[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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[darkstar01uk]

They’re doing it in pairs now

They’re doing it in pairs now!

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/two-cars-crash-house-serious-21045475

[hawkinspeter]

Mungecrundle wrote:

Mungecrundle wrote:

Many of these incidents are slightly comical in that someone did something stupid but fortunately no-one was seriously hurt. This one is utterly horrific. As a parent to young adults of the same age group it is my worst nightmare. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-57824359 If you think that cyclists lives are of unique low value to some perpetrators of our (in)justice system then think on this. The driver had been drinking and was driving at upwards of 120mph in a 40 zone. The conditions were treacherous following rainfall. The coroner deemed that the case did not justify a record of unlawful killing, and to quote; “But did the driving meet the test of the conduct of the driver being truly exceptionally bad? No.”

I looked up “unlawful killing” and came across this PDF: https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/law-sheets-no-1-unlawful-killing.pdf

It starts with

1. Following the decision of the High Court in R (Wilkinson) v HM Coroner for Greater Manchester South District [2012] EWHC 2755 (Admin) the conclusion of unlawful killing is restricted to the criminal offences of –
   1. Murder,
   2. Manslaughter (including corporate manslaughter), and
   3. Infanticide.
2. The conclusion of unlawful killing does not extend to the criminal offences of causing death by dangerous driving or causing death by careless driving: ibid. By analogy it does not extend to Health and Safety Act offences where death results. No reference should be made in an inquest to any of these offences or the elements of the offences (except occasionally where it is necessary to acknowledge their existence and to dismiss them as irrelevant).
3. Bad driving cases causing death may, therefore, only be regarded as unlawful killing for inquest purposes if they satisfy the ingredients for manslaughter (gross negligence manslaughter) or where a vehicle is used as a weapon of assault and deliberately driven at a person who dies (murder or manslaughter depending on the intent).

[Mungecrundle]

Many of these incidents are
Many of these incidents are slightly comical in that someone did something stupid but fortunately no-one was seriously hurt.

This one is utterly horrific. As a parent to young adults of the same age group it is my worst nightmare.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-57824359

If you think that cyclists lives are of unique low value to some perpetrators of our (in)justice system then think on this. The driver had been drinking and was driving at upwards of 120mph in a 40 zone. The conditions were treacherous following rainfall. The coroner deemed that the case did not justify a record of unlawful killing, and to quote;

“But did the driving meet the test of the conduct of the driver being truly exceptionally bad? No.”

[Mungecrundle]

New definition of motorhome:
New definition of motorhome: A house with a motor embedded in it.

https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/cambridgeshire-road-closed-structural-engineer-21043429

Probably best to leave it where it is. Most likely now structural and also makes a rather useful extension.

[David9694]

Garden walls demolished in

Garden walls demolished in Bristol down the years. 

[Hirsute]

At least the lorry is
At least the lorry is equipped to clean up the mess !

[hawkinspeter]

Here’s one from this morning:

Here’s one from this morning:

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/police-tape-bristol-city-centre-5645491

One of those self-driving vehicles judging by the reporting

[Hirsute]

https://www.gazette-news.co

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/19437783.trapped-driver-rescued-colliding-house/

Reads as though the house were moving and the vehicle went one way and the house went the same way.

[David9694]

couch potatoes have va va

couch potatoes have va va voom after all.  At first glance, the pic looks like it belongs here. 

[Sheen wheels]

https://aseasyasridingabike

https://aseasyasridingabike.wordpress.com/2015/12/26/audis-in-houses/
 

[Mungecrundle]

Car collides with tree and 3
Car collides with tree and 3 other cars. No mention of a driver at all. Police are mystified.

https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/car-collides-tree-three-parked-20968879

[Simon E]

“Fears of structural damage

“Fears of structural damage to a house” after it was hit by a complete twat driving a 4×4 at around 1am on Sunday. – Shropshire Star.

This is in a recently constructed cul-de-sac in a quiet village near Shrewsbury. FFS. And people wonder why I complain about the speed of f**king SUV drivers in the local lanes!

The Star also has articles saying that on Friday a man had to be cut free from a one-vehicle crash on a suburban road in Shrewsbury while another vehicle had hit a street light in the town and overturned in the early hours of Friday morning.

[brooksby]

Simon E wrote:

Bridgnorth, Shropshire – a white van crashed through a brick wall in the town centre on Saturday night after the driver lost control.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/bridgnorth/2021/06/22/bridgnorth-roads-treated-like-race-track-as-vehicle-smashes-through-wall/

You see? That’s what happens when you let go of the reins…

[mdavidford]

I’d flip too if I’d done that

I’d flip too if I’d done that to our car.

[hawkinspeter]

Driver hits parked car near

Driver hits parked car and flips near school in St George (my hood) in Bristol

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/crash-near-bristol-school-prompts-5563723

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