[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

[Hirsute]

Oops
Oops
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/firearms-officer-charged-dangerous-driving-streatham-b1019538.html

Paywall but you get the gist.
He faces allegations he drove dangerously before his unmarked police vehicle was in collision with three other vehicles and a garden wall on Streatham Common North, when responding to a reported terrorist attack on 2 February 2020

[ktache]

“They also said “With rain on

“They also said “With rain now on the roads please bear this in mind before planting the loud pedal”

Watching ch5s Motorway (it’s no Police Interceptors), a Lamborghini managed to crash in the rain, a brand known for awful handling, what with its 4 wheel drive and motorways being mostly straight lines…

[Hirsute]

https://www.swindonadvertiser

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/awards/wilts-hsc-awards-2021/news/20666513.m4-traffic-news-rain-storm-causes-cars-crash-trees/

“two cars crashed into the trees of the M4 as they seemingly lost control of the vehicles due to the rain.”

The cars lost control of the vehicles ????

 

Although the standard of reporting can be seen in another story on the front page about champagne. Apparently there is one call “verb clique”

Now, I don’t expect them to know every brand but surely that description stood out as wrong?

(veuve clicquot is the make – a glass of the widow please)

[Hirsute]

https://www.swindonadvertiser

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/20669272.lorry-causes-considerable-damage-getting-stuck-bradford-upon-avon/

“ Does anyone know if the driver was attempting to get to a site to deliver the Portakabins or following a cheap Chinese sat nav designed for car use and not one programmed for lorry routes ? “

 

[David9694]

van gets stuck on notorious

van gets stuck on notorious Devon tidal road

It eventually took a tractor to rescue the van which had fallen off the road

Andrew (man in a Land Rover) told DevonLive: “I’ve used [Aveton Gifford tidal road] a few times but I’ve never caught the tide so I wanted to go through it when it was a bit deeper to test my vehicle out.
He continued “I even got my ‘phone out while driving to take a picture – how neat is that?”

My poor little uninsured, unregistered cyclist brain gets fried by this sort of thing – doom and gloom everywhere about the cost of living, etc, but Andrew is going do the driving equivalent of putting your hand on the hot plate to test it…

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/kids-screaming-after-van-gets-7475451

[David9694]

The idea of there being a

The idea of there being a Swaffham CID appealed to me, a kind of Hot Fuzz setup. 

“Anyone with any information should contact Swaffham CID on 101 quoting incident 475 of yesterday’s date (August 16)”

are there really 475 matters referred to Swaffham CID by 8 pm? 

[David9694]

But we’ll never know because

But we’ll never know because they didn’t have a registration. 

[ktache]

Full series of cars trapped

Full series of cars trapped on beaches, 22 and counting…

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/fifteen-unbelievable-fails-saw-cars-5723257

[Hirsute]

https://twitter.com

https://twitter.com/essexhighways/status/1559842953367064576

 

Must have been a dangerous cyclist breaking the speed limit. And with no insurance.

[ktache]

Good use by witness of the

Good use by witness of the word “kerfuffle”, though placed alongside “carnage” and two men with axes, I don’t know if it is an entirely appropriate word.

[Awavey]

Im guessing theres more to
Im guessing theres more to this one based on what else happened, than merely van drives into house https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/crime/fight-after-crash-in-tilney-all-saints-norfolk-9216304

[David9694]

Yeah, in a different world we

[quote=chrisonatrike]Yeah, in a different world we’d be better at separating the sheep from goats for diversion to effective social service / mental health support early doors. Or – if we want to run a more individualistic model (like US) – just lock people up (or allow citizens to do DIY law and order). However it seems we’re falling between those stools, at least when it comes to the roads.[/quote

You mean like do a high-speed reverse up the road with a view to “getting” a cyclist?

[David9694]

We’re in peak aquaplane at

We’re in peak aquaplane at the moment.  Not sure I remember that being a thing either back in the day.

 

[ktache]

Driving around in Cornwall

Driving around in Cornwall must be an absolute nightmare, it wasn’t easy for my parents driving us around on our holidays 40 odd years ago, and they never had a big car.

What it must be like now with far more of the things about and most of them being huge…

[Jogle]

David9694 wrote:

David9694 wrote:

Also: No buildings harmed here, but if you look beyond the “re-design” headline, the person is making some good points about cars in Mevagissey. 

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/angry-tourist-thinks-historic-village-7464005

Unfortunately Mevagissey isn’t the sort of place that could easily ban cars from the centre. You can’t make it residents/permit holders only unless you wanted to create a 10 mile diversion to get to Portmellon. It is a terrible place to drive through or around, but needs must at times

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