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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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- andystow 20 min 23 sec ago
And deep fried? I'm not eating that.
- snooks 2 hours 27 min ago
That Synapse was a great bike even if the power pyramid was gimmicky. Then Cannonade screwed it up with poor quality lights, cables ,wire and a...
- David9694 3 hours 44 min ago
'This place is a joke' - Your Royal Stoke parking nightmares...
- don simon fbpe 4 hours 57 min ago
I can't work out whether this is a complaint about being pushed down the list or a huzzah for the plucky Brits trying to kick Putin's ass and fight...
- Rendel Harris 5 hours 41 min ago
I can't speak for this company but I know a couple of people who have contacted manufacturers (one through their LBS, one direct) and asked for...
- hawkinspeter 11 hours 17 min ago
I do carry a cheap TPU tube for emergencies, but the Dynaplug is so much quicker and easier than needing to remove wheel/tyre etc. You just get the...
- Rendel Harris 11 hours 56 min ago
March 21st, 1967: birth of Adrian Chiles.
- chrisonabike 13 hours 23 min ago
(This is rather OT now, but...)...
- chrisonabike 14 hours 4 min ago
That's old hand! You really want a hand with integrated display.
- David9694 15 hours 32 min ago
It made a hole and police are looking into it.
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Speeding motorists terrorise volunteers on busy A359
Drivers are swerving, shouting, and speeding on the A359, making life hell for the community speed watch volunteers
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/speeding-motorists-ter...
Shock, horror: Council targets the main source of the problem.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/02/hounslow-council-chiswick-sc...
It begins to look like full road closures, rather than for example SALT is yet another thing drivers have brought on themselves in recent years.
A house built on cars is built on sand:
A448: The Fox Inn boss 'stressed' over road closure
The work by Severn Trent on the A448 started in May 2023 but had to be abandoned due to a road worker being seriously injured after being hit by a vehicle.
The closure is in place 24/7 and there is no through route to Kidderminster from Bromsgrove between Harvington Hall Lane and Dobes Lane.
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24149984.a448-fox-inn-boss-stressed...
Parents of teenager who died in crash give plea for passengers to voice concerns with driver
The parents have also called on companies to provide a method for people to report concerns about a colleague's driving
Jacob sent a message to his friend minutes before he died, saying: “My driver’s stoned. Lovely.”
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/parents-teenager-who-di...
A load of cars is great for your world heritage - Pay up, freeloaders.
Fears Devon town could lose world status over parking plan.
Thousands of people have backed the 'Stop the Meters' campaign
Mrs Sanders (Tavistock BID manager Janna Sanders) worries that having to input a car registration number into a machine could cause unnecessary stress, especially if they also have to use a phone or app to pay. "They just want to pop into the grocery shop or the butchers, have a chat and buy something quickly. Having to negotiate parking meters is going to change everything about our high street. We are thinking about people's mental health as well as supporting the businesses we care about."
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/fears-devon-town-could-lose-91...
Two cars destroyed after being driven onto beach and getting stuck
One was washed out to sea and the other was flipped onto its roof
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/two-cars-destroyed-aft...
(news of this took a few days to reach Somerset)
Norfolk police ride buses to catch drivers using phones, as daft as it sounds, they still caught 59 drivers in one day.
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24161232.norfolk-police-ride-buses-catch-dr...
Pensioner banned from road after (driving through red light and) mowing down nine-year-old in front of her mum
https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/04/pensioner-banned-road-mowing-nine-year-ol...
Not sure what stonojnr makes of this given the lack of response on their reporting portal
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24161232.norfolk-police-ride-buses-catch-drivers-using-phones/
"One driver was caught using her mobile phone just weeks after passing her driving test. She will now have to re-sit both her theory and practical driving tests before being allowed to drive again." !!
Portishead motorists to be fined for obstructing bin lorries
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-68445733
Drivers really surprise me occasionally .
Bat-wielding gang threaten and racially abuse road workers in Gloucester
They arrived in a silver Audi, a white Volkswagen Caddy and a silver Volkswagen Golf, were wearing tracksuits and armed with bats.
A group of workers were at a road closure on Barnwood Road, with the junction of North Upton Lane, when they were approached by a man driving a Smart Car. When he was told he could not pass due to the road closure, he became abusive towards the workmen before driving off.
A short time later, a group of men arrived in a convoy of cars, dressed in track suits and carrying bats, and made threats of violence to the workers. They also subjected them to racist abuse. Gloucestershire Police believe this incident could be linked to a report of anti-social driving in the area.
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/bat-wielding-...
cyclists should pay road tax and have insurance and take a test and have an MOT
Volkswagen Golf held together by gaffer tape seized by police in Wadebridge as driver is arrested
The driver of the battered vehicle was already disqualified from driving, uninsured and also tested positive for cocaine at the roadside.
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/volkswagen-golf-held-tog...
Now, what was it all those local councillors were saying/complaining about public money being thrown at cycle lanes?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/06/uk-fuel-duty-cut-regres...
Worcester hospital parking making Oakmont Drive 'dangerous'
ANGRY neighbours are calling for double yellow lines 'before someone is killed' after a head-on crash was blamed on parking problems spilling over from a new hospital A&E opened opposite.
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24166665.worcester-hospital-parking...
Tragedy as dad reverses over and kills his toddler daughter after she wandered onto driveway in ‘tragic accident’
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/26428824/dad-reverses-over-kills-toddler-d...
I don't wish to seem unsympathetic, but "she sat down behind the [car] and was tragically killed around 10 minutes later."
So, the driver was so convinced of the efficacy of his parking sensors that he didn't check around his car at all for ten minutes before driving away?
And, the child's "small size meant it was unlikely the car sensors would have detected her" and "there was nothing to alert the father to her presence”? But these cars are still OK to drive around in public? You know, where there are children sometimes?
It's a terrible incident, and I feel awful for the family, but I also feel angry that nobody seems to have been criticised for anything - not the father for not checking, not whoever thought the child was still in the back garden, not the car manufacturer whose sensors don't pick up small humans.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/electric-jaguar-police-t...
Quite apart from the more serious design issue highlighted by this incident,
'The car manufacturing giants had originally planned to make the I-Pace sound like a “sci-fi spacecraft”, but in testing they found that the sound caused pedestrians to look up at the sky, instead of in the direction of the vehicle.'
When will designers learn that in order to warn people of something approaching, they need to make it sound like the thing? I've had the same problem with bicycle bells, and I still haven't managed to find a loud enough, compact enough one that actually sounds like a bicycle bell.
Road Peace
1 - Road traffic collisions are the leading cause of death among children and young people aged 5-29 years
- In the event of a crash - the higher the speed, the higher the injury severity
- The frequency of crashes increases with the speed of traffic
2 We're horrified by these reckless and flippant comments.
"She actually does say this. “I’ve seen children hit by a bus and they’ve bounced up and asked if they could have a milkshake please” "
https://twitter.com/stillawake/status/1765279258530681286
BMW driver rammed cars on M3 to improve their driving
A driver who caused "pandemonium" on the M3, driving at up to 130mph and ramming cars out of the way, told police he was targeting people whose driving did not meet his expectations.
"I want to open up everyone’s eyes to keeping the outside lane clear. That is how I drive in a computer game.
The high-speed rampage only stopped when he collided with another vehicle near junction two for Winchester, causing it to spin around in the road.
But Bathurst-Shaw-Binning then got in another driver's car and told her to drive on, adding: "We need to go and see Charlie."
He then got out of the vehicle and was arrested whilst hiding in the undergrowth at the side of the motorway.
When interviewed he told police he had gone out to get cigarettes.
He was also disqualified from driving for 10 years with a further 40 months added on to take into account the time he will serve in custody.
Mitigating, Islam Khan said his client has "sincere remorse" and "now upon reflection sees the consequences of his actions".
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24167776.bmw-driver-rammed-cars-m3-impr...
Fella's got to earn a living.
Maybe whoever wrote the graffiti is calling for road tax to be reinstated so the pot holes can be repaired.
Gonna say it again, and I know it's only a handful of loudmouths, drivers styling themselves as victims is one of the most dangerous attitudes around.
If only every day was a police action day!
It is worth repeating: why are the 'human bollards' described as protesters? There's a bus gate, and planters, and a traffic regulation order, all stopping through traffic there, so surely its people like the van driver in the clip who are the actual protesters??
I liked the wobble the Belisha post makes when Mr I'm Way Out of my Depth reverses into it.
Just 9 years for this - pathetic
It's considerably worse than 'pathetic'!
"It looked like they were knocked, raced and just dumped on beach and the tide did the rest."
knocked?
Not sure how they swerve onto the pavement. They should be sited in a safe place with a buffer.
Don't read the comments below the article as its full of thick racists.
Frankly, if you don't want to get fined for breaking the law, then....er....this is really hard to work out but i'll give it a go....DON'T BREAK THE LAW.
They should also be concerned over the failure to drug test the driver for 12 hours! Surely it should be one of the first things they did?
Poor Policing. Poor lad didn't deserve to die at such a young age. And only 30 weeks: poor!
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