[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]

Long Lane in Brundall called

Long Lane in Brundall called a death trap due to speeders

“I’m afraid to go out of my own front driveway to walk the dog because of how dangerous it is.

“I don’t even use the front rooms in my house for fear of a speeding driver coming flying through the walls.”

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24470808.long-lane-brundall-called-death-trap-due-speeders/

[Hirsute]

“The restrictions will be in

“The restrictions will be in place seven days a week from 7am to 6pm, starting from Tuesday – and furious home owners have complained about a lack of consultation.”

Does seem excessive

“The thing is, they’re not working seven days a week, 24 hours a day, so why do they need no parking seven days a week?”

[David9694]

I can’t access this story –

I can’t access this story –

https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/residents-fume-as-developer-removes-parking-on-new-milton-st-9377105/

[David9694]

A carbrain writes…

A carbrain writes…

Action is needed to prevent danger in Herefordshire street

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24490495.action-needed-prevent-danger-herefordshire-street/

[chrisonabike]

David9694 wrote:

David9694 wrote:

You can’t have somewhere to live because I want to park my car.  No, Civic Society, you fucked it, you stood by and let your amazing regency town become yet another race track for cars. 

Actually seems a reasonable knee-jerk. I’m not a planner or council worker but presumably while some kind of traffic modelling is mandated little thought seems to go into “how might people get about without cars?”

Actually I know that statement is incorrect here in Edinburgh. Thought is taken but a) seems it’s more wishful thinking (if it’s possible – just – lots will) as b) the provision is still “shared use” and/or “adventure-grade”, and c) doesn’t sufficiently consider connections to the network (…that we don’t yet have). d) Meanwhile there’s a garage or plenty car parking for all and great connections for drivers…

And in fact we’re still doing “predict and provide” stuff. I think I can guess how people are going to take their kids to school and do their shopping…

[Hirsute]

” My safety flag sticks out

” My safety flag sticks out 70cm, which is less than half the clearance drivers are supposed to give when passing. So, driver of blue Mini MF68YFR shouting “you need to pull that thing in mate”, you are the reason I have it. “

https://x.com/MrHappyCyclist/status/1819657881647456666

[David9694]

Wow, pompous or what?! 

Wow, pompous or what?! 

No actual legal advice, just be another whining driver in a load of people’s inboxes, which after 2 years she’s likely to have tried.

I suppose you could be “charged with assisting [someone] pro bono”, but given what pro bono means (you volunteer your services), it seems an unlikely circumstance. 

 Tort is a another term not many people outside legal practice understand, so why use it here, other than to try to show off? Tort usually refers to seeking damages for  a loss caused to person A by the acts (deeds or omissions where a duty of care is owed) of person B; proceedings like this are for breach of contract, i.e. of the conditions of use and consequences for breach the driver is deemed to have accepted by entering / remaining in the car park/ private land.  Perhaps it has a secondary meaning – I’ll bow to his superior knowledge. 

[Hirsute]

The one I posted about

The one I posted about

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/24490015.parking-ticket-handed-parent-combs-ford-co-op-car-park/

[David9694]

essexian wrote:

I see there is a reply to the piece by someone calling themselves a lawyer. If this person is a lawyer then Heaven help anyone who takes legal advice from them. 

 

which story? 

[essexian]

I see there is a reply to the

I see there is a reply to the piece by someone calling themselves a lawyer. If this person is a lawyer then Heaven help anyone who takes legal advice from them. 

[Hirsute]

I read the para that said
I read the para that said they both had visited the co-op. Then skipped over the next one.
Parent and child spots are clearly for those who take the child into the store not visit the car park.

[David9694]

The way I’m reading it, she

 

The way I’m reading it, she went in to the shop, he was still in the car with the child. It’s not clear why he was unaware of the ticket – maybe he was asleep as well as the child…

Although she’s desperate to minimise it (3 minutes 2 seconds) the moral of the tale is that you use the parent & child space (only) because you’re heaving the aforementioned  child into the shop with you.  Perhaps the whole driving thing is getting a bit much now. 

[mdavidford]

The way I’m reading it, she

The way I’m reading it, she went in to the shop, he was still in the car with the child. It’s not clear why he was unaware of the ticket – maybe he was asleep as well as the child…

If we go out and park anywhere, I’m terrified. If we are over a line or anything, we have got to park right in the middle. That’s what they’ve said to us.

It’s just a lack of humanity.

Umm – that is generally how parking’s supposed to work – did she think the lines were just there for decoration?

[Hirsute]

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/24490015.parking-ticket-handed-parent-combs-ford-co-op-car-park/

Not sure why you’d leave a young child alone in a car – why did they both need to go into the store?

[David9694]

Mr Hoopdriver wrote:

mdavidford wrote:

Well you couldn’t reasonably expect them to park somewhere else and then walk to the location, could you.

Where’s PC Plod ?

getting ready to take on some bunch of brick-wielding numpties near a mosque or a cenotaph 

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