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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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- mjc2669 3 hours 3 min ago
Cable lock looped around frame down tube and bike carrier between roof rack fixing points works.. sometimes a bit of padding to stop any rattling....
- David9694 3 hours 29 min ago
Car crashes into The Wortwell Bell pub near Harleston https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24329586.car-crashes-wortwell-bell-pub-near...
- ubercurmudgeon 3 hours 29 min ago
Nope, not even for an open-and-shut one, such as a Brompton. And don't call me Shirley.
- ubercurmudgeon 3 hours 5 min ago
I agree, but Boardman is talking as if demonization of out-groups was a bug not a feature of right-wing rags like the Telegraph. As if they weren't...
- Simon E 4 hours 40 min ago
I'm not lying and you're still spouting complete bollocks....
- Backladder 5 hours 37 min ago
I'd have to say that my old Shimano dura-ace compatible with Look delta cleats are the best, just retired them after about 35 years, not because...
- Spangly Shiny 6 hours 46 min ago
I wonder whether, should there be a trial of a cyclist, that there will be a requirement stipulating all jurors should be cyclists? After all a...
- Mr Hoopdriver 8 hours 3 min ago
Does anybody else feel like crying sometimes
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I'm sure if you presented him with directions to a garage selling petrol at £1.39 a litre he (and all other drivers claiming to not see/ be confused by signs) would have no trouble understanding it.
Couple with toddler in back end up with car on top of them after crash on country road
A young family were going about their Saturday afternoon when they were in collision with another car. After a number of 'near misses', there are now calls for the speed limit to be cut
The exact circumstances of the collision are unknown, including the speeds of the vehicles involved, but the mum said there needed to be better signs to warn drivers of some of the potential hazards. and a lower speed limithttps://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/couple-toddler-back-end-up...
And there was me thinking that every inch of Wales was covered in 20 mph limits.
"the mum said there needed to be better signs to warn drivers of some of the potential hazards"
Errrr.... High hedges, narrow road, bends. And that's just fron that one photo. Why would any competent driver need a sign to tell them that they need to moderate their speed and use the horn ?
The mystery continues
Driver, 55, arrested as Iceland van left balanced on top of car after Edgbaston crash
West Midlands Police say the driver of a car has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving following the smash in Edgbaston
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/driver-55-arrested-i...
I've never found a bus system that didn't have a learning curve. I've ridden buses in at least:
I gave up in Dublin and walked everywhere, but I did find the train there easy to figure out.
It's (usually) easy to find a schedule and routes, but with an unfamiliar system it's often not obvious to figure out:
And yes, my expectation used to be that if I was waiting at a bus stop, the bus would stop. That doesn't always work.
Exactly like it, in that you have to be taught; if "everyone" uses electric toothbrushes or slip-on shoes you probably won't!
Presumably "I have to drive the kids everywhere" at least in part because that's simply what everyone else does (and your kids will be the butt of jokes / abuse / social isolation if you don't. Assuming they still spend some time not online?
OK this article and the post it's based on is probably nonsense, although I have occasionally seen it happen in my locality.
Drivers failing tests for stopping at red light due to little-known law
A quirk of the Highway Code is to blame for the failure, which has gone viral on YouTube and social media apps.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/drivers-failing-test...
This was linked.
The cars have to be very long, but Wokingham is one of them...
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/drivers-cars-too-lon...
"The fact it’s almost impossible to find the parking restrictions online – with drivers often forced to read the small print on physical signage at the location to understand the precise rules – only adds to the difficulties faced by motorists." 🎻
Ah - our sometime commentator "Nigel" was only half-right! Clearly you not only can go through a red light if it isn't yet "established", but you also should if it's been permanently establish in the wrong place!
Here's the video referenced, from a year ago.
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.
🎻
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
A driver with a problem....
https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/furious-mo...
Man arrested after van found abandoned on railway tracks in East Farleigh, near Maidstone
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/man-arrested-after-vehicle-a...
stop spending money on pedestrian crossings near schools and fill in the pot holes or I will have to get a 4x4 (is this right? Ed)
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24261615.money-spent-fixing-herefords...
an innocent motorist writes ...
Letter: 'Feeling harassed trying to pick someone up at train station'
"In the 10 minute delay two parking officers emerged happily taking down details of cars waiting on limited spaces around the usually empty taxi lanes.
Surely this is preying on motorists as opposed to routine parking control? It is time to question the motives behind these actions, and it looks and feels like monetary targets are prevailing over good considered decisions."
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/24255226.letter-feeling-harass...
Drivers are getting their knickers in a twist over the width of this new cycle path
https://metro.co.uk/2024/04/22/drivers-getting-worked-width-new-bangor-c...
Cambridgeshire villagers say parking problem is 'ridiculous' as buses squeeze past cars
Villagers say that people park on pavements, over double yellow lines, and near junctions
villagers say parking problems caused by villagers are terrible
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/cambridgeshire-villager...
Happy St George's Day! [🏴] Truly, a hero for our times.
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