[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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[pockstone]

I can imagine the driver,

I can imagine the driver, ‘Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight’, realising he was as powerless against ‘the turbid ebb and flow of human misery'(and of the Channel) as old King Cnut.

(Thanks for bringing a little poetry into our lives David.)

[David9694]

(Car gets trapped on) Dover

(Car gets trapped on) Dover beach

The sea is calm tonight.
The tide is full, the moon lies fair
Upon the straits; on the French coast the light
Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand,
Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay.

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/car-gets-stuck-in-the-sea-248956/

 

[ktache]

Both stationary and fast

Both stationary and fast enough to be termed “runaway” and to smash a window?

[Hirsute]

“which came about 65 years
“which came about 65 years after a runaway parked police car smashed into the same shop window.”
Any photos of that one ?

[David9694]

out-of-control van demolishes

not a word about whose van it was, etc
out-of-control van demolishes Lymington market stall and smashes into store

https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/runaway-van-ploughs-through-lymington-market-stall-and-into-9203176/

 

[David9694]

It’s them bleeding’ forrin

It’s them bleeding’ forrin drivers innit, don’t understand a word that’s said to – oh

[ktache]

Not enough Hi Viz or warnings

Not enough Hi Viz or warnings?

Looks to have been a few hits on this one…

[Simon E]

A Veolia lorry got stuck

A Veolia lorry got stuck under a railway bridge in Oakengates, Telford this morning. It blocked the road and disrupted train services. I saw it on BBC Shropshire’s live update page so will disappear soon but the original photo they used (credited) is here:

How’s your day going? #Oakengates @telfordlive pic.twitter.com/8uaiE2wIbe

— Hello Noto 🔰 (@Hello_Noto07) June 14, 2021

One reply said “That poor bridge has taken a pounding over the years”, suggesting that this is far from the first time it’s happened.

[David9694]

Of course what’s really

Of course what’s really happening is that they could provide more parking but they don’t so they can get the fines income.  It’s the same with the speeding fines, and seat belts: if they were compulsory, they’d be fitted to every – oh.

[brooksby]

“But where was I supposed to

“But where was I supposed to park?”

[David9694]

Bournemouth weekend car-fest.

Bournemouth weekend car-fest. I wonder if this is what the Council meant when it said it had a plan for this summer. 
 

No buildings harmed AFAIK. 

[Pyro Tim]

Not so sure. A car crashed

Not so sure. A car crashed outside my house, and their number plate was obscured, but mine, in the background, not. I phoned the Echo to complain, and they said as I wasn’t involved, I didn’t have the right to have my number plate hidden

[stonojnr]

Yep it’s the cognitive
Yep it’s the cognitive dissonance of the whole thing I just find so ludicrous and worrying as we share roads with people who believe they have no human agency, or free will, in how they drive their cars

[stonojnr]

I’d put in some tank traps,
I’d put in some tank traps, purely as a heritage exhibit of coastal defences of course, having a rusting steel I beam to crash into might focus some minds

[David9694]

I reckon I’m starting to see

I reckon I’m starting to see some pretty robust fencing going up here and there.  Are we getting to a point where you’re not safe in your own home in an increasing number of places?

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