[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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[Hirsute]

A police officer will be

A police officer will be required to take part in a driver training course after hitting a parked car in Colchester. 

Residents in Mersea Road captured a police officer ramming a parked car on November 11 at around 7.43pm. 

Essex Police confirmed that action has been taken against the officer involved. 

An Essex Police spokesman said: ”A marked police car was in collision with another vehicle on Mersea Road, Colchester on November 11.  

“No-one was seriously injured and details were exchanged. 

“The driver of the police car will undertake a driver training course.” 

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/24752271.police-officer-hit-colchester-car-sent-training/

I assume the officer has been released by residents.

[David9694]

Southampton City Council

Southampton City Council reverses decision on bollard

Speaking to the Echo, café manager Paula Shapland, said: “I’ve been here six years, and we’ve never had any problems like this, it’s given me sleepless nights.

“We did have an email from the council the weekend prior, but we weren’t given any explanation, and it all happened very quickly.

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24761772.southampton-city-council-reverses-decision-bollard/

[David9694]

Cyclists should be made to

Cyclists should be made to have insurance etc 

https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/24757516.four-vehicles-seized-police-week-insurance/

[David9694]

Council acting like ‘the

Council acting like ‘the Sheriff of Nottingham’ with parking charges

‘We are going to see this unjust charge unfairly affect the poorest people’

The new charges will be “emissions-based parking,” where cars are charged an additional amount based on how polluting the engine is. Based on the idea that “the polluter pays,” emissions-based parking has been the case in council car parks in Bath since September 2023

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/council-acting-like-the-sheriff-9748059

Your occasional reminder that the poorest people don’t run cars. 

[David9694]

You have to wonder how many

You have to wonder how many drivers are merrily writing-off their cars this way. Nearly all the coverage is flooding related – Chippenham and Bradford on Avon.

[brooksby]

hawkinspeter wrote:

To me that sounds like the following driver caused the crash by not concentrating on what the car ahead was doing. There can be any number of reasons why a car needs to suddenly slow/stop and although photographing a sign shouldn’t be one, it doesn’t mean that following drivers just carry on regardless.

There are a lot of people out there who seem to think exactly that.  It’s like all those times that the traffic lights change as you are halfway across a crossing, and the oncoming motorists seem to be of the opinion that if you’re still in the roadway then you’re fair game…

[hawkinspeter]

brooksby wrote:

A man who took a picture of a ‘Welcome to Florida’ sign while driving allegedly caused a crash that killed his three nephews and niece.

Marvin Redondo-Funes, 25, reportedly slowed down to photograph the sign at the Georgia-Florida border while driving from New York with his girlfriend and the four kids.

Redondo-Funes allegedly went down to 1 to 2 mph in order to snap a clear picture of the state line and a car behind him did not see the sudden slow-down and rear-ended him at full speed, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Four dead after their uncle ‘took picture of Welcome to Florida sign while driving’

To me that sounds like the following driver caused the crash by not concentrating on what the car ahead was doing. There can be any number of reasons why a car needs to suddenly slow/stop and although photographing a sign shouldn’t be one, it doesn’t mean that following drivers just carry on regardless.

(Not trying to excuse the Uncle as he had the children in the back seat not wearing seat belts and had a suspended/revoked license)

[brooksby]

Hirsute wrote:

[quote=Hirsute]Must get to Tesco https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c14ldgpvmd2o%5B/quote%5D

Man, 57, arrested after tractor filmed driving through flooded high street

Tractor that caused outrage when it drove through flooded waters seen back in work

[brooksby]

Quote:

A man who took a picture of a ‘Welcome to Florida’ sign while driving allegedly caused a crash that killed his three nephews and niece.

Marvin Redondo-Funes, 25, reportedly slowed down to photograph the sign at the Georgia-Florida border while driving from New York with his girlfriend and the four kids.

Redondo-Funes allegedly went down to 1 to 2 mph in order to snap a clear picture of the state line and a car behind him did not see the sudden slow-down and rear-ended him at full speed, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Four dead after their uncle ‘took picture of Welcome to Florida sign while driving’

[brooksby]

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Three people died in a road accident after their car’s GPS told them to drive down an incomplete bridge, sending them plummeting off the edge to their deaths.

The incident occurred in the city of Bareilly in India on Saturday, when residents in a nearby village visited the riverbank only to find a submerged car stuck in a ditch.

Three dead after Google Maps told them to drive off an unfinished bridge

[David9694]

One man IHT protest

One man IHT protest

[Steve K]

The big hashed area around

The big hashed area around the spaces is a big clue too.

[David9694]

Devon man’s warning after

Devon man’s warning after getting stung in restricted car park

Malcolm says ‘there were no clear markings’ and is now warning others

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/devon-mans-warning-after-getting-9743846

mate, I can see your unclear markings from space.

Do you seriously think you’re going to find unrestricted parking in the heart of the city centre? How on Earth did you even find it, like you have to drive through the flying motorbikes / access only paved pedestrian area to even get to it. 

[David9694]

When you don’t know for sure

When you don’t know for sure what the whinge would be if this work was postponed to January, but you know there would be one:

Halfway Road traders on Sheppey hit out at seven-week gas works taking place over Christmas run-up

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sheerness/news/seven-week-roadworks-couldn-t-have-come-at-worse-time-316300/

[brooksby]

Hirsute wrote:

[quote=Hirsute]Must get to Tesco https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c14ldgpvmd2o%5B/quote%5D

Police investigate tractor that created ‘devastating’ wave in flooded UK town

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/25/police-investigate-tractor-that-created-devastating-wave-in-flood-hit-uk-town

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