Car crashes into building - please post your Local news stories

Simon E wrote:

I'd much prefer it if the f*cker was named and shamed - if for no other reason than people could shop him if he drives while banned

When people can't be named for legal reasons, usually it means they will be back in court on other charges and naming them might prejudice the trial.

A living hell for the adults, a dream come true for the kiddies.

West Midlands Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 8.10pm to reports of a road traffic collision involving a car that had collided with a building on Princess Drive, Bridgnorth. One ambulance and a paramedic officer attended the scene.

Begs the question is it a ROAD traffic collision when it is in the front room of a bungalow. 

Also

A woman, who was in the building was also assessed at the scene, she was discharged on scene with self care advice. 

"Get some warm clothes on as it is going to be a cold night. "

Mungecrundle wrote:

Another of those rascally self aware cars putting its passengers at risk. Maybe this one was after a copy of the highway code?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-58945203

Indeed, car crashes into library, and nobody brought to book!

Won't happen again - that wall's going to be built like a brick outhouse after 3 reps at 1-2 tonnes.

"Which one's reverse, again?"

Skitchin it isn't.

It's painted white and it marks the corner of the pavement.

Drive on the road, don't cut the corner then there is absolutely no problem.

We know what happened there. They decided that if someone can park a bike on the roads and take up a precious car space, they would park where the bike should be kept.

David9694 wrote:

Looks like a fishtailing caravan to me. I always wonder if you get billed for any of the hassle and work this sort of thing causes.

Apparently, it's being described as a collision between a lorry and a car towing a caravan. It's creating a bit of a tailback.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/m5-traffic-live-delays-car-5831276

Quote:

All traffic being temporarily held and stationary traffic due to accident, a lorry and a car involved on M5 Southbound before J19 A369 Martcombe Road (Portishead).

All traffic has been stopped as of 14:25 just after the Avonmouth Bridge. Camera images show the lorry diagonally across lanes one and two. A caravan is facing the wrong way in lane four.

War on the hard-pressed, hard-working, motorist, innit...

just one of nine bridge hits yesterday, and those were only the reported ones.

and theres already been a tipper truck in Wales today hit a bridge

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-58406885

AlsoSomniloquism wrote:

Alternatively with the second one, might have been going straight and suddenly swerved to avoid a car that had pulled out. Although if that was the case, I'm sure it might have been mentioned. 

I do wonder how many of these drivers crashing into buildings etc actually get investigated and charged for their driving at the time. Of course the drunk/ drugs etc ones do, but surely driving in a way that hits a building when nothing mechanically is wrong is really screaming careless. 

Indeed as is demolishing street furniture, mounted on the pavement. only luck it was a lamp post and not a person.

this one looks like they thought they were at a drive thru https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/crime/man-arrested-after-crash-near-sudbury-...

Excellent placement of the bollards to protect the valuable building in the place it got hit last time, but not the rest of it, and let's not worry about anyone using the pavement.

This fluorescent yellow illuminated retroreflective bollard should have made itself more visible.

Two totally different events from the stories / pics available.

And it is just me but does the driver who got out look like they might have driven down the "closed off" lanes. Then is trying to work out how to get around the emergency vehicles so they are not held up. 

When are these entitled bridges going to learn to share the road? If there's a tall lorry coming along, then they need to pull to one side to let it pass. It's just common sense innit?

That particular stable door has been thoroughly nailed shut. They're going to be really outraged when someone waiting to go into the carpark accidentally puts it in reverse though. Actually - looking at the boards in the picture it looks like that was what happened the final time...

AlsoSomniloquism wrote:

Two totally different events from the stories / pics available.

And it is just me but does the driver who got out look like they might have driven down the "closed off" lanes. Then is trying to work out how to get around the emergency vehicles so they are not held up. 

I think you're right as one was northbound and the other was southbound. Strange that both incidents involved a lorry and a car towing a caravan.

chrisonatrike wrote:

That particular stable door has been thoroughly nailed shut.

I doubt that'll be enough to stop someone driving a car through it, though.

hawkinspeter wrote:

AlsoSomniloquism wrote:

Two totally different events from the stories / pics available.

And it is just me but does the driver who got out look like they might have driven down the "closed off" lanes. Then is trying to work out how to get around the emergency vehicles so they are not held up. 

I think you're right as one was northbound and the other was southbound. Strange that both incidents involved a lorry and a car towing a caravan.

Not when you see how lorry drivers and caravan-towers behave on the M5!

Yep, first of all, totting up process has caused the ban so serial shit driver. Second, the whole Shirley High Street is no parking with double yellows and time gated areas,  so he did well to decide to park on the only section where the Police would get involved and points are issued, (which probably leads back to point 1).