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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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- Martin1857 0 sec ago
I did a Cytech 2 course some years back with a mechanic from Wiggle who told me that he'd seen bikes in Halfords with the forks mounted back to...
- Backladder 38 min 30 sec ago
I don't disagree with you about drivers but surely the whole point of manslaughter is that there wasn't an intent to kill and what I saw on the...
- leedorney 55 min 27 sec ago
NEVER understood narrow shoes, never still I ever, Lakes all the way, even the Lake 333 is possible to get in wide, these no, poor show Decathlon,...
- jbuckx2 1 hour 21 sec ago
Your right, it's not finished, but if this was road works (for motorists) would this be acceptable? ...
- Rendel Harris 1 hour 10 min ago
Well that's some pretty spectacular nonsense you've got going there. Everyone I know who uses Zwift is also a keen road rider with multiple bikes...
- David9694 1 hour 28 min ago
and we're all left squabbling over drivers' leavings as ever...
- Backladder 1 hour 46 min ago
But how many drivers are they actually locking up, they can barely be bothered to fine them!...
- Mr Hoopdriver 2 hours 3 min ago
Typically, for dodging a £2.00 ticket on the railway, fine will be £50.00 + prosecution costs of £hundreds. Same for private hire drivers picking...
- Backladder 2 hours 11 min ago
I think queues of traffic might be very vulnerable to a cyclist swinging a U-lock at their windows! Bring on the revolution!
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You'd think the residents would be keen to retain the stump as protection against the 'Sudden Unexplained Car in the Front Room' incident shown on the 'Drivers in Your House' topic- if a Honda driver can do that, just imagine how far through the house a BMW or Audi could get!
Could it be the same as this one, spotted by the Google Maps car in Tideswell in October 2021?
Actual real world storm inbound today.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/live-weather-traffic-sea...
It looks like the car behind is also missing a numberplate. McLaren needs to look at their numberplate fixings; one falling off is unfortunate, two must be a fault. What else could it be?
Oh I never trust the weather reports on the Bristol Post. They seem to go around every single weather site and weather app available, to find a newsworth 'OMG' weather report that they can - er - 'report' on. Even if it is complete horlicks.
Exact time Brits can expect:
icy arctic blast
Hotter than Spain
snow (in the Cairngorms, but gleefully reported in outlets south of the M4)
Driver sent on course for holding sign to camera, despite not speeding
The motorist held up a sign as he passed a speed camera, and flicked V signs with his fingers
https://www.devonlive.com/news/uk-world-news/driver-sent-course-holding-...
Lost elderly couple drive around Manchester for 10 hours
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-68632156
one more lane will fix it
Hereford bypass plan: major update
"Vehicles travelling north to south through the county mostly go through Hereford to cross the river," says the council.
"Creating another road bridge across the river Wye will reduce reliance on Greyfriars Bridge and the A49 through the city, improving journey times and improving resilience of the network."
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24199857.hereford-bypass-plan-major-u...
This is a link to a Look at Life feature: at 6' and 7' it features Markyate and Stilton, both villages with a major road route previously passing through and now newly by-passed. The place goes really quiet - for a little while, anyway. Funny how we're still chasing that idea decades later.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyev7ZGeuck
One more paint job will fix it. A shame they aren't importing more ideas from The Netherlands. Still more money being thrown at drivers.
Running Horse Roundabout on A229 Blue Bell Hill, Maidstone, to be turned into ‘turbo roundabout’
this style of road junction is designed to prevent drivers from switching lanes by using colour-coded routes. This means motorists will instead pick their chosen exit before entering the roundabout and follow the correct lane.
The redesign is said to cost Kent County Council around £650,000 and has been put forward in hopes of reducing crashes on the junction as well as improving lane discipline by users.
Existing informal cycling and pedestrian crossing points will be retained (???)
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/six-figure-redesign-to-turn-...
Why motorists on the M20 are getting a taste of the M2 with speed limits and lane closures
Is it just me, or is the M2 one of the nation’s most depressing motorways?
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/news/opinion/is-this-the-worst-motorway-in-...
which got me to imagining that post-car world and a group of enthusiasts saving some unwanted stretch of motorway, that people write books about, and offering family days out in their fleet of preserved Ford Mondeos.
Dinas Powys man loses home after spending thousands on novelty private number plate
This might be more "Non-Driver and his Problem" but I'd summarise it as "man thought a numberplate was worth a lot more than other people and so now wants his money back as his investment wasn't an investment".
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2024-03-24/man-loses-home-after-spending-...
" Today I met a true @Wankpanzer ! Who parked his Range Rover blocking the TFL bus route 127. I guided the bus driver to navigate through. Listen to the Wankpanzer driver's arrogance! "
youtu.be/6LE5eMyGWNM
Cinema customer fined after watching Dune 2 says 'stinks of extortion'
Dune 2 comes in at just shy of three hours long
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cinema-customer-fined-afte...
The Comments are better than the story itself.
my favourite was
incider18 HRS AGO
It’s no fun doing anything regarding driving anymore.
Everyone is out to fleece you out of your hard earned.
All in the government’s interest of getting people out of their vehicles and onto public transport.
Good luck with that.
Motorists in Falmouth blasted by firefighters for blocking the road with parked cars
Every second counts, and when fire engines struggle to pass through a road due to parked cars there could be dire consequences
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/motorists-falmouth-blast...
End of free parking branded 'pantomime' in council row
Free parking in council car parks in the two towns could end in October
final paragraph, once all the unfortunate souls with the means to run a car have whined about their lot:
Ms Rigby said: “A lot of people who are very low income have no vehicle whatsoever and they are breathing in other people’s pollution. I think it's fair that we protect those people as well.”
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/end-free-parking-branded-...
two classics here
taxi driver demands road is widened so they can do uturns (more quickly) at a taxi rank, despite it working fine for best part of 40 years like this.
https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/24209463.taxi-drivers-want-ipswich-co...
and passive aggressive notes left on parked cars near a 6th form college as residents revolt about students dumping their cars (some have parked on peoples drives and blocked them too, its not just about parking in a road), the students complain the park & ride set aside for them is a 20min walk which is too far...
https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/24209325.abusive-note-left-car-near-s...
Active travel, anyone? A bit of a long read here: it's new housing developers, it's road repairs. Drivers seem to be into the idea of overpopulation at the moment.
The comments do shed a little light.
"You feel like you’re physically trapped." Hm, noticed that, have you?
People in Sittingbourne feel ‘trapped’ by the traffic in the town
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourne/news/were-trapped-in-our-home...
Tourists vow 'never to set foot in Wales again' over 20mph row
"I spent so much time checking my speedo I am sure I was a danger to pedestrians and errant drivers. My wife was glued to the satnav reminding me whenever I was approaching 20 and couldn't appreciate the view."
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/tourists-vow-never-set-foot-2...
hwyl wedyn
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/tourists-fined-taking-long-pay-9191558
Maybe there should be some kind of amnesty for parkers if the payment options aren't working properly
one more lane will fix Brexit
Port of Dover to process coach traffic at old boatyard amid fears ‘horrendous’ gridlock could get worse under EU’s new EES rules
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/new-space-for-port-traffic-amid-...
Dad says he’s racked up £30,000 in ULEZ fines taking his child to school
https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/27/dad-says-racked-30-000-ulez-fines-taking-...
Ipswich residents try to improve Humber Doucy Lane traffic, essentially they want to create an LTN.
https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/24212046.ipswich-residents-try-improv...
even if the article is paywalled, the comments give a flavour of the attitudes against however.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/driver-ignores-bridge-closure-signs-9196105
A car crashed on the M48 Severn Bridge this afternoon after a driver foolishly ignored signs indicating that the bridge was closed. High wind speeds forced officials to close the bridge between Bristol and Wales this afternoon, Thursday, March 28, but that one driver decided that the closure did not apply to them and attempted to make the crossing anyway.
ah, the plucky motorist, the little man, fights the giants at city hall
Hereford man's parking fine spirals as he fights on 'for justice'
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24219856.hereford-mans-parking-fine-s...
Reader's letter: Don't remove Worcester High Street PSPO
We have cyclists in the city who stick to the rules of the road and we have a significant number of cyclists who don’t.
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24205402.readers-letter-dont-remove...
wait 'til Michael hears about cars
Plans to ban cars from north stretch of Deal High Street put on hold as Kent County Council raises safety concerns
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/deal/news/it-s-not-safe-and-would-kill-high...
There wasn't space to say what the safety concerns were.
Judge criticises CPS
A driver who was twice the alcohol limit and deliberately ran over a pedestrian “used his car as a weapon” a judge has said. Also driving whilst banned.
“I question why the Crown accepted this plea – ‘surprising’ is the most diplomatically way I can put it."
“I cannot sentence him on the basis that he used the car as a weapon because of what the prosecution have done.”
CPS had accepted a plea of causing serious injury from careless driving, instead of causing serious injury from dangerous driving.
Just what do you have to do for it to be dangerous ?
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/24220146.essex-man-ran-victim-argume...
What fresh hell is this invading my Facebook feed?
Where do those wires lead back to?
Car demolishes traffic light after ‘aquaplaning’ on Swindon route
“The police have closed the case as they confirmed that it was the condition of the road, that caused his car to aquaplane.”
https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/car-traffic-light-aquaplaning-swindon/
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