annoyingly the last one to be built is right up my neck of the woods on the M6 around Warrington and Wigan. To make things worse, the works have been extended until Spring 2025 after having started in late 2020/early 2021. It will actually be strange not having to average 50mph when they finally finish the damn thing.
They have not stopped they are doing more on the M6 north but say it is safety sign improvements a blatant lie as they have 20 plus miles of average speed cameras at 50mph.
Excellent to see both the Recovery and Highways guys working together in sync
The Highways Agency did their job wonderfully this time. That meant that the time you and the customer spent at the side of a busy motorway was kept to the absolute minimum. Less time sitting there also means decreasing the risk potential, although it should never be forgotten that an accident can happen within a split-second of pulling to the side of the road as I'm sure you know better than most of us.
Makes a nice change to see everything working together to give a good result, helps when you know what to do in such a situation.
Before the Transport Minister authorises a Smart Motorway they should be made to agree to stage an unannounced breakdown. This would be with him as the driver, with his family on a rainy night. If he refuses, then no smart lane.
Nice recovery mate. Great bit of kit. And Highways sent a top lad along by the looks of it. Nice to see him watching your back while you strapped the O/S. only thing I spotted was the trade plates in the cars windows means as a recovery driver for the largest recovery company he’d have got a lift to the nearest safe place and then it’d be commercial charges.
Thank you for rescuing that lovely bloke!
Also, how come you didn't lift that storage block up at the end incorrectly like everyone else does?
No problem at all thanks for watching GDB
Loved the highways guy was watching your back whilst you was working. One thing I do when putting the customers in the cab is say "watch I dont bash you with the door when I close it" They are usually half in and working out where to sit. Great video
we watch in our club at weekend over 500 on a sunday afternoon , We need more Mrs GDB for sure .
Who but an utter moron would sit at a desk and devise a new road where there is NO refuge following a breakdown, then call it a "Smart Motorway", there is NOTHING "smart" about it. Excellent job and made all the better when plod turned up to cover your back. Stay safe out there. Oh and LOVE your choice of music on the intro 👌👍
Could not agree more, thanks for the watch and comment GDB
"Smart" motorways are just like smart meters, someone forgot to put "Not Very" at the front of their name.
Smart means connected to the internet , not clever, these roads are not intended for humans to drive on , they are ultimately intended for automated driverless cars which will have distance monitoring and crash avoidance technology. Makes more sense now , eh. Globalists . !
The worst part is when something does happen, the emergency services now get stuck on the queue, rather than being able to go down the hard shoulder.
I’m in two minds about smart motorways. I get the point about it taking time to close the lane if it’s obstructed by a breakdown. However we have hundreds of miles of dual carriageways. They have the same speed limit as motorways but no hard shoulder or refuges, often narrower lanes, more frequent junctions and no automated systems looking for obstructions. They’re often just as busy as motorways and yet no-one is suggesting turning one of the lanes into a hard shoulder.
Thanks Greg, nice job using 999 to 'manage the smart motorway' and dramatically improve safety for all involved. Hope you got the Motorways' Officer contact number - he was top notch and situationally aware, a real asset to the Motorways' response team.
I'll never take my family onto a smart motorway, if I have to re-route and its takes me another another hour travel time, so be it. No way am I risking mine or anyone else's lives on these roads. I understand there are few incidents, but it only takes that one time. Great work by yourself and the highways guys, timed to perfection.
Great job Greg 👍🏻👍🏻
Legend of a traffic officer looking out for you whilst live side
What a great bit of team work the National Highways seemed friendly and helpful, real quick recovery and for most drivers they seemed to follow the lane closure.
These motorways need to go back to "dumb" motorways it was so much safer. Keep safe and well!
Yes that video was a pleasant experience compared to the other 98% of jobs 😂 thanks for the watch GDB
spec lift looks better on the iveco chassis was to heavy for the transit. looks a good jab well done. like your message at the end slow down and move over. been told recovery trucks can have red flashing lights when stationery recovering a vehicle before long. we've been using a single red flashing light for years. on the rear of our truck.
Job well done Greg 👏
The main REECE! Haha hope your well thanks for tuning in! GDB
Up North on the A1 the highways guys and galls block the lane and put 100yds of cones out behind their car to get traffic moving across , they don't just rely on the flashing lights .
I use a set of low ramps with a cut out section for the spec to sit down in on my truck .
Just a 3ft x 8" sheet of 3mm tin on the bottom with the ramp raising from zero to 5" over 2ft then around a 4" gap then the 8" x 8" x 5" high box with a slightly concave top - all welded on the 3ft base of 3mm tin .
Place the ramps infront of each wheel and extend the spec frame to the gap in the ramps and drop it to the ground so the raised block is in the spec frame where the wheel will go .
Winch / push the car up and across the gap where the frame drops in till it's sitting on the raised block with a concave top .
Raise the spec frame and get the straps on .
Ramps back in the truck .
Unloading is even easier , place the ramps and drop the wheels on the raised block - get in the car and give a push with your right leg and they roll straight off and you can steer / brake as it rolls back .
Way better than jacking , especially with the modern plastic undertrays etc .
SO many, ignore the gantry boards. Regularly see vehicles still driving in lanes marked with a Red X. Either in too much of a rush or just can't be bothered. Additionally the people that control the boards as well. Often the works or hazard has been removed and the boards still saw the lane is blocked.
Dear Greg I am watching all your vids and appreciate your efforts greatly. I see the N Highways have behaved badly and it's my opinion which seems to be simiar to others and ours that their decisions at times do not make the slightest common sense?
These days it seems dodgy to offend those in high places and I am very much with you that you must record every detail that shows the facts of the matter in your perilous work that you do. Your job is most definitely a dangerous one where by doing your jobe you mat be snuffed out at any time and in particular the dangerous task of recovery on any motorway that is ALR. Why then is the rule = lane one closure that adds safety stopped? This deserves further questioning? It might be met with stupidity? Why should those who designated the idea care one Fxxx about the consequence of their decision if they bear no responsibility or liability for that decision they made?
Back in April 2023 our usually very reliable Toyota Land cruiser oil pumping system became faulty on the Southbound M1 1.2 miles before Tibshelf services. I felt I had to keep going till I got to a bit of grass verge. Most vehicles would most probably hve siezed but the better engineered Toyota kept going to safety.
The live lane was live for 49 minutes after I stopped. BBC, Panorama told me the system was 'out' at that time!
There was then a fiasco caused by the NH. In any case who put the steel barrier there to pen drivers and vehicles in to keep them in live lanes?
If the Authorities do not accept any responsibility whatsoever for any damage to vehicles but more importantly anyones death on their ill designed motorways. They have the audacity to publicise these inadequate motorways are safer than Motorways with a continuous hard shoulder refuge which most good ,safe drivers know to be bollocks. Is it a surprise that drivers with perception are complaining about these serious facts?
The Smart Motorways Kill org is the truth and is to be applauded. That astute wonderfull caring lady Claire Mercer
is indeed one in a million and her supporters are indeed some of the most experienced drivers to be found anywhere. Their hard work to rectify the dangerous situation on 'our' ALR motorways deserves finality in their favour beause of the facts that they are 'right'.
In 2012 many 'good' drivers on the forum 'Pistonheads' predicted deaths would occur due to the 'No Hard Shoulder'
design. One said it was murder by design. I asked is this idea really true? Can anyone conceive such a ridiculous idea? Some believe there are infiltrators on Pistonheads are the ones who are all for the killer idea of no hard shoulder.
Nice to see you flat out on the toll mate it was me in the white mokka
Evening! Thanks for the spot! I was probably in a world of my own when you passed, did you clock you though! Thanks GDB
Great Work Bud 👍👍Gone in sixty seconds 👍👍Very Professional 👍👍
Perfect truck when you need to scoop and run 👍
You got it 💪
Just because I've noticed it in the one screen text of many your videos (so not just a typo on this one), have a quick read of up the difference between your and you're. It's something I didn't know for years and I cringe now thinking how many times I got it wrong. Also families not 'familys'.
Iveco looking good mate and good job done
Thanks so much! GDB
Your videos are great keep them coming and I like your little dancing
Thanks appreciate it 😂
You are the best-breakdown-recovery channels that I have started watching going to be looking out for more give the professional struggler Chris Allan 🏴 1:30 😁
Definitely need a fleet update
Well done Greg keep it up 😊
Apparently there is going to be some carraigeway work done on the M5 very soon which I believe is to build some more refuse areas!
That's a very cool over head light in the garage!
From tuff tile ireland !
the smart motorways are a lot safer than a typical dual carriageway such as A1 with no layby's hard shoulder and no matrix signs
Hi gdb i am a subscriber and like to watch your videos 😊
Thanks so much! GDB
@@GDBRescueandrecovery your welcome 😁
A very good Thursday evening to you sir from Wellington Somerset
Ok let's go 💯👍👍
Nice moves at the end 🤣
Absolutely text book buddy great team work for once bud
Thanks so much! GDB
The only problem with smart motorways is that they only work with smart drivers who obey the signs quickly.
I've broke down on a smart motorway and honestly it's the scariest thing that ever happened to me. It took them atleast 15 minutes to realise I was stopped dead on lane 1 which would have been the hard shoulder. I had to make a break for it to the get over the barrier then watched 15 minutes of people mostly in lorry's nearly rear ended my vehicle. How is that safe
just curious, why didn’t call highways emergency line instead of lifesavers 999
Hisghways Agency chap gets top marks for this one, couldn't have timed it better if it was rehersed. VOSA need an opticians appointment for not spotting the obvious when you passed through their depot.
New camera mount is brilliant
Brilliant video pf how it should be done,hreat camera work and safely carried out ,keep yourself safe.
Thanks so much for the comment! Appreciate it! GDB
I have witnessed so many vehicles ignoring lane restriction including the "red x" which and only move when just feet away from a traffic officers vehicle. Yet the traffic officers never do anything about it. I remember once obeying the red x when I was in a hurry to get to hospital for my mothers last hours of life. It took me three hours to travel just one mile. A lorry decided they red x di not apply to him and drove straight through the closed lane trying to push into the queue only when he was upon the problem which the traffic officer was attending. When I continued driving in the lane that I was supposed to be in, the driver of the lorry gave me rude gestures held his hand on the horn and constantly flashed his lights, then keeping the lights on high beam to try to bling me from behind! I assume this was because this was because he did not want to be delayed. I actually did not make it to the Hospital before my Mother died alone!
I used to be a full time carer for a wheelchair bound family member (sadly passed away in 2020) and they were terrified of travelling on a smart motorway how do you get them out and to a safe place, sadly have been let down by a large well known company (begging with R) who have Blue badge cover six hour wait (and they say they prioritize disabled customers) so watching your videos showing your fast response would have eliminated her fears
Great video - an entertaining watch!
Thanks so much really appreciate it! GDB
Accidently found my fav road side Rescue Guy seem like a top bloke Hope someone Buys you a few beers for putting yourself in danger where many would panic
Waheyyy! Thanks for tuning in, I really appreciate it! , Thanks alot! GDB
@@GDBRescueandrecovery no probs Just don't get any flat tyres yourself NO chance I can rescue you myself On a stag do with my neighbour
I don't know why when calling 999 they can't just put you though to the highways control room as they can set the signals straight away and have a traffic officer on route. Same addage as a level crossing where the highway code tells you not to call 999 but use the phone as it contacts the signaller directly so they can stop all trains.
Nice to have a recovery professional who has all his ducks lined up and ready to go😅
GDB rescue.❤
Great job Greg saw you on the a34 on Wednesday
Ah mega thanks for the spot! GDB
Very professional!
Great vid love the content 👍🏻
Ime just asking. When you turn up to a job site. Do you turn the front wheels of recovery vehicle inwards to inbankment. So vehicle gets pushed away from all traffic. That was a good safe recovery
When the police and highways work with you recovery ops the job is done quicker and safer. In my opinion when a recovery is on the motorway the highways should always be there to assist
Great video. Makes us all more aware of the perils of your job. Keep up the great work!
Thats certainly the idea! Nobody really shows it! Thanks for watching! GDB
Great job as always keep up with the good work 😎
Thanks so much for tuning in! GDB
Hi Greg saw you driving through winnington into Northwich on wednesday 27th in the iveco spec
Ahhh think that was this job!
How much did U charge for this job?
Hi, you were running naked southbound M6 Wednesday lunchtime 27/3, noticed you didn't miss the potholes 😂
god knows im here there and everywhere! GDB
What happened to it? Couldn't hear what the fella said
👍top job mate
Thanks alot! GDB
I thought cameras were supposed to monitor smart motorways , so if you broke down you would be spotted !! See you going through Doxey most days !!
Well thats what they tell us right...
that's actually incorrect - the roads are monitored by something called SVD (Stopped Vehicle Detection) they look like a white pod on the gantry signals and are spread across the network at intervals. The CCTV cameras are used to confirm reports but if SVD hasn't flagged the vehicle up, no automatic signals would be implemented and no alert would be given to the control room. There's over 50 cameras purely between J14/15 which would make it impossible to scan through them all at the same time. In this instance, SVD wouldn't have flagged it because the vehicle was still on the entry slip (you can tell this by the gap between the verge and LBS1 [Lane below signal 1 - basically lane 1] getting smaller and smaller..
Still a risk though but what a cracking job @GDBRescueandrecovery did to ensure his customer was safely dealt with!
quite correct, I agree with you 'keithrogers2017'
@@TheRoadGuy-rm5ciThat's been trivial with computer vision for at least 5 years. Next you'll be telling us that the control room runs on a web app that only works in Internet Explorer
Love video
Great video upload 👍
Thanks so much 🔥
First! This looks a banger
haha! And the verdict for the full video was.....
Very dangerous situation here, never ever enter a live lane of a motorway, when your dead ☠️ it’s too late to complain…..😮
I love your videos ❤
Thanks for the watch! GDB
Bloody good show 👍👍
YO YO YOOOO! Thanks for tuning in!
@@GDBRescueandrecovery no problem 👍👍👍top job mate
'ey up Greg 👍👍👍
YO YOOOOO! thanks for tuning in as per always! GDB
why did that traffic officer behind you feel the need to cross a solid white line at 5.05 into the video then move back into the left hand lane. Are they not meant to comply with the law?
They have exemptions.
It will be more of the point of unsure exactly where the casualty vehicle is, ie situated in lane 1 , so he went into lane 1 to fend off that lane. Then in the distance he saw it was slip road so moved back over.
@@GDBRescueandrecoverythat makes perfect sense thanks for explaning
Just as your about to a take off look at those 2 cars still in lane 1 take there license off them 11:17. Looking again looks like they could of been coming on to motorway.
At least this time Highways had your back and turned up when asked
Yes makes a change right 😂
CMPG and Highways West Mids share the control room
Yep that is true!
A large percentage of brake downs on motorways are drivers simply running out of petrol. Smart motorway or dumb drivers. Smart Motorways have emergency laybys. In 40 years of driving including 20 years as an HGV driver i have never suffered a sudden immediate vehicle failure that has caused the vehicle to stop instantly in a lane. There has always been some kind of prior warning allowing time to get to emergency lay-by. If drivers choose to ignore the warnings and try to carry on or fail to keep there vehicle properly maintained is that a fault of the Smart Motorway.
@6.43, quite correct, I've seen signage from junc 15 as far down as the Toll Road & there was nothing causing a problem, I complied all the way, and you wonder why some ignore them when there is no problem, I rang Highways & said doesn't anyone look at the camera's & see there is no problem & this is why people ignore them which puts peoples lives at risks when there is an incident!
The idea of smart motorways isn't the worst, but it is very badly implemented - you didn't get a lane closure, I don't know if they reduced speed for you; but nearly every time I drive the M5 section from Brum to Worcester there is are speed restrictions/hazard warnings but no hazards. It just doesn't quite work.
What happens when you turn up with that truck and the car is a rear wheel drive so you can’t tow it from the front?
this muppet would still probably tow it
Well you generally know what it is or ask the questions first prior to booking on ie fwd rwd 4wd. I have tow dollys on the vehicle anyway if i needed to use them etc
Hahaa yeah and 4 wheel drives for fun
are those wireless lights you put on the car ?
Yes correct bluetooth ones! GDB
@@GDBRescueandrecovery where from
I think the smart motorways are a good idea. It the not smart people who think the rules don't apply to them. If a lane is closed or you have warning about moving over, MOVE OVER!!! people think a stranded vehicle is only in the left lane. A stranded vehicle can be in any lane.
14:04 chequers lane derby. My manor lol
Still not parking with wheels turned into the bank ? Obviously never seen a truck hit from behind pushed into the live lanes
how many more have to die in these "smart" motorways it is sheer stupidity i stopped that stupid advert that said if you break down pull into the next layby or pull off the motorway i said to them if you have broken down you have broken down end off they saw sense and ended the advert, thanks for your good work keep safe, and thanks for the video
Hello thanks for tuning in! , Yeah no idea how an earth these got passed to be allowed, awful experience for customers that can not make it to the chosen places of safety. GDB
Is there any smart motorway is with a hard shoulder
Do you have stickers with your contact details.. So people can put in their vehicle.. 😊😊😊
The dancing at the end earned you a like
He is a total 🛎 end
6:48 oh look a BMW driver. Say no more.
Do you need REACT to work on a motorway?
How often do you see an X BMW on the inside lane of the motorway 🙆♂️ the driver NEEDS a visit & a talking too🙋♂️
Smart motorways are the cheap option to increased traffic on our motorways wrapped up in tinsel and brightly coloured paper
First job with the Iveco Greg?
Noooo done quite a few! Off to the body shop tomorrow for GDB livery!
@@GDBRescueandrecovery Sounds ace Greg! Could you do a fleet update soon?
the highways people like never come when he asked for them and never give lane 1 a red ❌
Didn’t that go well and all it took was a little cooperation from highways guy ….all the fuss over closing a lane on the other breakdown …..they are the BOSS so you do as your told young man ….and like it …don’t forget to doc your cap with some of them
I think now the Iveco need a blue tooth stereo
Already on order so I can have a reverse camera back haha GDB
So why wasn’t he picked up on camera?
You tell me 😂
id of truck on 13:00 ? anyone ?
You not done any videos
WE WANT HARD SHOULDERS.