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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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- HollisJ 25 min 53 sec ago
Oh don't get me wrong - it's for sure warmer and wetter if we're looking back over the last hundred or more years....
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For anyone in the Sheffield area https://bsky.app/profile/ppushbike.bsky.social/post/3lgnamkc4t226
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I bet this is a case of “something was supposed to be there, but never actually materialised”, which is apparently more common than I realised....
- eburtthebike 1 hour 5 min ago
Yet more pro-cycling news for the media to ignore! I'm especially looking forward to the 24/7 blackout imposed by the BBC.
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I ride quite a bit in Italy too, and the drivers are every bit as dangerous as in the UK. Close passing is terrible....
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Wow! I find it hard to understand sometimes - but I guess I'm woke now....
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Don't forget to scroll down as there's more: from a driver who can't find reverse.
The headline reads, "Car Drives Past Road Closed Sign Into Hole". All they needed to do was change one letter; "Car Driven Past Road Closed Sign Into Hole".
He was actually convicted and banned.
It's in the U.S. which is even more firmly under the thumb of the automobile, so I have low expectations on how their media reports crashes.
I've read this article a couple of times and I think, from reading between the lines, that there are secret self driving van trials taking place in Cornwall and that the machine learning is at the tantruming toddler stage and the van threw itself into the hedge. I can't see any other explanation given that no driver is mentioned.
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/st-kew-crash-overturned-...
Agreed, it's not a building but it's the same idea. This is on the bridge over the M6 at Holme, N Lancashire. The woman driver was turning left onto the bridge and totalled the car on the sturdily built end of the barrier which appeared completely undamaged. How is it that so many nut-jobs congregate on one brand? Are they tested before they're allowed to buy, and barred unless in the bottom quartile for sense and intelligence and top quartile for psychopathy, aggression and narcissism?
Town mayor's 'momentary lapse of concentration' caused crash
we haven't had a a momentary lapse of concentration for a while. A reminder, as always, to fit a bell and wear hi viz.
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/19706627.town-mayors-momentary-la...
When buildings hit back... https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/brick-wall-collapses-outside-framlingham-chu...
Never understood why they still let cars park there as they are always a pita blocking that road, and wouldnt surprise me in the least that someone reversing in to a space hit the wall and weakened it enough so it just collapsed later.
We're on the wrong side of the tracks again here. Driving is so hard. Gloucestershire Live scooped by Kent.
https://www.kentlive.news/news/uk-world-news/trains-stopped-car-takes-wr...
Sorry, no building involved here, but hitting 17 cars is impressive as is the driving ability: https://twitter.com/davenewworld_2/status/1460257234743611401
Wise up size up
https://www.networkrail.co.uk/communities/safety-in-the-community/railwa...
See the top 10 bridge strikes in 20/21.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/tank-driven-remembrance-day-service-22177251.amp
Councillor crashes a tank into the war memorial during parade.
How come everyone's overlooked this case of someone crashing a car into the most famous building in the country?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59330152
Driver escapes injury after car drops into pathway at Lower Buckland Road, Lymington
https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/driver-escapes-injury-after-ca...
https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/range-rover-crashes-into-norwich-ch...
It must have been the house's fault, it couldn't be the fault of the cars as they're in hi-vis and we all know that hi-vis will stop all accidents from happening.....
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16782505/cop-hurt-car-crash-house-damage/
Who wants a flying dog?
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/my-dog-flew-across-room-6282310
Looks to be another driverless car
Can't a person go out and have a few drinks without the risk that they're going to get arrested because their car has spontaneously flipped onto its side?
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19759615.emergency-services-called-cras...
Autonomous lorry crashes through M4 central reservation barrier: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/m4-traffic-live-lorry-crashes-6296986
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/19763458.car-crashes-blackbird-leys-ho...
But cyclists! (Have a look at the comments)
Not a building
https://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/crime/horse-rider-injured-in-warboys-af...
Completely autonomous
Narrow escape from ice incident
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-59560728
This seems to be a "car hits..." sub-theme I've noticed lately; it's recently happened to my sister in her little side road of 250 yards length - the driver flipped the car and didn't get away. Speed along a titchy road in the dead of night and hit parked cars.
https://www.elystandard.co.uk/news/parked-car-crashes-in-ely-and-fordham...
Straight on at a mini roundabout where it is left or right
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/19775463.east-street-car-smashes-bui...
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/thr...
Bournemouth man jailed for stealing and crashing girlfriend's car
'A victim impact statement from the owner of the house, read by Ms Hart, said her anxiety has increased and she had to take time off work to deal with insurance.
She said: “Every time I hear pebbles or a car driving fast, I get uncomfortable and feel anxious.
“This is not something anyone should be made to feel where they should feel relaxed and safe.”'
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/19779277.bournemouth-man-jailed-s...
Wokingham Clarks shop severely damaged by suspected drink driver
"The shop in Wokingham town centre has suffered major damage in the incident. Thames Valley Police arrested a man from Slough shortly afterwards on suspicion of a number of offences including drink-driving"
https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/wokingham-clark...
BBC compilation: cars on bollards:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-59641534
Solution? Remove the bollards.
To be fair I think the plan is to do camera enforcement instead and most of the vehicles in the compilation seemed to be going through slowly at least - it does look rather slim. But if they were needed in the first place...
Here we are - complete with some missing trim on Streetview.
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.675597,-0.3793403,3a,75y,224.18h,77.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1se_MF_5Xp8MJlJ79EWZwlQQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Can't really see why you have a problem nor why lots would need to go through there - though it is the closest access to the M1 I guess.
Here we see the usually sedate Audi take to the water and attempt to mate with a nearby pedestrian bridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ70RUlyuPo
"FIREFIGHTERS are spending less time dealing with fires and more handling road accidents and rescue operations."
I often wonder to myself what proportion of the blue light services' time and resource is absorbed in clearing-up the daily mess left by road violence. It's another cost of car culture, another that keeps a low profile.
"By contrast to the 2,218 fire calls – 461 fewer than the same period last year – there were 4,605 special service calls, which include road traffic collisions, lift releases and ambulance assistance, up eight per cent from 2020."
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/19790560.hampshire-firefighter...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-59717991
No driver was involved in this crash - another self driving vehicle
4 nothings on the grill and nothing behind the wheel
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