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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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Gridlock as car lands in tree after Birchington (tee-hee) crash
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/car-lands-in-tree-after-crash-p...
any subscribers?
Driver slams council after potholed road takes out three tyres in as many days
A Shropshire motorist has slammed the county council for failing in its "statutory duty" to inspect the roads after he punctured three tyres in three days on the same stretch of tarmac.
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/bridgnorth/2024/02/14/dri...
Bath road to close for six weeks to allow toads to cross
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-68252094
Annual event since 2003 - surprised no one is protesting they are unable to leave their homes again.
Raglan Street car hits nurse but she keeps broken wing 😱 mirror
She added: "He started threatening me, waving his walking stick. I said 'why did you just drive off?' He said 'I wanted to get my newspaper'.
"I told him he had knocked into me and didn't stop.
"He said 'I'm old I can do what I like! There's no damage to your car'. I said 'but I have hurt my ankle and my arm'. He said 'I don't care - prove it. There are no witnesses'."
Mrs Ravenhill said she had got proof - his car registration and the car part which she said he demanded back.
"I said 'sorry, you're not getting your car part back. I'm going to hand it into the police. It's evidence'," she said.
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24118539.raglan-street-car-hits-nur...
(I needed to switch to private mode to read.)
Keyless car theft victim told to pay to get Range Rover back
She said: “I could not believe what I was hearing – I have been the victim of car theft, and I am now being charged [£192] just to get my car back.
“This is on top of the £3,000 worth of bollards, CCTV, steering locks, vehicle immobilisers and security lights we have bought to stop being a victim of theft again.
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24119121.keyless-car-theft-victim-told-...
Norfolk man challenges parking fine over puddle in car park
https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/24121523.norfolk-man-challen...
What a grim vision of Life drivers have:
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24091094.herefordshire-council-spend-...
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24121127.herefordshire-councils-spend...
I knew it all along:
Fly-tipper caught dumping fridge landed with big fine
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/fly-tipper-caught-dumping...
Even by usual shoddy reporting standards, this is special: stupid boy, breaking his legs!
https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2024-02-13/boy-12-breaks-both-legs-in...
drivers are such snowflakes when the threat, however minuscule, is against them - suck it up, guys and welcome to cyclists' world.
Man questions Winchester Golf Academy over stray balls on the A34
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/24125735.man-questions-winches...
Frome roads to be closed as schools to go car-free for children and parents
Frome is launching a School Streets trial to improve the safety and wellbeing of its young residents
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/frome-roads-closed-sch...
Great, but don't let this become an obstacle to a more extensive roll-out of 20 mph. "It's OK outside schools" is a containment strategy by drivers.
'Crazy car parking permit rules' means Banbury motorist can't park outside his home
Am I missing something? They can't get two parking permits because both cars are registered to the husband and the leased car can only be registered in the husband's name. The council has said that they can have a second permit if they register one car in the wife's name. The husband says that they can't do that because they can't change the register keeper of the leased car. The car that doesn't have a permit is the car which is not leased. Surely the answer is to change the registered keeper on the non-leased car, get a second permit, park outside your home and not go to the newspaper?
https://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/transport/crazy-car-parking-permi...
Drivers and their problems
this time it's "how about some community spirit?"
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/malling/news/empty-car-park-on-one-side-of-...
A27 closed near Chichester after truck rolls into ditch
Something needs to be done about these spontaneously turtling cars and lorries. Won't somebody think of the children?!
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/24127644.a27-closed-near-chichester-truc...
Barratt is worried about his family
Do not put your family in a small car.
Yesterday, my wife was driving my son to school and an oncoming delivery truck crossed the center lane and hit her head on — the driver had a seizure was going 40 mph. I am so thankful they are okay (and the other driver is too) and that we chose to buy a large vehicle.
"I am glad your family is ok. Wouldn’t it be safer if everyone drove smaller cars?"
Not realistic so no interest in playing that game
" What is this some SUV cold war arms race? "I'm going to buy a car even bigger than yours!" "
After that is escalated
"When we had our third child I bought a Yukon. It’s very safe and built like a tank. "
"Who needs an SUV when you can buy an ICV?! My children travel safely in a Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle. If the Stryker's 14.55mm thick steel plates don't offer enough protection an optional weapons station can obliterate traffic threats."
""When we had our third child I bought an M1 Abrams. It’s very safe and built like a tank. We always had larger SUVs like Yukons which have no chance against mines and Anti Tank artillery. The lives of my children are too important to risk to another driver."
"When we had our third child we bought a Komatsu 930E. It's very safe and bigger than both a tank and a F750. My children are very safe. Pedestrians can be wiped off the wheels fairly easily."
"When we had our third child we bought a Crawler-transporter. It's very safe and bigger than either a tank, a F750 or a Komatsu 930E. My children are very safe. At a top speed of 1.6km/h, pedestrians have plenty of time to walk out of its way."
"When we had our third child we bought a star destroyer. It's very safe and is very capable of destroying and earth tank or vehicle. My children are very safe. Pedestrians tend to run away in a state of alarm and fear so we no longer need to consider them at all."
One person recommended a tank as it has better visibility
New 20mph signs in Herne Bay spray-painted by vandals amid residents’ rage over road scheme
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/herne-bay/news/20mph-signs-sabotaged-amid-r...
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/malling/news/empty-car-park-on-one-side-of-...
How dare they [checks notes] stop people parking on their own land
oh no! It's going to get worse:
Petrol and diesel owners to be hit hardest by new car tax rates
Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is set to increase from April 1 🎻
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/motoring/petrol-diesel-owners-hit-h...
On the theme of congestion, population/ over-population seems to be a noticeable theme for drivers at the moment (with oh so many roadworks a close second).
When drivers start to latch on to issues like this, it's always interesting because (i) it's largely cars, not people, that give you that oppressive feeling in the city/town (ii) there's usually some anti-immigration / racist schtick lurking behind it (iii) if it's suburban sprawl you're worried about, that too is largely created by cars. Drivers of course assume that more people must equal still more cars.
Drivers are of course making their contribution to the issue at the rate of 4 or 5 people a day.
First official review of the impact of Wales' 20mph law published
Millions of journeys in nine areas have been analysed
The mean speed difference in nine areas:
Lampeter: 24.1mph (-5.3mph)
Penrhyn Bay: 24.9mph (-6.1mph)
Llanrug: 26.6mph (-3.8mph)
Allt-yr-yn (Newport): 23.1mph (-3mph)
Pembroke Dock: 24.1mph (-4.2mph)
Newtown: 25.9mph (-4.4mph)
Tylorstown: 25.7mph (-2.8mph)
Torfaen (Cwmbran, Pontypool, Blaenavon): 26.5mph (-2.9mph)
Wrexham: 23.2mph (-4.7mph)
Overall weighted mean: 24.8mph (-4mph)
Natasha Asghar MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Transport said: “These findings prove what a monumental waste of time and resources from the LabourGovernment the 20mph limit has been. “o sacrifice billions of pounds from the Welsh economy all for the sake of 4mph may satisfy Labour, but it is not a trade the Welsh Conservatives would be willing to make.
“On day one of a Welsh Conservative Government, this barmy policy would be scrapped, and common sense would prevail.”
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/20mph-wales-review-speed-lim...
I would assume that the figures show the real world effect of a drop in speed limits of 10 mph, so in Lampeter it was 34.1 mph before, hence all the driver crying.
Not drivers, explicitly, but I'm reading between the lines on it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c513zzgd6ddo
I would read that as "It would be far better if there were no bollards so people could park on the pavement there to just pop into the shops." According to the photos, it has double yellow lines, but we all know how effective they are…
Exeter 'human bollards' live in fear of death threats and poo through letterboxes
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/exeter-human-bollards-live-fea...
How did a car get there? Police probe 'unusual' crash
You can't even park your car in a tight spot without it making world news now!
I'm guessing it's an automatic
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-68288130
Road closure causing 'desecration' of a village, journeys that took 5mins now take 20, oh the humanity !!!
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/24135095.suffolk-road-closure-causing-desecr...
Man fined for littering after dropping parking ticket
Herefordshire Council said he had thrown down, left or otherwise deposited the penalty charge notice in a public highway.
The council gives out £140 fixed penalty notices for littering, which are reduced to £100 if paid within 10 days, but littering matters are taken to court for prosecution when defendants fail to pay.
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24128583.man-fined-littering-dropping...
Two crashes in a week see cars on roofs in North Petherton
So in six days two cars ended up on their roofs after crashing into parked cars outside a Tesco Express in Somerset.
Something must be done about this! Let's start a petition to ban parked cars and Tesco Expresses in Somerset.
https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/24131856.two-crashes-week-s...
Parking of (driverless) cars and campervans must take priority over prevention of coastal erosion:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1vv1yzdp7o
Another driving tragedy and another Coroner not grasping the bull by the horns, so we will learn nothing
This is Audi A1 YH66 UTP pulling out from a school onto the main road 'interacting' with a mobile held in the right hand. No response from Lancashire Constabulary- the officer, if they ever think at all, no doubt thinking 'nothing happened, what's the fuss about'
Oh dear, I got sucked in and looked up that group. My favourite comments on that photo were from 'Dave" who starts off by saying that that road is already dangerous enough (I think he means that enforcing that speed limit in an attempt to make it safer will make it more dangerous, maybe that's because people will have to concentrate on their speed as well as their phone) but then follows it up by saying that roads aren't dangerous in themselves and it's the drivers that are the problem and we need more police...
Or am I missing a huge amount of sarcasm?
well, Wayne here we are in unfamiliar Cannock - what could that be on the wall, just over your left shoulder? Unfortunately, there's meant to be another one on that post over your right shoulder, but that disappeared some time after November 2020. It's been a loading bay at least since 2009.
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