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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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- Rendel Harris 7 min 6 sec ago
Best Bogart voice: "Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of where to watch cycling don't amount to a...
- ChrisA 7 min 55 sec ago
I'm mising the point here. Why are there (permanant) barriers across the cycle path. It's like a 10 foot section of road where motorists are told...
- SecretSam 57 min 27 sec ago
I've just bought a second hand Mason but that 105 mechanical Strael looks a seriously good deal. Deeply pretty bike and I love the company ethos.
- andystow 4 hours 19 min ago
Ok, just noticing this on my own bike. The rear wheel I bought from wheelbuilder.com. The front I rebuilt on my existing SON hub with a rim ordered...
- hawkinspeter 8 hours 48 min ago
Looks to me like they crashed into a "give way" sign
- jamesha100 9 hours 33 min ago
This is so sad but also so sadly familiar. I am not sure whether more punitive sentences - e.g. life driving bans - would make any difference but...
- chrisonabike 9 hours 53 min ago
Probably. But ... applied / enforced by whom? (See Private Eye's "Rotten Boroughs" page for evidence of how well that might work).
- Miller 10 hours 18 min ago
Because the reframing work in post is a right pain in the neck, the reframed quality doesn't match normal action cams, because the cameras are...
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possible successor to Rufford ford?
Life on 'UK's most dangerous hill' where Huddersfield residents fear death
Locals fear the treacherous road could lead to fatalities if nothing is done
"cars are seen sliding sideways down the steep hill in icy conditions, cars have flipped over and even crashed into stone walls on some occasions, leaving them a total right off."
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/life-uks-most-dangerous-h...
Council accused of 'giving up' on Bridgwater as plans to upgrade key roundabout are scaled back
The council said it was "taking a new approach" to the issue
The council subsequently announced in mid-January that it would be "taking a new approach", focussed on improved pedestrian crossings and other walking and cycling improvements rather than physically increasing the amount of space available to motorists.
Speaking from the roundabout site on Monday morning (February 5), Mr Redman said making any improvements to the capacity of the Cross Rifles roundabout was challenging due to the lack of open neighbouring land. He said: "The problem we have when it comes to our road infrastructure is the fact that we're limited by the close proximity of the houses and the businesses around us.
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/council-accused-giving...
I'm sure I've seen this before but with a different photo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmmgvnnjgq9o
A barrier is to be installed at the top of a notorious street in Edinburgh after sat-nav errors repeatedly directed drivers down a set of steps.
If roads need to be updated to accommodate absurdly large cars, taxpayers will foot the bill.
(US, but still relevant)
https://slate.com/business/2024/02/car-safety-guardrails-bloat-electric-...
Dismay as parking charges set to rise across Canterbury, Herne Bay and Whitstable
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/it-s-the-worst-piece-of-new...
Range Rover driven over BMW by Long Buckby drink-driver
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-68244989
Welcome to self-awarenessville, Kent
Sandwich BMW drifter opens Skidz Advanced Driving School at Manston Airport
“Drifting on the road can cost up to £100 a night. You’ve got the worry of the police taking your car as well as being seen as a public nuisance. The drifter community just want somewhere safe to do it without the stress. Cars can reach five-figure sums and people don’t want to see them impounded.”
The engineer, who has a business modifying drift cars, has previously been banned from the road three times and fined a total of £7,000.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/i-ve-been-a-naughty-boy-but-now...
EDIT : I'm curious as to what the £100 a night actually goes on. Tyres, fines?
"Otter living in Ipswich park has died in traffic accident" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-68233753
Aka Ollie the Otter was killed by some moron driving too fast down the roads nearest the park.
More crashes on Kent roads than any other county, new figures reveal
Among those now calling for Kent’s roads to be made safer is Keena Entwhistle, whose son Ethan died in a crash in October, two days before his 19th birthday.
The 46-year-old told KentOnline: “Neither I nor Ethan did anything wrong, but I have been left with a life sentence of this pain, and I do not want anyone else to ever feel this way.
“I think all roads in towns, and especially by schools, should be 20 miles an hour.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/kent-s-ranking-as-uk-s-crash-capi...
Fix our potholes!
Not like that!
'Unrest' in village stops roadworks amid 'serious safety' concerns
Gloucestershire County Council's Highways department has removed part of the scheme, which affects the residential area, from the roadwork plans
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/unrest-villag...
Curry house to close as no one can park outside.
https://www.lancs.live/whats-on/whats-on-news/beloved-accrington-curry-h...
There will a zebra crossing making it easier to get to the place.
Apparently everyone comes by car and there is currently enough parking for 100 cars right at the front door
Ashby councillor challenges Lidl application to build new store on Ashfield House site - amid fears of adding to 'gridlock'
surely that won't happen, just look at all the cycle parking… oh, wait
https://ashby.nub.news/news/local-news/ashby-councillor-challenges-lidl-...
Get this a lot from the driver accounts: "it's about control...they want us out of our cars by 2030...vague reference to whatever conspiracy theory".
The first line of the text might have actually made a better headline, not so much in 'Newspaper Headline English':
I don't even live in Scotland let alone Edinburgh but I was aware of the pavement parking policy.
Leaflet drop - yes let's leaflet everyone with what, a copy of the highway code ?
They are to discuss opticians with them.
https://www.whatcar.com/news/the-most-stolen-cars-in-the-uk/n21162
Just the first article that came up on Google. Of the three Range Rover variants listed (they're all the same to me) it comes to around 4,000 reported stolen.
The article doesn't separately list variants of the other cars and importantly there's only vague references to how numerous each one is.
https://www.click4gap.co.uk/blog/10-most-stolen-cars-in-the-uk-2023/
This one is better showing that Land Rovers are stolen at twice the rate Fiestas are. How sad, never mind.
Why So Many Land Rover Range Rovers?
The Land Rover Range Rover witnessed a significant (47%) surge in theft reports to the police from 2021 to 2022, a trend that extended into the initial months of 2023.
Such an uptick in theft incidents has posed challenges for Range Rover owners, especially in the London region, when it comes to insuring their cars. Skyrocketing insurance premiums and a dwindling number of firms willing to offer coverage are among the primary concerns. The dilemma with Range Rovers isn’t so much about their security measures but the huge demand both domestically and internationally. Thieves are aware of the lucrative market for these vehicles, making them invest in the required technology to steal them.
où suis-je censé le laisser, dis-moi
"They didn't ask the residents, there was no consultation,"
Against my human rights !
Certainly "right off" the road.
As we all know, motor cars are like semi tamed wild animals, beyond the control of their drivers. In this case, the Audi clearly should have been spayed…
follow-up
Met Police investigating incorrect 50mph sign on A20 Sidcup Road near Swanley Interchange
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/incorrect-speed-sign-probe-as...
The scene as it once was. So, drivers you've been built a whole new road (The Clink, on the site of an old branch line) that along with everything else has put extra strain on this intersection, now you're moaning because it's not enough?
Picture - the scene as it was
Next up: it's my human right to ground my van on those steps, this is typical of the anti-car council, hard-working drivers, where was the consultation they want us all out of our cars by 2030 I will rip those barriers out myself you see if I don't
"expect American car bloat to augur an expensive, and dangerous, roadway future."
no change there, then
North Somerset council are intending to remove their free car parks (yes - at present they have lots of free car parks!)
Irate fisherman claimed responsibility.
Its Wash Lane again https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/24108764.wash-lane-combs-ford-near-stowmarke...
I rode it last week actually, you have to be several levels of insane to think it's a good route when the water level is even low, when it's that high as in the news article, what on earth are you thinking?
Just to be clear this is literally just a cut through on two parallel roads that join up with each other less than 1km further on.
At least the mystery of Marie Antoinette's descendants has now been solved. They ended up in Accrington! Pedestrians have no crossings? Let them drive!
'Unrest' in village stops roadworks amid 'serious safety' concerns
Big fuss about what is obviously not a 'serious safety concern', yet when there is one the police do nothing for months and years. This pickup is outside the pub 100 yards from Garstang Police Station yet again tonight
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