A DRIVER told how the RAC “abandoned” her for seven hours overnight in a dangerous lay-by.
Kerry Ann Orr, 50, was left shivering and terrified beside one of the country’s deadliest roads after her motor broke down.
Kerry Ann was furious as the recovery giant kept her waiting[/caption]
The café owner’s car broke down on the A75 around 11pm on a Friday night[/caption]
She said the recovery giants kept her waiting in vain for a mechanic before booking a taxi to get her home — from a town in England 90 miles away.
The furious café owner, from Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfriesshire, said: “I am so lucky that nothing bad happened to me.”
Kerry’s ordeal began when a tyre on her Peugeot blew out as she was returning from a gig in nearby Newton Stewart at around 11pm last Friday.
After reaching a lay-by on the A75 she tried to change the wheel but couldn’t get the nuts off.
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She then called the RAC, who claimed it would take a mechanic 90 minutes to reach her location, about four miles from her home.
Kerry told The Scottish Sun: “The A75 is one of Scotland’s most dangerous roads.
“It was dark and cold with HGVs rushing past at high speed.
“The RAC told me I was a priority as a solo female traveller
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“I kept getting text messages from them to say it would be an hour, then another.
“It was nearly 4am before they admitted they could not find anybody for me.
“They offered to get me a taxi, and said it would reach me soon
“Then the cabbie called to say he was leaving from Maryport, Cumbria — over 90 miles away in England.”
But just before 7am a lorry driver stopped and changed Kerry’s wheel.
She said: “I was so grateful.
“As I was leaving, the taxi driver turned up after a three-hour drive.”
An RAC spokesman said: “We’re really sorry that we let Kerry down.
“We should have got her home much sooner.
“We’ve apologised and agreed a suitable gesture of goodwill.”
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