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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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- Secret_squirrel 6 sec ago
I hope his lawyers got plenty of screenshots of the engagement stats of those posts. Multiplies up the damages.
- mdavidford 9 min 42 sec ago
For the quality below the line, obvs.
- Smoggysteve 20 min 12 sec ago
There is a theory that the majority of crashes in the pro peloton are due to disc brakes. The theory being that because they are better at stopping...
- ktache 2 hours 8 min ago
DCI Mark, neck height is worse...
- Anonymousattorney 2 hours 8 min ago
Thankfully the video seems now to have been taken down.
- kingleo 2 hours 20 min ago
One of the things that causes a lot of crashes is the managers telling the riders to 'get to the front, get to the front, get to the front'.
- don simon fbpe 4 hours 8 min ago
Aren't immigrants supposed to respect the law of the land that they settle in?
- Rendel Harris 4 hours 25 min ago
The publicity for the fine is more free advertising, no? It says look at us, not only are we so cool film stars use us, we're so socially...
- Rendel Harris 4 hours 58 min ago
It doesn't, look at the boycott of Israel, for example, a country with the closest possible ties with the USA. Back in the day, the boycott of...
- muhasib 5 hours 44 min ago
Nice of them to put an internal storage space behind the head tube, should be able to get a few gels in there!
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Another dickhead temporarily off the road
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-64127713
how does a learner driver end up with 6points on their license, for speeding no less, and is still driving around without proper insurance or L plates on the car
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23219566.suffolk-learner-driver-six-points-s...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-64139348
Absolute tits. You would hope they are charged the cost of the rescue and prosecuted for causing a nuisance. The cynic in me says it won't happen because shitty motorists get a pass.
Stupid thin road
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/01/neighbours-erect-homemade-si...
I don't have a subscription but could read the article.
School-run mums and dads 'shout abuse and block off driveways in parking row'
Residents say that cars regularly block their drives
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/school-run-mums-dads-shou...
Well.. I'm not quite sure what to think of this.. I kind of love it in a weird 'not quite sure why it's so ridiculous' way..
https://www.birminghamworld.uk/news/birmingham-bollards-bizarre-northfie...
...but hey.. councils innit bab!
Drivers - violence never far away, is it?
Following a parking-related incident, the offender, a man in his 30s, went up to another man's car and punched him multiple times...
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/23228783.man-punched-face-southa...
I love a cars stuck in fords compilation, really love it, one of the best ways to waste time on the Internet. But never has it made me want to go sacrifice my couple of tons of metal to the great god of rufford... what the hell is wrong with people.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/07/tiktok-car-fishing-craze...
Everyone down to Totnes in the next few weeks - roadworks making Fore Street pedestrianised. By the way, the big old road closure in Brixham, the one that's going to kill off the town, started this week.
Nigel added: "I'm not particularly in favour of pedestrianisation. I'm in favour of traffic management and calming measures. People park near our shop, come and shop with us and traders nearby and get back in their car..."
Hmm, I've never been a trader, but all this reliance on super easy/ fast turnover car access? I guess for some products, location is really important - like ice cream. But I if you are offering something really good, not available on-line, people will come.
Totnes traders demoralised as road closure bites
Large parts of Totnes town centre will be closed to vehicles for the next three months
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/totnes-traders-demoralised-roa...
Driver tries to insure car whilst being stopped by police.
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23233242.suffolk-driver-tries-insure-stopped...
Gosh, imagine all those buses safely transporting 10, 20 or 30 people. "Not a car nut" he claims, oh and he's not local, but why let that stop you giving an opinion?
Letter: Low-traffic neighbourhood will increase pollution on some Bath roads
'There would need to be an almost continuous stream of buses'
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/news-opinion/letter-low-traffic-neig...
Clevedon locals whinge about work in progress
New road layout has turned Somerset seaside town into 'Balamory from hell'
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/new-road-layout-turned...
PS Bridgewater - something to enhance a visit to St John St Cycles coming up:
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/somerset-motorists-fac...
'A minibus found itself stranded':
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/motoring/driver-gets-minibus-stuck-flooded-8016198
there really is no stopping some drivers. Anyone know the spot? Not sure I quite understand what these flood gates and spillways are all about.
Drivers 'force flood gates open' after A361 in Somerset closes
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/drivers-force-flood-ga...
Nation of shop assistants speaks
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/newton-abbot-traders-fury-over...
Michael Jackson popcorn eating GIF
Clevedon: Campaigners to form 'conga' in protest at seafront changes
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/campaigners-form-conga...
A flurry of incidents reported in the Shropshire Star in the last 24 hours or so.
- a one-vehicle crash occurred on the A49 near Stokesay soon after 4pm yesterday afternoon.
- A car ended up on its side outside a primary school in Oakengates, Telford yesterday morning.
- Last night a drunk driver crashed on the A41 Prees Heath roundabout near Whitchurch.
- In the early hours of this morning a car hit signal poles at Emstrey roundabout near Shrewsbury on the A5 dual carriageway. Highways Agency had to close lanes, which predictably caused long queues and delays of up to 37 minutes this morning. The poles are there because temporary lights are still in place after another f*cking idiot wrecked the signalling system in October.
- A man died after his car crashed into a tree at 7.40 this morning.
- A car rolled onto its roof near Bridgnorth at 8.40 this morning, another single vehicle incident, no mention of a driver.
Also, yet another car gets stuck in Walcott Ford in Worcestershire. (twitter)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-64253306
I like the bland snark from Network Rail: "bridge strikes could be avoided with due diligence."
The driver did not understand why the car was not roadworthy:
https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/crime/severely-damaged-car-driving-through-derbyshire-town-seized-by-police-3988453
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/police-chase-van-no-tyres-8038427
No officer, I'm not tired at all
More ford antics
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/23256621.woman-trapped-water-car-lit...
Cars abandoned in floodwater on Stony Lane in Christchurch.
poor old drivers - assuming you don't run into yet another watery hazard, it's a nine mile detour to avoid this spot - imagine weighing it up and deciding to chance it, there's no helping some people.
Question: I have no idea if car insurance normally covers this sort of thing.
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23256248.cars-abandoned-floodwate...
PS Forced, I tells ya (The Sun via Apple News)
Newspaper (and driver) misrepresents 'Driver fined for going through red light' as 'Driver fined for giving way to an ambulance'. I seem to remember someone on here recently mentioning how drivers commonly think they're entitled to go through a red light after giving way to an emergency vehicle, as though they have completely failed to understand the purpose of the red light. Somewhat oddly, the driver blames his error on his having had to wait for another car behind the ambulance to go past.
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/anger-pensioner-fined-100-given-25941996
"whatabout the old people?" What indeed - is anyone joining the dots on this, is it just our happy band?
Six crashes at Wokingham town centre junction leave people 'scared' to walk outside homes
"There are many older residents in this area, some of whom are scared to walk on the pavements outside their own front doors due to the speed of traffic and the frequency of collisions at this site. In the most recent example, residents were walking along the pavement just moments before the incident.
https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/six-crashes-wok...
A senior police officer has been disqualified from driving for 18 months after admitting drink driving....entered guilty pleas to drink-driving, careless driving and three other offences of failing to stop, remain and report following an accident on 24 December 2022
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-64319207
You know, I'm not entirely convinced that they were driving to the conditions...
Smart for a dog, shame it still hasn't learnt how to spell Labour.
In my experience, many drivers interpret 'access only' as 'its fine because I want to go that way'.
Is that the same for hire jobbie that wrecked Remembrance Day oop north?
Hmm, it's a 19-year-old car and the interior is now waterlogged because she didn't bother to stick, or get her partner/kids to stick, a binliner over the damage for 24 hours? Sounds like somebody is angling for the "so much damage it's not worth repairing, we'll replace" angle? Also, according to the DVLA, no vehicle with that reg plate exists, so there's something decidedly fishy going on...
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