Drivers and their problems

Another driving tragedy and another Coroner not grasping the bull by the horns, so we will learn nothing

This is Audi A1 YH66 UTP pulling out from a school onto the main road 'interacting' with a mobile held in the right hand. No response from Lancashire Constabulary- the officer, if they ever think at all, no doubt thinking 'nothing happened, what's the fuss about'

David9694 wrote:

Another day and the algorithm serves me up the Dorset Speed Cameras group. 

Imagine leading your life like this. 

Oh dear, I got sucked in and looked up that group. My favourite comments on that photo were from 'Dave" who starts off by saying that that road is already dangerous enough (I think he means that enforcing that speed limit in an attempt to make it safer will make it more dangerous, maybe that's because people will have to concentrate on their speed as well as their phone) but then follows it up by saying that roads aren't dangerous in themselves and it's the drivers that are the problem and we need more police...

Or am I missing a huge amount of sarcasm?

Paywall article.
But you'd think after the first incident he might attempt to avoid the potholes or at least maybe slow down a bit.

normal for Norfolk ?

David9694 wrote:

I knew it all along: 

Fly-tipper caught dumping fridge landed with big fine

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/fly-tipper-caught-dumping...

You have to feel sorry for him, he had to drive while disqualified as no one else would fly-tip his fridge

But doesn't the headline show how little is thought of driving offences? And six months disqualification for driving while disqualified, that'll show him!

It's the threat of AI in cars obviously. So many of these machines being reported as causing severe harm and death, presumably while the driver is somewhere else?

Mind you, clearly policing and media editors are also on a different planet...

Rendel Harris wrote:

Even by usual shoddy reporting standards, this is special: stupid boy, breaking his legs!

https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2024-02-13/boy-12-breaks-both-legs-in...

Jogle wrote:

'Crazy car parking permit rules' means Banbury motorist can't park outside his home Am I missing something? They can't get two parking permits because both cars are registered to the husband and the leased car can only be registered in the husband's name. The council has said that they can have a second permit if they register one car in the wife's name. The husband says that they can't do that because they can't change the register keeper of the leased car. The car that doesn't have a permit is the car which is not leased. Surely the answer is to change the registered keeper on the non-leased car, get a second permit, park outside your home and not go to the newspaper? https://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/transport/crazy-car-parking-permi...

Dont you be coming on 'ere with yer "common sense"!

People do get very weird about being able to park in the public-not-private space outside their own home, don't they? Like people who own two or more cars (or two cars plus a commercial van that probably ought to stored at the depot) and yet move into a flat with only one designated parking space and complain about the lack of parking...

David9694 wrote:

Frome roads to be closed as schools to go car-free for children and parents

Frome is launching a School Streets trial to improve the safety and wellbeing of its young residents

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/frome-roads-closed-sch...

Great, but don't let this become an obstacle to a more extensive  roll-out of 20 mph. "It's OK outside schools" is a containment strategy by drivers. 

Yeah, it's fine to run over kids if they're not too close to a school

Hirsute wrote:

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Reminds me of that scene in the first Despicable Me film, with the woman in a compact, then a bloke in (IIRC) a SUV bullying her, then Gru in his silver supervillain car comes along 

I dug up an old 20mph comment thread to add the BBC version of that article (I never know who's copy-pasting who in the media these days) so folks are having at it there also.

David9694 wrote:

Exeter 'human bollards' live in fear of death threats and poo through letterboxes

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/exeter-human-bollards-live-fea...

This and ktache's comment got me thinking - would there be less uproar if the human bollards simply took it in turns to leave their car (BOLAS duly deployed) for "just a minute" in the appropriate blocking location(s)?  They'd need to switch around - because everyone knows that if something stays in one place on a road for too long (like a cycle hangar) that's also a crime against nature.

Knocked over !

BOLAS please.

I suspect people on the south side are going to Hadleigh instead as it takes the same amount of time and there are more shops.

No driver involved.

It is very nice, and quiet,as long as you avoid the steep bits and steer clear of that Hintlesham road, that's dangerous in a vehicle, positively lethal on a bike, very nice area to ride.

As for the village shop, I expect the daft villagers use their 5min drives, to pop to supermarkets in Hadleigh or even Ipswich instead of walking to a shop

RE: Another driving tragedy and another Coroner not grasping the bull by the horns,

Don't worry, in recognition that we need a broader, more integrated vision across the domain - just like we have for marine transport, rail and air ...

... the government has launched the Road Safety Investigation Branch!  Oh, wait, they didn't, they just said they will...

I think this stuff shouldn't all be down to the conscientiousness of coroners and Reports to Prevent Future Deaths - and blind hope that them asking a question (with the best understanding they can muster) will prompt some other body to do a review, then pass recommendations up the chain etc. etc. and eventually lead to powers that be directing that change happens.

Bob Wilson could choose to free up police time by not speeding.