[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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[David9694]

Drink driver crashed into bus

Drink driver crashed into bus shelter while banned from the roads

He claimed he was a passenger in the car

https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/drink-driver-crashed-bus-shelter-30734945

[David9694]

Car ploughs into Stoke-on

Car ploughs into Stoke-on-Trent house as firefighters cut driver free

A man was taken to Royal Stoke

In a statement released today (January 7), a Staffordshire Police spokesman said: “We were called to Harpfield Road in Trent Vale, following reports of a collision. Officers attended and found a black Mitsubishi L200 involved in a collision with a house.

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/car-ploughs-stoke-trent-house-9844530

[Hirsute]

13 vehicles crashed through
13 vehicles crashed through my wall.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyvegw54e5o

Time for some proper bollards!

[David9694]

Driver warned to take his

Driver warned to take his meds after ‘spectacular crash’

He was disqualified when he crashed his parents’ Audi

At a sentencing hearing at Truro Crown Court today (Thursday, January 2), it was heard how the 38-year-old from Rosevear Road in Bugle had been driving at such speed away from his parents’ home when he collided with a double garage on Roche Road in St Austell.

The prosecutor told the hearing that the “crash was spectacular” as the Audi ended up on top of the parked vehicle in the driveway at the address, with both vehicles being write-offs. The damage Loveridge caused to the property and the other vehicle was so extensive that it cost £30,000 to fix the garage alone. 

Not only that but Loveridge also walked away from the scene and returned to his mum’s address before being taken to hospital. The only person injured in the crash, he suffered five broken ribs, a punctured lung and required to have a metal plate fitted in his upper arm.

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/driver-warned-take-meds-after-9831349

[David9694]

Neighbours’ fear after car

Neighbours’ fear after car repeatedly rams Southampton home

“I watched as a car ploughed into the front of the house, spin the car around on the front garden and continued to smash into the home with the back of the car.

“By the time he had it to the edge of our lawn, the driver sped off and I winced as he almost smashed into the side of my car parked on the road.

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24833386.neighbours-fear-car-repeatedly-rams-southampton-home/

[Ladywriter]

Telegraph poles? not sure

Telegraph poles? not sure thats their primary use these days ? 

[David9694]

Teenage boy charged with

Teenage boy charged with drink driving after car crashed into telegraph pole

The car had five people inside when it smashed into the pole

The 17-year-old boy is due to appear in court later [this] month on charges of driving while over the alcohol limit, driving without a licence and third party insurance following the collision in Pucklechurch on December 14.

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/teenage-boy-charged-drink-driving-9836337

This crash is right out of the graduated licences campaign’s playbook. 

[David9694]

Whitley Bay pub suffers bad

Whitley Bay pub suffers bad start to 2025 after car crashes into it on New Year’s Day

A car crashed into a wall and fence of the Quarry Inn on Marden Road South in Whitley Bay on January 1

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/whitley-bay-pub-suffers-bad-30695392

[David9694]

Police block road after

Police block road after (driverless) car ploughs into telegraph pole

Engineers are being called in

A spokeswoman said: “Police were called to a one-vehicle collision in Street Lane, near the junction with Townsend Lane. The car collided with a telegraph pole causing the pole to fall onto the road. No-one was injured and the road remains closed between Poolside and Townsend Lane while engineers attend to fix the pole and wiring.”

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/police-block-road-after-car-9831765

[David9694]

Police name man charged after

Police name man charged after car smashes into wall outside barbers

He’s due to appear in court in the new year

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/police-name-man-charged-after-9828669

[chrisonabike]

Was going to post that but:

RE: disqualified driver hits garden wall.  Was going to post that but:

a) The BBC got it right for once!  From the title it mentions a driver.

b) Although there was a crash into the built environment AND a car flip AND it’s a problem of a driver (for everyone else) it doesn’t really fit any of those threads.  This will be chalked up to “obvious wrong’un” and therefore not anything to do with “otherwise law-abding” drivers.  An exception which tests the rule but “is just one of those unavoidable consequences”. (Along with all those road deaths).

But I do note the relatively short sentence (given previous) and the piddling “take two years off driving”.  Which of course this chap has already proved he will ignore…

[wtjs]

The case does rather support

The case does rather support the theory that previous prison spells of a year or so are not much of a deterrent

[Hirsute]

A disqualified driver who

A disqualified driver who drove at 90mph during a police chase before hitting a garden wall has been jailed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpw2e5r25qno

[David9694]

One Stop in Evesham ram

One Stop in Evesham ram raided on Christmas Day by thieves
 

https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24821392.one-stop-evesham-ram-raided-christmas-day-thieves/

[wtjs]

The fact that such self

The fact that such self driving cars don’t BMW/Audi drivers do exist is proof – as if it were needed – that Gods don’t exist 

[Author]

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