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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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- Exup 53 min 11 sec ago
At least some justice is being done........
- BIRMINGHAMisaDUMP 1 hour 3 min ago
I imagine the Police treat bike theft as an insurance issue rather than a criminal issue. Can't blame them to be honest. The best thing is to use...
- BIRMINGHAMisaDUMP 1 hour 14 min ago
I was overtaken by an electric monster a few days ago. It was huge and I still think about it. It was so close and so impatient I could 'feel' its...
- David9694 1 hour 29 min ago
Police launch investigation into destruction of barber shop in Hythe High Street...
- Browsie 3 hours 29 min ago
I've suspected for some time that you are a complete and utter twat , now my suspicions.have finally been confirmed, many thanks!
- barbarus 9 hours 31 min ago
I live right in the centre of this. It's really heartening to read that there are people in favour....
- ktache 9 hours 59 min ago
I'd love for them to put a number on that "inappropriate speed"
- Nick T 10 hours 52 min ago
They need to use some harder material for the cleat retention clip really, that's worn out long before any bearing has had a chance to fail on...
- yiipeeia 13 hours 42 min ago
I am 67 and I cycle with two groups during the year The Haddenham Easyriders International who ride during the summer on Thursday evenings, and The...
- don simon fbpe 13 hours 53 min ago
Brexit is a wholly selfish act....
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It's too cold to walk and I can't afford a coat and gloves
Hampshire country road closed due to icy conditions
Poles Lane will be shut for 24 hours until Friday, January 19.
Motorists are asked to use alternative routes while the closure is in place.
In a post on Facebook, Winchester police said: "A road closure is in place for Poles Lane in Otterbourne for 24 hours due to icy conditions. Access only from Hursely to Silkstead Farm.
"Please plan your journey ahead and take an alternative route."
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24058900.hampshire-country-road-closed-...
This is a new one on me, I think - police closing a road simply because of the ice.
"A SANDWICH??"...channeling Lady Bracknell.
“One worker told me he no longer has time to drive home for lunch, so has to make do with a sandwich,”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/19/drivers-protest-as-bologna...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/19/drivers-protest-as-bologna...
Two adjoining stories on Devon Live today
Driver’s parking fine victory after RingGo parking app confused Medway Council car parks in Rhode Street and James Street, Chatham
or "Driver allowed to blame sat-nav for his error"
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/parking-fine-victory-after-paym...
Keyless Toyota car stolen from Howard Road, Dartford, by ‘headlight hackers’
welcome to cyclists' world, drivers
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/headlight-hackers-who-stole-k...
for real? Is this who we are now?
'Magic' button that defrosts car windscreen in seconds leaves drivers stunned
It can be frustrating waiting around for your car to defrost in the morning
The experts say you can clear ice cover by simply activating your car windscreen fan. This will heat up the glass from the inside and therefore help to melt the frost away.
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/uk-world-news/magic-button-defrosts-ca...
Driver hits snow plough
Also real horse power later in the clip
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-68024242
Ah, there goes a Nissan, I feel much safer now - oh and an Audi, yes my confidence is restored.
anyone one know anything about this utopian image? New York, maybe Heath Robinson?
https://www.soane.org/
Joey Barton slammed by ITV after comparing Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward to serial killers
he sounds nice, as does the whole of kickball
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/joey-barton-slammed-itv-aft...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/jan/18/sexism-is-on-the-rise-i...
Poole Park: protest held over trial closure of entrance
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24063595.poole-park-protest-held-...
Drivers : let's stand up and be counted
Also drivers:
A bit of a long read this one, but the story gets taller and taller as it goes along - 3 hours in Waitrose.
https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/it-s-a-bit-rich-waitrose-shopp...
"Normalise ridiculing Land Rover drivers"
Storm Isha trapped Devon millionaire's wife in new Ferrari
The incident reportedly caused around £50,000 worth of damage to the new yellow Ferrari
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/storm-isha-trapped-devon-milli...
Wait, what? Cars are prosperity, retailers depend on cars being outside their shop. Say it ain't so!
Drivers 'turn bus lane into car park' along Stratford Road and locals say 'it's a problem'
Drivers are parking in a a stretch of bus lane in Hall Green, causing issues
Bob Betts, from Urban Design Flowers said: "It's a one or two hour slot and they leave their cars all day. I've spoken to them and they are lazy. If they get a £25 ticket, they say it's only once every three months so it's worth it.
"It damages our business because the customers can't park and if we lose a customer spending £30, it's a big loss to us."
Another trader who did not wish to be named said: "It's a huge problem - they just park anywhere.
"I don't say anything because I get a mouthful of abuse and they say it's nothing to do with me. We need more traffic wardens here - you don't see them that often."
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/plea-enforcement-aft...
Local rag scraping the barrel to call an allegro a 'vintage car' !
A VINTAGE car more than four decades old has been pulled off the road for being in a poor condition after being spotted by police in a supermarket car park.
Cheltenham man leads police on 141 mile car chase across England
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-68067700
Great Shelford driver left woman seriously injured in crash - after speeding with blue lights flashing
The 24-year-old - who a judge said had an infatuation with emergency vehicles - tried telling police he was distracted by a fly in the car
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/great-shelford-driver-l...
top marks to this telegraph pole
'Ignored' Exeter roadblocks protestors say 'we're not surprised'
But supporters of the LTN say the decision to continue with the trial was the right one
Local resident Lorna Devenish added: "We need to be asking ourselves what future we are wanting to build for our city. What do we want to prioritise? The safety of our children or a small inconvenience for people driving around the city?
"Are we serious about beginning to decarbonise our lives, or will our resolve to do this fade at the first push back from car drivers?"
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/ignored-exeter-roadblocks-prot...
The dead giveaway was 'my little one'- ...heaves with nausea
I think we need to start exporting Cornish pasties and a pint of wine in a British version of a Bento box.
Looking at Streetview, it's a typical rural road but very long and straight (old Roman road?). I was expecting it to be narrow and windy, or steep…
for real? Is this who we are now?
No, it's who they are now: very stupid
The idea that it protects people is the same argument used against LTNs but equally discredited - as if drivers are going to notice much beyond the end of their bonnet or suddenly stop.
Here. The Urban Anthro-Scape Above by Alexander Jeong.
Original story from a while back, quite surprised he wished to publicise his tiny penis in a local rag. He had moved from one incredibly rural suburb of Birmingham to another incredibly rural area.
She looks tiny enought to have got out via the window.
Reading the article, the cars parking in the bus lane are double parking there. So who's parked in the actual parking spaces? My money would be on 'the people wot work in the shops'.
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