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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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- 11waterloo 15 min 59 sec ago
Cheers! I've said it before but you were the player who seemed most similar to me in terms of strategy. If you picked a rider and I didn't I would...
- south wirral cyclist 24 min 22 sec ago
I agree that the BBC programme could have made the distinction between legal e-bikes and illegal e-bikes or e-motorbikes at the start of the...
- anotherflat 33 min 2 sec ago
Striders, islas and frogs have been purchased, upgraded and passed on....
- chrisonabike 1 hour 27 sec ago
Agreed - but - precisely because of assiduous green-washing* - the two are going to be popularly conflated. Thus unfortunately "no, that's nothing...
- hawkinspeter 1 hour 20 min ago
Oi, St Werburgh's City Farm is over there!
- Terry Hutt 1 hour 28 min ago
Riding an unsupported solo 600k is the least fun way of doing it. In America we get a metal badge, at least. So, PBP 2027?
- Terry Hutt 1 hour 45 min ago
Where do I sign up? This is so much easier than dieting.
- S.E. 2 hours 31 min ago
I'm sure they have checked everything better than I could ever do, but this axle opening 426 in the frame might add more torsion and shear than...
- chrisonabike 3 hours 7 min ago
Ah, but time means money!...
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sorry this has got nothing to do with cycling and just a passing reference to cars : "honk if you're a as full of hatred as we are!".
How do you get to the stage where you're prepared (superficially at least - you can bail out any time) to live like asylum seekers often live in order to oppose them.
RAF Scampton campaigners will 'fight to bitter end' despite council losing asylum seeker bid
The High Court ruled that the plans are not unlawful
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/raf-scampton-campaign...
A new twist on the parkco fines here and driver victimhood evolves to meet the challenge:
“For them to restrict my freedom of movement to a car park even though I’m a paying customer is disgusting really. If I’d known I couldn’t even cross the road I wouldn't have done it. I certainly don’t want to be paying a £100 fine when I’ve spent money there."
Man parked at Gloucester Peel Centre hit with £100 fine 'for crossing the road to get cash out' despite shopping at Iceland's Food Warehouse and Burger King
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/man-parked-gl...
A bit of a role reversal. Cyclist blocking pavement with massive cargo bike.
I was quite proud of avoiding replying "but cyclists..."
https://x.com/Russ_Parsons/status/1733287828807630862?s=20
blameless drivers, miraculous drivers...
A44 Cotheridge crash on black ice: teen's 'miracle escape'
Now her family wants answers because they say the road had not been gritted - however, Worcestershire County Council insist the road was treated.
Miss Leather said: “I am so thankful to still be alive and thank goodness there are some lovely people in this world willing to help.
"Please get something sorted with this road, so no one has to go through what I did."
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/23974718.a44-cotheridge-crash-black...
Driver rescued from flood water by firefighters in Droitwich
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/23979869.driver-rescued-flood-water...
4x4 vehicle leaves B4214 road at A465 junction near Bromyard
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/23979709.4x4-vehicle-leaves-b4214-roa...
Car park "scam" is AI health nudge
There have been a number of reports of innocent drivers being signed up to gym memberships and sent veg box deliveries. One driver claims that a bike was delivered to his home a week after he visited a car park 400 yards away from home.
In fact, this is a cheeky health promotion initiative by NHS Healthy West of England. A spokesman told us, "in areas where we know diet and obesity are major mortality factors, we are using AI to help point people to more healthy alternatives.
"In the car park initiative, drivers arriving to pick up a takeaway, a bottle of Johnnie Walker, cigarettes and a scratchcard, which is to say most of them, are assessed for their BMI and appropriate interventions are signposted through the parking app."
Car park user billed for gym membership in 'scam'
Warnings about dodgy QR codes being used by fraudsters
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/car-park-user...
Quantock Hills joy riders warned they could go to prison for damaging rare plant life
https://www.wsfp.co.uk/news/quantock-hills-joy-riders-warned-they-could-...
You reap as you sow in my opinion:
https://www.tavernmotorclub.co.uk/exmoor-targa-new
Funny to think that Kent, which voted for Brexit and to be poorer and unable to provide basic public services is destined to disappear under a rising tide of driver piss.
Dover District Council scraps autumn road-side clean-up along A2 and A20 to save money
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/we-ll-have-year-s-worth-of-bottl...
Warning after North Baddesley lollipop lady struck by van
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23981192.warning-north-baddesley-lollip...
since we decided back in June 2016 that we don't want nice things, I think this represents the end of an era as regards lollipop men and ladies.
Don’t buy children e-scooters for Christmas,’ Kent Police and Crime Commissioner warns as county hotspots revealed
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/its-one-of-the-most-dangerous-chr...
I remain hopeful that young people will come of age and end the oppression by a car-obsessed older generation of e-scooters.
Deputy mayor of Christchurch Cllr Paul Hilliard urges cyclists to wear helmets after he was involved in a collision at Fountain Roundabout
another crash victim turned helmet evangelist - the sea that you can get in is right there.
https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/deputy-mayor-issues-cycling-sa...
Bath farmer sentenced after dragging dog behind car in 'haunting' case of animal cruelty
Suspended sentence, 300 hours unpaid work.
https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-12-12/farmer-sentenced-after-d...
£1billion for ten miles of new road
No mention of any active travel. Plenty of Save the Driver nonsense though.
Shirley Road driver admits pleasuring himself near woman
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23985010.southampton-man-21-admits-carr...
I haven't been able to access this story in full as I'm too cheap to subscribe, so grateful if anyone can.
Watch as Devon pensioner runs down man for 'buying last pasty'
One man fell after being rammed by the mobility scooter. Devon and Cornwall Police officers later seized the vehicle
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/watch-devon-pensioner-runs-dow...
Motorists block road to save runaway chihuahua
Drivers happy to protect a dog, but will also hurl abuse if they think a cyclist might slow them down slightly - does that mean cyclists are worth less than dogs?
(in a weird mood - probably best if this is my last post of the day)
Never trust a BMW (that poor driver, betrayed by his own car):
https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-12-11/picture-shows-aftermath-of-suspected-drink-driving-crash-on-busy-a-road
The man who will forever be known as Buck Tarbrush (to anyone who's seen the movie version of Porridge) demonstrating why failure to stop should, as is the case in many US states, carry an automatic assumption that the driver was avoiding being drink/drug tested and receive the same punishment. Smashing into a line of parked cars, driving off with one of them still attached to his vehicle, either having a serious medical episode (which he would presumably have declared in mitigation) or pissed out of his skull.
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/jimmy-tarbuck-h...
Anger over 'cars parked over graves' in Gloucester churchyard amid fears 'unofficial' parking is spreading across city centre
There are concerns the "unofficial" parking on council land is spreading across Gloucester city centre due to the closure of Longsmith Street car park
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/anger-over-ca...
This design looks a nightmare if you live with a disability.
Sleaford marketplace scheme deferred for second time as disability concerns persist
North Kesteven District Council wants to turn the Sleaford market square into a plaza
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/sleaford-marketplace-...
Daily Mash - Five reasons to honk your car horn, all of which are that you're a prick
Parents go through 'worst nightmare' after beloved daughters killed in crash
Verity and Jason North said they have been left heartbroken 'forever' after the deaths of Maddie and Libby. The 21 and 17-year-old were killed by speeding motorist Thomas Lenthall
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/regional-news/parents-go-thro...
Car advocates, Top Gear devotees, rally and F1 fans, the whole lot of you, here's just a single example what it all means in reality. This is what you are in favour of.
Now imagine all these people getting together and producing their combined narrative - week after week month after month, getting louder than the car and oil industry.
Bit of a long read, this but seems to throw doubt on one more lane will fix it.
New A2 Canterbury slip-road branded ‘absolutely daft’ by Wincheap residents
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/it-s-already-so-busy-new-sl...
Waterways licence needed but included in canoe England membership. Hope they are insured!
In nine years of driving illegally (and dangerously, given he can't see) the Lancashire Police didn't pick up on him.
Fits with everything else I've heard about them...
If urine counts as 'litter', then logically that would apply whether it be human or e.g. canine urine. Are dog owners required to pick up their dog's urine?
And linked within the article
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23972457.southampton-van-driver-attacks...
And the usual comments in the article:
Subside your business rates, Mr Patel? That hardly seems a fair use of public money …
He went on, "of course the petrol rationing limits how much driving I can do". But his enthusiasm for the 1940s in undimmed and Callum intends to contract rickets in 2024 and plans to die of diphtheria before he is 21.
I wish we had politicians that wanted social justice rather than competing with each other to make things as unfair as possible and stacking the odds against the poor and vulnerable.
Maybe the French were onto something with the guillotine and it's about time that we instilled some fear into the ruling class.
That's an unfair clause and should be challenged.
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