[David9694]

Running this one up the flagpole to see who salutes… 

I just don’t remember this being a thing until recently, now it seems a daily occurrence.
Could it be that there are drivers not up to the job, too many cars; should houses be made to ride in single file, shops put on high viz, why are we putting newer buildings in danger like this, it’s irresponsible. 
 

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18649201.car-crash-wall-iceland-store-westbourne/

‘A Dorset Police spokesperson said: “Dorset Police was called at 12.48pm on Thursday, August 13, to a report of a collision involving a car and a wall outside Iceland on Poole Road in Bournemouth.

“It is reported that the vehicle was also in collision with a pedestrian, but they did not require medical treatment.” ‘ 

 

Topic

[David9694]

And not a shred of hi viz

And not a shred of hi viz among them, I’ll bet.

[Awavey]

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/national/23127800.cambridgeshire-railway-bridge-most-bashed-britain/

The top ten bashed railway bridges of the past year

1. Stonea Road, near Manea, Cambridgeshire (33 strikes)
2. Lower Down’s Road in Wimbledon, south-west London (18 strikes)
3. Harlaxton Road in Grantham, Lincolnshire (17 strikes)
4. Abbey Farm in Thetford, Norfolk (15 strikes)
5. Stuntney Road in Ely, Cambridgeshire (12 strikes)
6. Harefield Road bridge in West Ruislip, north-west London (12 strikes)
7. Station Road in Berkswell, West Midlands (12 strikes)
8. Station Road in Langley, Berkshire (12 strikes)
9. St John’s Street in Lichfield, Staffordshire (11 strikes)
10. Coddenham Road in Needham Market, Suffolk (10 strikes)

[David9694]

One great thing about drivers

One great thing about drivers is their understanding of what things cost. – massive road scheme ideas a flung around like confetti. I’m out of touch these days myself as it was the 1990s that I had an Area Highways Panel to administer. Requests for new crossings arose all the time and the improvements budget hardly went anywhere. It will run into a few £10k to supply, erect, mark out and connect a Zebra crossing. 

“Sometime over the weekend (November 12 and 13), a car ploughed into the bollards and light column on the traffic island. “Had this happened on a school day the consequences could have been dreadful,” Mr Hodgson argued. 

I expect it was an e-bike. 

Calls for new crossing near Bath school after car ploughs into bollards

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/calls-new-crossing-near-bath-7823769

[David9694]

The Bilston Triangle. Dozens

The Bilston Triangle. Dozens of reports over years of Audis, Volvo XCs, BMWs and Range Rovers disappearing inexplicably. You couldn’t make it up. 

[JustTryingToGetFromAtoB]

hawkinspeter wrote:

hawkinspeter wrote:

[quote=Awavey]Met police say no apparent offences… https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/car-stranded-outside-south-london-25512672%5B/quote%5D

How on earth? Surely, driving down steps onto a pavement is below the standard of a competent driver?

Budget Italien job

[hawkinspeter]

Awavey wrote:

[quote=Awavey]Met police say no apparent offences… https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/car-stranded-outside-south-london-25512672%5B/quote%5D

How on earth? Surely, driving down steps onto a pavement is below the standard of a competent driver?

[Awavey]

Met police say no apparent
Met police say no apparent offences…

https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/car-stranded-outside-south-london-25512672

[David9694]

BMW smashes through window of

BMW smashes through window of home in two car crash in Selly Oak

West Midlands Fire Service were called to the scene on Warwards Rd in Selly Oak

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/bmw-smashes-through-window-home-25510806?int_source=nba

[David9694]

Car collides into a house in

Car collides into a house in Swanage ‘smashing’ into the brickwork

“could happen to anyone”, say the commenters, road layout, innit. . 

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23123027.car-collides-house-swanage-smashing-brickwork/

[hawkinspeter]

AlsoSomniloquism wrote:

Hmm, no easy access to vehicles anywhere near there so I wonder how long they were driving along the canal path before that happened. Still near the lost city and within the Tipton Triangle so all sorts of weirdness happens there. 

Lesser known cousin of the Bermuda Triangle?

[AlsoSomniloquism]

Hmm, no easy access to

Hmm, no easy access to vehicles anywhere near there so I wonder how long they were driving along the canal path before that happened. Still near the lost city and within the Tipton Triangle so all sorts of weirdness happens there. 

[Hirsute]

I liked in that thread

I liked in that thread

Don’t forget to lock your car.”

“Done.”

“That’s not what I meant!”

[chrisonabike]

Can’t park there mate!  Hang

Can’t park there mate!  Hang on – have you got your boat licence for that?

That looks like a pretty traumatic event and there have been deaths from people getting trapped in boats in locks.  Going to be a costly fishing trip too.

[IanMSpencer]

Not so much a building as a

Not so much a building as a structure:

https://twitter.com/CRTWestMidlands/status/1592097140859338753?s=20&t=S83jAFxeiuEDspO18dn48w

(Good job the tide was out).

[hawkinspeter]

I’m starting to think that

I’m starting to think that cars need to come with a self-righting-mechanism (they had them on Robot Wars)

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/live-gloucester-road-closed-after-7817377

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