Good Samaritan Flagged Down A Burning Hay Truck, But A Lady Ignored Safety Rules And Tried Driving Through The Blaze While Yelling At Him
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Road safety should always come first, especially during emergencies.
This man witnessed an emergency that involved a truck carrying hay on fire.
While everyone evacuated safely and firefighters arrived, an entitled woman tried driving through the blaze.
She was arguing with everyone and even told him to “do your job” because she thought he was a cop.
Read the full story below to find out more.
Do I look like a cop to you?
On my way back home today, I came across a trucker hauling hay.
Somehow, a spark blasted out of their exhaust or the payload rubbed against it and started to ignite.
There was a dump truck ahead of me and I flagged down the unaware trucker.
I warned him he was about to tow an inferno.
This man noticed a lady driver who was trying to squeeze her way through the blocked road.
Everyone got out unharmed, 911 was called, and the fire department started to show up.
No big deal except for the massive inferno that was blazing… until this psycho lady shows up.
She blows past everyone on the road and flips us off for trying to slow her down.
And then proceeds to try and squeeze past the inferno as the semi truck tires start to pop from the fire.
She started an argument, but eventually accepted that the blockage might last longer.
She then proceeds to get into an argument with three firefighters.
Who now have to stop her from running over their hoses and tell her to turn around.
This is what she tried to drive through.
After finally accepting that the firefighters were not going to be moving anytime soon, this lady manages to make a 472-point turn to face the other way.
And then accosts me as she drives past.
She then told him to “do his job” as she mistook him for a cop.
Psycho Lady: “Why don’t you do your job and properly shut down the road if it’s impassable!”
Me: “That’s not my job, lady.”
PL: “That’s what the police are supposed to do.”
Me: “Do I look like a cop to you?”
PL: “You’re wearing a brown jacket with patches!”
Me: “You might want to actually read them.”
Psycho Lady drives off.
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Waspi women to have state pension changes decision reviewed by government
Labour confirms it will ‘retake’ choice not to compensate women impacted by age increase
Waspi women are pressing forward with a legal battle
(Image credit: Leon Neal / Getty Images)
last updated 14 November 2025
Women born in the 1950s who missed out on state pension payments may end up receiving compensation, after a government “about turn”, said The Telegraph.
The Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) group claimed 3.6 million women now in their late 60s and early 70s were given inadequate or no notice concerning a rise in the state pension age that brought them into line with men.
Initially, Labour accepted historic miscommunication about state pension changes while in opposition, but later concluded “taxpayer-funded compensation could not be justified”.
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But nearly a year on, Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said the government would “retake” its previous decision to reject a recommendation from the ombudsman to issue payments “of up to £2,950 per woman affected”.
Who are the Waspi women?
The Waspi campaign is “fighting for justice for all women born in the 1950s” who were affected by changes to the women’s state pension age, which increased from 60 to 68 between 2010 and 2018 to align with men’s state pension age.
The group insists the age alteration was implemented with “too little notice”, said MoneyWeek, consequently leaving many “unable to plan adequately for retirement”.
Women affected by the state pension decision took their complaint to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman and were told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) did not adequately inform thousands of women that their state pension age had changed.
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The result was that women “lost opportunities” to make informed decisions about their retirement, impacting their “personal autonomy and financial control”, the report stated.
Ultimately, the review by the ombudsman, published in March 2024, ruled in favour of the Waspi women, deeming that the DWP was guilty of “maladministration”. It recommended payments of between £1,000 and £2,950 to the affected women, which would “put the total bill at up to £10.5 billion”, said The i Paper.
Last December, the government accepted the verdict, but “dismissed the recommendation of compensation”.
Waspi estimates that almost four million women were affected by the changes. Many of them claim they “had no idea” they would need to wait longer to receive their state pension, and “suffered financial and emotional distress as a result”, said the BBC. Some women claimed they received no notice at all.
Why is the matter being reconsidered?
McFadden confirmed the government would re-examine the issue as additional “evidence” not presented to his predecessor, Liz Kendall, had since “come to light”, said The Independent.
Ongoing court proceedings led to the “rediscovery” of what is considered an important document from 2007. Derived from a Department for Work and Pensions evaluation, it “led to a halt in automatic pension forecast letters being sent out”.
The evidence is “undisclosed”, said the BBC, but the government has confirmed additional checks would be made to ensure further documentation “had not been missed”. As of yet, there is “no timescale” by which the work has to be completed.
What next for Waspi women?
Despite the decision being reconsidered by the government, McFadden cautioned it would not necessarily result in compensation for the women impacted.
For affected women, however, the government’s move has been welcomed, with the chair of the Waspi group, Angela Madden, describing it as a “major step forward”.
However, the review may serve only to “reinforce the government position”, with no “change in outcome”, a senior government source told The i Paper. Other experts have also suggested the government is “unlikely to change its mind”, with Tom Selby, public policy director at investment platform AJ Bell, telling the newspaper that Labour merely “felt the need to go through due process” to avoid a drawn-out “court battle”.
Waspi’s legal fight against the government is also likely to continue, despite the most recent developments. The group raised more than £250,000 to fund its legal challenge, while also securing a costs-capping order in June.
Posting on its website, the group said they had instructed their lawyers to “press on with their preparations as before”, but would wait to see what the government chooses to “accept” based on new evidence.
Rebekah Evans joined The Week as newsletter editor in 2023 and has written on subjects ranging from Ukraine and Afghanistan to fast fashion and “brotox”. She started her career at Reach plc, where she cut her teeth on news, before pivoting into personal finance at the height of the pandemic and cost-of-living crisis. Social affairs is another of her passions, and she has interviewed people from across the world and from all walks of life. Rebekah completed an NCTJ with the Press Association and has written for publications including The Guardian, The Week magazine, the Press Association and local newspapers.
