[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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[brooksby]

hawkinspeter wrote:

brooksby wrote:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/29/extreme-car-dependency-unhappiness-americans

I created a forum post about that this morning, but it takes ages to show up.

Sorry,  Peter: I must have missed that one 

[hawkinspeter]

brooksby wrote:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/29/extreme-car-dependency-unhappiness-americans

I created a forum post about that this morning, but it takes ages to show up.

[brooksby]

https://www.theguardian.com

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/29/extreme-car-dependency-unhappiness-americans

[wtjs]

wtjs can rest easy that

wtjs can rest easy that normal service will be resumed soon

Fear not! Normal Service at Lancashire Constabulary, which is an absolute determination to do nothing about road traffic offences if they can get away with it, has been maintained throughout. For those who think that they are actually taking action but simply aren’t telling me about it: here is NC09 AUV a couple of days ago with more conventionally attached ladders and no MOT for 4 months – first reported 30th September. That’s nothing for Lancs! ND52 USU, no MOT since 26.10.24 which doesn’t sound too bad, failed MOT 13.12.24 for numerous ‘repair immediately’ major defects which many people including the police feel still isn’t too bad, is seen most nights parked all evening outside a notorious pub 150 yards from Garstang Police Station. Many people, including the police, also think that the police are too busy to deal with such matters and that the real problem is the villains wasting police time by reporting them. That’s not going to change in the New Year, and the PCC describes all these as ‘operational decisions of the police which we can’t interfere with’

[Jogle]

Police stop car with ladders

[b]Police stop car with ladders sticking out of boot[/b]

I was confused that the traffic police in Lancashire did something. But it was specialist ops and so I’m sure that wtjs can rest easy that normal service will be resumed soon.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gp4yk7wnyo

[pockstone]

To add to the comedic

To add to the comedic potential, I really hope said chef was dressed in whites, including a toque blanche, and armed with a whisk and cleaver.

[chrisonabike]

David9694 wrote:

David9694 wrote:

Imagine writing such a pathetic, victim-ey article in a national newspaper. 

“Unblemished driving career” – it’s another “otherwise law abiding” driver, unfairly punished by a system which has no interest in road safety but just wants to trap some percentage of drivers! Plus people pointlessly messing with the speed limits – 30mph has been the norm forever. #waronthemotorist

[David9694]

Further & better particulars

Further & better particulars (slightly) available here: 

https://www.wiltshirelive.co.uk/news/wiltshire-news/fleeing-driver-attacked-emu-after-7378902

[David9694]

Imagine writing such a

Imagine writing such a pathetic, victim-ey article in a national newspaper. 

[Rendel Harris]

Simon Jenkins wrote:

Simon Jenkins wrote:

A year ago my own unblemished driving career ended when I lost my driving licence for six months because of a series of ill-signed 20mph limits on roads in London and Wales. The result was a sequence of police exchanges and court hearings that beggared belief. The time-wasting and bureaucracy were Kafkaesque.

Presumably the time-wasting and bureaucracy were caused by his refusal to admit what he had done and to attempt to escape punishment, there are no police exchanges or court hearings if you just accept the ticket when you get it and pay it within the time limit. 

 

[Tom_77]

Simon Jenkins in The Guardian

Simon Jenkins in The Guardian is moaning about his 6 month speeding ban. The BTL comments are refreshingly unsympathetic.

As far as I can figure, he’d have had to be caught speeding at least 4 separate times in a year to have his license suspended; given the small likelihood of every offense being detected, I have to conclude Mr Jenkins is (a) speeding as a regular habit, and (b) whining about the consequences.

[wtjs]

Down with this sort of thing!
Down with this sort of thing!
Much more of this, and people would have to slow down and fail ‘to keep the country moving’, and they prevent drivers from accelerating out of trouble!

[David9694]

Faversham drivers say speed

Faversham drivers say speed bumps are ‘like Snowdonia and damaging our cars’

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/faversham/news/speed-bumps-are-like-snowdonia-and-damaging-our-cars-317835/

[pockstone]

Exaggeration like this makes
Exaggeration like this makes one doubt the rest of the story…’Angry emu’ or friendly Robin redbreast?

[ktache]

That is nowhere near 90

That is nowhere near 90 degrees.

[Author]

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