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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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David9694 replied to HoarseMann | 3 years ago
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Legally?  Maybe it was offering a drive-thru?

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hawkinspeter replied to ktache | 3 years ago
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The bridge came out of nowhere

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David9694 replied to Hirsute | 3 years ago
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No sense of irony in Kent (?)

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hawkinspeter replied to ktache | 3 years ago
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There doesn't seem to be mention of drivers, so I can only assume that they're autonomous vehicles but having achieved autonomy they just flip themselves over as a protest against their own existence.

I like the photo that clearly shows the tree and lamp-post in the cycle path.

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David9694 replied to ktache | 3 years ago
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The bollards were installed in October 2020 and keep all non-essential vehicles, including shop deliveries, out between 10:30 and 16:30 - long standing rule, apparently.  How ever do they survive? 

The Bollards look like they're telescopic - is  the one catching the white car at half mast? Central Canterbury will, I guess, be once again crowded with people in the longer term - but in a lot of places, real world shopping ain't wot it used to be.

The Google image is of the scene of the crime. 

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David9694 replied to Philh68 | 3 years ago
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How should that be written? 

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hawkinspeter replied to David9694 | 3 years ago
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Anything's a drive-thru if you drive poorly enough

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stonojnr replied to hawkinspeter | 3 years ago
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literally unless the guy was attempting a drive-thru ram raid to the pub, you cant believe how poorly they must have been driving to have ended up there, and not to have failed a drug/drink driving test.

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David9694 replied to hawkinspeter | 3 years ago
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maybe there was a guest beer from 
https://www.brickbrewery.co.uk/

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HoarseMann replied to David9694 | 3 years ago
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David9694 wrote:

Legally?

I don't anticipate they'll be any criminal conviction for this 'accident', so is it illegal?!

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Hirsute replied to ktache | 3 years ago
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Don't think it was the police but a town team chairman.

Hope the wall turns the other cheek.

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ktache replied to Hirsute | 3 years ago
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I stand corrected.

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David9694 replied to ktache | 3 years ago
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The bridge doesn't pay road tax, nor does the wall - that's all you need to know. 

But in the case of the wall, the fact that cars are registered, drivers licensed and as you say insured, I'm sure matters will be swiftly resolved. I mean it's not as though you'd do something like that and then drive off, is it?

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Sriracha replied to stonojnr | 3 years ago
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stonojnr wrote:

BMW driver drives into pub...

Actually, if you read the report, it had nothing to do with the BMW driver. It says, "A driver was freed by firefighters after his car hit a pub in Bury St Edmunds on Friday night."

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andystow replied to David9694 | 3 years ago
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It's surprisingly possible to roll over at very low speeds if you hit another car just right wrong.

Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljlZqd5qot4

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andystow replied to David9694 | 3 years ago
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Imagine getting you bicycle stuck on one of those. You'd be stuck for hours!

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David9694 replied to hawkinspeter | 3 years ago
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Flipping crashing cars.

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Sriracha replied to David9694 | 3 years ago
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David9694 wrote:

how does a driver get their car onto its side in a supermarket car park on a Saturday morning?

Reading the news report, it seems the car just wanted its tummy rubbed...
"A spokesperson said the vehicle had rolled onto its side in the car park..."

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David9694 replied to hawkinspeter | 3 years ago
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What is the cost in terms of the emergency services' time in picking up the pieces, day after flipping day?  Tempting to say "ok bored now", but the "cyclists should be made to take a test", pay insurance, pay 'road tax' brigade just keep on coming. 

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David9694 | 4 years ago
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It's a cheap shot to say "oh look, empty pavement, clearly the new cycle lanes haven't single-handedly reversed 5 years of High Street retail decline"
Anyway, this on Facebook - comments looked pretty horrendous. 

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David9694 | 4 years ago
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Tom_77 | 4 years ago
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Quote:

I just don't remember this being a thing until recently, now it seems a daily occurrence.

Might be happening more frequently now, but this is from 2001. The transporter hit a railway bridge just outside my house. Not sure if it made the local paper at the time.

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David9694 | 4 years ago
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attitudes to drinking and driving were transformed many years ago blah, blah ...

https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/18843329.woman-arrested-car-foun...

https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/18845469.woman-found-four-times-...

Cyclists not wearing helmets are a burden on the NHS blah, blah...
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18845745.police-ambulance-attend-...

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Tom_77 | 4 years ago
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From the BBC - Hinckley railway bridge sits top of 'most bashed' chart

Hit 25 times in one year.

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Tom_77 | 4 years ago
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Bury St Edmunds Christmas tree hit by by car and collapses

https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/bury-st-edmunds/news/car-knocks-over-chris...

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David9694 | 4 years ago
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https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/driver-flees-after-destroyin...

Mr Gower said: "I woke up at 7.15am and I opened the curtains at 8am and all the fence was down.

"They went into next door and knocked her fence down, then they backed into my place to get out."

From the tyre tracks, Mr Gower said it looked like it had been a 4x4 vehicle.

 

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David9694 | 4 years ago
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David9694 | 4 years ago
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clearly a case for ambulances to have hi viz, a bell, and proper lights

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/ambulance-crashes-with-car-33...

 

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hawkinspeter | 4 years ago
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Why won't barriers take some responsibility for their own safety and wear some hi-viz?

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/a38-crash-mercedes-class-smashes-4707652

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