Drivers and their problems

What the hell! That is actually mental.. he crashed a BMW X5 into an Audi A1 from behind at 49mph.. got asked 'what happened there?' by his fellow passenger police colleague and subsequently drove off while his colleague asked his 'aren't you going to stop' to which he just shrugged his shoulders.. and carried about his day.. not even reporting it when he got back to base.. and then when asked why he didn't stop claims "I haven’t stopped and reported it because I have no recollection of it happening, and I believe that’s due to the fact that I have had an episode of trans global amnesia.” 

That's pretty bad behavious from the police.. BUT I'm more concerned about the 'trans global amnesia' nonsense.. does that mean anyone can commit a crime and just say they can't remember it happening and that'll be that then? ... Sorry mi'lud.. I can't remember driving into anyone, do you have proof that I was behind the wheel at the time, becuase y'know, sometimes I let my family drive the car and I suffered a bout of trans global amnesia y'know.... I mean I know we've seen this bollocks excuse in other cases, but surely this loophole needs closing.. how do we get loopholes closed in the law?

David9694 wrote:

Call to scrap 'immoral' CCTV cameras on Southampton bus lane

"I'm prepared to go to court over this" klaxon 

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23564935.call-scrap-immoral-cctv-camera...

Erm - immoral cameras?  "Immoral"??  Seems a bit of an overreaction...

David9694 wrote:

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...

So what the lorry driver is saying is that in the 24 years since passing his test, he hasn't picked up a copy of the highway code? Because it's there in black and white (Rule 249).

And if he thinks lorry drivers are "easy pickings", I would suggest law enforcement would have a much easier time enforcing Rule 248 - go to any residential street at night (excluding those where most houses have driveways) and you'll find a significant proportion of cars are parked illegally facing the wrong way. I daresay the majority of drivers are completely ignorant of that requirement. 

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/waiting-and-parking-238-to-...

brooksby wrote:

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-...

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Professor Chris Peach, 47, was facing a minimum six month ban under the totting up procedure after he was clocked exceeding the 70mph limit on a motorway.

But the married father of three successfully appealed to keep his licence under exceptional hardship rules by claiming that patients and colleagues would ''suffer'' if he was not able to drive to hospital during emergencies.

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Stockport magistrates heard Peach who lives in Hale, near Altrincham, Cheshire, was caught on camera on July 22 last year driving his Land Rover Discovery at 89 mph between junctions 16 and 17 on the southbound section of the M5 near Tortworth, Gloucestershire.

And just to be clear, those emergencies: he's on call one night in 12 and on one weekend in 12 and taxis are apparently too unrelieable - what if something like the Manchester Arena bombing happened and he couldn't get there because the taxi was delayed, m'lud? 

“The nature of on-call duties usually involves dealing with traumatic injuries, including road traffic injuries."

Who said irony was dead?

Milk and Alcohol: obviously a Dr. Feelgood fan.

David9694 wrote:

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...

If the livestock won't wear hi-viz or helmets and won't follow the Highway Code, why should we expect that they'll take any notice of those signs?

Jogle wrote:

BMW motorist drove erratically and refused breathalyser test

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A man who refused to take an evidential breath test after being spotted driving erratically has been banned from driving for four years.

Wow, he must have really annoyed someone to get a four year ban.

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/bmw-motorist-drove-errat...

He'd have got a shorter ban for killing a cyclist!

I do actually have quite a lot of sympathy with local people in these popular tourism areas. Who, besides being increasingly priced out of housing, are now being priced out of having access to amenities.

Whilst it would be great for more people to cycle or get the bus to the beach, for many, a car is pretty much an essential. There's also the basic resentment that 'poor' people have to change their ways so that the rich, for whom £10 parking is pocket change, get easier access to a restricted resource.

Surely it is not beyond the wit of the local council to ensure residents at least get a hefty discount on the amenities they already pay for via council tax?

Holy fucking Shit! That wasn't just a gentle nudge, that was pre meditated with absolute intent and every prospect of causing serious injury.

Jason Bournemouth?

The Larger Cyclist wrote:

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...

seems like a parady account to me, user name is even Gammon, 

I'm more concerned this is one of the traffic cops, ie specifically trained police drivers, not your average cop in a car.

But also these are the ones who review & judge dashcam close passes, and being put on administrative non operational duties probably means that's their main job currently.

At least they took away his gun privileges.

Jogle wrote:

If the livestock won't wear hi-viz or helmets and won't follow the Highway Code, why should we expect that they'll take any notice of those signs?

Drivists don't need to wear hi-viz or helmets?

oh wait - I see what you mean now....

Mungecrundle wrote:

Whilst it would be great for more people to cycle or get the bus to the beach, for many, a car is pretty much an essential.

It's not 'essential' to go to the beach unless it's part of your job. Genuinely deprived people probably can't afford a car in the first place!

Using the term 'deprived people' is just like the whataboutery deployed against LTNs, pedestrianisation of town centres etc saying "what about disabled people" when they don't GAF about them. Do they really think that these Cornish car parks are full of 20 year old Peugeot 307s and tired Skoda Fabias? There will be more 19- to 22-plate SUVs and Audis than anything else. Anti-social drivers have had it too easy and too cheap for far too long.

Thanks to the repeated cuts every council has to find revenue somehow to pay for the services that everyone takes for granted - like the street cleaning, bin emptying and litter picking due to all the selfish c**ts that toss litter everywhere (like the sleeping bag with broken zip that I carried back from a beach walk on Anglesey the other week and the carrier bag full of bottles and cans collected the following morning on a short walk in Bangor).

"Triggered"' , "Provoked" , "Vigilante"
Oh hang on, she's the vigilante.

At least one to quote to people like gr0g who get very confused about the term.

Ah, the beautiful poetry of Britney Spears, sounding like an advert for domestic violence.

stonojnr wrote:

At least they took away his gun privileges.

That is about the only thing that they have done. Surely they should take away his driving licence too? If you can't remember crashing a car, you're not safe to be on the road.

I didn't use the term 'deprived people'. My point was that local people should be considered a bit more when the problems of resource scarcity are, in certain areas, a direct consequence of somewhat uncontrolled tourism.

David9694 wrote:

They seem to have made up a new road sign. 

Have they got a warning sign for BMWs or is it just Fords?

It can't have been pre-meditated, she was driving a car and drivists never think ahead.

That's a really detailed article for a local news site  Incredible that the driver is still employed by the police in any capacity after admitting to such a serious medical condition...