[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.” ‘ 

 

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[NOtotheEU]

ktache wrote:

I have noticed that many drivers don’t seem to adjust their speed to the conditions these days.

I agree. I think it’s because modern cars are designed to automatically correct drivers mistakes and then protect them when their incompetency overwhelmes these safety systems and they crash.

[ktache]

I have noticed that many

I have noticed that many drivers don’t seem to adjust their speed to the conditions these days.

I drop a gear when wet and two when very wet, just take it easier. Yes my disk brakes will now work incredibly well when very wet (front still screams mind…) But the tyres just don’t have the traction. Far slower going around corners too, and less of a lean angle. But then, I’m part of the environment and not separated from it by a big metal and glass, temperature controlled box…

[Sriracha]

David9694 wrote:

David9694 wrote:

There is a small canon of jokes along these line, probably now only used by children’s entertainers.

The formula is-

feed line/ set-up: <news announcement of incident> (typically, a lorry has shed its load, or something has been stolen)
Punchline: “a police spokesman said” <describes police response, involving a pun on, or other reference to the set-up> 

Example: lorry load of hair oil / police are combing the area.

My favourite: A lorry has shed its load of Marmite on the M4. Police are advising motorists to avoid the yeast-bound carriageway.

(Sorry, no cycling references)

[David9694]

Car overturns in horror smash

Car overturns in horror smash as region hit by flash floods and torrential rain

Fortunately, no one was seriously injured in the collision – which appears to have taken place in a partially submerged road. The cause of the crash is not known.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/car-overturns-horror-smash-region-25335768

[Hirsute]

Not often you read of the

Not often you read of the outcome of one of these (posted in here somewhen)

The driver of this HGV was found guilty at court this week of driving without due care and attention.

They were sentenced to a 6 months disqualification, 8 endorsements on their licence, fined £415 and will have to pay £152 in costs and Victim Surcharge. https://t.co/IoLWZXeHgB

— Roads Policing – Surrey Police – UK (@SurreyRoadCops) October 22, 2022

6 months disqualification, 8 endorsements on their licence, fined £415

[David9694]

Watch the Ring footage on

Watch the Ring footage on this.  Check the little puff of smoke around 50s ? where the idiot crashes it, just out of sight. 

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/streetly-thief-steals-truck-broad-25312513?int_source=nba

[Simon E]

An £80,000 BMW M5 smashed

An £80,000 BMW M5 smashed through a fence and into a garden in Sutton Coldfield at 1am on Sunday morning (16 October). The man who lives in the house said that 8 vehicles have crashed into his garden since he moved there in 2009.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/fury-80k-bmw-smashes-sutton-25315839

In June a Honda Civic with false number plates crashed into the same property.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/demand-action-tackle-sutton-coldfield-24430481

The article also states that “another car has crashed into the roundabout, smashed through bollards, a fence and into a back garden at the end of last month” (May) and that a Chevrolet Matiz that ended up in a front garden off the same road, Monmouth Drive, “the third accident at the location in eight weeks.”

[Hirsute]

https://twitter.com

Brick Lane today.#saveoursaferstreets pic.twitter.com/zPYCwlVLDN

— Save Gaza's children 🇵🇸 (@BethnalCleen) October 20, 2022

[David9694]

There is a small canon of

There is a small canon of jokes along these line, probably now only used by children’s entertainers.

The formula is-

feed line/ set-up: <news announcement of incident> (typically, a lorry has shed its load, or something has been stolen)
Punchline: “a police spokesman said” <describes police response, involving a pun on, or other reference to the set-up> 

Example: lorry load of hair oil / police are combing the area. 

In our little world  it might be “the Part of the Sheldon Brown site that talks about English, French and Italian bottom brackets has been hacked – cyclists don’t know which way to turn” 

[Jogle]

David9694 wrote:

David9694 wrote:

Police upped patrols in the area following reports

My sister used to manage a clothes shop in Fowey (so the same area as this). One day there was some shoplifting but my sister knew who had done it (as they had been looking at and trying on the clothes that had been taken) and also knew that the shoplifters were going to work after leaving the shop (and so would still have the clothes). So she phoned the police, who told her that there was nothing that they could do because the police officer who covered Fowey had finished for the day.

Hopefully they’ve improved now or their next response will be something like “We heard that the flasher visited at noon each day, but we never saw them as we were on lunch”

[David9694]

I’ll see your “police have

I’ll see your “police have nothing to go on”and raise you a “we have a lot of reports in the summer months, but it tends to drop off in the winter”

Man arrested after reports he exposed himself on beach near St Austell

Police upped patrols in the area following reports

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/man-arrested-after-reports-exposed-7716494

[Jogle]

The horrific moment a car
[b]The horrific moment a car slams into the back of a taxi at high speed[/b]

Sorry, not a building. The taxi wasn’t wearing hi-viz or a helmet though.

#NoDriverInvolved

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/horrific-moment-car-slams-back-25280573

[chrisonabike]

Bollards – static objects

Bollards – static objects winning the “war on the motorist” (or “drivers”) for over … 2000 years:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollard#/media/File:Herculaneum_Bollard.jpg

[Jogle]

Car collides with bollards on
[b]Car collides with bollards on Recreation Road in Poole[/b]

#NoDriverInvolved

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23058329.car-collides-bollards-recreation-road-poole/

[chrisonabike]

A kami-khazi strike?

A kami-khazi strike?

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