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Yesterday I was driving down a backroad to the excellent farm shop and butcher. Only the main roads have been gritted, so most of the backroads, including our lane, are extremely icy. Quite a way ahead of me is a traditional Vespa scooter, L plated, going at an interesting speed. Sharp right hand bend, with T junction on the left. Brake lights on and scooterist (unsurprisingly) goes straight down. Smack. Middle of the road. Typical front brake lowside.
So I drive up and pick what turns out to be a 16 year old boy off the road. He is yelling and crying. Pretty obvious he broke his arm. Ring ambulance service and they are happy to come out but it will be at least two to four hours as they have deployed vehicles to Dover area (guess why). So we phone his mum. She is quite the most unhelpful woman I've come across in a while. She was not interested in coming to collect him, she had sent him to Tonbridge on some errand. I pointed out that he really needs to go to hospital and this is the time for a bit of parental action. She said he will just have to wait for the ambulance. Bear in mind it is minus 4 outside at this point and we are in the middle of a farming area, no houses nearby.
Was a bit cross and said I am a motorcyclist and there is no way I would go out on a bike in these conditions. Sending a kid out, who has not even passed his test, is downright irresponsible and dangerous. Took the kid to Tunbridge Wells A&E and left him there. Made him text his idiot mother so she at least knew where he is and where his relatively unscathed scooter is. Found the scooter key in my pocket this morning (I put it off the road in a frozen field). :lol:
So I drive up and pick what turns out to be a 16 year old boy off the road. He is yelling and crying. Pretty obvious he broke his arm. Ring ambulance service and they are happy to come out but it will be at least two to four hours as they have deployed vehicles to Dover area (guess why). So we phone his mum. She is quite the most unhelpful woman I've come across in a while. She was not interested in coming to collect him, she had sent him to Tonbridge on some errand. I pointed out that he really needs to go to hospital and this is the time for a bit of parental action. She said he will just have to wait for the ambulance. Bear in mind it is minus 4 outside at this point and we are in the middle of a farming area, no houses nearby.
Was a bit cross and said I am a motorcyclist and there is no way I would go out on a bike in these conditions. Sending a kid out, who has not even passed his test, is downright irresponsible and dangerous. Took the kid to Tunbridge Wells A&E and left him there. Made him text his idiot mother so she at least knew where he is and where his relatively unscathed scooter is. Found the scooter key in my pocket this morning (I put it off the road in a frozen field). :lol:
Not a word of thanks for taking her son to hospital, which was amusing. I asked for her address and said I will post the key, having declined to give her mine. I never told either of them my name. She was not happy at all. Maybe it's the thought of waiting for RM to deliver it. 
