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Drivers and their problems
A new catch-all Tea Shop thread for those miscellaneous new stories that don't quite fit with parking, crashing into buildings or trapped/prisoners in their homes.
If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.
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- mattw 32 min 18 sec ago
Surely the answer to this one is that it is not a place to overtake, both because of the major hazard hatching ("do not enter unless ESSENTIAL"),...
- mattw 43 min 37 sec ago
That begs the question of culture change and how to make it happen. Which can be done, and has been done, in a number of places....
- mattw 1 hour 4 min ago
I don't think the HQ was the major part of RBS going under, there!...
- Sredlums 6 hours 51 min ago
Fair assesment, i guess, and I probably look at it too much from my Dutch (flat country) persective....
- Shermo 7 hours 49 min ago
I've been running a set of Light Bicycle WR40 wheels for a year now, no complaints from me so far. ...
- leedorney 9 hours 1 min ago
Just think if Mark has never gone to that cycling meet..
- chrisonabike 9 hours 5 min ago
On the Greens - I hope the Green party sticks to principles of social justice, localism and environmentalism. I'm not familiar with European...
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tell me again about your 15 minute city fweedoms
We haven't got the freedom we want,' says Somerset woman, 90, as buses axed
Three rural bus routes were cut at the weekend
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/we-havent-freedom-want-sa...
Lorry driver's fury at 'crazy' parking law which landed him in court
Paul says lorry drivers are 'easy pickings' for over zealous law enforcement
He said: "In 24 years since passing my test I and other drivers have never been informed of this law".
He was discharged conditionally for six months, told to pay prosecution costs of £100 and a victim surcharge of £22.
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/lorry-drivers-fury-cra...
Drunken Grey Menace alert - tell me again about that e-scooter rider you saw in February
Drunk M5 driver caused shocking head-on crash driving on wrong side of motorway
She admitted consuming alcohol before driving to the BP garage on Ashchurch Road in Tewkesbury to buy milk and more alcohol.
After leaving the forecourt she said she turned left instead of right for her home address, then went around the roundabout in order to get back off at Ashchurch Road. But instead of getting off at that exit she accidentally took the prior left-hand turn, the M5 southbound off-slip, and then travelled up the motorway on the southbound side.
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/shocking-footage-shows...
Car enthusiasts face having their vehicles seized
The operation also visited Tesco car park on Harbour Road, Seaton, after police had received complaints of anti-social driving
I see the "let them have their fun" brigade are out in genteel east Devon.
The Devon and Cornwall news is full of main road crashes too numerous to mention and and it's only the beginning of June.
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/car-enthusiasts-face-having-ve...
Driving test fail !
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-latin-america-65852316
Letter: Bath driver hits out at pedestrians with earphones stepping into road
"Not only did they not look but because they were plugged into their phones, they couldn’t hear either"
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/letter-bath-driver-hit...
cyclists and their problems: Bike fire on Christchurch railway line causes train delays
A spokesperson said: “We were called to Christchurch railway station at 6.46pm last night (11 June) after reports of a bicycle on fire on the line.
“Two crews from Christchurch attended but the fire was out on arrival and the bicycle was removed by Network Rail. Our stop was at 7.38pm.”
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23582398.bike-fire-christchurch-r...
UK car insurance costs set for further rise in 2024
Analysts say cost of cover could increase 14% this year fuelling industry concern over premium cancellations
https://www.ft.com/content/8415e6b6-7aed-4c01-97a1-28cec35d503c
(I found I got one free read before the paywall descended - not that the article says anything significant beyond the headline.)
Modern love gets me to the church on time
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-65879783
Spot the potential three traffic violations in the BBC video on flooding in North London.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65879069
Surgeon caught speeding dodges road ban as it would have ‘life threatening’ consequences for patients
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/22674101/professor-caught-speeding-avoids-...
And just to be clear, those emergencies: his defence explained that he's on call one night in 12 and on one weekend in 12 and taxis are apparently too unreliable and what if something like the Manchester Arena bombing happened and he couldn't get there because the taxi was delayed, m'lud?
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Stunned Bristol driver finds 2ft snake peeping through car's grille
As if car drivers don't have enough to worry about! Although rumour has it that the film rights have been purchased and Samuel L Jackson has been signed up to star in Snake In The Car.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/stunned-bristol-driver-finds-2ft-8510566
Two black SUV drivers who saw the No Entry signs at Dunquin saying 'Route for Pedestrians & Sheep only' & decided it didn't apply to them, one burnt out their clutch trying to reverse up before getting rescued by tractor
https://twitter.com/RabbleChorus/status/1668747334493118464
Speeding Inception
Some cop on cop speeding action from the US.
Sandbanks driver was buying ice cream when car rolled into sea
Edit / follow up
Witness Heidi Garsden, 36, a prison officer, said: "The lady went inside to buy an ice cream and when she came back the car was gone.
"The car was bobbing around in the water for a bit before it sank.
"It must have been heartbreaking for her to watch."
The driver is believed to have left the scene after being picked up by friends after the incident.
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23593463.sandbanks-driver-buying-...
Sandbanks Ferry suspended after car stuck in water
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-65921815
New A30 signs to stop people crashing into animals
More than 200 incidents involving livestock straying onto the busy stretch of road were recorded last year
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/a30-road-signs-warn-driv...
BMW motorist drove erratically and refused breathalyser test
Wow, he must have really annoyed someone to get a four year ban.
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/bmw-motorist-drove-errat...
Cornwall 'cash cow' car park charge increases spark rebellion in Penzance
"Penzance has got high deprivation - the people from estates like Treneer should be able to drive to the beach and they can't."
"You can't get a bus if you've got three children and surfboards."
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornwall-cash-cow-car-pa...
Angela Jarrom #CottesmoreHunt supporter pleads guilty to ABH and receives lenient suspended sentence.
Filmed ploughing into a
@NhantsHuntsabs
sab by a Hertfordshire sab, she's gotten off lightly.
She was heard saying 'don't worry, I'll get them ' as she got into car.
https://twitter.com/HertsHuntSabs/status/1669951339781079041
"Wish my drivetrain was this dirty."
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/23596684.writing-wash-me-dirty-v...
The driver of a farm vehicle was caught texting, as it* held up traffic on the A14.
*He !
A large agricultural vehicle was seen swerving on the A14 at Risby, in Suffolk.
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23596261.driver-farm-vehicle-caught-texting-...
"let them have their fun" update - Torquay locals terrorised by noisy 'boy racers' blasting music
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/torquay-locals-terrorised-nois...
Oh, Mr Facebook - that's quite the drivetrain you've given your riders.
Driver 'falls asleep at the wheel' and causes crash on A31
Providing more information this afternoon, a Hampshire Police spokesman said they were called to the crash just before 5pm.
He added no injuries were reported and no arrests were made.
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/23604333.driver-falls-asleep-whe...
Burst water main causes issues, drivers going down one way street wrong way and BINGO ALERT cyclists and road tax get into the comments
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/23607395.severn-trent-barbourne-roa...
Audi driver caught parking outside entrance to St Mary's Fire Station
AN "ABUSIVE" driver refused to move after blocking St Mary's Fire Station in Southampton.
Firefighters posted on social media today showing the Audi parked next to the entrance to the fire station on Brinton's Road.
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23615595.audi-driver-caught-parking-out...
Sorry, shouldn't that be under "Non-drivers and their problems"?
And pavement.
That paint is really proving to be an impediment to their lawbreaking, isn't it...
New take on "downloading directions"?
As it should be - what a fantatsic outcome.
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