Car crashes into building - please post your Local news stories

Ploughed into a building, at last, some realistic language.

Though of course it was the car that did it, nothing about the driver.

Blimey, the comments get very racist.

But getting back to the hinderance to emergency services, I thought it was cyclists, cyclist infrastructure and LTNs that stopped them on "shouts"

Could never be the "otherwise" law abiding motorists...

Cheers Dave, and over 300 comments, a good thread.

And it seems a gift that keeps on giving.

Copy-cat!

One can only hope that the consequential damages claimed will be high with a commensurate rise in premium.

(And why do they block out the plate?)

"But where was I supposed to park?"

Not enough Hi Viz or warnings?

Looks to have been a few hits on this one...

"which came about 65 years after a runaway parked police car smashed into the same shop window."
Any photos of that one ?

I can imagine the driver, 'Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight', realising he was as powerless against 'the turbid ebb and flow of human misery'(and of the Channel) as old King Cnut.

(Thanks for bringing a little poetry into our lives David.)

iandusud wrote:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-leeds-57514223

I was so surprised when I saw that it was an Audi

couldn't be helped, no hi vis on the shop. I bet the occupants weren't wearing helmets either. Perhaps they should be .....if it saves one life.

Black shop fronts should be banned, too high to see. All the driver would have seen was the reflection of his own headlights and the indecision about whether to pass the oncoming car on the left or right was clearly fatal.

Although it's not uncommon to find two drivers of audis/bmws/jags/mercs facing each other on single track roads with neither prepared to yield, so maybe the driver expected the other car to get out of the way.

Good length of ban until they do life time ones. However can they do the original owner for letting him drive it and can they do the passengers for aiding and abetting?

I'd flip too if I'd done that to our car.

At least the lorry is equipped to clean up the mess !

David9694 wrote:

Just how? 
Garage door (s) on the left, car at right-angles. I wonder if the owners know each other.

Well they do now.

Well, that sounds like an excuse for me to post another pic even if it's from 2018: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-45743227

I just felt that that picture perfectly illustrated what can happen if you fail to tame or break-in your motor car.

(edit) - dammit!  I didn't see that you'd posted the story.  I'd filtered by 'newest first' and missed it.  Sorry, hawkinspeter <wrist-slap>

why do they block out the plate?

To prevent anyone jumping to the conclusion that a specific driver was at fault, when the incident wouldn't have occurred if the building hadn't been there at night or at busy periods so it must bear most of the blame.