[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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[wtjs]

Police are now encouraging

Police are now encouraging the public to call as soon as possible if they witness anti-social driving or people wearing balaclavas while driving

What, so they can have a good laugh in the Control Room before they write ‘Too Busy on other priorities’ in the log and bin the report?

[David9694]

Police want public to report

Police want public to report drivers in balaclavas after masked raids

Follows two burglaries in Gloucestershire

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/police-want-public-report-drivers-9419989

[David9694]

Wiltshire driver ate

Wiltshire driver ate breakfast with no hands on the wheel

“Stopped for having both hands off the wheel, apparently eating their breakfast has earned this driver a TOR for ‘not being in control’, as well as ‘ply exposed’ on closer inspection of the van,” said a spokesperson for Wiltshire Police.

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/24456889.wiltshire-driver-ate-breakfast-no-hands-wheel/

[David9694]

Parking war as school-run

Parking war as school-run parents to be banned from Wingham village hall car park

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/village-parking-war-as-petty-ban-leaves-school-run-parents-309868/

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Killer driver walks free 

Killer driver walks free 

Hit-and-run driver Stewart Powell who left William Brown in road ‘like an animal’ spared jail

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/hit-and-run-driver-who-left-child-in-road-like-an-animal-s-309918/

[David9694]

Not liking the political

Not liking the political instability in the Wales Labour govt.

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cleyl8ln66et

EDIT 
Co-incidence / nothing new? 

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/huge-changes-announced-wales-20mph-29553450

Catastrophising again, you end up with a mosaic of speed limits then then “it will confuse drivers” (when doesn’t it?) 

[Hirsute]

” A driver has been caught

” A driver has been caught speeding at 140mph on the A9 – the highest speed recorded by cameras on the road in the last four years. “

Police scotland told him he was a very naughty boy and to try not to do it again.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgl202exr3o

[chrisonabike]

mdavidford wrote:

Wait – I think I know the answer to this one…

They need to, er, increase the speed limit to stop the law being brought into disrepute?

Got it!  And if lots of motorists are driving on footways (or even running over cyclists) the last thing we should do is take them all to court, as that will …

(There is a point that it’s often far more practical to go with human nature.  And I do agree with a couple of the posters here that – because human nature – the best way is to make the infra largely “self-enforcing”.  However a) people have actually been shown to slow down when we merely change the numbers so why not ** b) I don’t think the following idea holds up to scrutiny: “but all the roads with 30mph limits now are because that is the ‘natural’ speed of all those roads”.

* Somewhat surprisingly – perhaps this is partly psychological “anchoring”?  There are likely some minimum conditions also e.g. *some* threat of enforcement and of course a 20 sign doesn’t yet get you 20 in the UK – just a bit slower (nor do other speed limits e.g. motorway ones – per national travel survey)

** The reasons are several but a headline one is that there is a measurable relationship between lower speeds and less serious crash outcomes.

[Hirsute]

”  Ready to be ignited by a

”  Ready to be ignited by a BMW… #WorldBollardAssociation [?]   “

[David9694]

Police target red-light

Police target red-light jumpers at Burton collision blackspot

Officers say they have spotted motorists ignoring the lights on Uxbridge Street

https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/burton-news/police-target-red-light-jumpers-8987573#comments-wrapper

it is usual not to stop the driver there and then? 

[mdavidford]

Wait – I think I know the

Wait – I think I know the answer to this one…

They need to, er, increase the speed limit to stop the law being brought into disrepute?

[David9694]

Speeding motorists clocked

Speeding motorists clocked near schools

Potentially fatal consequences were highlighted after a recent speed check caught over 100 drivers flouting the 30mph limit on a main Totton route.

https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/speeding-motorists-clocked-near-schools-9374603/ (another one I can’t access in full) 

“20 mph? that’s ridiculous I mean fine near schools…” etc 

[David9694]

Bristol Airport hike drop-off

Bristol Airport hike drop-off fees to eye-watering amount

So-called “kiss and fly” charges are even more expensive

RAC senior policy officer Rod Dennis expressed his frustration, stating: “It’s depressing, if perhaps unsurprising given what’s happened in the past, to see seven airports have hiked their drop-off charges once again this year. To have to pay £5, £6 or even £7 for the briefest of stops to simply open the boot and take some luggage out for a friend or loved one is bordering on the ridiculous.”

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/bristol-airport-hike-drop-fees-9413158

Thoughts and prayers for all the families who can afford air travel and a car. 

 

 

[David9694]

Thank-you.  Funny how it’s

Thank-you.  Funny how it’s always dropping something off to a charity shop isn’t it. 

My favourite letter this week for rarified quaintness (something the Chron specialises in) is this one: 

There was no attempt being made to control traffic, no temporary traffic lights, it was merely an accident waiting to happen, so I sought the telephone number of Winchester Police Station to report the matter.

https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/24436813.letter—there-no-attempt-made-control-traffic/

[David9694]

I see they’ve found a body

I see they’ve found a body near the last location of his phone. 

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