[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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[hawkinspeter]

brooksby wrote:

It does, doesn’t it?

Were they aiming for a big flat open field, or did they misjudge how wide the road was?

I think they were aiming to stay in the air a bit longer. A witness said that it “looked like it stalled and nose-dived into the main road”.

Still, any landing that you can walk away from is a good landing.

[brooksby]

It does, doesn’t it?

It does, doesn’t it?

Were they aiming for a big flat open field, or did they misjudge how wide the road was?

[hawkinspeter]

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/local-news/plane-crashes-a419-gloucestershire-inches-9513927

(That pic looks like it’s photoshopped)

[Jogle]

David9694 wrote:

Someone (two people, IIRC) has to empty each machine daily, securely take the contents somewhere to be counted and banked – the pro cash crowd show no insight into what an overhead all that is. 

In Birmingham I’ve only ever seen it with one person emptying a machine. Generally they’re half laying down on the ground with their arm going up from the bottom of the machine through a broken panel…..

I wonder whether, now that most people will use an app or pay by card, it’s actually cheaper to allow the cash to be stolen than it is to go around and collect it

[David9694]

I think it’s progress in

I think it’s progress in relation to having to carry coinage around to make up whatever random amount is required. When you’re looking at over a fiver, that’s a lot of £1 coins to be hauling.  

Someone (two people, IIRC) has to empty each machine daily, securely take the contents somewhere to be counted and banked – the pro cash crowd show no insight into what an overhead all that is. 

[David9694]

“There’s only two types of

“There’s only two types of bird that fly at night – that’s owls and bats”

Cannabis user claimed she was ‘trying to avoid a large bird’ after being caught drug driving slowly along Halling High Street

Prosecutor James Nichols told the court Gregory was pulled over on March 10.

He added: “It was just after midnight, in the early hours of the Sunday morning and she was stopped because of the slow manner of her driving.

They were also told she was of previous good character and was driving in that manner as she was trying to avoid a large bird that had been on the road.

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/drug-driver-high-on-cannabis-told-police-i-was-trying-to-a-311968/

[Hirsute]

It used to cost about £8 to
It used to cost about £8 to park by an Ipswich cinema. You got some of it back from the cinema on production of a ticket.
Only you had to put coins in – notes not accepted.
I assume it has been improved since I last went some years ago.

[Hirsute]

“Some vehicles also use my

“Some vehicles also use my drive to turn. My dog just escaped being run over by a lorry reversing into my drive/garden.”

@worldbollardassociation !

[David9694]

You can’t build a cafe

You can’t build a cafe because cars

Traffic fears over plans for cafe next to Sandown Castle Community Garden in Deal
 

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/deal/news/they-can-t-build-a-cafe-here-it-s-already-full-of-cars-311911/

[David9694]

Livid Lee slams Alton Towers

Livid Lee slams Alton Towers as car park thief leaves van looking like this

The Alton Towers super-fan (father of nine) pays £1,832-a-year for platinum passes – now he’s £600 out of pocket

“There appear to be blind spots where the cameras don’t cover – but I paid a fee to park there. I’m not having it. I’m not happy spending that kind of money – we spent around £180 inside Alton Towers that day as well as £1,832 on annual platinum passes – so I’m lining their pockets and I intend to take this the whole way.

“The vehicle is classed as a dangerous vehicle now because there’s a big hole in the front of it. I don’t want to claim on my insurance because they’ll have my trousers down and I can’t afford it. 

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/livid-lee-slams-alton-towers-9494365

[David9694]

stonojnr wrote:

stonojnr wrote:

I do think some of them are needlessly complicated. I remember the first one I used it took me longer to setup with all the authentication, you had to use the voice automated system as a 1st time user to verify details & then bank checks to confirm payment, then I actually needed to park. Versus just stuffing a quid, or tapping a card on a machine to get a ticket. I’m not convinced it’s good progress.

Dont get me wrong, some parking apps are a complete PITA, particularly when you set up for the first time. But there’s a difference between that and claiming to be unable to use them at all. 

[Hirsute]

Drivers who fail to pay

Drivers who fail to pay multiple parking tickets will see their car impounded the next time they are caught leaving their vehicle in an illegal spot.

https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/glasgow-cars-impounded-council-drivers-29800107

[stonojnr]

I do think some of them are
I do think some of them are needlessly complicated. I remember the first one I used it took me longer to setup with all the authentication, you had to use the voice automated system as a 1st time user to verify details & then bank checks to confirm payment, then I actually needed to park.

Versus just stuffing a quid, or tapping a card on a machine to get a ticket. I’m not convinced it’s good progress.

[chrisonabike]

David9694</strong><br />[quote=David9694 wrote:

My favourites are those drivers who claim to be completely flummoxed by cashless payments via apps but won’t entertain any question of their fitness, in the light of this, to drive. 

Be fair! They proved they could drive 40+ years ago – which is about all the system requires! It’s not their fault if they can’t keep up with all the subsequent changes. In fact it’s unfair really…

[David9694]

stonojnr wrote:

stonojnr wrote:

They get very uppity in parts of Norfolk when they’re told they have to pay to park. Even when the charges are a mere fraction of the cost of running the car to park in the first place

My favourites are those drivers who claim to be completely flummoxed by cashless payments via apps but won’t entertain any question of their fitness, in the light of this, to drive. 

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