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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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https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/18667889.van-gets-stuck-hedge-end-burge...
"A VAN driver has 'wiped out' a serving hatch at a Hampshire fast food restaurant as he drove the 'wrong way' down the drive-thru.
A witness has described the moment he saw a van drive the wrong way through the drive-thru at Burger King in Hedge End, 'wiping out' one of the serving hatches and damaging his own van."
Imagine the dire consequences of allowing bikes in!!
Does anyone else see signs for "Drivethru" fast food joints and think "Great, can I borrow a Challenger tank and do the job properly?"
Depressingly, crashing into and damaging a house carries a far higher punishment than crashing into and killing a person.
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/man-jailed-car-crash-ho...
Also, it now appears that sitting on your sofa at home is another activity that you might want to wear a safety helmet for.
https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/18651199.old-bell-wooburn-may-not-...
Wow! "According to Thames Valley Police, the driver of the Audi - who ran away after crashing the car into the pub, leaving a man in his thirties seriously injured in the passenger seat - has not yet been found."
Hitch-hiker, was he?
Audis in public houses.
>crashing into and damaging a house carries a far higher punishment than >crashing into and killing a person
Really? The evidence? We live on a corner & have had our fence demolished twice (@ £1500 a time) by probable drunk drivers who simply reversed & drove away. Police won't even accept a report. Our insurance company says that's the norm.
"Really? The evidence?"
The link in their post shows that the man got 13 months prison, disqualified from driving for nine and half years and costs of £140 for crashing into a house. That was evidence.
It doesn't negate the fact that the police should investigate your fence being regularly flattened of course, so it's understandable that you're angry.
"Dorset Police was called at 12.48pm on Thursday, August 13, to a report of a collision involving a fist and a jaw outside Iceland on Poole Road in Bournemouth.
"It is reported that the fist was also in collision with a person, but they did not require medical treatment."
Why do Police statements have to be so convoluted to avoid any reference to the human behind the wheel?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/16/wiltshire-four-die-car-c...
A quick search of the Derby Telegraph site reveals over half a dozen stories of cars and houses colliding over the last year.
Even more worrying is the number of cars that have ended up on their roofs in the last 6 months, considering 3 of them were in lockdown. What could drivers be doing that could distract them so much that they were unable to keep their vehicles the right way up?
Slightly (very?) OT, but the wands put up on Monday/Tuesday of this week to protect the cycle lane on Perry Road in central Bristol have all been knocked down/run over. I mean, they are so very hard to see...
I've seen a story in the Dorset Echo that an existing cycle lane on Weymouth's Dorchester Road has been widened by a whopping 30cm - I almost want there to be a derisory comment from A Gammon.
Perhaps it was a wobbley cyclist.
I was riding up a hill in a high gear! Please just let it go.
Sorry - just my warped sense of humour.
"Warped", or - perchance - "wobbly"??
According to my colleagues very warped.
Roads like that are for cars - you should avoid them like the plague.
Always seems to have been a thing IME, can't say i've noticed it getting particularly better or worse over the last few decades but i'm not really keeping count to be honest...
David, I think you're being a little bit harsh on this one.
It's actually extremely difficult to give a mobile phone your full attention, and then to drive a vehicle at that same time. Especially if you have to grip the steering wheel between your knees whilst being literally forced to overtake a cyclist. And new buildings are often put up where least expected. Plenty of drivers every day are still avoiding crashes into roadside dwellings, so we do have to keep this in some kind of perspective.
I also think the homeowners often overreact. I mean come on, it's just one wall usually. No wonder the drivers typically leave on foot straight away, and don't go back to the vehicle keeper's registered address for 24 hours.
I see the error of my ways - cyclists and probably pedestrians too are clearly the complicating factor - it's hard enough to do all you describe and avoid a static target, but one that keeps moving, and wasn't even there this morning...
If you alternate the words "car" & "van" and "crashes" & "drives" into "building" & "house".
There seems to be loads of 'em.
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/clipsham-rutland-poli...
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/man...
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newsmanchester/driver-abandons-van-after-...
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/pen...
Here's a couple around Bristol:
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/urgent-plan-fix-clear-safety-4328338
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/car-crashes-side-bristol-house-4289299
You are aware of the excellent "Audis in houses"?
Seems to be updated regularly.
Not as many new posts from AsEasyasRidingaBike, shame.
Had not seen Audis in houses before but it is truly excellent as you say. I don't know where to start with questions or comments on some of those pictures. My head hurts!!!!
Rover gone over?
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18651404.car-overturns-following-...
I can't post any specific local news items, but I certainly see a fair few car-sized holes in dry stone walls when I'm out cycling in the Peak District.
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