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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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- ErnieC 7 sec ago
Not as if the IRA was calling for the total destruction of England.
- AidanR 1 min 37 sec ago
That's because that's a Honda NSX
- kingleo 2 min 21 sec ago
A survey done in the UK found that 83% of the people who cycle own a car.
- open_roads 55 min 59 sec ago
Northwave make some great shoes but don't appear to have had a UK distributor for a while - so it's pretty much impossible to buy any of the...
- mdavidford 58 min 11 sec ago
A very good point - maybe those who drive are pulling more sickies because they just can't face the morning commute.
- mdavidford 1 hour 3 min ago
From what I can make out they counted anyone who'd done any kind of cycling at all in the last four weeks - so that could just be a pootle to the...
- Bungle_52 1 hour 23 min ago
It is becoming increasingly obvious to me, after many years of video reporting, that the highway code is just seen as an arbiter for civil cases...
- Bungle_52 1 hour 44 min ago
This was the final part of the pier to pier cycle route linking Weston and Clevedon....
- Surreyrider 2 hours 15 min ago
This is terrible news. I hope they all recover well.
- Bmblbzzz 3 hours 11 min ago
Love the mina/maja pun!
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Interesting that according to the local rag the people trying to stop lawbreaking are the 'protestors', and not the drivers flouting the rules and insisting on their illegal progress.
Better than 'vigilantes' I suppose.
It was a difficult one to decide to post on but I decided in the longer term all the excusing and downplaying isn't going to help anyone.
Also
"Also how do the 300-plus local people who made personal donations and loans to build the current hall feel about the Memorial Hall charging for children to attend school"
It's my human rights to drive and park anywhere for free.
“Drop off is between 8.30 and 8.50am. The first function at the hall begins at 9am."
except for Tuesdays when it's Fitsteps at 8.45 am - but don't let facts get in the way of a good whinge.
https://v2.hallmaster.co.uk/Scheduler/View/10133?startRoom=0&startView=d...
"The hall’s attitude seems to be ‘the school’s parking problem is the school’s problem, not ours’, and ‘if you want to park in the Memorial Hall car park, pay for it’"
Not after 2030, the Great Reset, UN resolution working class people out of their cars
There's always the chance that the passenger was checking the app.
The police seem to be of the opinion that the damaged road signs and worn road markings were more to blame for the driver failing to see the crossroads rather than him perhaps not paying attention because he was checking his map. The police in the article claimed they "believed" that the driver was accessing a mapping app "as he was new to the area" (so that's alright then).
Families call for new crossing at accident hotspot where boy racers 'bomb down'
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has 'identified a need for intervention' on Turnhurst Road
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/families-call-n...
A story that could be told and retold a thousand times over.
Remember Wash Lane ?, well today a lorry tried to drive through it, mindlessly following GPS again, and has got stuck
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/24081098.wash-lane-combs-ford-near-stowmarke...
‘Seismic shift’: push toward SUVs makes driving unaffordable for many
Luxury vehicles, production cuts and soaring insurance prices have sent the cost of US car ownership out of control
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/29/us-car-costs-insurance-...
Actually quite an interesting read on how the car companies moved everything toward creating better profit margins, meaning that there is an ever shrinking range of 'affordable' motor vehicles (even second hand) in a country which was basically designed around your owning a car to do anything…
(edited for typo:accordable-->affordable)
One for the wait 'til he hears about cars folder
Exeter man fears 'silent assassin' e-bikes in city centre
Mark Tyler, a former ITV Westcountry presenter, says he has narrowly missed being hit by an e-bike in Exeter on at least two occasions
"It's down to us to ensure that we don't step out unless we're absolutely convinced that everything's ok but sometimes you see a bike in the distance and before you know it, it's on top of you."
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/exeter-man-fears-silent-assass...
Gosh, Mike nearly hit on two occasions you say - let's you and me go for a bike ride, and see how long it takes us to notch up two "nearly hits"
Drivers are still going through Portland Terrace bus zone
My favourite reader comment has to be "The roads are for vehicles? Pavements for pedestrians. Not very entitled, its why they are there. The arrogance of councillors to take the road away from the public is astounding & they forget why they exist."
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24082815.drivers-still-going-portland-t...
Victory for our great city' as clean air zones to be binned
More than 1,100 people signed the petition, which also opposed the introduction of the "15-minute-city"
yet here you are Council leader Jane Ashworth 5-6 years on doing nothing to protect your residents from pollution.
"The situation is fairly clear. Since 2018, when the Conservative Government told the city to clean up its pollution problems, there has been agreement that yes things need to change, and yes the decisions that are made and plans that are put forward need to come forward from within our city.
"Time after time, you will see a situation where something may be imposed by central Government that doesn't quite get it in terms of the way life works and traffic flows in our city. It's our intention to make sure that Government does not impose upon us a solution that doesn't meet our needs.
"We are working frequently with external contractors, with people who understand better than we do, the issues around polution in our city and we're trying to come up with something which says we do not need a CAZ (Clean Air Zone). What we need instead is some traffic changes around a specific area in Fenton.
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/mp-jonathan-gul...
How bullshit travels
Oxfordshire 20mph speed limits introduced in four new areas
New 20mph speed limits are to be introduced in four areas of Oxfordshire despite concerns the county will "soon become like North Korea".
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24075925.oxfordshire-20mph-speed-limit...
"I'm not against cycling-"
"that's great, let's get this built-"
"but-"
"there's a but?"
Cycle route branded 'absolutely ridiculous' ahead of work starting on crucial section
There's anger but also positivity as the Longlevens section will see work along the B4063
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/cycle-route-b...
Dinas Powys man was driving while disqualified for 18th time
So he was jailed for 16 months and banned from driving for six years.... because driving bans are so effective at stopping him from driving......
https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/24084608.dinas-powys-man-dri...
oh, nothing just the headlines page of the Southern Echo earlier this week
Tesla Norway fjord crash passengers saved by floating sauna users
It took me a while to parse that headline.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-68177125
Not-so Smart car gets stuck trying to pass bin lorry in Ruins Barn Road, Sittingbourne
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourne/news/car-gets-stuck-after-try...
Drivers fined over new temporary speed limit changes on A20 Sidcup Road, near Swanley Interchange
She added: “There must be so many people who are stressed, who have not been able to sleep or eat over the NIPs.
“People are going to lose their jobs and homes. Most people have a clean licence and now they are at risk of losing it over this.
“However, as highlighted to you again by a local journalist this week, there is still at least one sign stating 50mph and many Satellite Navigation systems are still showing 50mph and 70mph for this section of road.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/bexley-and-bromley/news/thousands-slapped-w...
Motorist fined £100 for parking on pavement outside his own house
“The council wardens in their wisdom are now issuing tickets for this sort of parking.” He added: “Absolutely scandalous. Something that needs to be highlighted to everyone. Not even a leaflet drop to warn anyone. Immediate £100 fine. Heartless money grabbers.”
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/motorist-fined-...
Poor little me. Excellent - whole of the UK, please. See also:
Cherry Wood Primary School: Police warn on parking
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24095158.cherry-wood-primary-school...
Outrage over 'atrocious' parking situation in Leominster
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24082004.outrage-atrocious-parking-si...
Fleggburgh parking row prompts double yellow lines call
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24083756.fleggburgh-parking-row-prompts-dou...
Family’s fight for safer crossing on Maidstone Road, Matfield, after son hit by car outside The Poet
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/it-s-the-call-every-parent-f...
One more crossing will fix it.
The driver is not thought to have been speeding and told police she did not see Oliver in time. It was dark and raining when the accident happened. (No mention of any police action.) His mum Ruth Hoy said: “I got the call every parent dreads."
Calls for talks to stop £100 car park fines for 'crossing road to use toilet'
Many drivers have fallen foul of the new strict parking regulations which were introduced at the St Ann Way retail park last year
Councillor Pam Tracey (C, Westgate) says her inbox is being filled with emails from people who have been given a parking charge notice. She says the problems with the charge notices there and other parking woes are the talk of Gloucester.
“It’s diabolical,” she said. “It’s one email after another. There’s loads of people being hit.
“They are fining people who park there in the evenings now too. As far as I’m concerned the Peel Centre never did their homework before they introduced these rules."
I rather think they did, Cllr Tracey and it doesn't sound like they want it be told their business by you. If it's the talk of Gloucester, then presumably it's only out of towners now being hit? How many of them are writing to you?
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/calls-talks-s...
Oh dear, how sad, what a shame
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jaguar-land-rover-stolen...
Allez, allez!
https://news.sky.com/story/paris-votes-to-triple-parking-charges-for-som...
subsidised freeloaders want to go on freeloading. - it's a family thing
Co-op, Barker Street - anger at overnight parking ban
"There are families who have lived there years. Children have got older and have their own cars and park in the street.
"The car park has always been a godsend."
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24094041.co-op-barker-street---ange...
Staffordshire motorsport show 'evacuated due to high levels of carbon monoxide'
One disgruntled attendee wrote on Motorsport With Attitude's Facebook page: "Three-and-a-half hours drive to stay the weekend for events. I don't understand why you ran the arena shows inside with so little ventilation, the extractors were not enough and need big powerful fans to push the fumes out.
Another said: "We left after 1.5 hrs. Went to the show at 11.30 and car monoxide fumes were unbearable!!"
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/staffordshire-m...
Parisians vote in favour of tripling parking costs for SUVs
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/04/parisians-vote-in-favour-o...
Maybe we need a specific "SUV drivers and their problems" thread.
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