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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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- OnYerBike 12 sec ago
In this hypothetical, you would presumably be arguing that the cycling was not careful, and that you genuinely believed the cyclist was going to...
- OldRidgeback 3 min 45 sec ago
This is appalling. How come he can't be allowed to stay in Reading? He's made a good bond with the local club and is a valued member. It shows just...
- ChasP 5 min 47 sec ago
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- brooksby 15 min 4 sec ago
I don't have a problem with any of this
- cyclisto 15 min 6 sec ago
Great bike but at XL it just looks horrible. The industry needs to solve this problem.
- john_smith 27 min 40 sec ago
Quite. It's bizarre that there appears to be some kind of doubt about this.
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Car damaged after crashing into house in Hereford street
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24277193.car-damaged-crashing-house-h...
Car damages lamppost after crashing into Hereford house
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24277877.car-damages-lamppost-crashin...
"Range Rover coming a cropper in London W1 due to brave cycle stand, helped by lamppost which fell defending the footway."
A couple say they are fearing for their lives as a huge 4x4 car has been left "dangling" at the top of their back garden for several days. They fear the vehicle could career into their house at any moment. The Mitsubishi is perched with its rear wheels mid-air, held back only by a tree stump.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/huge-4x4-dangles-top-garde...
I can't fit in the garage despite 3 attempts
https://twitter.com/Wankpanzer/status/1784972945627943304
Great video but here's a still for nontwitters
Family’s drive in Millstrood Road, Whitstable ‘looks like a war zone’ after ‘hit-and-run’
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/whitstable/news/family-s-drive-looks-like-a...
Standlake Village Hall closed as car crashes into building
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24288411.standlake-village-hall-closed...
Historic bridge faces month-long closure after tractor smashes into it
It’s hoped work will be completed and the road re-opened by the end of May
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/historic-bridge-faces-month-lo...
Car left hanging from road after crashing through railing in Looe
There is currently another closure in place along the road while work to remove debris from a landslip takes place
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/car-left-hanging-road-af...
Romsey: Lorry crashes into Greatbridge Road bridge
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24295723.romsey-lorry-crashes-greatbrid...
"can’t thank @LancsPolice enough for their assistance."
"'It's lucky no one was killed' says Malvern home owner after car ploughs into house" . Did the car plough into the house on its own?
A number of comments that it is all AI !
Here's an update with photos of the wall boarded up.
https://twickenham.nub.news/news/local-news/update-images-reveal-afterma...
That Chesterfield one is close to home.
Apparently hooning down a redressed road, losing control, and causing life changing injuries to three people is "Careless"not "Dangerous". £750 compensation each.
Meaning, shitty Transport Minister Mark Harper does not give a damn.
I trust that Mr Brooke has voluntarily surrendered his driving licence until he can get to the bottom of his medical issues?
What were they thinking building a grade II listed building that close to a main road...
First of all, it's quite clear what happened here; the school came out of nowhere, the driver did all they could to avoid a collision but there was nothing that they could do to stop the classroom trying to consume their car.
Secondly, cars are too strong. We need to protect children and the only way that we can do that is to reinforce and fortify the schools. Also, the schools need crumple zones.
Thirdly, maybe all children need to be kept in zorbing balls all day, just in case. It's the only way to stop this happening again
She seemed a bit upset about a minor misjudgement that could have killed someone and is going to cause months of stress and inconvenience.
For real?
Yes, right after "it lost control."
They should never have been given planning permission for that
Zorbing balls - if it saves just one life
Calling car 237, come in car 237
control, this is 237 here, I can hear you loud and I can hear you clear yeah
good morning 237 good morning bit of a late start isn't it
is there something you want me to do (yeah), you I'm only to please you (hoo)
yes, we want to to pick up a young lady from 83 Royal Gardens
it seems extraordinary to me that a death can just be written off this way:
Inquest held into death of Danny Humphrey, killed in crash on the A28 Great Chart Bypass, Ashford
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/impossible-to-know-what-caused...
Good lord! You mean he didn't??
Seems like a case for additional safety measures e.g. at least some feedback if you try to cross into a lane with oncoming vehicles. Although without actual barriers between lanes this might not have changed the outcome here. And even then possibly the car driver would still have been hurt.
Unfortunately there's a general feeling of "sadly accidents happen ... but not to me and mine!" Until one does.
I read this earlier (can't bring myself to follow all the way through to the Heil):
…which rather begs the question of (1) how hard she had intended to apply the brake, and (2) how hard she actually pressed the accelerator.
It was the run up to the ramp that seems difficult to explain...
When you also look at a couple of the recent stories downthread, from Ringwood and from Abingdon, a likely pattern emerges - automatic car, elderly driver and I'm further guessing, unused to automatics (daughter -"it'll be easier for you, mum") and some poor technique (e.g. use of left foot). Guessing further still convinced they're on the brake, they press even harder on the accelerator as panic sets in.
These houses sit at the end of the cul de sac - have a Google to see.
Electric cars soon, which for some reason will just HAVE to be able to accelerate to 60mph in 4-5 seconds...
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