My Good Deed - Helped West Mids Police

[Banshee]

Well I was on the way to see my girlfriend on Friday night, the motorway started to build up 2 junctions before where I would usually get off so i decided to get off early which meant that I would have to go past a Ford I know of

Given it had been throwing it down I decided it might be worth a little detour for a few mins of fun

I arrived there and was met by this;



It turns out some silly old woman in her 60's had decided to tackle the 2 1/2 ft ford in her Ford KA

The KA was half under water, the woman had managed to get on the bonnet of her car and then decided to take the plunge and wade through the water and took refuge in a house the other side of the Ford where she had also rang for the Police

Upon arrival I immediately offered my services to pull the car out of the Ford however, I had forgot my Waders and had also took my wellies out of the car after shooting the other night

One of the officers decided to go above and beyond and got evidence bags out of his boot and put them over his shoes and legs as we duck taped them to his trousers and waded in with a broom to test the depth, fair play to the bloke!!!!

With my help I reversed in, he went in the boot of the KA grabbed the towing eye, attached it to the front of the KA and then attached the other closed loop around my tow bar, he wound the window down on the KA, removed the handbrake and the steering lock and steered the car out of the Ford as I towed it out



After I towed it out



Opening the doors




Always nice to be able to lend a helping hand to someone in need

The officers took my details and told me to expect a commendation in the post from the station commandant

[Lazy-Ferret]

Nice job.... bit worried about the advertising on the back, do you think she may have been smoking some of her stock, and thought the Ka was a Boat?

[Banshee]

Originally Posted by Lazy-Ferret

Nice job.... bit worried about the advertising on the back, do you think she may have been smoking some of her stock, and thought the Ka was a Boat?

I made that exact same reference to the officers and asked them if they had been in the boot

They found it quite funny and had told me that they had already questioned it and apparently it's a herb based diet supplement

[Lincs Mav]

Excellent mate

Cheers Gav

[briggie]

Originally Posted by Lazy-Ferret

Nice job.... bit worried about the advertising on the back, do you think she may have been smoking some of her stock, and thought the Ka was a Boat?

[solarman216]

Well done mate always nice to help someone out, a little while ago on a cold day came across an elderly lady waiting for the AA, she was clearly getting cold so got her to sit in my motor with heater going for half an hour till the guy arrived made me late but so what, could not have lived with the thought that she might have had to wait TOO long for the breakdown to arrive, Rick

[Banshee]

Originally Posted by solarman216

Well done mate always nice to help someone out, a little while ago on a cold day came across an elderly lady waiting for the AA, she was clearly getting cold so got her to sit in my motor with heater going for half an hour till the guy arrived made me late but so what, could not have lived with the thought that she might have had to wait TOO long for the breakdown to arrive, Rick

Fair play mate!!!! I always help out where I can, last year I was dropping my granddad too and from work as he drives a 5 series BMW and lives on the top of a massive hill just short of the height of Everest

As I was climbing his hill in 4wd in front of me was a Tesco Click and Collect van with 4 guys behind it pushing it up the hill getting nowhere, I pulled in front, towed it right to the top of the hill to be met by a group of old codgers clapping , little did I know the van was fully loaded No problem for the HMS Maverick though

Although, if I see any w*nkers in BMW's/Audi's with their suits on and flashing bluetooth earpieces I leave them there

I drove straight past my line manager last christmas he was stuck 1 mile away from work getting home but had earlier told me that I was the one who had to leave work last because we had feet of snow and I had a 4x4

I got my own back though when I ploughed past him in 4WD with his 1 series in a bush

[makeitfit]

Well done indeed mate, always a treat when a bit of fun turns out helpful
When I used to use herb based diet supplements , the last thing I'd be doing was ringing plod Used to call the take away a lot though wasntme

[solarman216]

Nice, Rick

[Sweety]

Nice one mate Cops down your way must work for a living unlike the ones up here 2009 we had major flood & an old couple were stuck & the police wouldn't even walk through a foot of water to see if they were ok, my wife ran through it all (just had an opp on her foot) checked to see if they were ok & told them i'd be back in 5 mins with my recovery gear. When I got back the water was a good 2ft deep so backed in & towed them out onto high ground tthe poor women in her 70's was close to having a bloody heart attack & the police had done off. The old couple asked for my address so they could send me some money for towing them out bless them, I told them it was fine & I was just happy to help

[Banshee]

Originally Posted by Sweety

Nice one mate Cops down your way must work for a living unlike the ones up here 2009 we had major flood & an old couple were stuck & the police wouldn't even walk through a foot of water to see if they were ok, my wife ran through it all (just had an opp on her foot) checked to see if they were ok & told them i'd be back in 5 mins with my recovery gear. When I got back the water was a good 2ft deep so backed in & towed them out onto high ground tthe poor women in her 70's was close to having a bloody heart attack & the police had done off. The old couple asked for my address so they could send me some money for towing them out bless them, I told them it was fine & I was just happy to help

Yeah to be honest mate they went above and beyond!!!! I'd like to think that someone would do the same for me when I'm old and grey.

It does make me think though with all these new cars and luxury and gadgets being put first, will there be any rugged, utilitarian cars that will even be able to wade to depths to be able to recover people?

[Sweety]

Originally Posted by Banshee

Yeah to be honest mate they went above and beyond!!!! I'd like to think that someone would do the same for me when I'm old and grey.

It does make me think though with all these new cars and luxury and gadgets being put first, will there be any rugged, utilitarian cars that will even be able to wade to depths to be able to recover people?

Can you send them up here as our lot just sit back & eat donuts You've made a good point tho real 4x4's are becoming a thing of the past I had to take my new T2 in to have the aircon fixed & had a nice long chat with the salesmen about 4x4's & they said so many of the new ones are just 2WD now as people won't pay the extra for 4WD (vitara's, range rover etc) & they won't take them in as a PX as they only want to sell the real deal

[SPARKIEDOO]

[QUOTE=Banshee;231858]Well I was on the way to see my girlfriend on Friday

Banshee your telling lies your Quote above said you were on your we to your Girlfriend."..............................................".................................................. ................... But are you not G A Y !

[spinna]

Well done mate. I had to chuckle when seeing the pic of back window aswell