Reply To: AA patrols no longer assisting smart motorway breakdowns over safety concerns

[worried female]

Its horrendous i had a blow out on a section close to meadowhall and there is absolutely no where to go!! No pull ins for over a mile (probably more) so I’m limping the car at around 10 mph with hazards on …on the alloy rim with lorries swerving to avoid me!! Worst experience of my life !! I honestly thought this is it I am going to die …luckily i made it to the top of the slip road (still no hard shoulder but there was a barrier and a slope i could safely get behind . (Up to this point the motorway is raised and there is just a 6 ft high solid fence so had i stopped i couldn’t have got out of the car and gone anywhere)…i was physically shaking and crying as i crawled across from the drivers side to the passenger side to get out of the car to safety…bear in mind i could have still easily been hit at this point by something potentially travelling at 70 mph. It took 35 minutes for the traffic officers to arrive and remove my car to a safer place.