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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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- Ashok C 3 hours 39 min ago
The comment about the possible lack of mudguard mounts is absolutely brilliant! Cheers.
- hawkinspeter 4 hours 37 min ago
I used an iPump Twist a couple of times and it's not exactly designed for pushing a lot of air but didn't give me any issue apart from taking a...
- ktache 5 hours 4 min ago
I think most would be shocked by the death toll is at least four a day.
- hapaxlegomenon 5 hours 29 min ago
these look like they run super Duper narrow!
- hapaxlegomenon 5 hours 50 min ago
I agree on all points. In case you're wondering, this specific model runs a bit narrower than most other fizik SPD shoes that I've worn in the past...
- chrisonabike 6 hours 47 min ago
Ultimately the problem is humans. That is amplified by "mass motoring" - but even "professional drivers" mess up and kill....
- Miller 8 hours 18 min ago
Over on weight_weenies there's 310 pages of discussion on Light Bicycle so have a look there.
- Rendel Harris 8 hours 18 min ago
It's a thing... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pilot-Carbon-Look-Decorative-Adhesive-Carbon/dp...
- nappe 9 hours 8 min ago
Went past this just after it had happened, straight road, just after a mini roundabout with traffic calming all the way down the road......
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Road Peace
1 - Road traffic collisions are the leading cause of death among children and young people aged 5-29 years
- In the event of a crash - the higher the speed, the higher the injury severity
- The frequency of crashes increases with the speed of traffic
2 We're horrified by these reckless and flippant comments.
"She actually does say this. “I’ve seen children hit by a bus and they’ve bounced up and asked if they could have a milkshake please” "
https://twitter.com/stillawake/status/1765279258530681286
BMW driver rammed cars on M3 to improve their driving
A driver who caused "pandemonium" on the M3, driving at up to 130mph and ramming cars out of the way, told police he was targeting people whose driving did not meet his expectations.
"I want to open up everyone’s eyes to keeping the outside lane clear. That is how I drive in a computer game.
The high-speed rampage only stopped when he collided with another vehicle near junction two for Winchester, causing it to spin around in the road.
But Bathurst-Shaw-Binning then got in another driver's car and told her to drive on, adding: "We need to go and see Charlie."
He then got out of the vehicle and was arrested whilst hiding in the undergrowth at the side of the motorway.
When interviewed he told police he had gone out to get cigarettes.
He was also disqualified from driving for 10 years with a further 40 months added on to take into account the time he will serve in custody.
Mitigating, Islam Khan said his client has "sincere remorse" and "now upon reflection sees the consequences of his actions".
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24167776.bmw-driver-rammed-cars-m3-impr...
Fella's got to earn a living.
Maybe whoever wrote the graffiti is calling for road tax to be reinstated so the pot holes can be repaired.
Gonna say it again, and I know it's only a handful of loudmouths, drivers styling themselves as victims is one of the most dangerous attitudes around.
If only every day was a police action day!
It is worth repeating: why are the 'human bollards' described as protesters? There's a bus gate, and planters, and a traffic regulation order, all stopping through traffic there, so surely its people like the van driver in the clip who are the actual protesters??
I liked the wobble the Belisha post makes when Mr I'm Way Out of my Depth reverses into it.
Just 9 years for this - pathetic
It's considerably worse than 'pathetic'!
"It looked like they were knocked, raced and just dumped on beach and the tide did the rest."
knocked?
Not sure how they swerve onto the pavement. They should be sited in a safe place with a buffer.
Don't read the comments below the article as its full of thick racists.
Frankly, if you don't want to get fined for breaking the law, then....er....this is really hard to work out but i'll give it a go....DON'T BREAK THE LAW.
They should also be concerned over the failure to drug test the driver for 12 hours! Surely it should be one of the first things they did?
Poor Policing. Poor lad didn't deserve to die at such a young age. And only 30 weeks: poor!
😡 a ban but really? Just tell them "that's enough, you're done with driving now, get a mobility vehicle / trike" for Pete's sake.
Residents furious after estate covered in double yellow lines
She said: "Each house has two car spaces but if its a three bedroom house and you three people with three cars, where's the other third person meant to park their car?
A spokesperson for Barratt David Wilson Homes Southampton division said: "These yellow lines are necessary to facilitate bin collections due to the road layout.”
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24160375.residents-furious-estate...
"It's a road closure. A. Road. Closure. The clue's in the name."
Yep saw it, and mentioned it earlier in the week, probably lost somewhere in the mess of threading.
They made a YouTube video about it https://youtu.be/TvfHouMZd8U?si=fegmQ13TZY2s9nQ2
My thoughts, it doesn't change how they treat close passes, this is just part of a two week national campaign against mobile phone use whilst driving https://www.norfolk.police.uk/news/norfolk/news/news/2024/february/norfo...
which is why i believe it has more than just the normal road team officers involved, once it ends its back to normal.
And Suffolk which uses the same road team officers, are supporting the same campaign, haven't reported anything like the same operation has been happening, even though they could literally park the bus in the bus lane outside their own HQ and still catch as many offences, if not more.
It does feel like there are issues around how the poor child was being supervised. If she wandered out of the garden and sat down by the car for 10 minutes with no-one noticing, she could equally have wandered off quite a way in 10 minutes.
I'm a big fan of the Crane Ritan, Japanese brass, lovely tone, have three, others here recommend the Lion bell.
Should be banned for life and 6 years in prison is not enough for the lives ruined or to protect the public.
Yes, finally drivers acknowledging decades of subsidised freeloading and wanting to put their hands in their pockets to do something about it.
I've volunteered to lob in a fiver myself, but on condition that I get a signed undertaking from every driver that I'll get treated with respect on the road.
And - I would have said - law breakers. Police seriously falling down on the job here.
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https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/driver-reported-careless-drivi...
Short for "knocked off", one assumes.
‘I do not think I have ever gone through a red light in my life.'
Er... but she had no idea she had gone through the red light in question, either.
Let's just hope she doesn't resume driving after her 12-month ban.
I have paid my £230 annual VED and that entitles me to drive EVERYWHERE at top speed.
That's the thing. I read the headline and thought it was going to be that she'd wandered out onto the driveway as he was reversing, but no. She wandered out and sat down for ten minutes before he reversed over her.
Article was unclear whether he was sitting in his car all that time or whether he came out of the house, got in it and then started driving.
Crane do make nice bells, I've put the E-NE Revolver on the commuter/shopper, loud enough and sounds like an old school bicycle bell.
I didn't read the Daily Echo article, but were there drugs involved?
Oh yes
Hmm. Thanks. I'm not sure that his friends tried hard enough…
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