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October 1, 2022 at 7:44 am #32276
David9694
A new catch-all Tea Shop thread for those miscellaneous new stories that don’t quite fit with parking, crashing into buildings or trapped/prisoners in their homes.
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chrisonabike
Sparked by a tragic killing
Sparked by a tragic killing (of a pedestrian on the footway) someone says the unthinkable (except for by folks on this forum).BBC wrote:Families whose relatives were killed by drug-drivers are demanding police are given new powers to revoke licences at the roadside if they suspect a motorist is over the limit.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36z0g5xd3ko
Can you imagine the comments? What about innocent until proved guilty? What about corrupt police? “I won’t stop, I am afraid of the police / was taking my sick child to hospital”…
David9694
“THAT wasn’t there yesterday”
“THAT wasn’t there yesterday”, say drivers with their eyes firmly shut.
£3m Radnor Park roundabout revamp in Folkestone with new cycle lanes branded ‘downright dangerous’
Residents say the new town-centre layout is “confusing” and “ridiculous”
“We weren’t travelling fast but it was dark and raining hard. It’s very hard to see.”
John Scale Modeller added: “The cycle curb is going to cause a few bumpers on a few cars an issue. I’ve seen two cars mount it coming around the roundabout already.”
Rita Betteridge said:” That silly little kerb bit by the station is downright dangerous.”
And Deborah Jones added: “Zebra crossing is far too close to the roundabout junction (accident waiting to happen).”
David9694
Talking of which, if I have
Talking of which, if I have this right, police have “suddenly” started speeding enforcement on the Sheppey bridge, and…
Drivers hit by fines 29 months after temporary speed limit brought in at Sheppey Crossing
NotNigel wrote:
NotNigel wrote:Angry, unintelligent motorists…..what could go wrong in the comments.
… but a sensible and (should be) non-rage-bait-y road safety article on the Beeb!(General good advice – avoid comments on the Internet… 😉 l
NotNigel
Angry, unintelligent
Angry, unintelligent motorists…..what could go wrong in the comments.
David9694
quiff wrote:What I particularly don’t understand is seeing that there is someone gleefully filming the ford waiting for some unfortunate soul and still thinking “yeah, I can probably make that”. Unless they’re all in it together and monetising the resulting (annoying compulsive) viewing.Hardly lucrative though, but is not the same as watching the motor racing?
The filmed product, as with all “look what this idiot did” sequences get repetitive in no time at all, sucker as FB clearly thinks I am for them.
quiff
David9694 wrote:I guess now we’ve had a bunch of rain, Facebook reels is serving me up a load of car drives through ford clips. Some appear to make it, others not so much.I don’t understand these drivers – this is going to be a loss of £000s or even £0000s and all the inconvenience.
What I particularly don’t understand is seeing that there is someone gleefully filming the ford waiting for some unfortunate soul and still thinking “yeah, I can probably make that”. Unless they’re all in it together and monetising the resulting (annoying compulsive) viewing.
David9694 wrote:
David9694 wrote:Their bank not their insurance company? I presume driving into a flood is classed as Avoidable and an insurer won’t pay out?Is the fact that the car is very likely on finance a factor?
I am completely ignorant in this area (not a car owner for time) … but it wouldn’t surprise me if there were perverse incentives around this. Or some ways of gaming the system.Having said that, “cock-up over conspiracy” – they were at it down at Rufford Ford for years, presumably many with their own vehicles … and lots of those folks looked as cheerful as swamped rats when their cars conked out.
David9694
No drivers directly involved
No drivers directly involved here, sorry, but for fuck’s sake, men, do get a grip. As such you are part of the most privileged group anywhere (not least forking out £240/ month for a David Lloyd couple’s membership). So many arguments have been previously won on your behalf – before you even started out – arguments women are still having to spend energy on.
GET THIS – it is highly unlikely that anyone is going to ogle you, bother you in the spa or if you have a drink afterwards, and you don’t have to clench your keys as you walk out out your car. You don’t have to think about waiting around for a friend to go with.
You’re asked to make one small concession – but even that is too much for you.
Men demand discount on membership due to women-only hours at new David Lloyd Herne Bay spa
“It just irks me that everyone cries out for equality, yet when it comes to money, equality gets thrown out the window.”
David9694
chrisonabike wrote:
chrisonabike wrote:
Money to swamp, technically? With you on the sentiment though – how many wade to the bank with a rueful grin and “god, I’ve been a right prat there! Hope my family won’t mind when I explain that the reason we’re a few grand short every month is because I’ve no common sense”David9694 wrote:These people must have money to burn.
Their bank not their insurance company? I presume driving into a flood is classed as Avoidable and an insurer won’t pay out?
Is the fact that the car is very likely on finance a factor? If it’s a write-off, the finance company will still want paying; I wonder if finance somehow makes it all a bit easy-come-easy-go for people? It would have the opposite effect on me – e.g. the monthly pain of having to complete the payments for a ‘phone I dropped in water a few years ago.
https://www.confused.com/compare-car-insurance/guides/car-insurance-and-flood-damageDavid9694 wrote:
David9694 wrote:Another journalist visit to Fromes’s car-free enclave
Aren’t they trapped in their homes? How does anyone get anything? What about visitors? What about the emergency services? What about children / old people / sick pets? What about all the poor people outside this posh location who are being forced to choke on pollution because the cars can’t be driven through the town? (etc.)David9694 wrote:
David9694 wrote:These people must have money to burn.
Money to swamp, technically?With you on the sentiment though – how many wade to the bank with a rueful grin and “god, I’ve been a right prat there! Hope my family won’t mind when I explain that the reason we’re a few grand short every month is because I’ve no common sense”
David9694
I just don’t get it – this
I just don’t get it – this one gets to the other side and then seems to stop.
These people must have money to burn.
andystow
As I wrote in my LeJOG
As I wrote in my LeJOG journal:
The next stretch of road, the A836 from Thurso to Castletown was by far the worst, busiest stretch of road on the whole trip. I would not do that again. There aren’t a lot of other road choices, and maybe being a Friday afternoon made it worse, but I’d add twenty miles if I needed to just to avoid it. No shoulder, and a constant stream of caravans.
Hirsute
Nichola told how she was
Nichola told how she was forced to move from her home in Leigh Road, one-and-a-half miles away from her salon, to Horwich, which is much further away, because of the gridlocked roads.
https://www.leighjournal.co.uk/news/25682785.getting-work-less-two-miles-home-hell-wheels/I can walk that in 20 mins !
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