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Car crashes into building - please post your Local news stories
Running this one up the flagpole to see who salutes...
I just don't remember this being a thing until recently, now it seems a daily occurrence.
Could it be that there are drivers not up to the job, too many cars; should houses be made to ride in single file, shops put on high viz, why are we putting newer buildings in danger like this, it's irresponsible.
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18649201.car-crash-wall-iceland-s...
'A Dorset Police spokesperson said: "Dorset Police was called at 12.48pm on Thursday, August 13, to a report of a collision involving a car and a wall outside Iceland on Poole Road in Bournemouth.
"It is reported that the vehicle was also in collision with a pedestrian, but they did not require medical treatment." '
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Wasn't that Mike Graham saying you can grow concrete though? So it might be made of vegetable products?
He does seem rather to be living beyond his means.
A POI or a VOI to the police?
Well I never - I always thought they were merely decorative on BMWs and Audis
You are warned when you collect a new BMW not to use them as it confuses other drivers. I tend to indicate left when I am turning right just for a laugh as it double confuses the poor people who can't afford German cars.
I guess even Audi and BMW drivers have to keep at least one hand on the wheel.
I thought Audi and BMW drivers could drive hands free as they are able to steer with the dick on their forehead?
There is a high level of depression at the BMW factories, with the staff that fit indicators. They know their job is utterly pointless. Even replacement robots have spontaneously blown fuses.
"A four year ban"
This seems to me to be a reasonable punishment! I am mortified to find myself failing to condemn the magistrates
So apparently vans can't drive [themselves] competently on THC either!
"denies speeding"!??!!??
all publicity is good publicity, I guess.
Why are people waiting at a bus stop "pedestrians"? Were they walking around to stay warm?
It's a fair point:
7Interference with use or operation of key national infrastructure
(1)A person commits an offence if—
(a)they do an act which interferes with the use or operation of any key national infrastructure in England and Wales, and
(b)they intend that act to interfere with the use or operation of such infrastructure or are reckless as to whether it will do so.
[…]
(6)In this section “key national infrastructure” means—
(a)road transport infrastructure […]
follow up story here
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/mother-and-son-left-traumatise...
They don't mean the kind of activists who do kill and maim people every day (but never mean it) though, they're concerned about the ones who don't kill or injure any people (but do mean to disrupt)!
Car crashes into house on Tithe Barn Road in Hardwick (picture)
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/23742623.live-car-crashes-house-t...
One person in hospital after car crashes into building as police urge drivers to stay away
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/one...
2000 posts Wow! Please keep those stories coming.
The brief is quite narrow, and nine out of 10 stories we see follow a similar pattern - the one in 10 is where a driver manages to do something extraordinary.
Although we tend to feature stories where there is no serious injury, I’m getting to the “small wonder, eh?” stage when it comes to the ever-present “thank goodness no-one was standing/walking there”. A world that no longer feels safe.
Local journalism is under such terrible pressure in the C21st - I hope it has found a level now that will keep it going - else what record will there be of these goings-on? So in general, I’m grateful to local journalists. I have a soft spot for the nonsense that comes out when nothing is happening on a Tuesday morning in Somerset.
I sometimes include the “there were and sirens everywhere, it was chaos” comments the articles pick up from bystanders and social media. The 999 call that starts “There’s been a crash near the chip shop on the London road” needs so much unpicking before you can mobilise any resources. That's again in part why we need local journalists.
The ennui - most people are thoroughly conditioned to accepting the daily carnage on our roads - so long as it happens to someone else, of course. Somehow it’s all a price worth paying for all the amazing advantages cars may once upon a time have brought those able to run one. But that’s another story.
7 PEOPLE INJURED AS RENT A CAR CRASHES INTO A PACKED BAR TERRACE IN CORRALEJO
https://www.canarianweekly.com/posts/7-people-injured-as-rent-a-car-cras...
https://www.canarianweekly.com/posts/VIDEO-CCTV-captures-the-moment-of-t...
No driver involved
https://twitter.com/HolyBollards/status/1697512483680821722
Completely autonomous vehicle.
A car has been wrecked after crashing into a traffic light at a junction in Pokesdown.
No mention of a person in the article.
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23762046.car-crashes-traffic-ligh...
a black box device in every car - now
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/two-dead-midland-fat...
School run mum’s lucky escape after horror three-car crash into house
Driver Roseann Anderson was "grateful" not to be seriously injured in a three-car crash on Glasgow Road, Blanefield, on Wednesday, August 23.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/woman-tells-lucky-escape-a...
Woman taken to Shrewsbury hospital after car crashes into house
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/bridgnorth/2023/08/14/wom...
Car left embedded in roadside railings after 'crashing into parked vehicle' in Glasgow
Police raced to the scene on Mossvale Road and cordoned off the scene, issuing a fixed penalty notice to a 32-year-old woman.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/car-wrecked-after-drive...
Car dangling precariously off bridge after ploughing through wall following horror Fife crash
Emergency services were called to the Stenhouse Street area of Cowdenbeath at around 3.40pm on Wednesday.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/car-dangling-precarious...
Volvo crashes into Birmingham flats
The crash happened at the junction of Lifford Road and Pershore Road, in Cotteridge, just after 6am today
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/volvo-crashes-into-b...
QD in Sudbury’s East Street reopens after accident
https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/sudbury/news/town-centre-store-closed-afte...
Car crashes through front door of home near Oswestry
https://www.bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk/news/23690472.car-crashes-fro...
The other side of "it was just a car and a wall" - a spree of hitting and killing people ends in a house.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-66701172
Live traffic updates as police ask people to avoid area after vehicle hits Ely bridge
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/live-traffic-updates-po...
welcome to "speed limits make road more dangerous-ville"
Concern 20mph speed limits in Cambourne will make roads ‘more dangerous’
Cambridgeshire County Council is considering introducing a 20mph speed limit across Cambourne to improve road safety and encourage people to walk or cycle.
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/concern-20mph-speed-lim...
From Texas. At least some agency in the headline here:
Man crashes Jeep into Denny's restaurant, injuring 23 people inside...
(originally posted in wrong thread)
Car crashes over bank and ploughs into block of flats in Devon
The car drove over the bank and into the side of the building causing structural damage to the ground floor flat
The driver of the car, a resident in his 80s, was not seriously injured in the crash, but did go to hospital to be checked over. It caused the internal walls to crack throughout the kitchen of the block of flats in the Laira area of the city.
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/car-crashes-over-bank-ploughs-...
BMW crashes through hedge in Hereford's Edgar Street
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/23770631.bmw-crashes-hedge-herefords-...
Police appeal after 'car driven into house' in St Helens
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Two taken to hospital after car crashes into house in St Helens
https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/23769636.two-taken-hospital-car-cras...
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