[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]

 “a seemingly relentless

 “a seemingly relentless hatred in the UK for anything motorised.”

You wonder how car-brained someone has got to actually write this. Poor little me. 

[hawkinspeter]

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/silly-season-cornwall-kicks-car-9331305

The unofficial start of Cornwall’s tourist season has kicked off. Not with the sun breaking through the clouds, but with the annual tradition of a vehicle getting stuck on a sandy beach.

A silver Subaru Forester that found itself lodged in the soft sands of Constantine Beach near Padstow, despite its all-wheel drive capabilities.

[Hirsute]

A drug driver who ran over a

A drug driver who ran over a pedestrian on Clingoe Hill after taking cannabis and cocaine “was not knowingly under the influence of drugs” a barrister said.

A drugs test later showed he had 457mcg of benzoylecgonine per litre of blood.

The legal limit is 50mcg.

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/24368278.clacton-man-ran-colchester-pedestrian-banned-roads/

[Hirsute]

Swerved in a 20 to avoid

Swerved in a 20 to avoid speeding cyclist

[David9694]

Or just asleep at the wheel

Or just asleep at the wheel

Judge Simon Carr gave Coleridge an eight-month custodial sentence, which was suspended for two years. Coleridge was disqualified from driving for 18 months

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/sleeping-driver-sentenced-killing-much-9325018

[David9694]

Killer driver walks free. –

Killer driver walks free. – chalk another one up 

[Hirsute]

‘Welcome to the moon’ –

‘Welcome to the moon’ – Highland town’s pothole problem

Filing this as road users and their problems – I doubt many people cycle round here on these roads.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cgee9e4475ro

 

 

[Hirsute]

5 second momentary lapse of

5 second momentary lapse of concentration whilst pissing about with a heated steering wheel. The driver went on to kill a motorist in a head-on crash.

She had to look away from the road in order to prat around with the steering wheel and pressed a button twice. The car then veered across the road in the direction of where Mr Allen was travelling from. A witness travelling behind her said she strayed for about five seconds.

Worgan faced up to three years in jail under sentencing guidelines after she admitted to causing death by careless driving. But she was given 26 weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months and ordered that she undertake 200 hours of unpaid work. She was also made to pay £239 in costs and victim surcharge and banned from driving for two years.

Jon Burke

“While the Transport Secretary backs 14-year sentences for the almost non-existent crime of ‘reckless cycling’, drivers who kill people while distracted by their SUV’s heated steering wheel are handed suspended sentences and short driving bans. Grotesque.”

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/driver-kills-man-crash-trying-32959156

[Hirsute]

Turns left off the main dual

Turns left off the main dual carriageway road from the lane marked right turn.

Due to previous offending the driver was remanded over the weekend and received the following sentence: -Disqualified from driving again for three years -18 week custodial sentence suspended for 12 months -250hrs unpaid work -£300 in fines

 

[andystow]

Hirsute wrote:

Not sure which country

“Let the ball down ” is a popular caption

Most likely the US. Those are standard at a Target store.

[chrisonabike]

With the black right above

With the black right above the red I’d say they’ve snookered themselves.

[Hirsute]

Always check for alligators

Always check for alligators before moving off

 

[Hirsute]

Not sure which country

Not sure which country

“Let the ball down ” is a popular caption

[brooksby]

bensynnock wrote:

bensynnock wrote:

The motorist has been waging war on everybody else for 100 years, and they’ve always won.

Amen, brother!

[bensynnock]

Stephen Norman shouldn’t be
Stephen Norman shouldn’t be driving if he doesn’t know the rules.

I see it at every junction. Light turns amber, first car maybe could have stopped but carries on through second car certainly could have stopped but carries on through, third car put his foot down to make it through before it turns red, fourth car puts his foot down and goes through on red.

The motorist has been waging war on everybody else for 100 years, and they’ve always won.

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