Drivers and their problems

Driver punished for parking on zigzags in Westbourne

Slow news day in Dorset or is it such a rarity that someone actually gets fined for parking in zigzags?

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23474065.driver-punished-parking-...

Getting the car up there would be impressive if it weren't so infuriating.

Dear drivers: Cars are tools of death and destruction. Please operate them with care, and not as inconsequential toys. Ffs.

Shocking scenes as car crashes in 20mph zone in Ladypool Road

If that's the damage at 20mph, should speed limits been lowered?

https://www.iambirmingham.co.uk/2023/04/23/shocking-scenes-car-crashes-2...

The always amusing, well it would be if they werent so serious, irrational local traders up in arms about modest proposal to make school drop off/pick up times safer at the nearby school.

https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/23477167.ipswich-cliff-lane-traders-c...

Killer driver only trying to frighten, jury hears

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-65387889

Quote:

Prosecutors have alleged McHugh used his car "as a weapon" to deliberately drive into the group on Willow Street at about 02:45 GMT on 9 October.

But he told the court he was not angry with them and had reversed to move alongside them to pick up a friend.

He told jurors he was embarrassed as he messed up the manoeuvre and, when he drove forward, wanted to get close to the kerb to frighten the group.

"I didn't really think about it. It was a moment of stupidity. I just wanted to get out of there," he said.

"It all went horribly wrong didn't it? I panicked, I carried on driving. Stupidity - I hold my hands up to that all day long."

Ok, not drivers (probably)

Anger as 'optical illusion' Keynsham cycle lane leads to staggering number of injuries

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/local-news/anger-optical-illusion-key...

Quote:

A new cycle lane was opened in March 2022 after nine months of work, beginning an odd phenomenon of people falling in the high street. One person who fell described the cycle lane as an “optical illusion” as there were kerbs and painted white lines which looked similar to each other.

...

Some work has been done on the cycle lane with the hope of reducing the number of falls. The lane, which had been plain tarmac, was painted red in August in response to — at that time — 46 incidents of people falling.

Adding this for the description the twitter poster used

"This #PublicArt installation in Los Angeles isn't particularly beautiful, but it is thought provoking."

Not a news story, but thought you might all appreciate this driver, putting his hazards to good use, to pass a queue of traffic. I like to imagine he is driving along thinking to himself "look at all these idiots queuing, when they could just hit that magic button on their dashboard and drive on the wrong side of the road."

Berkshire woman left anxious and 'stumped' after car left abandoned on her driveway

I think this is more "Driveways and their problems"

https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2023-04-28/woman-left-anxious-and-stum...

Walked in the countryside today, single track. Driver comes the other way, fails to slow. I gesture what are you playing at, so he slams on the brakes to ask what the problem is.
You were going too fast we say
It's a national speed limit road ( remember this is single track and winding) he says
Read the highway way code we say.

Of course it was a wankpanzer with a snorkel.

My #wankpanzer ensures I have a great view of the road ahead
https://twitter.com/Wankpanzer/status/1652657599131660290

More flipping cars from Ipswich https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/23493386.ipswich-car-overturned-anoth...

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