[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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[David9694]

my take away from this is

my take away from this is that quite a wide area of Bath’s streets are not suitable for cars and so the curtailing needs to be made more extensive. 

Council insists LTN will be monitored after safety warning

An independent report published the night before it was set to be installed raised concerns about visibility at the junction

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/council-insists-ltn-monitored-after-9692777

the first prang and it’ll be “Aha! Told you so. “

[bensynnock]

The Bournemouth echo has an
The Bournemouth echo has an article on this too, if anybody wants to read about it without getting dirty daily mail cookies on their device.

None of the ‘driveways’ have dropped kerbs.

[bensynnock]

If you visit his motor museum
If you visit his motor museum it’s got a little section celebrating all his family’s victories in ‘the war on motorists’.

[HoarseMann]

Yep, many are just parking on

Yep, many are just parking on their front lawn, no dropped kerb, probably no planning permission to park there. I particularly liked this comment: “At least before you could reverse out with some more haste”. I’m not sure anyone should be hastily reversing out onto a main road whilst crossing a footway!

[David9694]

The cock-up around the

The cock-up around the dropped kerbs isn’t helpful; the pictures in the article illustrate that owners of several of these properties are driving across the pavement without a dropped kerb. 

[David9694]

mdavidford wrote:

David9694 wrote:

Please can you tell me the way to the secret staircase? 

I could, but then I’d have to push you down it.

the correct answer was “no, it’s a secret”

[David9694]

​Vauxhall van and Salvatori

​Vauxhall van and Salvatori delivery truck stuck in width restrictions in Church Road, Murston

width restriction “does job” 

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourne/news/van-jammed-in-width-restriction-barriers-for-almost-seven-ho-315428/

[Hirsute]

Far too many in that article
Far too many in that article unable to reverse onto the driveway. Does no one know the highway code ?

[HoarseMann]

Furious residents claim they

Furious residents claim they have been blocked in their driveways after a council installed ‘ridiculous’ cycling wands along a new bike lane.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14043665/councils-cycling-safety-wands-dangerous.html

[andystow]

David9694 wrote:

chrisonabike wrote:

Have addicts been reduced to baartering for drugs?

they got fleeced ?

Very baaaad driving.

[mdavidford]

David9694 wrote:

Please can you tell me the way to the secret staircase? 

I could, but then I’d have to push you down it.

[David9694]

Please can you tell me the

Please can you tell me the way to the secret staircase? 

[David9694]

Cars delay ambulances – shock

Cars delay ambulances – shock

https://road.cc/content/forum/death-anecdote-exeter-ltn-303553 In which I argue that there’s a lot of factors at play with ambulance transit, but clearly random individual blockages don’t help matters.  

[David9694]

mdavidford wrote:

It asked for a ram-raiding offence to be taken into account.

Well good morning Judge, yes I’m back again
I’m in trouble, so it’s back to the pen
I found a car but I couldn’t pay
I fell in love and I drove it away
I fell in love and I drove it away
I fell in love and I drove it away
I fell in love and I drove it away
He didn’t do it, he wasn’t there

He didn’t want it, he wouldn’t dare
I didn’t do it, I wasn’t there
I didn’t want it, I wouldn’t dare
 

[mdavidford]

It asked for a ram-raiding

It asked for a ram-raiding offence to be taken into account.

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