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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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- Capt Sisko 55 min 21 sec ago
I can't find anywhere where it says the minibus was going over 40mph or in fact reference to the speed it was going. I also can find anything about...
- Sredlums 1 hour 17 min ago
Fair assesment, i guess, and I probably look at it too much from my Dutch (flat country) persective....
- Shermo 2 hours 15 min ago
I've been running a set of Light Bicycle WR40 wheels for a year now, no complaints from me so far. ...
- leedorney 3 hours 26 min ago
Just think if Mark has never gone to that cycling meet..
- chrisonabike 3 hours 31 min ago
On the Greens - I hope the Green party sticks to principles of social justice, localism and environmentalism. I'm not familiar with European...
- ChasP 5 hours 34 min 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 5 hours 51 min ago
Of course no connection between earning 189k for being a gold bullion ambassador and advocating the gold standard !
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Apparently it was dressed all in black lycra. No hi viz vest in sight.
Where there's blame...
sorry sorry sorry
There once was a man from Bonecastle
Who drove like an absolute arsehole
He flew round a curve
Into a wall he did swerve
And failed to deliver his parcel
Licence confiscated, lost his job and is being investigated on assault charges, the German authorities reacted quickly. The police here would still be debating about it and his firm would be "driver will be sent on a driver education course" Was it worth when you're paid per hour
https://twitter.com/DougMcfarlane59/status/1679816456689573889
Battle rumbles on as ‘inconsiderate’ neighbour blocks access again to St Wulfram's Church in Grantham
https://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/battle-rumbles-on-as-inconsiderat...
Anxieties swirl after latest accident on 'terrifying' Leighton Buzzard road where there have been 50 accidents in 5 years
e-petition
“Local people are very concerned. I’ve travelled on this road daily for more than five years. It’s terrifying. Can someone please do something about this.”
response so far
It’s been acknowledged there have been about 50 personal injury accidents along this route from April 2016 to March 2022. Some of these incidents are because of common types of error, such as:
46 per cent or 23 of them involved failure to look properly;
24 per cent or 12 of these failure to judge another person’s speed or direction;
18 per cent or nine were caused by careless or reckless driving by someone in a hurry;
and 12 per cent or six were the result of a driver exceeding the speed limit.
EDIT - just added this up and realised its a full house. Drivers and their problems. WDIW?
https://www.bedfordshirelive.co.uk/news/bedfordshire-news/anxieties-swir...
Van with rolls of carpet sticking out stopped by police in Luton
Locals have already bagged the available puns on this story...or have they?.
https://www.bedfordshirelive.co.uk/news/bedfordshire-news/van-rolls-carp...
Drivers and their ... solutions - "there aren't enough signs", "there are too many signs"
Driver overturns council bus lane fine due to 'unclear' signs
"The driver accepted that he drove through the gate but challenged whether information leading to it was adequate or not
Mr Dhillon admitted going through the bus gate, but said he "did not see the signs because they are not clear or easy to decipher with so much to look at in such a short time, especially when you are new to the area".
"In that previous hearing, the adjudicator said: "The round blue 'bus route only' signs are mounted against the bridge amidst a large quantity of other visual features (priority direction sign; restricted parking zone signs; yellow and black striping and height restriction triangle sign). The video shows the additional distraction of pedestrians walking to and fro under the bridge at the time of Mr S’s journey. The marking may well be shaded by the bridge and not sufficiently visible in time."
https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/driver-overturns-council-bus-...
Woman who moved traffic cones on A12 to avoid traffic jam fined £100
She had been trying to cross over a coned-off central area to another lane, which is illegal
https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/woman-who-moved-traffic-cones...
Mr "It's not in anyone's way" here is a new one on me, but this is a chance to revisit several "I'm prepared to go to court (prison in one case) over this" stories, many of which we've had on here. What cars do to people.
I get that it's a crappy operating model, but drivers and their constant bullshit, try-ons and whingeing have brought this on themselves.
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/gallery/holidaymakers-pu...
Letter: Bath bus cuts having massive impact on locals, concerned resident says
The elderly resident believes a newly launched on-demand service doesn't work and some people might even be forced to leave their job
The seldom heard voice of (former) bus users. Cars killed your bus service, Mrs Cox. (Pic: 2013 timetable)
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/letter-bath-bus-cuts-havi...
Driver caught speeding at 100mph in Wiltshire claims electric car was 'running out of charge'
A Specialist Operations unit at Wiltshire Police tweeted a picture of a device recording 101mph.
The caption said "the driver of the electric vehicle stated they were in a rush to plug in for more charge they didn’t understand the faster you go the more juice the car uses!"
The force said: "A trip to court awaits where hopefully more common sense prevails. #Fatal5".
https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-07-17/driver-caught-speeding-a...
'Ignored' Bath street left with confusing road markings and curved parking spaces
The road has left people unhappy and confused
Currently, people on the south side of the street park with two wheels on the pavement, but the new parking bays denote spaces fully on the roads. Mr Fouracre said: “If they all park up to the lines we wouldn’t get anything down here.”
No BaNES, it really isn't about how many parked cars you can shoehorn in
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/ignored-bath-street-left-...
https://metro.co.uk/2023/07/17/mercedes-smashes-into-back-of-lorry-at-hi...
All of the comments about it are saying how lucky the driver was etc etc. Nothing about how f-ing stupid he was driving that fast and clearly not paying attention - on the whole, parked lorries are not difficult to spot...
'We can't use new drive because council put bollards in front of it - we're trapped'
TRAPPED I TELL YOU !
Then you read that they use a pedestrian crossing to go over the pavement to the house, failed to ask permission for anything and thought driving over a ped crossing was normal.
World Bollards - "Your house has just quadrupled in value, stop moaning."
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/we-cant-use-new-drive-30493444
'Just Eat delivery driver' [rider] pictured in Clyde Tunnel cycling 'dangerously' close to car
A witness was concerned when he spotted the delivery driver riding his bike through the Clyde Tunnel with a Just Eat box strapped to his back last Friday night.
One concerned witness told Glasgow Live: "When I saw the delivery cyclist, I was surprised at first, almost couldn’t believe what I was seeing, then I thought what an idiot he’s going to hurt himself or a driver.
"And it didn’t look like a pleasant cycle. Poor guy.
"The cycle tunnel is right next door"
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/just-eat-delivery-driver...
Take that JSO scum !
Driver of KN58 SFJ
https://twitter.com/JustStop_Oil/status/1681589579520913410
Spotted this on my way home tonight.
"I'm in my car. I need to chat to my buddy in the field up there. But I'm in my car. ARGGH I don't know what to do? How can I be expected to make this kind of decision?!"
"AhHa! I'm a genius! I can drive my car up that banking and yell at him out the window."
Sad case of the family hit by the driver filming himself speeding down the motorway. The same driver who had already been in court for driving with no insurance a few years earlier AND even with that previous, just got a warning letter for street racing a few weeks before he murdered people.
The car he was in was "limited" at 155mph. Why are they not limited to 80mph tops? ( A little over the limit for supposed safety as drivers claim you sometimes need to be a bit faster for some reason).
Southampton: Car hits barriers after switching lanes
Another driverless car crashing. The only driver mentioned was one who was trying to take photos of the crash.
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23667407.southampton-car-hits-barriers-...
Somerset drink driver found unresponsive at wheel of car (BBC)
At least they acknowledged that he was 'in charge of' his car...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-66199013
I guess we'll find out if the "I've just got to nip in here" / passing traffic market segment is worth as much as they say.
Angry Devon traders say 'get on with' reopening vital road
Traders say their businesses have been badly hit by the loss of parking and passing traffic
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/angry-devon-traders-say-get-86...
"In North Wales it's a sign that summer has arrived - a bit like seeing swallows"
why do we never get a photostory of a driver clutching their police NIP or WL saying "what an outrage" and "I'm prepared to got to court over this" etc the same way as we do parking contravention letters?
Random thought on a wet Saturday morning.
Lincolnshire Police warn man seen 'cleaning' car moving at 60mph
You can't even clean your friend's car now without the police complaining!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-66279824.amp
More signs needed in Nottingham to stop drivers blocking tram route as car dealership approved
one more sign will fix it
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/more-signs-needed-notting...
Too pissed to drive but get no points and a conditional discharge
"We thought you were doing the right thing in emergency situation to help your friend in peril"
Twitter (or X men as it seems to be called):
"Interesting that her defence was she was mounting a rescue mission. If you are taught how to conduct a rescue or First Aid, you will be told early on the last thing you do is put yourself or others at additonal risk by your actions. Yet this is what she did."
"If you’re on a night out and getting stuck into cocktails, why tf did you bring the car?"
https://twitter.com/cycling_dave/status/1683420771249422336
Pedestrian crossing times increased
Rantyhighwayman:
"A well known petrosexual and build roads on railways weirdo speaks his brains.
I can only conclude that giving people time to cross the road is woke now."
This 'thread' is like a game of Mornington Crescent; I am beginning to suspect that in fact nobody knows the rules or what they're replying to anymore.
cars: the gift that keeps on giving
"Obesity is one of the major factors that will drive rises in illnesses." (+ diabetes, heart disease, bad joints, respiratory problems etc)
Surge in ill health will have major impact on NHS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66295170
Motorist caught solving Rubik's Cube with both hands while driving on M25 in Surrey
If Mark Cavendish is allowed to solve a Rubik's cube while on a bike, why can't someone solve one while driving a car?
That is so unfair!
https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2023-07-25/motorist-caught-solving-a-r...
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