Drivers and their problems

A30 driver clocked at 94mph because 'dog needed the toilet'

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/a30-driver-clocked-94mph-becau...

CCTV footage shows tractor destroy two cars parked outside homes in Lincolnshire village

The incident happened in Amber Hill, near Boston

"One of us could have been going out to the car, and it was only half a foot from going through the house anyway." 

welcome to cyclists' world, ladies 

https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/cctv-footage-shows-tr...

The roads are not for your hobby 

Crackdown after driver strapped chair to roof of car and drove friends around Lincolnshire car park

https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/crackdown-after-drive...

Seafront road labelled 'confusing' as driver filmed going wrong way

It is almost a "daily occurrence", according to locals

Cyclist David Guest was following a car down The Beach on his pushbike this week when he saw a motorist turn off the mini-roundabout at the Alexandra Road junction and drive the wrong way along the seafront.

The woman was forced to drive onto the pavement to allow cars heading in the right direction to get past. Mr Guest pulled alongside the driver and explained the road was now one-way, only to be told that she hadn’t seen the signs.

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/seafront-road-labelled...

Locals forced to jump out of way of vehicles driving on pavements in Somerset village

A demonstration is planned to highlight the growing problem

Lisa said residents have reported vehicles travelling at 20mph while mounted on the pavement, pedestrians jumping out of the way of vehicles and car mirrors being hit by passing vehicles. Lisa added: “We have people who live here afraid to walk out of their houses as they have nearly been run over on the pavement.“

We're in "Mr Simpson, the tar fumes are making me dizzy territory/ Yeah, they'll do that" territory here - this is the future for some many of us, unless something changes. 

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/locals-forced-jump-out...

Winchester Community Choir on city centre parking charges

A WINCHESTER choir has been losing members since new city centre parking charges were introduced in July. 

https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/23845441.winchester-community-...

the Christmas repertoire is in rehearsal now:

Ding Dong! charges are high

We locals find them stinging 

Ding Dong! we all run a car

But can’t afford the parking 

Winchester parking: New volunteer permit and one-hour evening charge

https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/23843465.winchester-parking-ne...

This sounds like a last-minute compromise so how's it going to work  - here's the form you have to complete:

1. Did you pick up a mic stand or a chair and move it at least 2metres?

You did? Congratulations, here's a year's free parking!

Range Rover gets trapped on Dover beach

Listen! you hear the grating roar
Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,
At their return, up the high strand,
Begin, and cease, and then again begin,

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/driver-s-nightmare-as-car-swallo...

Villagers in Wingham, near Canterbury, claim plans for 70 homes will further make Kent ‘car park of England’

Back to Wingham we go : interesting how, fleetingly, the lights come on sometimes with people. Now you've noticed, you could hold a meeting at the village hall, but someone's parked their SUV in the porch. (Story 3 weeks back)

Villagers have lashed out at “mad” plans for 70 new homes – amid fears Kent is becoming “the car park of England.”

“This is another move towards the garden of England becoming the car park of England and the green spaces of Kent being lost forever.”

Rosemary Bunn writes: “The traffic situation is already dire and stationary at peak times – an extra 70-plus dwellings will make the roads impossible through the village.

"We need fields for crops to grow or how else are we meant to eat?”

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/garden-of-england-it-s-the-...

bloody cyclists 

Football club 'frustrated' as it's forced to cancel all sessions due to tyre mark damage

All youth and development sessions have been cancelled whilst emergency repairs take place

https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/football-club-frustra...

Boozed up driver deliberately ploughed into tent in Cornwall with partner and others inside

He had been celebrating his birthday at the club room at the site at Widemouth Bay near Bude and had downed at least four lagers and two rum and Cokes

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/boozed-up-driver-deliber...

Dartford mum appears at Medway Magistrates’ Court for keying new Dacia Logan car in Prospect Place

Magistrates were told Webb had only denied the allegation because she did not want to accept she had done it and still didn’t know why she had.

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/mum-keyed-new-car-parked-too-...

'Heart-breaking' end of lifeline rural bus service serving three Welsh counties

It's the commenters I felt sorry for (e.g. CHRISWE) trying his best mental gymnastics to say this is all Mark Drakefords fault and that he wants only to get people out of their cars and on to, er, public transport.  It seems EU money helped to  support this service, so we're back to the gift that keeps on giving to ordinary people.

Still, I expect the India deal will be along any minute now and save the day, a bit like the Bwcabus. 

"In response to the motion, a Welsh Government spokeswoman said: "Despite promises that Wales would not be a penny worse off after Brexit, the UK Government has failed to replace funding for rural transport schemes previously supported by EU. Unfortunately, we are therefore unable to continue supporting the Bwcabus service."

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/bwcabus-carmarthenshire-tr...

A cut out and keep handy guide 

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/motoring/new-study-shows-main-reason...

Grand total: 2,291,904 

South West drivers hit with fines even when ticket meter is broke

"One case for getting a PCN which will no doubt rankle many a car park user is ...that you will be charged even if its machines are not working properly. A faulty machine does not automatically grant free parking. There is clear signage to this effect..."

"One policy that will probably anger many motorists is one that says that it's up to you to have enough cash or the app or a credit card or smartphone that works as "appeals submitted on this basis will not be granted under any circumstances".

Drivers and their problems - if you've managed to convinced yourself that parking is free if the meter isn't working, then Alliance have a suprise in store for you. 

https://www.devonlive.com/news/local-news/south-west-drivers-hit-fines-8...

Driver desperation in Watchet: 

"Estimates for re-routing the coast road, which according to the authorities could be closed for years, have varied from £30 million to £60 million."

“Apart from a few weekends and bank holidays, the town is incredibly quiet.

“Some days Swain Street is like a pedestrian road." 

Always remarkable how these sums a bandied about so freely, but £2m on a cycleway seems like an impossibility.

Somerset Council slated for claiming it did not know how to apply for B3191 funding

https://www.wsfp.co.uk/news/somerset-council-slated-for-claiming-it-did-...

Wiveliscombe residents have taken to social media to express their fury at parking restrictions

https://www.wsfp.co.uk/news/wiveliscombe-residents-have-taken-to-social-...

Luton Airport fire: Cause of car park inferno that damaged 1,500 vehicles revealed - a diesel 

interesting comments on this story 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/what-caused-the-luton-ai...

The Essex street where shops are "suffering" as parking restrictions threaten survival

https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/essex-street-shops-suffering-...

Dramatic photo shows damage as car smashes into telegraph pole in West Mersea as man arrested on suspicion of drink driving

https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/dramatic-photo-shows-damage-c...

Police target 'pavement blockers' in blitz on Cheshire neighbourhood

Officers say a total of four fixed penalty notices were dished out in Leighton

https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/police-target...

Fridges found off Martlesham road in suspected fly-tip

Charlotte Ingham discovered a pair of appliances, which appear to be fridge freezers, off Waldringfield Road on the edge of the village. "My husband says he thinks he saw a cyclist leave them there, but I said I'm sure he's mistaken."

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23856752.fridges-found-off-martlesham-road-s...

oh here we go drivers' annual Christmas present of free parking

Cheap parking perk for Torbay shoppers this Christmas

Drivers can pay for an hour and park all day in car parks around the Bay

...for the whole of December - come, you big spenders get the Torbay cash tills ringing

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/cheap-parking-perk-torbay-shop...

Probus residents trapped after internet firm digs up road without warning

trapped, I tells ya!

work started in full swing on Saturday morning but residents were only provided with plastic ramps to drive over the cabling trenches in and out of their driveways at 2pm, meaning they had been stuck at home or unable to drive back to their house for most of the day

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/probus-residents-trapped...