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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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As noted the problem is mixing modes again. No driveways, no need for drivers in a hurry to cross footways or cycle paths. No problem!...
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The answer to this is to have no friends.
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As you said the pedals will be hidden anyway. My shoes, 3 pairs of them, have reflective strips on the heel and my winter trousers do too on the...
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Other drivers only care about disabled people when it gives them a way to object to cycling infrastructure.
- mark1a 13 hours 49 min ago
I'll put you down as a no then.
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"Keen cyclist" name of Percy located in Exeter
This could be Exeter's most notorious bollard
The bollard has been damaged again recently which has become a regular sight for cyclist and former Exeter councillor Percy Prowse on his way home. He is calling for the bollard to be removed to save taxpayers money.
"The council does not need to hold a public consultation the remove the bollard. Just take it away because it doesn't stop people turning left as they do it all the time and it will save lots of money."
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/could-exeters-most-notorious-b...
Going out of their way not to involve a driver: "The incident happened on the evening of Monday, April 25, when the car became embedded in the house at Clarimalt Drive in Kirkcaldy."
And we're a bit confused about when it actually happened:
"Police have confirmed that they are investigating the crash, which occurred at around 8.30am, and thankfully resulted in no injuries"
https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/transport/family-left-homelsss-after-ca...
This doesn't quite fit the brief, but here's a mysterious autonomous? car just waiting to pounce. It appears to have crashed but it's not clear what it crashed into.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/police-cordon-place-after-car-7315048
Dramatic footage shows aftermath after police car flips and crashes through garden wall in Workington
Still some work needed on the self-driving police cars. #NoDriverInvolved
https://www.lancs.live/news/local-news/dramatic-footage-shows-aftermath-...
Home Bargains lorry narrowly avoids smashing into Wiltshire home
No sale, I guess.
Dig a moat, folks, you know it makes sense.
https://www.wiltshirelive.co.uk/news/wiltshire-news/home-bargains-lorry-...
Another driverless car
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/20269788.car-collides-tree-clingoe-h...
"A car caught fire after it left the road and collided with a tree in a incident off a busy roundabout, it is understood."
The status of the tree is unclear.
This one is worse than the initial headline I saw
https://www.altonherald.com/news/999/woman-safely-rescued-from-car-crush...
Bus hits bridge - luckily no passengers at the time.
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/20272285.open-top-bus-crashes-veneti...
Another rail bridge strike.
https://twitter.com/SouthernRailUK/status/1546864699408613378
You can see the deformed tracks resulting from this.
No buildings harmed here, but tell me again how LTNs delay the emergency services? Surely if lives are in danger, the fire brigade are less worried about some driver's paintwork?
Solar panels kicking out so much power they're overloading?
Warning over 'inappropriate' parking after fire in Verwood
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/20272609.warning-inappropriate-p...
Not just any lorry...
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/20279193.marks-spencer-lorry-gets-st...
I do not know how the driver decided to embark on this short cut. It must have been difficult to even make the first turn off the high st.
Parked van becomes submerged in water as tide comes in
i have a soft spot for these - no buildings harmed.
Comments welcome, as always, on the theme of "probably want to get that looked at, mate"
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/parked-van-becomes-submerged-w...
A30 driver bizarrely gets car stuck on wall in Milborne Port
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/a30-driver-bizarrely-g...
Perranporth beach-goers watch on as BMW gets stuck in the sand after ignoring 'no vehicles' sign
It happened despite the presence of signs that prohibit all traffic from accessing the beach
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/perranporth-beach-goers-...
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/fifteen-unbelievable-fai...
It's more fun when it's a BMW or Audi which goes onto the beach and is submerged by the tide - I experienced such a great joy at the SE of Anglesey many years ago, but there must have been more since then
Bit of an oldie (2019), but I particularly liked this paragraph.
"Pictures taken after collision between a set of traffic lights and a car show the extensive damage caused to the vehicle."
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-n...
Shortly before 3pm yesterday a car turned onto its side after colliding with two parked vehicles on Dovercourt Road. Emergency services attended and the driver of the vehicle, a man, was taken to hospital with an injury to his arm
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/crash-outside-lockleaze-houses-leaves-7345699
https://twitter.com/WMFSBournbrook/status/1549865692970770433
Car crashes into front of house leaving sitting room covered in bricks and glass
we've seen worse in terms of structural damage - this article describes the effect on ordinary poeople - an extract below
If it wasn’t for my Japanese cherry blossom tree [which took much of the impact of the car] in the garden that car would have been in the lounge."
A neighbour, who said they’ve struggled with the shock of the incident since Tuesday said they tried to make sure the driver was OK before the man “leapt from the car and ran away”.
Gwent Police said a man was arrested after the incident on suspicion of driving while unfit through alcohol, but was later released without charge.
John and Heather have struggled to return to normal life since the event, and have said they don’t think they’ll be able to for some time. They’re making do in a small spare room at the back of the house.
“We’re nervous now,” Heather said. “I’ll be sat next to the window from now on and I’ll be nervous. We haven’t got our tree to protect us. Our neighbours are thinking the same thing. How can you stop something like that from happening again? It can happen to anyone. We keeping finding shards of glass in our fingers. You don’t know until it’s in your hands.”
The pair spent Sunday morning in church as usual, but this time it was even more poignant.
“We honestly believe God was looking after us,” John said. “An hour earlier and we’d have been dead. I’m not being dramatic there. With everything that came through the window, we couldn’t have survived that.”
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/car-crashes-front-house-le...
Car crashes into house during police chase
Traffic officers noticed an Audi RS3 passing them at high speed on the wrong side of the road, while they were dealing with a BMW which was bearing false plates on Tuesday evening, February 1.
https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/19892436.car-crashes-house-police-ch...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-62252576
Bus drives into shop. Later in the article we learn the driver was taken to hospital, and the bus has since recovered.
Grey menace:
'Little mishap' leaves car hanging over garden wall after crashing into railings
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/little-mishap-leaves-car-hangi...
Man crashes into shop, runs off and is attacked by emu (Bristol Post)
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/man-crashes-shop-runs-at...
Car crashes into railings on West Quay Road
A CAR flipped onto its side after crashing into railings on a busy road
#NoDriverInvolved
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/20580360.car-crashes-railings-west-quay...
Cars being used to perpetrate crime, nothing to see here, police catching them one at a time.
https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/driver-smashed-through-railwa...
https://twitter.com/DaveF63/status/1552413075009146882
Car 'cries' in latest Woodmere Avenue crash in Watford
#NoDriverInvolved
https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/20582214.car-cries-latest-woodmer...
Yep, #NoDriverInvolved and if you read the comment section you'll find out the real reason
Let me fix their sub-heading:
Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that Jonathan Adair was
servingignoring his second driving ban when his dangerous actions led to another motor spinning 360 degrees and crashing near Cardonald.Build back better, bigger and deeper, make it hiviz and charge the offending motorists for any subsequent damage.
Eighteen!!
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