Drivers and their problems

article builds the case for 20 mph limits

I tried to drive at 20mph around rural Huddersfield but at times it did not feel safe

Wales has introduced 20mph speed limit but how would drivers react to me driving at 20mph on local roads in Huddersfield?

"I soon found that sticking to 20mph isn't straightforward and, on roads with higher speed limits, it probably isn't safe to do so with the current laws because other drivers can become impatient."

wait 'til you hear about cycling, Andrew 

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/news-opinion/tried-drive-20mph-aroun...

Residents in Sittingbourne speak out about gridlock caused by A249 roadworks at Grovehurst and Stockbury roundabouts

Rachel King, co-owner of Body Care hair and beauty salon in School Lane, says she expects to lose valuable appointment time due to customers being late due to traffic.

She said: “The works are going to be a pain and it is a nightmare getting home.

“My clients who live in Iwade won't be able to leave the village.”

The Medway resident added that she “wouldn't want to live in the village because of traffic”.

Amy Attwood, a company director at Novia Limited, said her employees were “imprisoned” on the Eurolink estate in Kemsley, thanks to the multiple road closures.

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourne/news/soon-we-won-t-be-able-to...

'Inconsiderate' drivers parking near Southend Sainsbury's in middle of busy road to avoid paying charges

https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/inconsiderate-drivers-parking...

Falmer: Train (SIC) gets stuck underneath railway bridge

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23824355.falmer-train-gets-stuck-underne...

'Bring back Fezzy Park' - Calls for permanent Stoke-on-Trent base for boy racers

Let them have their fun latest- this sounds like yet another driver subsidy in the making here - no sign of anyone putting their hand in their pocket 

Keiron Horne said: "I don’t see what the problem is. You have people on nights out drunk, drugged-up and causing fights whereas we only have a good time and a laugh. All the people that disagree envy the fact that some of the cars are things they can only dream about..."  nope, Keiron

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/bring-back-fezz...

Nottingham tram bosses say number of cars getting stuck on tracks has 'improved dramatically'

Motorists can be fined for entering a designated tram gate in Nottingham.
 

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/nottingham-tram-bosses-sa...

'Ghost car' terrifies mum and daughter as they drive down Cheshire road

It's one of two unexplained incidents said to have happened on the stretch, investigator says

https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/ghost-car-ter...

Police patrol school drop off areas where residents have had enough of parents blocking their driveways

Residents say they are frustrated with what they described as inconsiderate parking

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/police-patrol-school-drop-...

Driver issued with traffic summons after crash involving Gills players

(Follow up) A speed awareness course - wrist duly slapped - I guess anything more would constitute "unfair enforcement".  

His manager:

He said: “I have seen the video clip, where it doesn’t look great, that he’s lost control, but having spoke to eye witnesses myself and police and all the players involved, the problem was the car, not the driver, which is pleasing for me to be able to say.

“However, it is just a reminder to all of us that we have to be careful and make sure we look after our community as well. I reminded the players of that but everyone is safe and it was just a pure accident.

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/driver-issued-with-traffic-summ...

great to know you're on the side of the drivers, Prime Minister - here's a couple of examples of who you're backing:

Penzance crash into car, bus and pole leads to driver being detained under Mental Health Act

The incident saw a van collide with a car, a bus, and then a roadside pole.

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/penzance-crash-car-bus-p...

Stoned driver's head-on crash changed victim's life forever

Patrick Dean was driving far too fast in difficult driving conditions - then sat down and smoked a cigarette as his collapsed victim asked him for help

A head-on collision then took place badly damaging both cars. Mr Crome was able to get out of his car but immediately collapsed due to pain. Mr Crome asked Dean to call him an ambulance but when he saw him sat down having a cigarette he called one himself.

Mr Crome was rushed into hospital and found to have suffered a ruptured bowel. He was off work for nearly three months and still suffers psychologically. In one of his victim personal statements he said: "If it's not the thought of what happened it's the pain that keeps me up at night."

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/stoned-drivers-head-cras...

'We're living under siege' from school traffic

Neighbours say traffic-calming measures have actually made roads around the secondary school more chaotic

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/were-living-under-siege-...

Johnny Mercer says he will 'fight tooth and nail for Tamar Bridge commuters'

MP Johnny Mercer says 'no-one has worked harder on this than Sheryll Murray'

At most, regulars will have to pay £1.80 instead of £1.50. 

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/news-opinion/johnny-mercer-says-fight-...

drivers and their problems 

Vandals write off driver’s car after breakdown on the A35 near Lyndhurst

Mr Squier lamented the theft of handmade Dolly Anna (not at all cursed - see article pic), gifted by his aunt on a rare visit to her in Yorkshire two weeks earlier.

“The claim is now settled and I have another car now, a BMW 520, but it still hurts,” Mr Squier said.

“The car was a rare model which I had hoped to keep for several more years.

https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/i-m-sick-and-i-m-angry-driver-...

Bloody cyclists - Southampton: Concerns over street lights after pile of waste dumped

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23840013.southampton-concerns-street-li...

BBC denies reports that Top Gear will be axed after Flintoff accident

Filming for series 34 of the show was halted after an accident involving presenter and former England captain Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/bbc-top-gear-axe-freddie-flintoff-acc...

Although I enjoyed them as a kid, I then came to think good guys vs bad guys storylines were trite and simplistic - things are never that clear-cut. Now the contrast grows ever stronger. 

Exeter Just Stop Oil protester 'struck by motorist'

The march brought traffic to a standstill in Exeter on Saturday - leaving some drivers angry

Mia Fidge, 20, "My generation has no choice but to fight against the genocidal decisions that the UK government is making, in an attempt to protect our loved ones and the future for all.”

Marilyn Spurr, 75, “I find slow marching with Just Stop Oil rather scary but the climate crisis is even scarier. 

In the south, T-shirt weather in October. Landslips and flooding in Scotland. 

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/exeter-just-stop-oil-protester...

cyclists should be made to display number plates etc 

Surrey driver fined for leaves taped to number plate after speeding on A3 near Guildford

The leaves were said to be taped to the number plate

https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/surrey-driver-fined-leaves-...

cars.destroy.everything 

Hampshire police pleas for drivers to report animal collisions amid fatal New Forest hit-and-run spate

https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/five-hit-and-run-animal-deaths...

Hampshire fly-tippers dumped waste including fridge at walking spot

https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/23842163.hampshire-fly-tippers...

police were able to eliminate cyclists from their enquiries at an early stage

'Openreach plonked a telegraph pole over my driveway while I was at work'

"My daughters have bigger cars and can't fit."

""I think it's going to devalue the house as well, because if I eventually sell, because I've lost my husband, it's going to put someone off...no real notice before the new pole was put up"

https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/new-telegraph-pole-...

Oh, Mr Ebay!!