[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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[Jogle]

Jogle wrote:

Jogle wrote:

HLaB wrote:

Car crashes into ambulances parked at hospital (It wasn’t wearing a Helmet)!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3rneg5887ro

I bet those ambulances have never paid tax in their lives! They should get out of the way of hard working, tax paying, otherwise law abiding cars

And in Southampton today we had another example of those entitled ambulances going through red lights without a care for anyone else!

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/25041367.southampton-traffic-chaos-reports-crash-platform-road/

[David9694]

The flashing  blue lights

The flashing  blue lights were in my eyes 

[David9694]

Residents awoken by car

Residents awoken by car crashing into Almshouse garden

People living at Eyre House, owned by Salisbury City Almshouse and Welfare Charities, were awoken at around 4.45am on Sunday, March 9, as a car smashed through their fence after coming off the A36 at college roundabout.

https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/25033332.residents-awoken-car-crashing-almshouse-garden/

[Jogle]

HLaB wrote:

HLaB wrote:

Car crashes into ambulances parked at hospital (It wasn’t wearing a Helmet)!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3rneg5887ro

I bet those ambulances have never paid tax in their lives! They should get out of the way of hard working, tax paying, otherwise law abiding cars

[wtjs]

Of course the nutter being an
Of course the nutter being an Audi driver is just confirmation bias, just like the electric BMW driver killing a small child by SMASHING through the heavy metal fence around a sports ground in Kendal

[HLaB]

Car crashes into ambulances

Car crashes into ambulances parked at hospital (It wasn’t wearing a Helmet)!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3rneg5887ro

[David9694]

Black ice or avoiding a

Black ice or avoiding a cyclist 

[belugabob]

David9694 wrote:

David9694 wrote:

Southampton: Car smashes into shop on St Catherines Road

The car ploughed into closed corner shop Jupider in the early hours of this morning, causing structural damage to the building.

This shop has been closed since it was ram-raided in January of last year.

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/25029509.southampton-car-smashes-shop-st-catherines-road/

They can’t spell “stupider”

[David9694]

Southampton: Car smashes into

Southampton: Car smashes into shop on St Catherines Road

The car ploughed into closed corner shop Jupider in the early hours of this morning, causing structural damage to the building.

This shop has been closed since it was ram-raided in January of last year.

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/25029509.southampton-car-smashes-shop-st-catherines-road/

[hawkinspeter]

David9694 wrote:

Weirdly interesting YouTube and didn’t know cars were using Lidar – except Tesla, of course, plain old camera there. 

It seemed a lot of trouble to go to to sneak a Lidar unit into Disneyworld just to map an enclosed roller-coaster and wouldn’t wearing a face mask just draw attention to you at the security desk? 

I think it’s just a handful of cars that use Lidar currently, but it’ll likely become the norm for autonomous vehicles as it has distinct advantages. What I like about Lidar is that it’ll detect pretty much any kind of object/person in more or less any conditions (e.g. heavy fog), so even if the software is a bit rubbish, it can at least figure out “there’s something directly in my path, better hit the brakes”.

[David9694]

Weirdly interesting YouTube

Weirdly interesting YouTube and didn’t know cars were using Lidar – except Tesla, of course, plain old camera there. 

It seemed a lot of trouble to go to to sneak a Lidar unit into Disneyworld just to map an enclosed roller-coaster and wouldn’t wearing a face mask just draw attention to you at the security desk? 

[mdavidford]

I like the way it even makes

I like the way it even makes a cartoon-style hole in the wall too.

[hawkinspeter]

I’ll sneak this one in here,

I’ll sneak this one in here, though I’m not sure if it really belongs here:

https://electrek.co/2025/03/16/tesla-autopilot-drives-into-wall-camera-vs-lidar-test/

[David9694]

Driver jailed after crashing

Driver jailed after crashing on village road at 75mph and seriously injuring two friends

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c4gwpkj21pzo

[David9694]

driverless, car-less…

driverless, car-less…

Oxfordshire leisure centre emergency closure after ‘crash’

Staff at Spiceball Leisure Centre in Cherwell Drive, Banbury announced it’s [SIC] closure in the morning.

In a notice online, a spokesperson for the centre said: “Spiceball Leisure Centre will remain closed until at least tomorrow lunchtime (Monday, March 17), when we will be in a better position to know if the centre can reopen.

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/25011836.oxfordshire-leisure-centre-emergency-closure-crash/

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