Drivers and their problems

A van does the same at Emstrey roundabout on the A5.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/shrewsbury/2022/11/25/van...

but you could easily tear the reg part off, and still dump the bag or its contents so it doesnt solve the problem, equally alot of the road detritus we see, and Im not denying people do still chuck stuff and dont care, but actually comes out the back of rubbish trucks, as they just chuck the rubbish in the back and rarely if ever secure/close the hatch part, it might compact it a bit, but most of its still left loose right, and when the truck gets up to a certain speed there is a negative pressure effect that actually then sucks some of the trash back out.

I only know this because I happened to be following one once that was merrily dumping McDs type stuff and other loose items roadside as it hacked along a road.

Twitter is feeding me a continuous stream of police stops where they do the stop because there is an issue with the car, it turns out the driver hasn't had a licence for years and normally unroadworthy, untaxed and uninsured.

That's just the rogues, I was contemplating posting about granny yesterday who stopped to give way on a slip-road onto a 50mph dual carriageway with no passing traffic. Then it got worse!

David9694 wrote:

Cars spray painted with 'MOVE' and windows smashed in overnight rampage

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/car...

I'm intrigued by the thought process of the commentators who say this isn't the way to tackle selfish parking. In so much as 'what is the right way?'. The law doesn't help (as PBU accounts in here are clear, in desperate and flailing assumptions maybe someone else drove the car on the pavement), asking nicely doesn't work, knowing that it blocks the pavement for more vulnerable road users doesn't work, shaming doesn't work.... what else is there?

Residents committee welcome new low-car* street with...

* Not car or bus free, buses and taxis and presumably "loading" will still be happening apparently!

David9694 wrote:

Residents slam 'selfish' Falmouth neighbours causing major parking problems

Motorists say they can't fit ordinary cars through the busy town street - let alone emergency vehicles

"This is my street and I have had so much damage done to my cars it’s unbelievable. The ‘wall’ side of the road seriously needs double yellow lines. We struggled to pass this morning in a Golf. In the last six months it's got so much worse."

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/residents-slam-selfish-f...

Its funny how its always their neighbours who are causing problems, and never them...

Quote:

We would ask parents/guardians to remind their children that use this route home to use the pavements where possible please so that we can hopefully prevent someone getting hurt.”

I wonder what bets to lay on them not being able to walk on the pavements due to parked cars...?

If he didn't park in a car park, how did he get a parking charge?
Who parks in the pavement "because some random said it was ok" ?

Wow!

I wonder how many people would drive to a pub for the evening?

Firstly: because Clevedon really isn't huge; and secondly: because none of them would drive home again after spending an evening in the pub, surely...?

I can't see the point of covering the number plate on cars which have been parked so badly...

This morning a fuckwit crashed into the back of a parked van and the car flipped onto its roof
Fortunately, the police will have rapidly concluded that this was an accident, so no driver was to blame

Bit of local knowledge on that one is that St Philips Causeway is a dual carriageway / practically an inner city motorway.

https://goo.gl/maps/mijoX4i4fdCDX58s7

Not sure what a young pug was doing out there on its own...

The news article refers to the establishment as a "restaurant" in the first paragraph. Fake news. 

Well the headline should have been the quote "Able-bodied people have been prioritised over disabled residents." Plus "... since forever - not news. So nothing much has changed except Bath just reshuffled a street and a work-around one person had found now doesn't work as well"

Hard on them. Aside from the "uneven pavement" everywhere though (still the issue) if cycle infra is done properly (if...) it also enables more independent mobility for many disabled people, can reduce car traffic (also makes it easier for folks) etc. If the issue is "I can't drive to and park in the area I need" surely the solution has to involve making it convenient for *all the other drivers* not to drive (and less convenient *to* drive)?

David9694 wrote:

Game changer! 

Over 2,000 drivers caught by new AI police cameras in Devon and Cornwall

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/over-2000-drivers-caught...

Crack on, despite some of the commenters. 

The stats are all over the place in that article so its hard to tell what the point is.   Though from my admittedly bitter experience the DevCorn plod are more concerned with speeding on the A30 than actually addressing driving on the higher risk more local A roads.

Meaningless comments.

There's nothing to stop the Council spending Council tax on improvements (subject to national limits etc) if the residents insist on it, but they are NIMBYs wanting somebody else to pay.

"He has previous convictions for careless driving and speeding."

Which he will go back to doing after serving whatever ban/prison sentence he gets. I'm obviously assuming he doesn't have a great lawer or incompetent judge.

Yeah... it doesn't read right, once you've worked out where all the space goes.  Obvs. most people can't see the four-wheeled elephants though!

While vigorous use of the stick on offenders *does* satisfy one human motivation (punish cheaters) to change behaviour most effectively normally needs more carrot than stick. Or you need to convince *everyone* that pavement parkers are the enemy. Interesting example of some people getting to the second point here. Maybe that was *someone else's* pavement parking space?

I don't see either condition achieved in most places yet though.

Don't have a specific answer here * but finding a way to reduce the demand for car journeys then reduce the number of cars will be it.

* Aside from issuing everyone with a mobility disorder / baby / elderly relative and removing one motor vehicle from the household...

brooksby wrote:

I wonder how many people would drive to a pub for the evening?

Firstly: because Clevedon really isn't huge; and secondly: because none of them would drive home again after spending an evening in the pub, surely...?

I would. Especially if the food is good and the pub is a way out. Though I would stare sadly at the drinks I am not consuming.

That said, I wouldn't do it often and by the looks of it not in Clifton. If a pub business model is based on wet sales to consumers that drive, the model is fooked.

I do get a bit tetchy when I see discarded inner tubes.  Really?  Single tubes aren't coming from folks passing in cars or trucks... Either you carried a spare there, so taking the bust one back with you doesn't even represent a weight gain OR you've cadged one from someone else and are now littering to boot!  For those - I hope snakebite hits later!

Clearly some people do think they're in one of the Monuments and it's fine to act like a pro - but without the support to clean up after you.