Drivers and their problems

There was case locally, still awaiting sentencing, where a driver, speeding at twice the speed limit, killed a cyclist, ran off was found hiding later in a shed claimed pretty much the same excuse. They felt they'd just been careless with their driving, not dangerous, also tried the cyclist came out of nowhere, didnt see them excuse, props to the jury for not believing that one.

Do we know if the guilty plea acted as a discount to the sentence?

Even 17 years doesn't feel long enough as will be released in 7 probably

ktache wrote:

Look at the angry man.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/06/bournemouth-road...

Christ, just what the fuck is it with these angry old men. I'm old now and more mellow that I've ever been.

stonojnr wrote:

Long grass causing concern https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/24325384.concerns-long-grass-kesgrave...

Suffolk Highways wrote:

“We ask road users to take caution and drive to the conditions of the highway.”

Grrr - don't you be comin' on 'ere acting like you're an 'expert'! 

https://road.cc/content/news/155056-cyclist-jailed-after-fatal-collision...

'Surely every driver that parks on a kerb in Southampton can expect the same letter as I received?'

If only.

We were quoted £5000 to drop our kerb so we decided not to do it. Our neighbours on the corner built a driveway without planning permission and use the pedestrian dropped kerb to drive onto their driveway. The council don't care.

Eton Rifle wrote:

Christ, just what the fuck is it with these angry old men. I'm old now and more mellow that I've ever been.

HRT?

(hormone replacement therapy / legal-ish testosterone)

Some of the comments on Facebook are comedy gold "you can't see a thing from a car until you are right up to the give way line!"

And the important bit, from that council statement:

breckland.gov.uk wrote:

The Council, which owns 30 car parks across the district, currently covers the significant maintenance and operating costs through existing budgets, meaning that everyone in the district - regardless of whether they use the facilities - pays for this service.  However, like most councils across the country, Breckland is facing budget pressures which are forcing it to take a fresh look at its services and how they are funded. 

Introducing parking tariffs similar to those already charged in most other Norfolk market towns - is one of the key recommendations from an independent report and feasibility study commissioned by the Council to help it consider alternative management options.  The report's key findings were that the Council's car parks represented a significant financial cost - around £450k per year - to its budgets without delivering an effective service, suggesting instead that car parking costs should be funded by those who benefit directly from using them.   

Hirsute wrote:

Not leaves on the line but on the road.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PajBbgthIo

How To Make A Junction Safer - California Crossroads - Finchampstead Wokingham

"bikists"?

According to no context Brits, the average driver spends 91 hours a year looking for a parking space

There's no parking problem up here, but you still see them queing up to take the places closest to the shop at Sainsbury's, and it's not infrequent for buses to be blocked on the one-way High Street, because of stupid idle people parking at the structural and immoveable pinch point to save them walking a hundred yards

I don't think that is right

"We have always been at war with Dereham"

The proximity to the Transport Research Labs at Crowthorne means that the area often gets weird new stuff. 

They get very uppity in parts of Norfolk when they're told they have to pay to park. Even when the charges are a mere fraction of the cost of running the car to park in the first place

That is nowhere near 90 degrees.

Exaggeration like this makes one doubt the rest of the story...'Angry emu' or friendly Robin redbreast?

David9694 wrote:

My favourites are those drivers who claim to be completely flummoxed by cashless payments via apps but won't entertain any question of their fitness, in the light of this, to drive. 

Be fair! They proved they could drive 40+ years ago - which is about all the system requires! It's not their fault if they can't keep up with all the subsequent changes. In fact it's unfair really...

To add to the comedic potential, I really hope said chef was dressed in whites, including a toque blanche, and armed with a whisk and cleaver.

I do think some of them are needlessly complicated. I remember the first one I used it took me longer to setup with all the authentication, you had to use the voice automated system as a 1st time user to verify details & then bank checks to confirm payment, then I actually needed to park.

Versus just stuffing a quid, or tapping a card on a machine to get a ticket. I'm not convinced it's good progress.

It used to cost about £8 to park by an Ipswich cinema. You got some of it back from the cinema on production of a ticket.
Only you had to put coins in - notes not accepted.
I assume it has been improved since I last went some years ago.

David9694 wrote:

Someone (two people, IIRC) has to empty each machine daily, securely take the contents somewhere to be counted and banked - the pro cash crowd show no insight into what an overhead all that is. 

In Birmingham I've only ever seen it with one person emptying a machine. Generally they're half laying down on the ground with their arm going up from the bottom of the machine through a broken panel.....

I wonder whether, now that most people will use an app or pay by card, it's actually cheaper to allow the cash to be stolen than it is to go around and collect it