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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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- chrisonabike 40 min 46 sec ago
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Really depends on your use-case and how much you're prepared to pay. You may have particular requirements for efficiency / low drag / convenience ...
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Could Road.cc highlight the percentage of close passes reported in Grimsby and what action was taken. I suspect the zero tolerance only applies if...
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Your assumptions about my "beliefs" must also based on the results of your mathematical models. I've never bought bike parts because of what they...
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They called me later that evening to say the driver was apologetic and would be driving according to the Highway Code of allowing 1.5m when passing...
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Warning issued after spate of Land Rover thefts in the Cotswolds
Gloucestershire Police said three vehicles have been stolen in the area this week and are urging people to remain vigilant
when the things you thought you owned in fact own you: helpful advice -
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/warning-issue...
Calling all snitches (whom no one likes), grasses and copper's narks :
Investigating officers from Gloucestershire Police are appealing for information on the spate of thefts. They said in a public appeal: "Anyone with any information which might be able to help the investigations can contact Gloucestershire Constabulary by calling 101 and quoting incident 83 of 12 April or by completing the following online form.
From the comments page:
Evoquery1995 : IF THOSE TIRE EXTINGUSHERS SO MUCH AS LOOK AT MY CAR ILL TARE THEM A NEW ONE I DONT CARE WHO KNOWS
Preventing car and vehicle theft
This link turned out be more interesting than I was expecting - is either of these really a thing in Gloucestershire?
https://www.gloucestershire.police.uk/cp/crime-prevention/keeping-vehicl...
3. Be aware of carjackers
The fact that you’re in the car isn’t always a deterrent to someone trying to steal it.
In traffic, drive with the doors locked and when queuing leave enough space in front of your vehicle to enable you to get out of a tight spot. If your vehicle is bumped from behind, wait to pull over – somewhere safe and preferably where there are people. After all, you don’t know the person who has collided with you; they could well be hijackers. If you’re at all suspicious, consider calling the police.
If someone threatens you, it’s better to hand over the keys to the vehicle than become a victim of assault. Then call 999 as soon as possible, and ask for the police.
If your car is stolen, some modern vehicle alarm and tracker systems have the facility to isolate or shut down fuel systems, bringing the vehicle to a halt and leaving the thief high and dry.
5. Watch for illegal tow trucks
Thieves often attempt to lift vehicles from the street, literally. So, if you see a towaway crew acting suspiciously – especially if their vehicle isn’t branded or if they’re not in uniform – then please report it immediately.
As with every report of suspicious behaviour made in good faith, we’ll never blame anyone for calling us if it proves unfounded.
Car parks with height-restricted entrances help prevent illegal tow trucks and removal vehicles. And fitting a Thatcham rated category 1 or 2 alarm system with tracking, immobilisation, anti-grab and movement sensors can help protect and trace your vehicle.
Bereaved parents demand government action on young driver deaths
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24246187.bereaved-parents-demand-go...
As the wetter winters (and drier summers) of climate breakdown settle on to the starting blocks, and the gammon curtain of Brexit descends making the UK a second world country, I think we're going to see more and more of this:
Devon resident fumes at 'earthquake' road with giant 10ft potholes
Widdicombe Lane is falling apart and nobody seems to be doing anything about it, say residents
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/angry-resident-fumes-earthquak...
Devon village road so bad it's causing havoc for school bus
It's not the first time the road into Templeton has caused problems
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/devon-village-road-bad-its-921...
Another day, another Sudden Unexplained Acceleration Incident about 2:30 this afternoon- the difference is that I saw this one happening. Noisy hard acceleration across the car park, straight into the Garstang Gents- which will likely collapse when they pull the automatic hybrid electric CRV out. Driver (that's him in light blue) and wife stepped out, both relatively unharmed, with him saying "I can't understand why it wouldn't slow down". I can. I only had enough time to register 'that's a bit much even for the average psycho BMW or Audi driver' before he totalled both the 1 year old car and the toilets- that's £40,000 down the drain. If anyone had been in the way he'd have killed them- not even anyone in the toilets. Both airbags deployed- impressively effective.
Herefordshire homeowner fed up with state of a road
"As a local resident, I am happy to go to jail and refused to pay my council tax.
"I shall also give a bottle of champagne to the residents of a road in Herefordshire which may be found to be in a worse state than ours."
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24241751.herefordshire-homeowner-fed-...
.With thanks to the anti cyclist guardian, Joe Lycett and Foka Wolf.
Come on Kentonline we're 2 weeks past April Fools Day, so traders actively blocking their own High Street to cars, yeah right
Accident fears in Rochester High Street after chain barrier swapped for ANPR cameras
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/traders-fear-they-ll-be-an-acci...
Court case thrown out after attorney can't find parking near courthouse.
https://abovethelaw.com/2024/04/case-tossed-when-lawyer-cant-find-any-pa...
Keep the old car
trapped in our homes:
Frustrations over Heartsease roundabout closure in Norwich
Keith Breeze, 62, said his wife, Sherry, has been forced to park her car at a church around the corner from their home in Heartsease Lane.
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24254199.frustrations-heartsease-roundabout...
Drivers : cyclists should pay Road Tax etc
Also drivers : you want us to pay to use the toll bridge? L-O-L
Fees hike at Eling toll bridge approved by Totton and Eling Town Council amid legal advice
Resident Mary Brown said exemption from the toll had been granted 40 years ago by NFDC on the grounds it was “reasonable and necessary” for residents to be able to access services and facilities in the town centre by the shortest available route.
“In that respect, nothing has changed. Parents taking kids to school, people making use of medical services, shops or the library all have to cross the bridge or make a lengthy detour.
“These services are free to other residents of Totton and to make part of the community pay is nothing short of discrimination.”
Resident Graham Gardiner added: “We have taken legal advice and are of the strong opinion that the issuance of free exemption passes is an established right and should continue in perpetuity.”
https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/legal-delay-amid-fees-hike-at-...
drivers and their problems
Walmer Castle visitors’ concern over ‘perilous’ walk along 40mph road amid lack of parking
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/deal/news/getting-to-tourist-attraction-is-...
So anyone on that street in charge of a small child or short-legged pooch needs to make damn sure it doesn't stand still near the kerb for too long . . .
Good luck with that.
A pity she's doesn't appear to have been banned from driving as well as teaching.
I didn't have it on my bingo card for this government that it would be the one to end the driver subsidy known as free parking.
Cllr McCraw added: ""Effectively, with having to use resources to subsidise car parking, it is those people] who are not getting any benefit because they don't use the car parks there, they don't get anything back from it, and they can't genuinely understand why that should be the case.
Cllr Deborah Saw raised concerns over the cuts that could come if parking charges were not introduced.
She said: "I'm on record as saying I am not enamoured of charging for car parking, but I am also on record saying I am not prepared to see leisure centres limit their hours or even close.
"I am not prepared to see our funding for community groups that give advice for people who are in debt culled, or have problems with their landlord, I am not in favour of cutting that."
Something about bikes and number plates and insurance.
Hopefully written off so we can have one less of those ugly monstrosities clogging up our streets!
"...motorists all over the country are at risk of damaging their cars, through no fault of their own.”
Of course they had no control over their choice of car, or where they parked it.
No mention of all the other people's cars they have also damaged whilst parking their monstrous vehicles (not to mention tree stumps, etc.).
That driver must be having so much fun and laughing at the other drivers
Why didn't he just dump them in the street?
3 trains between 8 and 9: 34,31,44 mins.
I liked the comment "My Nissan Juke that's turned into a BMW"
Au sujet de Nan expressions, does "he's hanging around [the house] like a spare dinner" resonate with anyone?
There is an open space at the top of my village which has two football pitches marked out on it (the local children's team practice on it on a saturday). It is rutted deep where local kids have ridden motorbikes or e-scooters around on it - they actually had to cancel practices where the ruts were so deep they were worried people might trip.
Coats also seem to cost a lot more these days.
I always think Oxford and Cambridge are a bellwether on traffic and controlling it.
This has been in the pipeline for a couple of years so I assume we've worked through a range of driver whinges to get this point.
yOUre taking my HUNAn rites away
they want working Class people outof their cars by 2030
wAke uP sheeple 15 minute cities are reality now
Why would tyre extinguishers need their weights set to zero?
If the UK is going to be a 2nd world country (which would be about right, absent our glorious past of global rapine and pillage) do we at least get an upgrade to 2nd-world- class cycle infra and local streets?
The pattern that David9494 (was it?) outlined is becoming clearer - like predators and con-artists these electric autonomous vehicles are biding their time then selectively picking on the unsuspecting old and infirm - having convinced them they are just there to help.
Do I win a prize for recognising where that is from just half of the road sign?
It's just 5 minutes from my house in Bristol - Blackswarth Rd leading to Crews Hole Rd.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/6c7gSndgy7tGVory9
Edit: rode past there and it's currently a British Airways advert
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