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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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- chrisonabike 5 min 32 sec ago
Oh no - EC1V 3QJ!
- chrisonabike 7 min 8 sec ago
Who knows? She occasionally did change her views, plus she was for more environmental regulation, held against privatising the railways for most...
- mark1a 15 min 32 sec ago
Getting this pop up on various road.cc pages today. Logged into account, have tried logging out and in again, subscription renewal not due until...
- chrisonabike 18 min 10 sec ago
Pretty sure that more than a few people are happy to point out that the US has giant failings and is pushing an entirely unsustainable way of life....
- momove 28 min ago
Ah right, that would be an interesting case to find the result of....
- Miller 49 min 23 sec ago
Timmee can well afford the fine but it's one hell of an advert for Lime.
- brooksby 1 hour 57 min ago
Well, you wouldn't want to work on that farm, would you? (edit) Not any more, anyway…
- Simon E 2 hours 12 min ago
I'd agree on this. It's interesting how often it's low risk sources are discussed/argued over at great length but the more insidious ones glossed...
- HLaB 2 hours 26 min ago
I don't really notice fow dark they get but I picked up a pair of RockBros Photo-Chromatic glasses as their minimum tint was pretty light. I'll...
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D'oh a deer...driver in the countryside surprised to see deer https://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/23380264.video-herd-deer-cross-s...
drivers bemoaning the absence of parking meters - say whaaaat
Ah yes, this will be the ones who are all perfectly safe to drive Cornwall's narrow lanes, but "Lots of confused and frustrated older customers calling in [the] shop asking what is happening with it as they either don't have a smart phone or are confused by multiple apps and longwinded payments."
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornwall-ticket-machines...
£2.50 to park after 6 pm.
I'm old enough to remember when £2.50 really would have got you 2 pints of lager and a packet of crisps - can you get anything to drink in a pub for that much now?
Oh, don't tell me the cost will be met from delaying buying that replacement tyre for the one that's on 1.8mm, or that brake disc with the amber advisory.
Wow, Mr Jones, imagine people getting things they need locally, rather than driving into Truro for them:
Cornwall Council's proposed car park increases 'will have serious impact' on Truro
BID manager writes: "Obviously our nighttime economy and leisure sectors may see a decline in customer numbers once those customers will have to pay for late afternoon / evening parking."
Mr Jones added: "Truro’s footfall data year to date versus 2019 is tracking at -27% therefore we need to be encouraging our customers into the city centre and not potentially providing a further barrier of increasing the car park charges which may see customers choosing to shop micro local in their own villages / towns rather than popping into Truro"
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornwall-councils-propos...
Ah nuts! Comments closed as a result almost certainly due to mad driver posters - AGAIN!
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23386155.legal-action-taken-counc...
Don't wear a hairclip when driving.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-64966149
Nothing to do with
"In the thick fog I couldn't see clearly and I came to an unexpected bend. I tried to brake and make the turn on time, but I lost control of the car and it skidded across to the other side of the road.
"I think I hit a tree, which caused the car to flip - the police said it flipped 50 metres," she said.
Baby hospitalised in collision with bike hanger that ‘council was warned could be dangerous’
https://southwarknews.co.uk/news/baby-hospitalised-in-collision-with-bik...
Good job that in the long parking bay that there were no cars she could have crashed into. Oh wait, crashing into parked cars is normal.
"A motorist is more likely to make national news headlines if he knocks over a nine year-old girl’s snowman than if he knocks over a nine year-old girl. Fact."
https://twitter.com/jonburkeUK/status/1636125264575954947
Lincolnshire Police promoting Op Snap with their Dodgy Driving volume 3 compilation (there is one 1 cyclist cam video in it) https://www.lincs.police.uk/news/lincolnshire/news/2023/mar-2023/operati...
also are we surprised or not the number of Audis involved in these
Earby man banned from the road after trying to help at crash
So you're caught over the drink drive limit after stopping your car to help after a crash. How do you defend such a charge?
Start with
And, if that doesn't work, try a bit of whataboutary:
https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/23393386.earby-man-banned-road-tryin...
"Look LBH at this chaos you created by your ill-planned schemes. Massive congestion, more pollution, more accidents. "
"How does the layout cause somebody to drive their car into the side of a massive red bus driving down a straight piece of road?"
Exact date when Paignton's ring road will open again
A reminder from the article of the belly-aching when this started: "When work began on the road, businesses in Brixham warned that they were going to be “cut off” for the duration of the project, and local schools and colleges said their students would face long delays getting to and from their studies"
From what I can see, Brixham seems to have survived, and it hasn't been the Seige of Paris 1870-71 after all.
Open in time for Easter, BTW.
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/exact-date-paigntons-ring-road...
Villagers fear being 'trapped in homes' during major roadworks
We haven't had a trapped in our homes story for a while:
“It’s a nightmarish thought as there are around 350 residents’ cars that need to use the diversion, quite apart from delivery, service and emergency vehicles. Many of us are afraid of being trapped in our homes or facing unmanageable traffic problems,” said Mrs Hibberd. “We are sick with worry.”
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/villagers-fear-trapped...
Aye! It's tough for drivers oop in t'North. In Lancashire, even the MOT testing garages can't afford MOTs!
Driver banned for 9 months, 1k fine, 12 month community order, for killing a horse in a hit & run, the defence claimed no punishment the court could impose would come close to what the driver has been putting himself through...
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23402148.driving-ban-man-hit-and-run-horse-e...
Top Bath Conservative member accuses council of 'woke extremism'
so, no doubt aware of of that is going down in Oxford...
Mr Pritchard said: “People don’t want to live in your dystopian carless world where everyone will stay in their designated 15-minute zones. People want to do their bit for the environment their own way and to live their lives in freedom and comfort. Nobody has ever asked for an eco dictatorship.
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/top-bath-conservative-mem...
Banned driver sparked 140mph police pursuit after motoring court hearing
Any self respecting driver, having been banned from driving, would go home at 140mph. They've got to get off the road as quickly as possible!
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-65032910.amp
Singer wins appeal over Bournemouth bus stop parking ticket
But Miss he made me do it, Miss.
Drivers and the seering injustice of a parking ticket remedied (but see photo)
Describing his reaction to receiving the tribunal outcome, he said: “It was like celebrating a goal at the football. I was in the office and I kind of fist pumped. Everyone was looking at me and I said ‘I got the parking ticket overturned’.”
Cue: victory for the little man, etc although Leonora 38 has the right idea. See also: 50 kg of equipment, brief, charidee.
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23401132.singer-wins-appeal-bourn...
Bath hotel's new parking scheme not an unqualified success...
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/car-overturns-outside-...
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-caz-motorist-could-forced-8272879
Easy mistake to make
Court success for man accused of driving offence in Salisbury
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/23404458.court-success-man-accus...
Ah, once again, it's the little man vs the driver-oppressing machine, with his court success. I wonder what really went on here, how it became a newspaper story/what the pose is all about and why passengers make any difference to following road rules.
Norfolk Police ask "why has there been an increase in fatal collisions in Norfolk recently" not sure the ABD will like the answer. https://www.norfolk.police.uk/news/latest-news/why-has-there-been-increa...
Van driver freed after narrow bridge blunder in village
Having looked it up on Street view, at either end of the bridge there is a narrowing with 7'6 warnings. I'm guessing that they aren't the same width on either end.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-65051280.amp
Manchester mayor Andy Burnham to pay almost £2k speeding fine
That's quite some fine, although that might be because he was doing nearly double the speed limit
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-65075890
Cornwall coastal path blocked after driver takes unconventional route
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornwall-coastal-path-cl...
If you're thinking you've seen this before, well a black Mercedes did get stuck on a coast path in Cornwall last year. I'm not sure if it's the same car
https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/22820003.coverack-cornwall-car-par...
Car flips due to driver "using the infotainment system to answer a phone call" in south Shropshire.
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/south-shropshire/2023/03/...
Police and firefighters attended a car that had flipped at 5am in Whixall, near Whitchurch, Shropshire on Sunday morning. Later that day a Passat driver was arrested on suspicion of being intoxicated and car seized in Telford. On a Sunday!!
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/crime/2023/03/26/car-seized-and-man-...
There were also 2 separate car fires in Telford and Ironbridge in the early hours of Sunday morning and one in Shrewsbury that evening:
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/telford/2023/03/27/crews-...
Last Monday West Mercia's speed enforcement team were in Hagley, Worcestershire. "54 offences detected with a highest recorded speed of 83MPH in a 40!" (the tweet shows a time of 10:54 for that one)
Tiny electric car tips over while driving around Monaco Grand Prix hairpin
Who knew that the Citroën Ami was self-driving?
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/tiny-electric-car-tips-over-092715674.html?espv=1
Scores of commuters whose cars were parked on the pavement returned to find their vehicles had been vandalised.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-65065520
"I understand the frustration. I know it's not right for the locals but it's definitely not right for the people paying money for train tickets."
So now buying a train ticket entitles you to park wherever you want regardless of how it affects others.
A driver's bizarre decision to abandon his car in the middle of the road caused traffic mayhem in Colchester city centre.
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/23419701.head-street-colchester-driv...
All caused by the cycle lane of course !
good grief
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23423129.m27-driver-caught-100mph-tells...
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23315298.ford-galaxy-driver-caught-spee...
Mercedes driver stuck in middle of road after hitting bollard in 'slowest crash ever'
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mercedes-driver-stuck-middle-road-...
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