CAR CRASH M6 - OVER 4 HR WAIT - NATIONAL HIGHWAYS SAFETY FAILED!

[@the-pacifieruk7126]

I'm a truck driver and since watching your videos you have made me respect what you recovery people go through.. Big respect for helping the other guy out as you didn't have to 👍🏻 don't think highways like you because you tell it how it is 😂

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Truth hurts 🤣

[@joshuahill6153]

In my country traffic recover for highways is typically externally outsourced to competent contractors. But the Government Agency does do internal for busy more intense highways/tunnels that need on-site recovery and they are very quick. I see them stationed on ramps/little gravel pits near the motorway and they respond within minutes. Unbelievable how incompetent the UK truly is with this. Standard send-out procedure is a truck with a crash barrier that extends out, a truck with bumpers and at least 2-3 crew members. No cost to the person involved because they pay for rates via petrol/taxes etc. I am baffled how New Zealand can run a tight ship within minutes and the UK can barely send out crew personnel for 4 hours.

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Appreciate the comment, UK is awful a ship thats sinking. Thanks for the watch. GDB

Highways are gash, spent many a night on hard shoulder when I worked on trucks/buses roadside assistance/ mobile, glad you got it all squared away

[@thomasfrancis5747]

Mate of mine was a buyer at Rover responsible for the AA new car support contract, amongst other things. His missus once had to wait 4 hours for an AA patrolman to turn up when she broke down. He was tempted to get the AA rep in and leave him waiting in reception for 4 hours so he could see what it felt like....

[@cf3031]

12:16 totally agree and good on ya for helping that fella out

[@H2Stephen]

highways agency are not fit for purpose

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Luck of the draw!

[@willtaylor6112]

Sounds like they're all staffed by asians

[@jonathanlake6053]

Another civil service run not fit for purpose.

[@colinbourne8345]

They were on the A34 at oxford on thursday blocking 1 lane for a motorhome that was brokedown in a layby!!.. It was chaos 😂😂.. Imagine if they went to somewhere where they were actually needed

[@sarfarajsura]

@@GDBRescueandrecoveryI saw you on Wednesday evening on m6 south bound in red beast

[@JulianBeddow]

Hi greg..i waited ten and half hours once waiting for the AA to recover me..i rang them at least six times...so another recovery truck firm recovered me in the end. They was from wales and i broke down by j11 M5....

[@Unhinged_Records]

Theyre all sat at M5 J5 at the McDonalds usually 😂

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

😂😂

[@El_Smeghead]

2 months ago my oil filter failed on the M42 at 70mph, pissing all my oil out onto the plastic tray under the engine. I was about 1 mile from the Hopwood Services junction so bravely (or stupidly) risked seizing my engine by getting off the motorway and stopping in the layby on the A441 where the flower man usually is. This was at 6:30pm. Got on the phone to the RAC straight away, explained the issue (which involved filling in an online form! Never actually SPOKE to a human!), gave them the cause AND the remedy (Send a guy with an oil filter and a jug of oil) The RAC texted me an hour later saying it would be a 2 hour wait. After 3 hours waiting I got a call from them asking me if it would be OK to send someone "in the morning at around 7am" 😡 After explaining to them that I was 8 miles from home, sat in my car in a layby and it "f*king was NOT OK", they finally sent a 3rd party recovery vehicle from a local garage... 7 HOURS LATER!! Imagine if I'd just stopped immediately on the hard shoulder of the M42! Next time I break down I'm gonna stay on the motorway and say I'm a pregnant woman.

[@andrewcotterill996]

I think the best thing is for you mate and for your safety get someone to come with you in your landrover as a safety vehicle as that's bad for highways 👍

[@xboxblakeyjnr8280]

I think they should move the barrier by lane 1 about a meter away from the side of the lane so that there is a grass verge for people to escape onto when there is a live lane breakdown

[@SteveJames-m3v]

Only one beacon working on the light bar above the windscreen on your truck Greg !

[@ChrisLynn254]

Love ur content fair play to u letting the ladies go and have a toilet break ur the first I've ever seen doing that massive respect gdb bro much love and support from belfast northern Ireland

[@waynelucas6483]

Glad u know what u was doing and got a beacon out on the front

[@steve5772]

Only thing i will say the RAC do well is write a cheque for however much compensation the customer asks for when they don't bother to show up. Get a complaint in ladies 👍

[@cf3031]

Good on ya for telling highways they are shit, you mentioned on the phone about your name, you'd think they would come out knowing it's going on KZbin, but they should come out no matter who it is

[@curnock]

Driving past is not attending the scene

[@thatstreamingfella7298]

Well done Greg. Another fantastic recovery helping people and quite literally putting your life on the line. High praise to you.

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Thanks for watching appreciate the kind comment! GDB

[@terryjacobs2536]

Komunnikation is knot gud, how many times do we hear that Greg.. it seems no mater what trade we are in those 4 words stick out like a sore thumb. But great to see safety and team work from you, thanks for caring and sharing this and good to see the ladies taken care of...

[@RichardArblaster]

3:45 aside from the breakdown recovery party going on, is that cheese really game changing? 🤣🤣🤣

[@zander434]

One day you should send a seperate camera man to their depot to see what they're doing. As a daily user of this motorway the lack of safety and urgency by highways is atrocious. Keep doing what you're doing to expose and share 👍

[@TonyBlews]

The Orangey lot are useless. Just after Christmas (early hours, day after Boxing Day) I broken down with a busted clutch on the A449 in the dark bit just north of Penkridge. The wait time went from 40mins, to 90mins, to 6 hours, to 12 hours, over a 2 hour period. It was 4am by then. Giving up on the lot of them, I decided to jam the can in 3rd and chug home. As I passed Catch Corner, I spotted a Burke Bros truck, a Buckleys, and 3 Orangey vans in the layby. Chugging to a halt I asked if any were assigned to me. One of them was, but for the next day. So I chugged on home slowly with my hazards on (passed by 3 police cars), drove into the car park, and bounced off the wall. And that was when the police took notice (unmarked car parked outside ths flats). They are all useless.

[@MattyEngland]

Should of used the emergency phone to say someone had misgendered you! The police would have shut the motorway and been there in 2 secs flat

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Ill try that on the next one 😂😂😂

[@chrisward925]

@@GDBRescueandrecovery or mention that you're in the 'far-right'.... hand lane!!!

[@andrewjohnson6162]

27:12 Staggered change over... It's a very easy concept. That way there is always someone, available to attend a RTC or breakdown.

[@barriewilliams4526]

Been there, done that. Madness 😜

[@slacko1971]

I'm confused, this vehicle has been involved in an RTC, RAC are a breakdown service if you are involved in an accident you need to call your insurance surely?

[@NoobAdventuresGaming]

If they couldn’t move the car they’d dispatch someone like the RAC or one of their subcontractors to recover you. If you need recovering for whatever reason the insurance will say to call their breakdown and recovery partner, usually the RAC or the AA

[@tug1345]

They have to make sure they have their tea breaks before they start a night shift lol

[@jordangarrett8754]

I got stuck a couple weeks ago. It took the RAC 31 hours, that’s from me notifying them to then getting me home. My allocated time slot kept getting pushed back and back. In the end, independant recovery firms worked together to get me back home. RAC are useless. They asked me to fill out a survey and I asked them to contact me because I wanted happy at all with how they treated me and basically abandoned me. Nearly a month or so now and still no one has been in contact with me. They’re absolute jokes.

[@hausmaster9801]

Recovery driver here and I have a “smart” stretch I have to cover and I’ve never once had a highways vehicle out for me, or a red X put on. Only ever had the police out twice and those times they were there to tell me off because I was supposed to wait for them or highways.

[@Icecoldgaming-vlogs]

I love your content but I work for highways. Let’s just say we’re shortstaffed but they don’t want to hire any people at the moment so people are waiting longer. They will give you excuses on the phone because we’re not allowed to tell public but obviously on KZbin I can I can even send you the email to prove it.

[@alexritchie4586]

Government agencies are always 'short staffed' because for every extra government worker you add, you don't increase production, you just further divide the existing workload. Taking this to its logical conclusion, government workers consider their department 'fully staffed' when none of them are actually doing any work, and since that requires one to divide by infinity, no government agency can ever be 'fully staffed', physically, mathematically, or otherwise.

[@jacksonhunter5190]

ho a New Video at Last a Job well Done Greg youve got a Orange Beacon Light out on the Left Side of your Truck

[@oliverharding9761]

It took them that long to come up with that B S. Keep safe my good man.

[@RichardArblaster]

11:05 the winch on that truck sounds well dodgy 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

[@jonathanlake6053]

Disgusting that the scouser put the phone down on you, especially as you took the trouble to inform them that the recovery had been completed with no assistance from them.

[@muckle8]

No courtesy or service whatsoever to the general public now - Uk is gone.

[@E.M.Adventure]

Iam with rac and I to wait 8 1/2 hours for recovery I rang them about 8 time with disability people in my car not once but but twice it happened to me

[@Spreadyready]

Sounds like highways wasn’t aware of the job until you phoned it in at 10 01 mate

[@markfoden765]

Hi greg,sorry I'm late watching and commenting,these highways should NOT be risking your life and treating you like the do because you've said stuff about them before and if they are they need to be accountable for their actions if thats true,they dont value people's lives by the looks of it but maybe if their family member was stranded in a dangerous position and something bad happened to them they might change their attitude then but shouldn't be like that,the shift change should be staggered by an hour so their are people on duty at all times thats just piss poor organisation by highways,have a good day greg

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

AMEN

[@almaxx9680]

Highways was probably having a team briefing about diversity and inclusion 😮🤣🤣🥵

[@123MondayTuesday]

Great video!

[@DaisOfDestruction]

National Highways are really the guardian angels... Everyone's talking about them but no one's actually seen them...

[@stuinNorway]

If they have a shift change, and they can't attend within that time frame, I'm surprised they didn't pass it over to the Police to try to get a car onsite with warning lights to provide backup. Did they use the emergency phones to report it directly to Highways or simply call the Orange vans directly ?

[@cf3031]

They should have staggered shift finishes, some finish at 8 and some at 9 then there is always someone on patrol

[@khalidacosta7133]

What are police? Never seen 'em mate.

[@alfienaylor1587]

The AA did it again on Monday. The car my colleague had to take to Margate broke down on the M11. A third party recovery company took it to Cambridge Services while me and my other colleague carried on all the way to Margate to do the drop-offs. Bearing in mind we stopped twice for food and drink, he was still waiting for the AA when we came back up the M11. Terrible service indeed.

[@17snooker]

Well done😊

[@midlandsdriver9667]

As crap as a Hard shoulder is, it is a place of relative safety so wouldn’t be classed as an immediate response. It’s entirely possible the TO sent to you was redirected to a live lane incident.

[@andrewcotterill996]

Well done mate getting the right man on the job 👍

[@danielcarragher3577]

highways are useles was hit by a van last mouth on m1 at j41 they came about 20to30mins after and told the van driver to do one but got all his info before hand the dach cam is on mi youtube if anyone wanna wach it

[@ocean5377]

Well done GDB

[@andrewjohnson6162]

26:11 Did you just wake up that guy?

[@studiosoftmorecambe6879]

You guys have got to look after each other because Highways Blunderland don't have your back. From past experience, the chaps in the patrols are clued in but their bosses don't have a clue about safety. They think cameras are the answer but cameras will only give answers at the inquest. "I will pass your feedback to the bosses, who will give your complaint due consideration and file it because we have a shift change going on an Brian is bringing sausage rolls.

[@williamcoulter5462]

They were playing with the speed limit controls to f up all the drivers and make more cash with the speed cameras.

[@JustRupes]

Team orange left me stranded on my motorcycle which broke down at 5pm they eventually turned up at 3am. To be fair they did get the bike running again (all be it a temporary fix) by 6am. Then this week they came out to my partner and told her that her car was fine to drive back home after work (it overheated on the way to her work, but had cooled down), basically completely missed that the head gasket had gone 😞am currently waiting for a call back about cancelling my membership!

[@chrisdayton9977]

Like I keep saying. Highways need their arses kicked. They do. It know how to do the job safely or properly.

[@snowysnowwolf6228]

Well done, Greg .. you wore your Cape on this job

[@RichardArblaster]

'ey up Greg, smart motorways safe as ever 🤣🤣🤣

[@Georgiee.and.Dan.]

Top job n top man 👍👍👍👍

[@hojo9115]

Thats ridiculous how dangerous it is. Highways should of shut a lane theyve had 4 hours to do so. Good customer service from you though i bet they were relieved to see you

[@marklewis-hh2bc]

All ways handy to have a extra pair of eyes

[@frededwards8585]

Disgraceful. I had a breakdown years ago on the A30 just east of Innis Downs junction and RAC took over 4 hours to get there. Their breakdown people are only 10 minutes from the location.

[@4793shaun]

Missed ya bro. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@4793shaun]

I’m shaun , we met out side the chip shop on Stafford.👍🏻

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Yo Yo! Thanks for tuning in! GDB 💥

[@mikeyboy200606]

What a suprise Private Hire rear ending someone. Most of them drive dangerously and sure some dont have a license Uber are by far the worse with Wolverhampton or Sefton plates

[@almaxx9680]

Log creation,😮

[@alexgold9356]

Maybe a long shot and time consuming but would it make any difference at all to log a complaint with them every time a know you’ve phone them but log an official complaint guy on the phone sounds bothered

[@cpuuk]

At least you have a hard shoulder... we have the dumb "smart" motorways. Places where if you break down you are screwed.

[@MalcolmMorgan-r5v]

Even though you reported it they should of known they were there someone would of reported it in 4 hours. Some kind of patrol would of seen it

[@ginabrierley9925]

It’s up to you’re boss to sort it

[@FatJoeFilms]

Sorry, I'm missing the part where Highways have failed anything? What do you want them to do? Sit on the hard shoulder behind you for no reason? Bit silly and pointless really. I know you don't like it, but Traffic Officers are there first and foremost to deal with live lane incidents. Not to sit behind a recovery truck on the hard shoulder for no reason.

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

@@FatJoeFilms also to allow customers to be there 4 plus hours. Meant to have a stat recovery after 2 hours

[@macca696]

​@GDBRescueandrecovery no there not 2hr guidance is given but it is not defined if arrangements are in place then your not got stat remove them if you want at 2 hrs and they said its 10 minutes away why stat it if anyone's to blame it's recovery taking that long Secondly your on hs not a running lane moaning about why there not there yet how do you know what else is happening live lane incident supersedes you on a hard shoulder or do you expect special treatment for KZbin If you can't manage this risk go do recovery in carparks

[@johndrew3202]

Puts me off using the motorways. At least on the 'ordinary' roads you don't tend to have trucks belting past within 12 inches.

[@OldBaron5664]

Don't blame the RAC patrols when I was caring for my elderly mother we had to use the Blue badge service which along with loan Female drivers is their priority service told a two hour wait by a very arrogant call taker which when you have a disabled passenger no food or drink (luckily all medication with us) is not what you want to hear rang again still no help the wardens where we had broken down provided water unlocked facilities and gave the RAC call taker the postcode and more details. When the patrol rang me to say he couldn't find us turned out the call centre staff had deliberately given the wrong location to say he was not happy was an understatement when I originally called he was five minutes away we waited six and a half hours (some priority service) the patrolman was straight on he phone to his supervisor to lodge a complaint about the call centre. Sadly in hindsight you should have run 101 explained the situation and they would have helped, I agree getting rid of the hard shoulder is ridiculous (A) how do you get a wheelchair user over the barrier if no hard shoulder (B) if reinstated they should be a lot wider (C) More emergency phones and cameras. Having worked in companies where you have a hand over briefing and have to do vehicle checks on my own since most of he highways vehicles are double crewed it shouldn't take them more than five minutes, the police not only have to check their vehicles but log onto a computer and still have to go out on calls

[@RichardArblaster]

Did you get your food from Ali's? 🤣🤣🤣

[@groovymeerkat]

not very busy motorway so why not do a lane 1 closure 🤷‍♂️

[@alastairhonaker1155]

It's a joke typical government agency

[@guy4469]

spain 3,2 im loaded tomorrow .Why do teenagers scratch and itch ,Bet they were saying id shift him, hi greg im tracey im carrol. Forget the £180 girls .

[@qwertzu87]

помоему это самая опасная работа !

[@SaintsofAvalon]

Highways are brill up here at Doncaster , straight out and the cones fly like frisbee's lol . Them southerners might think a cone 's for icecream lol .

[@miketaylor1916]

Wombles are a waste of tax payers money!!!

[@davidhowells117]

Just call the cops 👮‍♂️ 👮‍♀️ 999

[@audibell]

Ridiculous

[@simonfazackerley8131]

4 hrs is nothing , imagine waiting 6hrs for a tow off the m62 because the company you work for has a contract with a cheep ass recovery organisation that waits till 8am because day rate is cheaper than night rate!!!!!😂

[@martinjenkins1827]

Mate u need a word with highways thats way to dark

[@jonkasch1244]

absolute nonsense.... they should check the highways 4x4 in the morning ,not as they leave. sounds like a bad excuse. what are we paying for? look after yourself cos they aint gonna

[@aaronjones947]

dont u have a life line

[@Police-enthusiast]

Highways are useless!

[@Police-enthusiast]

They should have seen multiple cars on the hard shoulder!