Drivers and their problems

chrisonatrike wrote:

Make way for the car!  We have to drive!  Nothing is sacred?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66735960

I always find it weird when people who claim to be church-(chapel-)going Christians complain about their loved ones being disturbed and unable to sleep in their graves...  I didn't think Christian theology teaches that the dead are just down there sleeping and grumbling.

That being said, I'm in no way defending building an access road and a car park on top of a graveyard.

(I suspect some of this comes down to the new Christian owners not thinking that the old Christian owners were 'proper' Christians, so it doesn't matter what they do to the heathens...).

We have a mobile speed van which sometimes hangs around here:

https://goo.gl/maps/xUCR7dehcAgRt5WDA

To catch the countless number of drivers going over 30mph. However, some anti social driver or other will flash the ongoing traffic to warn them of the camera ahead. While it does slow people down for just that one trip, it does not do what the traffic camera should do, fine them in order for them to learn to permanently
chnage their ways.

Anyone who flashes another drivers (careful now) to warn them of a speed camera should be fined too.  

David9694 wrote:

Pub blocks its car park with cones due to 'parents who won’t listen' taking up all the spaces picking up children

I would have thought it would have been much easier to get a parking enforcement company in to run the car park and thus, anyone who does not use the pub, gets a Parking Charge Notice, the "profits" of which, the pub can share. 

We have a local pub which does just this. You simply tap your number into a tablet when entering the pub and that's it, free parking. Its so easy to do, no one moans anymore and problem solved. 

HoldingOn wrote:

one from "over the pond":
Wrong-way driver calls police on himself by mistake
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-66745802

I saw that earlier.  Hilarious.

David9694 wrote:

POLICE are trying to trace a missing car after the owner forgot where it was parked.

"Hey Siri, directions to my parked car"

"There are too many cars competing for too few spaces. It really is that simple."

And yet Andy has no solution other than "I should be able to park on *my* road"

Attempted murder.

If he'd tried that on a cyclist, maybe careless driving.

Hirsute wrote:

Satnav made me pay ulez fines https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/23776329.norwich-mans-transport-lon... I'm appealing these on the basis that it is a tax on the stupid which is against my human rights.

And of course they are all "ULEZ fines". One fleeting mention that he is in fact facing three separate fines, presumably only one of which is the ULEZ. (Would hazard a guess that one of the others is Congestion Charge, and the third no idea. LTN/bus lane infringement?)

And zero mention of the fact that that given he admits to having seen the signs and being aware he was entering the ULEZ, he could have simply paid the charge (£12.50) within three days of his journey, rather than ignoring it until getting hit with a fine.

I've friends who have been doing this for years. Not that new a hack. I've also shouted on some youngsters to do the same for me though I suppose I could have walked to the lights myself but that means trying to get back on the bike and then try and join live traffic once they turn green. 

David9694 wrote:

Fresh Exeter road blocks fury as angry locals slam hellish traffic

"What would have taken me a five minute journey to Heavitree now takes me 25 minutes through horrendous traffic"

Looks like it might be a 20 minute walk, save five minutes!

David9694 wrote:

just taking my Audi Q5 to B&M...

Driver says B&M car park is using fake space to fine drivers £100

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/driver-says-bm-car-park-27704...

The usual driver response on road noise issues is "don't live there then", so is there a corollary for drivers in 20 mph areas?
Anyway, scientists monitoring a bear breeding programme are recording "higher concentrations of droppings amongst the trees" reflecting the apparent success of the programme:

Noise experts say new 20mph speed limit in Wales will make streets 'more pleasant and more liveable'

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/noise-experts-say-new-20mph-...

That parking space charge does seem unfair. If they're going to insist that people only park in marked spaces, then the markings should be clear and unambiguous. If they don't want people parking in that space, then they need to just put yellow diagonal lines across it.

David9694 wrote:

mate.you.are.literally.driving.along.with.a.dog.on.your.lap

The dog (with big hands) said "it's just a novelty seat cushion, honest".

I'm not a dog expert, but that doesn't look like a labrador?

That would probably be one of those diesel N57 engine BMWs, they're well known for combusting

I don't believe the comments are going the way he was expecting.

The last para makes no sense

"Please be advised that, in order to access the Royal Mail car park, the route must be clear for you to drive straight in as waiting on either the road or pavement would place you in contravention of the restrictions."

This would equally apply to anyone wanting to drive over a dropped kerb to their house and waiting for peds to clear the way.

Are they seriously suggesting drivers should go up and down until there are no peds ?

I saw Welsh tories are calling it a war on motorists. Predictably.