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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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- Rendel Harris 3 min 30 sec ago
There's a word missing from your post. That word is "Uyghurs".
- stevemaiden 2 sec ago
It's a valid and progressive question, but not when used as the key line in a commercial campaign. ...
- ChasP 15 min 46 sec ago
It's important to look at the category rating of photochromic glasses. The categories range from 0 (clear) to 4 (too dark to use for driving). 1-3...
- Hirsute 33 min 7 sec ago
Of course no connection between earning 189k for being a gold bullion ambassador and advocating the gold standard !
- lesterama 1 hour 7 min ago
Not just the lumens, but also the legislation. Bike lights that aren't dipped are a menace....
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Lots of blinding lights out there. If we lived in Germany, they would be banned - not for being too bright, but not being dipped. I've had a 1,200...
- GMBasix 1 hour 32 min ago
Taking the photo as the scene in question, I'd say the junction and left hand bends were contraindications to overtaking. The right-turn filter ...
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I have a L&M headlight. No complaints except it got so hot I had to put it under running water to shut it off....
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I had a pair of Fulcrum wheels that came with my Genesis bike, but shortly after buying it, a rear wheel spoke broke. Turned out that they used...
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I WILL VANDALISE THE CAMERAS AND NOT PAY THE FINES!! - and gosh darn it, the Government wants me out of my car - who knew?
Or, and this would fit, they've opened for entries to I'm a Celebrity ("get me out of here or I'll clock you one", as seems increasingly to be the case these days.)
People held 'hostage' by Gloucester roadworks holding a party to celebrate freedom
Residents in Hempsted have been trapped by works on Secunda Way
To mark the moment of freedom, people in Hempsted are being invited to leave their homes and take part in their own Oktoberfest.
After their first week of restricted nighttime movements, residents in the area are banding together for an Oktoberfest beer and gin evening when the roadworks come to an end, dubbed "Hempsted's very own End of Roadworks Party." With 1l stein glasses of beer and bratwurst, the area's residents will be celebrating with an old-fashioned knees up.
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/people-held-h...
Just be careful when driving back home...
Gosh, Freedom Day. This could very easily be the scene if Mr Bucknell and co mix their drinks.
Not sure how we got from "old-fashioned knees-up" to Oktoberfest (and gin) but hey, hands across the water and all that.
Fancy dress "actively encouraged" - win a prize* - suggestions? Prison suit (ball & chain optional), YMCA construction guy? (" Did someome say 'pot-hole?' " - also optional).
Drivers : fix our road / GCC : *fixes road* / Drivers : not like that!
"The work to resurface 1.1 miles of road will take around 2,700 tonnes of material and is part of Gloucestershire County Council's "summer of resurfacing", a cornerstone of the council's £100m commitment to improving the county's ailing road infrastructure."
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/witness-describes-swansea-...
* first prize - a night out with Mr Bucknell; second prize...
I thought the road was just closed, but this does sound inhuman - some of us just need to go in the night
Passenger, pretty much unidentifiable then...
"He says that the one-way signage, along with the two “no entry” signs and text on the road, are simply not working and should be made “infinitely more implicit.”"
Erm...
By sheer coincidence a copy of the Daily Mail from next week happened to fall through a wormhole in space and then through my letterbox this morning, containing the following story:
NOT A SINGLE CYCLIST HAS SAID THANK YOU TO HERO TRUCKER
Hero trucker Richard Kilburn, 61, who last week crashed his transporter but managed not kill some cyclists when doing so, has revealed NONE of the lycra-clad ingrates has been in touch to thank him. "I wasn't expecting any medals," the heroic driver told the Mail, "but I did think they might have at least said thank you and maybe sent me some wine or an Amazon voucher. I guess that's just the way people are these days, you don't kill them and they just don't have any gratitude."
(Heavy-handed facetiousness aside, I once had to copyedit a series of instructional manuals for US trainee truckers; as I recall the primary cause of jackknifing was excess speed, especially going downhill, in sidewinds, so our "hero" would appear to be rather more responsible for the incident than he or the Hate admit)
Well, no doubt about the driver complying with the 30 limit then!
That is a fun website! - https://www.carsized.com/
Comparing a 'normal' family car in 2022 to the classic WankPanzer.
Hmm - at least one somebody really wasn't paying attention, were they...?
Bollards?
"Crosswinds? The wind in Farningham on Wednesday peaked at 5mph"
https://twitter.com/ormondroyd/status/1695479793867755807
Or just compare a car with itself over time - weight and length of the Mini up by 120%
I heard it was more like 40 cars, and they were behind the tractor for 2 hours.
Several babies were born on back seats, 5 sets of children missed meals, the last rites were given to at least 6 elderly relatives, 4 hygienist appointments missed...
That's the countryman though its basically a range rover
You missed out the ambulance and fire engine...
Loving the "Farmers and their Problems" vibe in the Independent advice section.
“Did you go to your ten year high school reunion?”
“Yes, I did. It was just as though everyone had swelled.”
The apparent drive everywhere > get fatter > get a bigger car > rinse and repeat cycle must deserve study.
If they ever study cycle everywhere > get fatter > buy stronger bike I'll volunteer as a test subject. I've no idea what I'm doing wrong, in fact as soon as I finish this doughnut I'm going to Google it.
Tatler27: typical them Lycra's are all in it for themselves not a scarps of grattitide to hero trucker. What were they even doin out on a busy road like that ?????
maryJane: hope every one is ok. thanks you sir for your brave act
antelopman : must be well d'Issapointing if you booked your track day at Goodwood - will they do refunds ?
thegurner: driver must be in a dark place right now glad his firm are standimg by him, come on bike riders is a small thankyou to this night of the road too much to ask?could habe bein alot worse
Lotis46 : gutted to see all those great cars totalled
I have to say I was a bit intrigued by this overturning car transporter, especially as one of my regular routes is plagued by them (well, not the overturning bit, despite the presence of me, lycra clad, on a bicycle).
I think this is the exact location where our hero lorry driver was ambushed by the sudden appearance of cyclists (judging by the shape of the tree in the video).
https://goo.gl/maps/GGNJzDXgR5EScFxt7
Hmm...
Erm - that's a pretty spectacular loss of control...
I know the answer! It's a definitive yes. However, your case has no merit, you won't find a barrister who will take it, and if you manage to file the suit it will be dismissed on day one.
Accelerating hard through effective chicane (in convoy with other team members), hits a wet shaded patch? https://goo.gl/maps/ybHPYjSFkuiKe5zB6
I wonder if the witnesses they spoke to included the pedestrian who appears to stop sharply as the car approaches from under the rail bridge
The only fault on the car's part is that it is capable of being driven at way over the speed limit.
Thanks for the Streetview image - like the video, it doesn't convey this though, the reason why he swerves into the side like that.
Lack of responsibility for their own safety and even worse - their kids.
Should have been wearing hi-vis and a helmet.
"Quack! Honk! Thank-you, hero driver"
There was a young striker from Gills
Who floored his duff beemer for thrills
He demolished a wall
And his manager did call
You’ve run up some sizeable bills
It's that pesky Kentish cross-wind again, isn't it, every August it's the same.
He's quite the down-player, this Mr Harris, the boy dun good.
(Classed as a Car Crashes into Building story, but no matter.)
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