Drivers and their problems

A minority in Cleveland need to get a new hobby:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-65155462

Fury over bike rack by Bristol church that would 'block access for hearses'

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/fury-over-bike-rack-bris...

Quote:

Plans to put a new bicycle rack outside an old church have sparked fury among churchgoers who said the rack would “block access for hearses”. The planned covered bike rack was slammed as a “flagrant act of vandalism” that would also block views of the 18th-century building.

...

Churchgoer and Conservative Councillor Richard Eddy said: “When I heard of the council plans outside Christ Church, I was aghast that the local authority intended to despoil this Grade-II listed building by a flagrant act of vandalism.

“Over the last six years, worshippers at Christ Church have seen Sunday parking charges imposed on them; the repeated refusal of the council to allow strictly limited parking for the congregation; road closures; and the designation of the Clean Air Zone surrounding the church.”

A more suitable location for the bike rack, Cllr Eddy suggested, would be around the corner on Wine Street. The pavement there is much wider than on Broad Street, with a long stretch of building without any entrances, so the bike rack wouldn’t be blocking any kind of access.

Cllr Eddy added: “Now we have this hare-brained scheme to erect a cycle rack outside the church. It seems the deluded secularists of the city council are determined to close the church. If there is a demand for a cycle rack nearby, there is a wide and ample pavement only yards away on Wine Street. Why wasn’t this considered by the council?

End of neighbourliness over parking https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/23426582.parking-chaos-worries-24-new...

Fears for motorists over end of the world alarm test https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/fears-for-motorists-over-emergency...

Problems with the hedge funds?

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/police-called-yew-tree-farm-8319493

Long bows !

"If you read the challenge, you would note the older child has archery. Have you ever tried to carry a longbow on a bus? Will the school allow the teenager to bring a weapon to school? An archer can string, knock and loose an arrow in minutes. #getreal"

(I'm rather unclear why you would collect a week's groceries in the morning - maybe you have to take a fridge too)

Ferrari F40 supercar worth more than £1m seized by police

Well, they're probably a bit short of cash after paying out £1m for the car.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-65172222

Motorist to appear in court after second arrest in two days

Quote:

Vehicle seized by police after arrest for drug-driving, disqualified driving and having no insurance - just a day after allegedly attempting to deceive police with false details

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/motorist-appear-court-af...

It's amazing what people will put on Twitter:

I fell down a Twitter rabbit hole with this thread responding to a cyclist talking about driving in a 20mph area:

https://twitter.com/trevor_hutton/status/1643898732235063297?s=20

Please correct me if I'm wrong but I believe you can overtake and break the speed limit temporarily if safe to do so, how do you know you were doing 20mph?, the driver has a speedometer, legally he can do 23mph 20mph+10% plus 1 in the Met Police area?

Then there is Babar who is convinced that the HWC tells you that you have an obligation to pull up and get out of the way to allow faster drivers to overtake even if they are breaking the law to do so. - in the context of the original tweet bemaoning being harrassed for driving at the 20mph limit.

Then there is Mark who is a journalist who claims to be a critical thinker who claims that: "You have a cheek criticising me over critical thinking. The roads are safe, accident levels low and everyday millions of drivers prove you wrong." as he was claiming that 20mph limits will cause more accidents than they will save,

The bike lane came out of nowhere!
https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/poorly-planned-saanich-man...

A BRAINTREE drug dealer has been jailed after he tried to escape police by driving a Land Rover along a railway line.

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/23439182.essex-drug-dealer-jailed-dr...

Mitigation:

"defence barrister Chantel Gaber argued Francis has not repeated his behaviour since the incident."

BUT

"Francis was eventually arrested nearly two weeks later by police and has been in custody since."

"I go off road a lot as I am a dog walker"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-65203745.amp

A couple of rum 'uns in the Shropshire Star (a surprisingly low car crash story count so far this week):

A drug user carrying a baseball bat and a knife in his car avoided prison for driving into a police car in a Telford cemetery. 41 year old Robert Jones had no driving licence, no insurance, also received an endorsement for driving without due care but avoided prison because "an instruction had been issued to restrict custodial sentences due to limited spaces in UK prisons."

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/crime/2023/04/06/no-jail-for-driver-...

On Wednesday evening a car overturned in the village of Condover near Shrewsbury. No driver mentioned but "one person was left in the care of the ambulance service."

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/shrewsbury/2023/04/06/eme...

I did a search for 'Condover car overturned'... I guess it has ignored the Condover bit but bloomin' eck that's a LOT of cars with their wheels in the air! [search results]

We share the roads with these people.

I suppose we should be glad that they understood the zig-zags.

https://twitter.com/roadpoliceBCH/status/1644089424173576193?t=u2M6lMMry...

"St Albans - Driver of the below vehicle said he thought parking below was appropriate as he was avoiding the zig zags. Suitably advised and reported for process."

Some 20mph limit objectors need to hand in their driving licences

I wish that was a headline from the Daily Mail, but we'll have to make so with ETA saying it

https://www.eta.co.uk/2023/04/04/some-20mph-limit-objectors-need-to-hand...

Misjudged the gap within which to park

Towing country wide needed

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-65205940

(wnen did snowdonia become Eryri ?)

"It’s that time of year in North Norfolk when huge flocks of migratory Range Rovers arrive from their overwintering grounds in London. At some key nesting sites like Burnham Market they occupy every inch of space, like kittiwakes on a cliff side. Truly a majestic site to behold"

https://twitter.com/crisortunity/status/1644649141568405511

"Small troop of e-cyclists, their distinctive hi-viz colouration a defensive adaption - these are Range Rovers’ favourite prey. They may think they’re safe to be grazing here but in fact they’re dangerously close to the Holkham colony"

Drivers forced to abandon vehicles after getting caught in three-hour car park queue

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cardiff-traffic-chaos-ca...

Flipping cars!

Man crashes into police car and flips it over after he didn’t stop
https://metro.co.uk/2023/04/09/fulham-crash-man-crashes-into-police-car-...

Man arrested on suspicion of drug driving after car flips over in crash
https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/man-arrested-suspicion-drug-d...

Car flips onto roof after crash on busy Glasgow road as woman charged
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/car-flips-onto-roof-aft...

Cornwall Asda fail after 4x4 gets stuck on grass bank at Bodmin store

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornwall-asda-fail-after...

Usual incompetence at the w/e from drivers unable to cope with walkers on minor roads no pavement.

One was a few cm away, others passed at speed, one seemed to think that passing close on our left (we were on the right of the road) was ok because he was overtaking a parked car.

All they had to do was wait 5 - 10 seconds...

... but had to get to the easter egg hunt.

Rude notes (YPLAC) slapped on cars parked around Ashton Gate stadium

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/cars-near-ashton-gate-stadium-8340556

'Speeding' BMW driver loses car 'moments after buying it' down Lye High Street

Moral of the story: don't speed if you don't have insurance

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/speeding-bmw-driver-loses...

Driver with provisional licence and high on cocaine crashes into roadworks

Why is it no longer safe for high provisional licence holders to go out for a late night drive without the road suddenly opening up and trying to swallow their car [or someone else's that they weren't meant to be driving]?

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/huddersfield-yorkshire-drug-drivin...