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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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- Hirsute 49 min 59 sec ago
In theory, Colchester is getting one but I expect the haters will be out to stop it. There are a number of regulars who just say "That would not...
- Hirsute 52 min 32 sec ago
Must be a touch of the sun....
- Cugel 53 min 39 sec ago
Read the article that the link in the first post provides. It contains details of "the experiment" as well as the mention that many mathematical...
- don simon fbpe 1 hour 43 min ago
RIP brother.
- wtjs 2 hours 14 min ago
BBC R4 on Broadcasting House 9:45 papers segment happily having another "but cycles" hitting most of the wrong notes...
- Rendel Harris 2 hours 25 min ago
According to GOV.UK the average wait nationally is now down to 15 weeks, from a peak of 20 in August 2023 caused by a backlog from Covid and test...
- matthewn5 2 hours 53 min ago
And sooner or later, without fail, screw chucks unscrew the valve inner and give you a right headache. Just don't go there - either with track...
- Alexander the Pretty Good 5 hours 38 min ago
It is dishonest marketing. I mean you can get an Archer D1X system for less.
- David9694 8 hours 19 min ago
Eyes down for a full house: ...
- Rendel Harris 9 hours 32 min ago
So on average you've seen a cyclist run a red less than once a month? Not exactly an epidemic round your way then, is it?
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This kind of instant justice is even better than when a nearby police car turns on its flashing lights right after a driver goes through an [established] red light.
Whenever I see one of those with its jaunty spare wheel I think, "there goes a 'fun' person."
Whenever I see one of those with its jaunty spare wheel I think, "there goes a 'fun' person
Yes- he will describe himself as living an 'outdoor lifestyle'
Intrepid investigive journalist uses taxi to get to traffic chaos street but somehow forgets local and important mayoral elections close local schools for use as polling stations.
A killer argument! Not only does using the pedal in the middle (or left for autos) increase the risk of accidents, it actually increases pollution. We should be campaigning to get ALL cars running 24/7 at "the design speed of the road" to save the planet...
That's a weird looking carpark they have themselves there...
Cabbies and burger van man - that's who we should be listening to.
I didn't quite understand how the speed limit, and for that matter the traffic lights, stopped his would-be customers from eating their food.
"Cranham Drive motorhome: dad clears drive of all vans":
Let's not be too hard on the fellow, maybe he was using it as bike shed.
Christ, just what the fuck is it with these angry old men. I'm old now and more mellow that I've ever been.
HRT?
(hormone replacement therapy / legal-ish testosterone)
Otherwise law-abiding?
more wildlife mayhem
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24302508.poole-swan-causes-crash-...
Cash meters get targeted, the cash stolen and the machine wrecked. This is not cheap and leads to the removal of machines.
Hard to believe anyone with a car does not have a bank account or are they catering for the ones with no licence, insurance, ved?
If you've got the significant wodges of cash needed to pay your VED, take out insurance, pay your garage bills, it's hard to see any good reason why you haven't got a bank account.
If the real issue is the unfathomable complexity of apps and card payments then I'm struggling to see how you can safe to drive.
There once was a man from Nantucket
Who beached his cybertruck - fuck it!
He called Elon Musk
But was still stuck at dusk
And was freed with a spade and a bucket
I wonder if Councils are going about this the wrong way. 30 mins parking- £20, 1hr- £10, 2hrs- £5, 4hrs- £2. And no moving your car until your time's up! Encourage the people who hang around town spending money, dissuade the 'pop to the shops for a paper' merchants.
Absurd - EV owner has no guarantee of a parking space anywhere near their home.
Good thing he didn't paint a bike shed on that...
Hi-viz doing its magic again
Stewards try to stop 'disgruntled resident' driving down street 'almost hitting runners' during Manchester Marathon
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/ste...
Another utterly pathetic sentence
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-oxfordshire-68835711
100 mph, drunk, young child, completely fortuitous no one else was caught up in it.
"A drunk-driver has been found guilty of dangerous driving and child neglect.... - .... received a two-year suspended sentence at Oxford Crown Court and was banned from driving for two years."
Driver angry about pothole-ridden Herefordshire road
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24255310.driver-angry-pothole-ridden-...
"Although other neighbours were outside, nobody else had thought to alert her mum and siblings because there was no car on the drive so they didn’t realise they were home."
So if the 6-year-old hadn't happened to have been outside in view of the house at the time, they would all have been left to die, just because they had no car in front of their house.
https://metro.co.uk/2024/04/14/girl-6-ran-burning-house-riccall-rescue-sleeping-mum-siblings-20644763/
Petrol prices are soaring - and could soon go well above 150p a litre
This was echoed by AA fuel price spokesman Luke Bosdet, who said pump prices were climbing towards the point "drivers fear".
"It is a psychological shock that shouts out from the price boards each time motorists drive past," he said.
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https://news.sky.com/story/money-blog-news-latest-consumer-financial-inf...
Parents angry as they deal with 'aggression' from drivers while trying to keep road outside school safe for children
One parent said: "I had a car drive straight at me, with the driver yelling abuse.”
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/parents-angry-deal-...
'Bad parking' blocks firefighters multiple times on same emergency call-out
A crew from Dogsthorpe Fire Station was delayed multiple times on their way to an incident due to inconsiderate parking on multiple roads in Millfield, according to the fire service.
They said many vehicles, in particular a van, were poorly parked narrowing the road, which prevented the fire engine from travelling. The crew were unable to proceed until they had located the owner and requested the van be moved, delaying them by around ten minutes.
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/bad-parking-blocks-fire...
Retired policeman from Swanley fined after forgetting to display blue badge at free Bluewater car park
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/fury-at-disabled-dad-s-blue-b...
"he forgot to display his blue badge when he parked in a disabled bay."
"he accidentally put his blue badge in the glove compartment when asked by her to display it and when they returned to their car they found a fine for £95."
Can't quite be sure who was driving/whose car, but it sounds to me like the daughter is blaming anyone but herself, not least her dementia suffering father, for incurring the penalty.
Police increase patrols over concerns drivers ignore no entry signs
At the end of March, officers were deployed to deal with motorists who contravene the bus gate rules in Semington, near Melksham.
According to Wiltshire Police, the force has “received numerous reports of drivers not complying” with the no entry signs on Semington Road.
https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/police-patrols-drivers-ignore-no-entry/
Residents of Eling Hill say they will continue to fight for toll bridge fee exemption after Totton and Eling Town Council clarifies legal issues
They disagree with the council’s offer to buy a pass giving them unlimited travel for a £25 administration charge (50p/ week, FFS), and plan to now lobby NFDC, which will make the final decision on the fees.
A meeting of Totton and Eling Town Council on Wednesday rubber-stamped the plans after hearing there was a legal right to levy a toll as the bridge is a private road.
Advice sought by the council also confirmed that, despite residents previously being granted exemption, this had not created any permanent rights for it to continue.
https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/this-is-not-the-end-residents-...
See also: driver entitlement (to drive one mile into Totton) whinge list:
https://www.tottoneling-tc.gov.uk/Document/Default.aspx?DocumentUid=0FD2...
David9694 - you were right! These new autonomous vehicles really are conspiring to run out of control!
Tesla recalls Cybertrucks over accelerator crash risk
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