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Car crashes into building - please post your Local news stories
Running this one up the flagpole to see who salutes...
I just don't remember this being a thing until recently, now it seems a daily occurrence.
Could it be that there are drivers not up to the job, too many cars; should houses be made to ride in single file, shops put on high viz, why are we putting newer buildings in danger like this, it's irresponsible.
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18649201.car-crash-wall-iceland-s...
'A Dorset Police spokesperson said: "Dorset Police was called at 12.48pm on Thursday, August 13, to a report of a collision involving a car and a wall outside Iceland on Poole Road in Bournemouth.
"It is reported that the vehicle was also in collision with a pedestrian, but they did not require medical treatment." '
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- AidanR 15 min 1 sec ago
Nope, that's the third cyclist. The second one is invisible.
- quiff 34 min 56 sec ago
The linked article suggests that the station area is covered by an exclusion zone (presumably meaning Lime doesn't recognise it as properly parked...
- slc 42 min 5 sec ago
No rounding - it was 26 minutes. Looks as though someone has walked it many times and found the mean to obtain such precision. Not just looked on...
- Doug_D 58 min 17 sec ago
Another book suggestion - I can highly recommend "Lost Summers and Half-Forgotten Afternoons: A Mint Sauce collection" - a beautifully presented...
- chrisonabike 2 hours 11 min ago
But... the last is only not the case with drivers on normal roads because driving on the cycle path / footway / rolling a vehicle up there is seen...
- mdavidford 2 hours 49 min ago
I think you're missing an opportunity to pack even more tech into it - add accelerometers that can detect whether they're pedalling or stepping....
- chrisonabike 3 hours 13 min ago
Thanks. I guess the question is "need". If the road is busy, it sounds like it is a desired route between places? In which case (given this an...
- mdavidford 3 hours 21 min ago
Don't know what you mean. I thought my suggestion was entirely practical.
- Rapha Nadal 3 hours 56 min ago
I'd buy a motorbike fo rthat kind of money!
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In whatever comes her way.
It was an accident waiting to happen said one witness.
Err if you can't do a simple 3 point turn, then you should not be driving or the road should be shut.
But you can't shut the road that would confuse drivers and cause accidents
Lovely little signal box.
re: Acton fish & chip shop crash "An eyewitness told The Chiswick Calendar the driver said he had tried to brake to avoid someone in the road but hit the accelerator by mistake." Yet the driver is missing from the story and probably the scene.
Firefighters called to car fire near David Lloyd Ringwood
At least that's one fewer BMW actually driving itself around, so that's a partial win
Jaguars, the bad boys of autonomous cars?
This one apparently led pursuing Police Officers on a 100mph chase. It went rogue after crashing itself into a barrier and then headed into the city where it drove through a red light, attacked several Police cars (presumably grazing peacefully near a water hole) and nearly hit some pedestrians.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-65361113
Speeding driver jailed after crashing into bus causing it to veer off the road into a Bristol home
https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-04-20/speeding-driver-jailed-a...
Emergency services rush to city road after car crashes into building
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/birmingham/2023/04/16/roa...
M1 and A14 closures after crash that left lorry hanging off bridge
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-65371074
National Highways confirmed the roads are likely to be closed for much of Monday as repair works take place.
Man’s house condemned not structurally safe after Newport crash
A FAMILY have been forced from their home after a car smashed into the front of it, seriously damaging the front wall.
Homeowner Jagdeep Singh said “half the house might need to be knocked down because of the damage caused.”
An out-of-control car smashed into two cars and onto Mr Singh’s drivewayon Christchurch Road in Maindee at around 11.20pm, Friday March 24.
https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/23413012.mans-house-condemned-not...
Man released under investigation after car crashes into house in Long Melford
https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/sudbury/news/van-driver-released-after-van...
Wisbech driver caused more than £28,000 damage after crashing into house - and told police car was stolen
The driver ran away and later claimed his car was stolen after causing large amounts of damage
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/wisbech-driver-caused-m...
Driver reported to court after crashing into Swindon house
https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/23230661.driver-reported-court-...
Police temporarily closed a Sheffield road to traffic after a car crashed into a house
Emergency services were called out to a road traffic collision today, Saturday, February 25, after a blue-coloured saloon car appeared to have crashed into a house.
Audi.
https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/police-temporarily-closed-a-sheffield-roa...
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For some reason, no mention of any structural damage on this one. Also none of the usual problems confusing agency between the vehicle and its operator.
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23473761.cyclist-taken-hospital-c...
Sign tells drivers to ‘adjust their bras’ and ‘secure their nuts’ on potholed Carmarthenshire road
Residents are fed up with the number of potholes on the road, so have decided to take matters into their own hands (But not by doing anything constructive)
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cheeky-authentic-looking-r...
Anyone lost a truck? Pontcanna Fields next to Blackweir
https://twitter.com/NigelBlues/status/1652239639544057857
"There was carnage": Window shop owner's shock after car ploughs into front of South Shields building
Richard Stanley believes around £20,000 of damage could have been caused to his business on South Shields' Dean road
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/there-carnage-windo...
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/bmw-smashes-shop-fr...
Suspected drink driver rolls car into garden wall, had they missed the wall they might have found themselves rolling 30ft down a railway embankment. https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/23494807.suspected-drunk-driver-arres...
"Great to see this in the papers. The situation is a disgrace and a big safety issue for cyclists. Well done Justin. Look at this example from Sat. #closethegates"
Regents Park I think.
https://twitter.com/HyperWeever/status/1653443290253885461
Halstead Head Street shuts 'for the foreseeable' as car crashes into building
https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/halstead-head-street-shuts-fo...
BCP Council elections: car crashes into church hall at polling station
Not only are driverless cars trying to destroy our buildings, they're now trying to destroy our democracy!
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23502858.bcp-council-elections-ca...
Happy Haddock Fish and Chip shop near York forced to close after crash
Maybe they should rename it the "Pissed Off Pollock"
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/23500902.happy-haddock-fish-chip-shop-n...
Saw this one in the news today in Thailand - those driverless cars are everywhere now!
Edit - though the article does mention the 37 year old driver later
https://thethaiger.com/news/north-east/pickup-truck-crashes-into-house-i...
Mangled car left dangling over canal as passenger makes great escape into water
https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/read-this/car-left-dangling-over-cana...
Woman dies after car crashes into wall in Thornbury
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/woman-dies-after-car-cra...
...although the article does then clarify that
Sarisbury Green: Car crashes into war memorial and graves
Even the dead aren't safe from driverless cars!
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-65607124
Southampton drink-driver hid in bushes after fleeing scene of crash
pretty sure we'd have had the original story of this, which happened last November
"Mitigating, Stephen Tricker said Tudorache left the scene with good reason.
He said: “He was surrounded by a number of people and he was concerned for his safety.
“He returned to his home address, which is only a few yards away, and he was not difficult to trace as the car is registered to him."
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23529693.southampton-drink-driver-hid-b...
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