When idiots are involved in recoveries

[Ben-e-boy]

I thought that was going to be much worse..

[Woof]

I see that this occured in 2010, hopefully they have learnt by now with all the publicity on recovering safety from our site and others.
It is not only the young ones that are guilty of this, the older ones do tend to think that just because they have been doing it that way for so long without any issues they think that it is OK.
We all need to try and give advice in situations like that, the word is getting out there but it will take a bit more time I think.

[mudnut]

As has been said before, it is a matter of education. I am guilty of using the towball for recovering my old 4wd Corolla. I thought is was ok to do so , because I had priced a winch that was designed to hook over the towball. It wasn't until I bought the Patrol and found this fantastic forum, that I was aware that a towball can be lethal. I still need to get this picture printed and laminated so I can keep it in the glove box to produce it as evidence when talking to others. Don't be backwards about coming forwards. Save lives by spreading the word as Punderhead has.

[off it]

I had something very similar happen to me. Stopped to snatch a guy off the beach, i stopped he didn't. The first mistake was thinking a guy in his late thirties might not be too bad. But the big mistake was not seeing the warning signs:
First warning sign was the car, a Volkswagen Tiguan.
Second warning sign when he said these things are supposed to be great off road.
Third warning when he wanted to use the toe ball (which I refused to do).
Forth warning when he said he wished he still had his Jeep.
Fifth warning sign no recovery gear.
Flip, looking back now I ask why the heck didn’t I see the warning signs and walk away.
Damage to his car, busted tail light, bent tail gate, bent quarter panel, damaged bumper. Guess the reversing sensors don’t work to well either.
Damage to mine, minor dint in the bull bar.
We live and learn.