[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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[AlsoSomniloquism]

No, but on two wheels and

No, but on two wheels and 100kgs of weight, a cyclist can easily slide off on a cattle grid. So imagine that carnage with twice the amount of wheels and eighteen times the weight. I expect the picture is the result. 

[wycombewheeler]

ktache wrote:

Cattle grid?

the cattle grid is a spring loaded booby trap designed to flip cars upside down?

[brooksby]

AlsoSomniloquism wrote:

AlsoSomniloquism wrote:

I’m not stating he reversed to get THERE, but why after passing he then reversed and hit the car.

Sorry – misunderstood.

[Awavey]

True I mean theres a parallel
True I mean theres a parallel scuff mark all the way from the passenger door to the wheel in the papers photos, I’m just amazed the lorry driver who must have been aware something was amiss carried on, or what was in front of the truck to mean theyve shifted position slightly across to the left,as most of the truck made it through, but there you go clear demonstration of never park at an angle outside the lines on narrow roads.

And are we just politely ignoring that ridiculous sign on the back of the truck ?

[mdavidford]

There’s a scrape mark along

There’s a scrape mark along the wheel at the height of the end of the lift guide, so it looks to me like the plastic flexed back as it scraped past, then sprung out again, leaving it embedded in the tyre.

Surely the lorry driver is blameless though as the stickers show the parked car suddenly turned up in it’s blind spot so didn’t heed the warning.

It does seem as though there’s one (most) essential problem missing from that list – the driver’s over-inflated estimation of their own ability to navigate tight spaces, and refusal to seek assistance in doing so.

Still, at least we’re maintaining rigorous standards of training for goods vehicle licences which should ensure that incidents like this are vanishingly rare.

Oh…

[AlsoSomniloquism]

I’m not stating he reversed

I’m not stating he reversed to get THERE, but why after passing he then reversed and hit the car. I was going on the one pic showing the lift metal pressed fully into the tyre which I assumed was from reversing, but on closer looking they might have scrapped the car earlier as some marks are on the back door panels as well.

Surely the lorry driver is blameless though as the stickers show the parked car suddenly turned up in it’s blind spot so didn’t heed the warning.

[brooksby]

I don’t think the lorry

I don’t think the lorry reversed there – I think the lorry was coming at the Co-Op from the other end of Princess Victoria Street (from Sion Hill?).  Which is not a very wide road, either.

Essential problems are (1) allowing parking both sides of such a road, (2) that someone had a total Wankpanzer of an SUV while living in Clifton village and which didn’t even fit in the painted parking spaces, and (3) that the Co-Op apparently can’t liaise with its logistics people to ensure all deliveries are made before 11 am or after 5 pm (which are the boundaries of the pedestrianisation).

On point (3), the Tesco Metro round the corner on Regent Street is particularly bad for that too – they almost invariably have their deliveries right in the middle of what used to be called ‘evening rush hour’, blocking visibility and access for the nearby junction.

[Gus T]

David9694 wrote:

Car ‘obstructing’ pavement in Fordingbridge had expired MOT

how bad does it have to get before anything is done?

Why do we have to cite vulnerable groups to appeal to any ounce of compassion or shame drivers like this might have?

I wonder what the fine was for?

https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/19561150.car-obstructing-pavement-fordingbridge-expired-mot/

No MoT = no insurance and no Car Tax, should have been recovered & destroyed surely.

[Hirsute]

Looking at the other photo, I

Looking at the other photo, I’d say he was going forward and the lights are brake lights.

[AlsoSomniloquism]

I think the question also has

I think the question also has to be asked on why he decided to reverse there? The Co-op is further forward then that. Although I can’t believe that before and after the Ped, that road is two way and the wider road on the ped end is one way. The whole length of that lane needs to be one direction only. 

[David9694]

The wind tunnel engineers at

The wind tunnel engineers at Ribble are going to blow secret lycra farts wide open.

(No buildings harmed, but this school boy nonsense just doesn’t merit a fresh thread.)

 

[Hirsute]

Makes you wonder how we

Makes you wonder how we fitted into them years ago

https://www.carthrottle.com/post/10-images-that-show-just-how-fat-cars-have-become/

 

[hawkinspeter]

Pedestrianising Princess

Pedestrianising Princess Victoria Street in Clifton, Bristol apparently caused a lorry to scrape a parked car. Also, it’s a ‘nightmare’! (I reckon that’ll buff right out)

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/nightmare-lorry-crashes-car-pedestrianised-5916809

Obviously it’s the pedestrianisation that caused it, not the allowing parking on both sides of a narrow road.

[AlsoSomniloquism]

All in the car going on 

All in the car going on the sentence.

“One witness who lives on the road told LBC they saw a neighbour run out to try to help the people in the car.”

[AlsoSomniloquism]

Surely he should also be done

Surely he should also be done for child abuse as he had his kids in the car when he did it and that must have been traumatising for them. 

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