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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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mdavidford replied to David9694 | 2 months ago
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Maybe they just forgot...

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Rendel Harris replied to Tom_77 | 2 weeks ago
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Simon Jenkins wrote:

A year ago my own unblemished driving career ended when I lost my driving licence for six months because of a series of ill-signed 20mph limits on roads in London and Wales. The result was a sequence of police exchanges and court hearings that beggared belief. The time-wasting and bureaucracy were Kafkaesque.

Presumably the time-wasting and bureaucracy were caused by his refusal to admit what he had done and to attempt to escape punishment, there are no police exchanges or court hearings if you just accept the ticket when you get it and pay it within the time limit. 

 

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hawkinspeter replied to andystow | 5 months ago
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andystow wrote:

We actually have one in my city since a few years ago. Our stormwater tax applies to all properties, residential or business, and is based on the impermeable area which includes buildings and concrete or asphalt driveways. Mine amounts to a bit over $60 (£45) quarterly for about 22% of my ~12000 ft² / 0.25 acre / 1100 m² property being impermeable. You can get discounts if you add significant water retention features.

We have a "combined sewer overflow" problem where a few times a year during heavy rain, an untreated combination of storm water and sewage goes into the major river that flows through town. The federal government (EPA) fines the city for each event. The tax is intended to fund fixing the system so that this doesn't happen any more, but I haven't seen much progress yet.

Don't get me started on water companies pumping sewage into our waterways!

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bensynnock replied to Steve K | 3 months ago
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The comments in the daily echo are worth reading if you like that sort of thing. They manage to get in a dig at cyclists without any prompting.

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David9694 replied to Rendel Harris | 2 weeks ago
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Imagine writing such a pathetic, victim-ey article in a national newspaper. 

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chrisonabike replied to David9694 | 2 weeks ago
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David9694 wrote:

Imagine writing such a pathetic, victim-ey article in a national newspaper. 

"Unblemished driving career" - it's another "otherwise law abiding" driver, unfairly punished by a system which has no interest in road safety but just wants to trap some percentage of drivers! Plus people pointlessly messing with the speed limits - 30mph has been the norm forever. #waronthemotorist

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David9694 replied to Steve K | 3 months ago
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One more wasted green space will fix it. 

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chrisonabike replied to David9694 | 2 months ago
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David9694 wrote:

More notice needed for Remembrance Sunday road closures

To be fair the Germans didn't give everyone much notice they were done with the war in November. Could have saved everyone tooling up for the Big Push of spring 1919 if they had...

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stonojnr replied to chrisonabike | 2 months ago
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Nissan ploughs through Remembrance Day service in Halvergate...

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24714852.nissan-ploughs-remembrance-day-ser...

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David9694 replied to stonojnr | 2 months ago
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They shall not pass: 

Dartford council withdraws parking tickets issued at Acacia car park during Remembrance Day parade

" ...the council says its enforcement team witnessed “incredibly dangerous” parking which it says had the potential to impact emergency plans should something have happened at a big event such as the parade."

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/fines-dished-out-to-motorists...

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brooksby replied to hawkinspeter | 7 months ago
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Sydney Road in Bath

Bristol Post wrote:

Mr Cooper said: “The problem is … that it’s a terrible scheme, based on the lie that Sydney Road is a rat run (it isn’t, it’s a perfectly serviceable and much needed city thoroughfare)…

So, you mean it's a rat run?

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Jogle replied to David9694 | 6 months ago
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David9694 wrote:

Letter: A little lesson in  politeness for a town traffic warden would be appropriate?'

https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/lifestyle/from-our-files-clifftop-f...

I don't subscribe, so can anyone reproduce whatever whingeing bollocks this is please?

I witnessed something that I would consider extremely rude from a traffic warden patrolling New Milton high street.

An elderly couple double parked outside Oxfam bookshop to drop off some thing, and before the gentleman had got to the boot of his car, a traffic warden ran over and started writing a ticket. The lady pointed out to the traffic warden that her husband was dropping some charity bags into the charity shop. The traffic warden’s response to this was: “I don’t care, you’re getting a ticket.”

Surely a better response would’ve been ‘I’m very sorry madam but you’re not allowed to park here, you will need to find a parking space somewhere else and carry your bags to the charity shop’. I went and helped the gentleman unload his bags and politely told the warden I thought his response wasn’t very nice, and that he could have asked them to move on rather than just issue a ticket, his response was: “I don’t care.”

I finished my shopping on the high street and when I got back to the car, the warden was still hanging around. I told him was still disappointed with his response, and the warden switched on his body cam and aggressively came over to me and started questioning me.

Don’t get me wrong, I know traffic wardens have a vital part to play in keeping the flow of traffic on our high street and they do a very valuable job.

But I do feel that sometimes they can be overzealous, and perhaps some public-facing retraining would be appropriate.

Name and address supplied

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hawkinspeter replied to mdavidford | 5 months ago
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mdavidford wrote:

BBC arranging crashes for TV:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2lkylk3e0go

Reminds me of this old one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qir4EEpawE

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wtjs replied to Jogle | 4 months ago
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The boy has been issued a court summons and if he is found guilty of the offences, he could face a fine and points on his licence

He could, but he won't

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andystow replied to hawkinspeter | 2 months ago
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hawkinspeter wrote:

Winifred's Lane bollards

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/local-news/watch-24-hours-chaos-after-9700693

They really should put up a sign like the sign that they put up.

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essexian replied to David9694 | 1 month ago
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David9694 wrote:

Tensions escalate over violations in Devon no-car zone

Swift action is being urged

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/tensions-escalate-over-violati...

I don't know if it was just on my computer but I got a virus warning when opening the comments on this piece. My machine is tied down harder then a very hard thing who has had additional hardness training but I would advise care.

However, please keep up the extremely good work.

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wtjs replied to Jogle | 1 week ago
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wtjs can rest easy that normal service will be resumed soon

Fear not! Normal Service at Lancashire Constabulary, which is an absolute determination to do nothing about road traffic offences if they can get away with it, has been maintained throughout. For those who think that they are actually taking action but simply aren't telling me about it: here is NC09 AUV a couple of days ago with more conventionally attached ladders and no MOT for 4 months - first reported 30th September. That's nothing for Lancs! ND52 USU, no MOT since 26.10.24 which doesn't sound too bad, failed MOT 13.12.24 for numerous 'repair immediately' major defects which many people including the police feel still isn't too bad, is seen most nights parked all evening outside a notorious pub 150 yards from Garstang Police Station. Many people, including the police, also think that the police are too busy to deal with such matters and that the real problem is the villains wasting police time by reporting them. That's not going to change in the New Year, and the PCC describes all these as 'operational decisions of the police which we can't interfere with'

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David9694 replied to Jogle | 6 months ago
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Thank-you.  Funny how it's always dropping something off to a charity shop isn't it. 

My favourite letter this week for rarified quaintness (something the Chron specialises in) is this one: 

There was no attempt being made to control traffic, no temporary traffic lights, it was merely an accident waiting to happen, so I sought the telephone number of Winchester Police Station to report the matter.

https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/24436813.letter---there-no-att...

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David9694 replied to hawkinspeter | 7 months ago
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Jacob Rees-Mogg calls Bath ‘anti-car’ in clash with city’s MP over LTNs

“It is time to back freedom and back the motorist.”



https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/jacob-rees-mogg-calls-...

Won't it be nice when it's JR-M, nobody/ ex-MP, or I may have to settle for opposition MP.

 

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brooksby replied to hawkinspeter | 2 months ago
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Quote:

Along with the bollards, a new traffic island was installed on Sion Hill (East). There is now no right turn from Cavendish Road onto Sion Hill (East). But on Wednesday, one council bin lorry had to drive across the wrong side of the traffic island to make this right turn.

I'm sure that somethings wrong here, but I don't think that it's the new traffic island...

 

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wtjs replied to David9694 | 1 month ago
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Does nobody sport a sense of humour any more? You can tell this is a jokey festive spoof from:  I did suggest that you take note of the number plate details, maybe use mobile phones, and then upload that to Op Snap," he advised, referring to a police tool for reporting binning reports of traffic offences

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David9694 replied to hawkinspeter | 7 months ago
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Bath street 'freed from the tyranny of the motor vehicle' by LTN, say locals

'People can linger on the pavement without fear of losing their head to debris bouncing off a speeding flatbed truck — and this very nearly did happen.'

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/bath-street-freed-tyra...

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David9694 replied to hawkinspeter | 2 months ago
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And on it goes 

He said: “They forgot about us and that’s the issue I have. They have completely ignored that we live here.”

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/people-bath-street-clo...

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chrisonabike replied to brooksby | 7 months ago
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brooksby wrote:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/automated-vehicles-bill-2023/...

Pretty sure the distinction between the "user in charge" and the person sitting in the driver's seat already exists in the Scottish legal system! Even if you're seen there before and after a crash a solid "I have no recollection of that" can be enough for the court to conclude that while you were the driver, you weren't actually *driving* in those moments, so it is not moral to hold you responsible.

The notion of "happened in your watch, the buck stops with you" continues to become less generally applicable. (No doubt we'll find out this also doesn't apply to the politicians who ushered in these changes...)

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David9694 replied to brooksby | 5 months ago
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Car brains indeed 

Gwyndaffy1 DAY AGO

Don't ban the cars, ban the tourists instead. 

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David9694 replied to Tom_77 | 3 months ago
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Tractor striking barrier sparked emergency response

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24610875.tractor-striking-barrier...

and 

Disruption after 'all lines blocked' on railway

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24610378.disruption-all-lines-blo...

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bensynnock replied to David9694 | 2 months ago
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I love the comments in the daily echo, they're such a bunch of miseries.

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hawkinspeter replied to brooksby | 1 week ago
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brooksby wrote:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/29/extreme-car-dependency-u...

I created a forum post about that this morning, but it takes ages to show up.

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brooksby replied to hawkinspeter | 1 week ago
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hawkinspeter wrote:

brooksby wrote:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/29/extreme-car-dependency-u...

I created a forum post about that this morning, but it takes ages to show up.

Sorry,  Peter: I must have missed that one 

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hawkinspeter replied to brooksby | 1 week ago
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brooksby wrote:

Sorry,  Peter: I must have missed that one 

Oh, it's not your fault at all. I know it's there, but can't even find it when clicking on the Forum links. It'll likely appear after an hour or so.

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