Car crashes into building - please post your Local news stories

Wow.  At least he's been asked to get some treatment.  And buy the court a round of (cheap) drinks.

Quote:

Ms Oxley told magistrates that Roberts had two previous drink driving offences but maintained that despite there being empty cans in the car, there was nothing to suggest that alcohol was consumed by Roberts in this incident.

(Note he walked 4 hours home so forget about blood tests). I can see I'm trying to sell bridges to the wrong people - I should be going after prosecutors!

Jogle wrote:

Residents heard big bang as car crashes

Cosmic background radiation caused the collision?

Well that's a silly place for that sign, you can barely see it over a crashed truck!  Plus the bridge is wearing the bare minimum of high-vis.

hirsute wrote:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-60806993 Two teenage girls aged 15 and 16 are being held in custody after a car reversed into a shop front. Why are they being held responsible for the software of the autonomous vehicle?

And why did they bother taking an aggravated vehicle? I'd go for a nice calm one instead.

Bingo time!  Bollards:

- cause accidents
- so cause delays
- so cause pollution
- stop the emergency services getting through
- AND we're paying thousands for them from our road tax!  At a time like this.  Madness!

Looks like they built that traffic light pole out of stronger stuff than normal.

Tesla, so it could actually have been driving itself.

Farnsfieldflyer wrote:

Crashed into furniture shop, well into a furniture shop https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/tesla-goes-flying-window...

Been there, done, that, Farnsfield.  Welcome to the site, but you'll need to be much quicker off the mark next time!

Having a look at the OS map of Dover to better understand its traffic problems, I note that not only is there a Maison Dieu Road (in the KO article) but they also have a Louis Bleriot memorial. Why don't they go the whole hog and declare themselves, Pimlico style, to be an exclave of France?

On the other hand, vis Brexit, they do have a local landmark called the 'Grand Shaft'.

That's a high street outlet.

Not a drivethrough!

I didn't think that modern cars could fit in one of those old style garages.

I stand corrected, all it needs was a little lateral thinking...

Looking at the pic in the cul-de-sac, looks to me that the car could have been on the road next to the cul-de-sac, maybe being drive a bit too fast.

mdavidford wrote:

Jogle wrote:

Residents heard big bang as car crashes

Cosmic background radiation caused the collision?

Perhaps it's the beginning of a new universe of self-driving cars

A few more in that issue !

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/resident-redditch-left-ho...

and

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/watch-dramatic-momen...

Lucky it was not a ksi for a pedestrian.

I too pondered that possibility but the report definitely cited the smaller road and the street view grab was also from there.

You wonder why she is quiet? She voted against ending Fire/Rehire practices so wasn't accepted too well at one of the early demos after the P&O debacle. 

But, we were told it was over.

And people were just bored of it...

Really not a good time to be hit by a motor vehicle (is there ever...)

Or have a heart attack. (Same)

David9694 wrote:

totally grinds my gears that we have to task ambulance crews to pick the pieces up after idiots like this have broken their toys. 

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Bigger issues as always but one irritation is that the rhetoric is exactly the opposite of the truth.  Short version: "cyclists and cycle lanes block ambulances AND waste medical resources by getting themselves injured via their dangerous recreational pasttime".  More nuanced version: if you can get enough infra in to get genuine mass cycling that can actually remove motor traffic (cycling is more space-efficient).  That will help get the ambulances through.  It may be possible for an emergency vehicle to use a footway / cycle lane to get round a blockage.  Car crashes are a major source of hospital admissions.  We've recently noticed that particulate pollution from cars is a significant source of harm.  Finally the overall sums say getting people out of cars and into active transport has significant physical and mental health benefits.

But "can't get through... cycle lanes cause congestion and pollution"... (I do appreciate there are some thoughtful local arguments about the latter - but even then it just ain't the bikes doing the emitting).

mdavidford wrote:

Jogle wrote:

Residents heard big bang as car crashes

Cosmic background radiation caused the collision?

I think may just have been a radio - or rather mobile phone - transient?

David9694 wrote:

He was on his way to work when his company car hit the bell, causing thousands of pounds of damage."

Fenton! Come back! FENTON! Oh no, he's only gone and hit the bollard!

^ This is how I picture the scene as Mr Hunt's company car makes an ill-fated bid for freedom while Mr Hunt is innocently on his way to work.