[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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[Mr Hoopdriver]

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 ?

A sad reflection of the times.

[David9694]

You can’t have somewhere to

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. 

Fears 147 homes bid will worsen traffic and parking woes in Cheltenham town centre

‘Where on earth are all the cars that currently park in the Black and White going to park? The car park is full most days’

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/fears-147-homes-bid-worsen-9450483

[David9694]

When trade unions are on

When trade unions are on about hospital car parking charges, then we’re at peak carbrain. Imagine drivers actually having to pay for the true cost of making provision for them at a hospital site. Yeovil hospital is in the centre of town, Musgrove Park in the westerly suburbs of Taunton. 

“I know I speak for many when I say hospital car parking charges are absolutely outrageous – it’s iniquitous. They shouldn’t be there.”

“At Yeovil Hospital, the multi-storey is run by Parkingeye but owned by Simply Serve Ltd., a subsidiary company of the NHS trust. An FOI request by the RCN has shown income and revenue of £40,301 generated from that car park for the trust in the 2023/24 financial year.

 

NHS bosses defend ‘outrageous’ car parking charges at Somerset hospitals

Trade unions have been calling for charges to be reduced and eventually abolished

 

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/nhs-bosses-defend-outrageous-car-9452473

 

[Hirsute]

”  Have you declined an

”  Have you declined an #NDORS course offer? I’m a PhD student at
@KeeleUniversity researching the courses. If you’ve declined an offer and are interested in participating in the study or would like more information, please contact me at research.ndors-courses@keele.ac.uk  “
 

Obviously this is for FMs relatives !

[David9694]

It seems like there’s some

It seems like there’s some significant road closures on the go or in prospect in the south west. With 35 m cars on the road, everyone on a tight schedule and the wonder of sat-nav we’re all out of wriggle room for when these things happen. 

I don’t have proof, but my sense is that things like SALT are used less now as drivers can’t / won’t play nicely, so weeks of all-out closure it is. 

Chaotic scenes as Devon town engulfed by roadwork traffic mayhem

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/chaotic-scenes-devon-town-engulfed-9440007

Closing A-road until 2025 could bring villages to ‘complete standstill’ warns MP

The council says the work to stabilise the road is ‘absolutely essential’

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/closing-road-until-2025-could-9449537

Cornwall Council slammed for causing another ‘lockdown’ in Cornish town

Work on a new services hub in Liskeard is having a ‘massive impact on hundreds of people’

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornwall-council-slammed-causing-another-9446559

 

[David9694]

Devastated’ town ‘dying the

Devastated’ town ‘dying the death’ as main road in and out is closed

‘We’ve had no information whatsoever, why not tell us what’s happening’

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/devastated-town-dying-death-main-9438277

interestingly, the local butcher, who doesn’t rely on driver / passing trade is fine. Local trade is loyal trade. 

[David9694]

Dartmoor telegraph poll fell

Dartmoor telegraph poll fell over all by itself, blocking the road 

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/live-fallen-telegraph-pole-shuts-9451346

[Hirsute]

” Explain this one to your

” Explain this one to your boss: @SussexRoadsPol
The Commercial vehicle unit came across this abload on the A27 at Selmeston today running with no escort vehicle. Once in the layby driver found to have no licence, insurance and no movement order. Vehicle seized and driver summons to court. “

https://x.com/SussexIncidents/status/1818659027728962039

[mdavidford]

Bloody muntjacs – appearing

Bloody muntjacs – appearing out of nowhere and speeding through red lights. They need to be licensed and made to wear hi viz.

[stonojnr]

Call for speed limit change
Call for speed limit change after traumatic Muntjac death https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/24469339.call-change-speed-limit-bury-street-stowmarket/

[stonojnr]

3 vehicles collide all by
3 vehicles collide all by themselves https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/24488417.thedwastre-road-thurston-closed-three-vehicle-crash/

[chrisonabike]

brooksby wrote:

Road safety police defend parking on yellow lines

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyx0z91qp70o

Hopefully they put the blue lights on and raced to the scene faster than the speed limit, because “operational necessity” also…

[mdavidford]

Well you couldn’t reasonably

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

[brooksby]

Road safety police defend

Road safety police defend parking on yellow lines

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyx0z91qp70o

A spokesperson for the force said: “We fully appreciate how a police car parked on double yellow lines will understandably cause frustration to those in the area.

“In this instance officers believed this was the best place to park following reports of cyclists travelling through red lights on Holderness Road, at the junction with Mount Pleasant.

“This was to ensure that we caused the least amount of impact on the traffic and pedestrians in the area, whilst also making sure that officers had the best possible view of the junction, to take action against anyone committing offences, helping to protect other road users.

“A number of road users were stopped and spoken to, helping keep our roads safe for everyone that uses them.”

[hawkinspeter]

https://abcnews.go.com/US/2

https://abcnews.go.com/US/2-men-fatally-shoot-california-road-rage-incident/story?id=112413824

Two men are dead after they fatally shot one another in an apparent road rage incident in Southern California, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

One of the men had his two children in the car — ages 2 and 5 — at the time of the double shooting.

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