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October 1, 2022 at 7:44 am #32276
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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Drivers oppose to plan to
Drivers oppose to plan to introduce charges at Borrow Pit car park in Walmer
Those who use the car park now fear charging people will only drive visitors away and make parking harder on nearby roads outside people’s homes.
(thanks for the threat, guys)
bensynnock
Netley Abbey isn’t really
Netley Abbey isn’t really just around the corner from that Tesco.Hirsute
Royal Parks Police
Royal Parks Police
Worst driving of the day award goes to the driver of this vehicle found cruising along the horse track in #RichmondPark Thankfully no horse riders were affected [?] A fine will be sent to him in the post
Driver was avoiding speeding cyclists, so should be let off.
David9694
Bath street ‘freed from the
Bath street ‘freed from the tyranny of the motor vehicle’ by LTN, say locals
‘People can linger on the pavement without fear of losing their head to debris bouncing off a speeding flatbed truck — and this very nearly did happen.’
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/bath-street-freed-tyranny-motor-9305147
David9694
List of cars banned from
List of cars banned from Devon council car parks includes Audi, BMW and Kia
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/list-cars-banned-devon-council-9303352
sorry, no, that’s not the reason
South Hampshire??
David9694
Lives “around the corner”,
Lives “around the corner”, but visited twice by car in one day. He also needs to stick with just the one story – “you can’t prove that’s my car” exiting after visit #2 ain’t helping.
Netley Abbey pensioner vows not to pay Tesco parking fine
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24341843.netley-abbey-pensioner-vows-not-pay-tesco-parking-fine/

David9694
‘Cut off’ Surrey town
‘Cut off’ Surrey town ‘becomes an island’ after road closures turn three minute journey into one hour
A Surrey mum has the traffic chaos is adding stress to children’s GCSE exam
Ellen Watkins, who has lived in Cobham for 30 years, said the onslaught of traffic chaos is making the much-loved town an unpleasant place to live. The mother of three even considered renting a property near her son’s school last year, so he could finish his A Levels without the stress of being late to his exams.
She drives a minibus of students from Cobham to the Chertsey school and said that even to get from Cobham High Street to the A3 takes around 40 minutes, instead of three.
https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/cut-off-surrey-town-becomes-29207257
edit: School o’clock screengrab – not seeing a problem outbound from Cobham?

wtjs
It’s a disgrace! Having to
It’s a disgrace! Having to drive around in a vehicle FG07 OHF with MOT failed a month ago for multiple serious safety defects, and towing a trailer with a different and false plate W709 ANW. However, on the brighter side, this is Lancashire where the police and PCC don’t care about road safety or driving offences

David9694
Drivers and the problems
Drivers and their problems
Like many parents to have taken on the unpaid role as their children’s taxi service in the last 12 months, never have we clocked-up so many miles motoring across the south for one sporting fixture or another.
David9694
Did he write it so the
Did he write it so the signage could be correct?
hawkinspeter
Hirsute wrote:There’s not a lot to do in Bristol in the evening.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjmmj2k3n3no
A man who has written a 150 page report into a controversial bus gate has said the traffic measure is “unlawful” and “defective”.
“This one is not normal. There is something wrong with the design.”
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Sounds like he’s found a lot of technical issues with the signage. On the one hand, I think signs and road designs should be consistent between various councils and areas, but on the other hand, Cumberland Rd is much nicer without having a long queue of traffic all the time. As the Chocolate Path was closed/collapsed, then Cumberland Road is the alternative route, though personally I usually go the other side of the river (Coronation Road with the famously bad shared usage that has massive trees blocking the cycle side) and tangle with traffic.
essexian
chrisonabike wrote:And we know that in practice people en-mass aren’t great at driving a car AND reading…Is that why I see loads practicing reading on their phones while driving along?
essexian
Hirsute wrote:“This one is not normal. There is something wrong with the design.I take it this comment concerns the person who wrote the “report”?
David9694
Jacob Rees-Mogg calls Bath
Jacob Rees-Mogg calls Bath ‘anti-car’ in clash with city’s MP over LTNs
“It is time to back freedom and back the motorist.”
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/jacob-rees-mogg-calls-bath-9301485Won’t it be nice when it’s JR-M, nobody/ ex-MP, or I may have to settle for opposition MP.
David9694
This nonsense of “everything
This nonsense of “everything has to be 100% perfect or we’ll cry foul” and get let off needs to end.
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