should they have given her a lift home ?

[webbo3]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...tinghamshire-19850630

A very sad case but.

As she was at a family party were there no friends or relations to drive her home, no one to give her money for a taxi, and should the police be used as a taxi service for drunks or tipsy people on their way home after a night out.



Dave.

[TWR]

Can any person out there understand the point I was making?

[emmie]

joko, i totally agree and said so earlier on in these posts. Any time of the day or night, but at least during the day time, one would hope that the woman, girl wouldn't be plastered.
Mamy i read the piece, what can one say other than that is one persons opinion, apart of course from the ones who added few comments.

[emmie]

TWR to some extent.

[joko]

if you did ring the police simply because a woman was alone in the street in the dark, theyd most like say 'so what?'

a drunk woman is in no more danger from a murderer, than a sober one ...

[TWR]

I don't know about someone been on meds, I'm fecking sure that bloke is on something more than pills, & I don't mean the bottled type either, for fecks sake.

[emmie]

i don't honestly think this is getting anywhere, we have differing opinions on it, apart from saying how sorry i feel for her and her family,

[emmie]

TWR, not actually sure what you mean, but that's it from me.

[joko]

TWR ... yes i understand your post - you were saying - if you saw someone potentially in danger you would call the police and tell them - so pretty much the same as most other people would do really...

not really sure why would were saying it so determinedly though - its kind of a given and what most other people have said theyd do too...

[TWR]

Can anyone remember the woman on the M50 with children broken down on the hard shoulder?? If some decent people that had passed her stopped to see if all was well she would still be here today, it does not take a lot to care does it, or am I wrong again.

[bednobs]

i don't remember what you are talking about twr, but you are not supposed tp stop on the hard shoulder to see if someone is ok are you?

[joko]

they may have suspected she was putting it on to get a lift? pretending to be drunker, but something about her made her seem more sober?

they have people doing that all the time apparently.


how far had she walked? anyone know?

[TWR]

Joko, many many times I've stopped on Motorways, A>>B Roads to make sure the persons are ok, are people that much in a bloody hurry that they think FCK it someone else will do it, what the hell is a matter with people.

[hc4361]

I can't make sense of TWR's post, either.

IMO the police should not have given this woman a lift home. It's not their job - if they were called to an emergency en route should they tip her out wherever they may be and proceed to the job; take her with them; refuse to take the urgent job to get her home?

If she were sick in the car that car and the police officers would be out of action whilst the car was cleaned up.

The police are not responsible in any way for this murder. The blame lies solely with the murderer.

[TWR]

You are not Boxy, I agree, the police are not that bad.

[hc4361]

You are not supposed to stop on the motorway to help others - and here's why.

http://www.dailymail....tranded-motorist.html

[joko]

on a normal road TWR i daresay many would have stopped ... but on a motorway you shouldnt. people will have assumed she is waiting for help.

and really how many murders etc would be expected to be hanging around on motorway verges on the offchance of a lone woman just so happening to breakdown nearby? they could be there months before they got lucky!
i would be more wary of a bloke who did stop to be honest - just in case.

besides what can anyone else do if they stop? unless you can fix cars you are no use.

fact is, if someone stopped and she accepted a lift - she could still have been killed.
and people would have been saying - 'oh if only shed turned the lift down and stayed by the car and waited for help - she must be really stupid for accepting a lift with a stranger, especially with her kids, putting them in danger too, how selfish '...

would you accept a lift from a stranger in those circumstances? or wait for the police?

fact is you just dont know

[joko]

i dont know what happened in the story you mention TWR - but i asume a woman was attacked - how do you know it was not by a supposed good samaritan who stopped to help?

[TWR]

I understand your view Joko, regards the Motorways, Been & helped there but thats me, there are very evil male preditors out there, If I knew I could help I would. End of.

[Mick-Talbot]

I would like to know how you can just drag a woman into a police station....

the reason I would not pick her up? I once give a person a lift to N/hampton many years ago the area I used to stop at was near the police station, this bitch tried it on regards money, until I dragged her into the police station, the police knew the lorry as we used to stop there on a regular basis.



bizarre.

[joko]

how did you help TWR?

i assume you did more than just say 'you alright love?' then drive off when she said fine... whilst probably being terrified of you ...