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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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- Matthew Acton-Varian 2 sec ago
You don't have to be a cyclist to submit camera footage for Third Party reporting. Car dashcams catch stuff regularly too, so drivers should also...
- Dnnnnnn 16 min 11 sec ago
It surely isn't hard to collect a decent quantity of good data on before and after conditions around LTNs. I'd have thought that would lead to a...
- HoarseMann 35 min 31 sec ago
Couple are forced to sell new Land Rover at a £14,000 loss ONE MONTH after buying it after insurers cancelled their policy - and manufacturer won't...
- chrisonabike 40 min 11 sec ago
I once went to a cafe in Dundee for fruitcake but they were out of their eponymous product. Worse - on the way back we tried Abernethy but they...
- OldRidgeback 1 hour 20 min ago
Interesting, tho they only take narrow 20" slick tyres. I'd want to be able to use 1.75 Maxxis DTHs.
- Exup 3 hours 20 min ago
At least some justice is being done........
- BIRMINGHAMisaDUMP 3 hours 30 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...
- David9694 3 hours 57 min ago
Police launch investigation into destruction of barber shop in Hythe High Street...
- Nick T 13 hours 19 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...
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I was quite proud of avoiding replying "but cyclists..."
https://x.com/Russ_Parsons/status/1733287828807630862?s=20
blameless drivers, miraculous drivers...
A44 Cotheridge crash on black ice: teen's 'miracle escape'
Now her family wants answers because they say the road had not been gritted - however, Worcestershire County Council insist the road was treated.
Miss Leather said: “I am so thankful to still be alive and thank goodness there are some lovely people in this world willing to help.
"Please get something sorted with this road, so no one has to go through what I did."
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/23974718.a44-cotheridge-crash-black...
Driver rescued from flood water by firefighters in Droitwich
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/23979869.driver-rescued-flood-water...
4x4 vehicle leaves B4214 road at A465 junction near Bromyard
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/23979709.4x4-vehicle-leaves-b4214-roa...
Car park "scam" is AI health nudge
There have been a number of reports of innocent drivers being signed up to gym memberships and sent veg box deliveries. One driver claims that a bike was delivered to his home a week after he visited a car park 400 yards away from home.
In fact, this is a cheeky health promotion initiative by NHS Healthy West of England. A spokesman told us, "in areas where we know diet and obesity are major mortality factors, we are using AI to help point people to more healthy alternatives.
"In the car park initiative, drivers arriving to pick up a takeaway, a bottle of Johnnie Walker, cigarettes and a scratchcard, which is to say most of them, are assessed for their BMI and appropriate interventions are signposted through the parking app."
Car park user billed for gym membership in 'scam'
Warnings about dodgy QR codes being used by fraudsters
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/car-park-user...
Quantock Hills joy riders warned they could go to prison for damaging rare plant life
https://www.wsfp.co.uk/news/quantock-hills-joy-riders-warned-they-could-...
You reap as you sow in my opinion:
https://www.tavernmotorclub.co.uk/exmoor-targa-new
Funny to think that Kent, which voted for Brexit and to be poorer and unable to provide basic public services is destined to disappear under a rising tide of driver piss.
Dover District Council scraps autumn road-side clean-up along A2 and A20 to save money
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/we-ll-have-year-s-worth-of-bottl...
Warning after North Baddesley lollipop lady struck by van
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23981192.warning-north-baddesley-lollip...
since we decided back in June 2016 that we don't want nice things, I think this represents the end of an era as regards lollipop men and ladies.
Don’t buy children e-scooters for Christmas,’ Kent Police and Crime Commissioner warns as county hotspots revealed
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/its-one-of-the-most-dangerous-chr...
I remain hopeful that young people will come of age and end the oppression by a car-obsessed older generation of e-scooters.
Deputy mayor of Christchurch Cllr Paul Hilliard urges cyclists to wear helmets after he was involved in a collision at Fountain Roundabout
another crash victim turned helmet evangelist - the sea that you can get in is right there.
https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/deputy-mayor-issues-cycling-sa...
Bath farmer sentenced after dragging dog behind car in 'haunting' case of animal cruelty
Suspended sentence, 300 hours unpaid work.
https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-12-12/farmer-sentenced-after-d...
£1billion for ten miles of new road
No mention of any active travel. Plenty of Save the Driver nonsense though.
Shirley Road driver admits pleasuring himself near woman
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23985010.southampton-man-21-admits-carr...
I haven't been able to access this story in full as I'm too cheap to subscribe, so grateful if anyone can.
Watch as Devon pensioner runs down man for 'buying last pasty'
One man fell after being rammed by the mobility scooter. Devon and Cornwall Police officers later seized the vehicle
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/watch-devon-pensioner-runs-dow...
Motorists block road to save runaway chihuahua
Drivers happy to protect a dog, but will also hurl abuse if they think a cyclist might slow them down slightly - does that mean cyclists are worth less than dogs?
(in a weird mood - probably best if this is my last post of the day)
Never trust a BMW (that poor driver, betrayed by his own car):
https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-12-11/picture-shows-aftermath-of-suspected-drink-driving-crash-on-busy-a-road
The man who will forever be known as Buck Tarbrush (to anyone who's seen the movie version of Porridge) demonstrating why failure to stop should, as is the case in many US states, carry an automatic assumption that the driver was avoiding being drink/drug tested and receive the same punishment. Smashing into a line of parked cars, driving off with one of them still attached to his vehicle, either having a serious medical episode (which he would presumably have declared in mitigation) or pissed out of his skull.
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/jimmy-tarbuck-h...
Anger over 'cars parked over graves' in Gloucester churchyard amid fears 'unofficial' parking is spreading across city centre
There are concerns the "unofficial" parking on council land is spreading across Gloucester city centre due to the closure of Longsmith Street car park
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/anger-over-ca...
This design looks a nightmare if you live with a disability.
Sleaford marketplace scheme deferred for second time as disability concerns persist
North Kesteven District Council wants to turn the Sleaford market square into a plaza
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/sleaford-marketplace-...
Daily Mash - Five reasons to honk your car horn, all of which are that you're a prick
Parents go through 'worst nightmare' after beloved daughters killed in crash
Verity and Jason North said they have been left heartbroken 'forever' after the deaths of Maddie and Libby. The 21 and 17-year-old were killed by speeding motorist Thomas Lenthall
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/regional-news/parents-go-thro...
Car advocates, Top Gear devotees, rally and F1 fans, the whole lot of you, here's just a single example what it all means in reality. This is what you are in favour of.
Now imagine all these people getting together and producing their combined narrative - week after week month after month, getting louder than the car and oil industry.
Bit of a long read, this but seems to throw doubt on one more lane will fix it.
New A2 Canterbury slip-road branded ‘absolutely daft’ by Wincheap residents
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/it-s-already-so-busy-new-sl...
Waterways licence needed but included in canoe England membership. Hope they are insured!
In nine years of driving illegally (and dangerously, given he can't see) the Lancashire Police didn't pick up on him.
Fits with everything else I've heard about them...
If urine counts as 'litter', then logically that would apply whether it be human or e.g. canine urine. Are dog owners required to pick up their dog's urine?
And linked within the article
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23972457.southampton-van-driver-attacks...
And the usual comments in the article:
Subside your business rates, Mr Patel? That hardly seems a fair use of public money …
I wish we had politicians that wanted social justice rather than competing with each other to make things as unfair as possible and stacking the odds against the poor and vulnerable.
Maybe the French were onto something with the guillotine and it's about time that we instilled some fear into the ruling class.
He went on, "of course the petrol rationing limits how much driving I can do". But his enthusiasm for the 1940s in undimmed and Callum intends to contract rickets in 2024 and plans to die of diphtheria before he is 21.
That's an unfair clause and should be challenged.
Oh, hang on, this is the UNcropped version
https://twitter.com/Innkeeper55/status/1733097254771179749
"Bollocks. The bollards are there to stop drivers smashing into the supermarket. They don't form the boundary of a "pedestrian walkway". The rest of the footway is to your left."
This does seem a bit picky, but fair play to him, rules are rules!
I once got a parking ticket which I thought was very unfair. I parked for 15 mins in a marked bay, with a sign saying you could park for an hour between 11am and 6am (it was the afternoon). I came back to the car to find a traffic warden writing me a ticket. He said - look, you are parked on double yellow lines! (the double yellow lines did run down the length of the road, but this was clearly a mistake). But nope, he wouldn't listen and issued me a ticket. I wanted to contest it in court, but my other half was not keen (not got time for that, just pay the £30!).
Anyway, somebody must have taken the council on and won, as a few months later I got refunded the fine I'd 'received in error'!
They've now removed the double yellows at the parking bays.
Im sure it used to be a thing that you were advised to drive as if the roads werent treated at all when it was icy
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