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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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- Eton Rifle 10 hours 28 min ago
Well, yeah. I can imagine that linking your product in any way to the Cybertruck, the most ridiculed product in recent history, isn't a PR victory,...
- Rendel Harris 10 hours 35 min ago
Thank goodness for that. I don't suppose anyone would want you to. You certainly behave like one though.
- Eton Rifle 10 hours 43 min ago
You do see some utterly ridiculous examples of car use....
- Eton Rifle 11 hours 5 min ago
Exactly. Every road death is a tragedy but this is at the "twat deserved it" end of the spectrum, looking at the state of that car.
- Rendel Harris 11 hours 12 min ago
I'm not the editor of this article, nor indeed of anything on this website. One would have thought that didn't require explaining.
- Eton Rifle 11 hours 13 min ago
I think the answer is in your question. I genuinely didn't know he was married to her. It does kinda explain it. Disappointing, nevertheless.
- Daclu Trelub 15 hours 58 min ago
In a perfect world, we'd have a measure of how easily distracted someone is, as part of their driving test....
- Sredlums 16 hours 25 min ago
These products are nothing but ridiculously expensive and superfluous, and they bring nothing but bragging rights....
- Daclu Trelub 16 hours 45 min ago
Of course they are, and not so different. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09B662CDN?crid=34M42BETAMFT0&th=1 The bugger's got four versions up now!
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Pedestrian crossing on busy road crashed into for fourth time as residents say 'something needs doing urgently'
If I was that pedestrian, I'd stop crossing the road
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/pedestrian-crossing-busy-r...
Mercedes flips onto roof and smashes into wall as 999 crews descend on Northumberland village
Wylam resident Christine Elliott was woken by a 'loud thud' and looked outside to see a driver had ploughed his car into her wall
"The driver's okay, the police said that he had to go to hospital. He said 'I had been on night shift and had lost concentration'. It's just one of those things. He's been a lucky man!
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/mercedes-flips-onto...
Car ploughs into house on Scottish street as emergency services rush to scene
Police have said the structure will be assessed as officers can be seen speaking with emergency service personnel at the scene next to the damaged grey vehicle.
https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/car-ploughs-house-sc...
3 more reports in the Shropshire Star:
As if the emergency services aren't busy enough already! The weather was fine and dry on both days.
at least it's in the right place to be fixed !
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24141840.elderly-man-mistakes-thr...
Merseyside Police appealing for information after car crashes into St Helens house
https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2024-02-24/police-are-appealing-for-inf...
Phone box on Ludlow street hit by reversing lorry at 7am on Wednesday morning.
https://andybodders.co.uk/2024/02/22/the-leaning-phone-box-of-ludlow-was...
Not related to buildings, but the local rag reports that "The number of fines handed out to drivers in West Mercia for using their mobile phones at the wheel rose substantially" in 2022. West Mercia Police handed out 885 fixed penalty notices for driving while using a handheld device during the year. Imagine how many they would catch if they had enough officers available to go out on patrol!
Van and car smash through garden fence in Poole
His partner said she believes the main issue is the amount of road works making drivers frustrated and annoyed.
She said her friend suggested that a 20mph limit would force road users to slow down.
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24147945.van-car-smash-garden-fen...
St Ives 'hit and run' driver smashes through garden wall and flees
Devon and Cornwall Police was called to the incident in St Ives in the early hours of the morning
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/st-ives-hit-run-driver-9...
This illuminated, reflective bollard should have made itself more visible.
This lamppost should have made itself more visible
Fella's got to earn a living
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/tax...
Sarah Chandler's own tweet with a short video is here:
https://twitter.com/ChaundlerSarah/status/1753703460854182187
In a second tweet she said "I've lost count of how many cars I've seen smashed into the railings on this stretch" and in the video with that tweet a Safer Streets campaigner states that in a recent study 91% of drivers were speeding.
Can't view in the UK, I cannot see a pick-up in the picture?
Could it have anything to do with the nextdoor pizza hut?...
Released without charge.
Could have happened to any driver who was driving to standard and within the speed limit.
How bad is the damage?
could be worse, looks like it's mainly the topside.
There's a lot of photos of the ridiculous Bentley.
Can't moor there, mate.
He must be very keen to see his flat mate.
'Just one of those things'
"While it's here, could you have a look at the brakes for me?"
To start off, they have (had!) a phone box?!
Why was the lorry on the pavement, and reversing without any sort of vision?
And why didn't the phone box respond to the "GET OUT OF MY WAY" beeping??
Its remains are barely in frame on the far right side of the previous photo. Here's a better one.
Agreed. Could have been any of us, and not at all a drunk/ drugged/ on the phone tosser which the police couldn't be bothered with
I was very underwhelmed by the bright red Bentley SUV - was expecting it to be something driven by Avengers Steed or Jason King of Department S.
I knew there was a reason why they were painted red.
Green skip for commercial waste, please put all other waste in the red skip.
The lorry was going very slowly.
The phonebox was in its blind spot.
There was plenty of room for the phonebox to just go round it.
The lorry had never hit anything before and always drove carefully.
Why wasn't the phonebox fully on the pavement?
It wasn't wearing hi-viz and, as it wasn't wearing a helmet, it only has itself to blame if it has any damage!
Hi viz Haiku
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