[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]

m’kay

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‘Take me to court’ says pensioner, 78, slapped with £100 parking fine he won’t pay

Peter Toolan, 78, said he had ‘no intention of trying to avoid payment’ and is ready to fight his case in court

Mr Toolan, a former High School teacher, was charged £100 after parking at Redditch Train Station on February 24, 2024. He claimed the ticket machine was broken and that he planned to pay for the ticket the following day, not wanting to download an app and pay online at the time since he did not know when he would return to his vehicle?.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/take-court-says-pensioner-78-29185743

[David9694]

Road rage attack in Courtenay

Road rage attack in Courtenay Road, Dunkirk near Faversham sparks police probe

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/faversham/news/road-rage-attack-sparks-police-probe-306721/

what cars do to people – too often driving has little to do with transport 

[David9694]

Yes – Mr GTA pro is downvoted

Yes – Mr GTA pro is downvoted by over 90 this morning.

[essexian]

Read the Kent Online story

Read the Kent Online story regaring the poor cyclist death expecting the comments to be terrible. However, apart from the one above, most of them seem sensible and take apart the “….but cyclist” nonsense we usually see.

Most impressed by most posters. 

 

[David9694]

Skidz Advanced Driving School

Skidz Advanced Driving School at Manston Airport advised to stop by Thanet District Council

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/council-puts-skids-under-drifting-school-after-complaints-306838/

Diddly Squat planning advice. 

Compare and contrast:  https://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/maidenhead/152669/velolife-cafe-owner-relieved-after-council-legal-action-dropped.html

[David9694]

Amberley Close blocked by

Amberley Close blocked by ambulance ‘for hour’ over parking

Cllr Jill Desayrah previously organised a petition to have the grass verge area by the road converted into parking spaces although had been told by Worcestershire County Council it could not be done because of services beneath the surface, making the job ‘too expensive’.

She was contacted by a woman, who did not criticise the ambulance service, saying the situation highlighted the need for extra parking, and even a dedicated bay for ambulances so that paramedics could get to patients more easily in an emergency and residents were not blocked in.

https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24316476.amberley-close-blocked-ambulance-for-hour-parking/

This is from a comment on a story on Kent Online about an elderly cyclist “A cyclist has died after colliding with the driver’s door ? of a car near a railway station.”

ED gta Pro wrote:
16/05/2024 14:26
This is really unfortunate that he has passed away,
And my thoughts are with his family,
But how can this happen on that road
[…]
The cars owner is going to pay more for insurance next year as the family will claim on the insurance.
The car will need to be repaired possibly.
If a car hits another one from behind its the car that hits the car fault,
So, in the instance the cyclist must have been at fault,
Not paying enough attention,
Riding too close to the parked car,
Yet the car driver will be held responsible.
 

[stonojnr]

Suffolk police have issued
Suffolk police have issued another dispersal order on a road this weekend to prevent a reoccurence of drivers dangerous driving that happened over the May Day bank holiday weekend, in some sort of racing & drafting meet up

Wouldn’t it just be simpler to police the road?

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/24325765.another-dispersal-order-issued-a134-bury-st-edmunds/

[andystow]

David9694 wrote:

OK this article and the post it’s based on is probably nonsense, although I have occasionally seen it happen in my locality.

Drivers failing tests for stopping at red light due to little-known law

A quirk of the Highway Code is to blame for the failure, which has gone viral on YouTube and social media apps.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/drivers-failing-tests-stopping-red-29176778

Here’s the video referenced, from a year ago.

[Hirsute]

“the mum said there needed to

“the mum said there needed to be better signs to warn drivers of some of the potential hazards”

Errrr…. High hedges, narrow road, bends. And that’s just fron that one photo. Why would any competent driver need a sign to tell them that they need to moderate their speed and use the horn ?

[chrisonabike]

Entrapment, innit?  I mean,

Entrapment, innit?  I mean, there’s a road there then they decide you can’t drive there?  Buses get in the way of drivers anyway, they’re always stopping.  And why would they issue all those fines if it wasn’t to make money?

[Hirsute]

Scrap bus lanes so we don’t

Scrap bus lanes so we don’t get fined.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-69016315

A spokesman for the Association of British Criminals said there are too many laws preventing people going about their honest day.

[David9694]

Exeter bus service suspended

Exeter bus service suspended over parked car crisis

The P bus in Exeter is unable to follow its usual route due to ‘badly parked cars’ in Stoke Hill

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/exeter-bus-service-suspended-over-9283487

that will be the same Exeter that sounds like it’s poised to rip out its LTN. 

See also: 

Independent Exeter candidate apologises for ‘silly’ poo threat

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/independent-exeter-candidate-apologises-silly-9248935?

Exeter LTN traffic troubles influenced city council votes

While Labour held on to the city council and increased its majority by one, the anti-LTN protest made itself felt.

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/exeter-ltn-traffic-troubles-influenced-9263944?

Exeter ‘human bollards’ live in fear of death threats and poo through letterboxes

‘Safe Streets Now’ protestors have been stopping drivers from flouting the rules of the LTN trial this week

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/exeter-human-bollards-live-fear-9114736?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop

[David9694]

“The fact it’s almost

“The fact it’s almost impossible to find the parking restrictions online – with drivers often forced to read the small print on physical signage at the location to understand the precise rules – only adds to the difficulties faced by motorists.”  ?

[chrisonabike]

David9694 wrote:

David9694 wrote:

Drivers failing tests for stopping at red light due to little-known law

A quirk of the Highway Code is to blame for the failure, which has gone viral on YouTube and social media apps.

Ah – our sometime commentator “Nigel” was only half-right!  Clearly you not only can go through a red light if it isn’t yet “established”, but you also should if it’s been permanently establish in the wrong place!

[ktache]

This was linked.

This was linked.

The cars have to be very long, but Wokingham is one of them…

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/drivers-cars-too-long-banned-29176967?int_source=nba

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