[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. 

Topic

[wycombewheeler]

essexian wrote:

David9694 wrote:

Absurd – EV owner has no guarantee of a parking space anywhere near their home.

I’ve never understood why people should be allowed to own a car unless they have a private, off road space to keep it on. Roads should be for making progress upon and not storing ones several tons of metal….. and yes, I do have private parking for six cars on my property. 

I’m in favour of on street parking for visiting e.g. shops, but not for long term storage. banning overnight parking seems the perfect way to accomodate this. With no cars remaining on the road all the time, there should be ample space for people to park in most places to meet the needs of shopping, picking up kids, visiting friends etc. and very little need for parking controls.

[wycombewheeler]

Rendel Harris wrote:

…. parking on a public street overnight is banned almost everywhere in the country.

How I wish I could go back in time and implement this policy in the UK, before everything got out of hand.

[wycombewheeler]

David9694 wrote:

Toni Schiavone said “I understand, but I refuse to pay.”

Sounds like Mr Schiavone (famous ancient Welsh clan, the Schiavones) understands English perfectly well, and should have had no trouble deciphering the parking ticket.

[David9694]

Man who refused to pay

Man who refused to pay English-language parking fine loses in court

Toni Schiavone was given the parking fine back in September 2020

However, she said during her verdict that there was nothing in the 1967 Welsh Language Act, the 1993 Welsh Language Act, or the 2011 Welsh Language Measure to compel the parking company to provide a Welsh language service.

She therefore ordered that Toni pay the £100 charge, as well as £70 for administrative costs, £11.90 interest and £85 for the court fee within 21 days.

After explaining her ruling and order, Toni Schiavone said “I understand, but I refuse to pay.”

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/man-who-refused-pay-english-29164226

[David9694]

‘I visited Jeremy Clarkson’s

‘I visited Jeremy Clarkson’s Farm shop but it wasn’t the prices that disappointed’ 

“It started off well enough. Having set the sat-nav for Chipping Norton, I eventually found my way to the overspill car park near the farm shop where, at midday, cars were pouring in and out in a hive of activity. The road outside the shop – made famous now from the Amazon Prime Video series – was covered in cars on every patch of grass available, lining each side of the street.

“The car park – a muddy field – was free, and there was no time limit or any kind of number plate registering, so you’re free to park up and spend as much time as you want inside the farm shop. And you’ll need a lot of time. I was told that during the Welsh half-term week, families pour over the border for days out packed the farm, creating ‘four hour queues’ for the farm shop.

“Me and my wife waited an hour and 15 minutes in the queue, which in proper British fashion snaked around the field outside the shop in a completely natural occurrence.

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/i-visited-jeremy-clarksons-farm-9280482

[David9694]

m’kay

m’kay

Woman blames driver-assist technology for ‘crashing her car’

Diane and her husband Stan Bryan, aged 56, were travelling from Southampton to Glastonbury on December 17, 2022

Diane is adamant that when she attempted to navigate a left turn, the steering wheel didn’t respond and then the ‘white line’ technology failed to correct her trajectory when she crossed the centre line. Avon and Somerset Police though says she did not mention any defects through the course of the interview.

After her court case, Diane, a Cambridge Weight Plan consultant from Barnsley, South Yorks. expressed her dismay: “I’m a criminal for the first time in my life. I have a criminal record for something outside of my control.”

I’m really struggling to accept being a criminal,” Diane expressed, “I got a fine of £800 – my only income is PIP. I’ve got a new car, but I’m scared to have driver assist switched on.”

She shared her fear of driving, saying: “I’m scared of driving and am nervous on the roads – I don’t drive on roads I don’t know. The car was designed that at no point should it ever be able to cross a white line, but it went straight over. If you get close to a line the steering wheel vibrates – if you ignore the vibration it recenters itself in the road. But there was no vibration in the steering wheel and it didn’t recenter itself.”

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/woman-blames-driver-assist-technology-9280435

 

 

[Rendel Harris]

私を誘惑しないでください…

私を誘惑しないでください…
Watashi o yūwaku shinaide kudasai…
 

[David9694]

どこに置いておけばいいですか、教えてください

どこに置いておけばいいですか、教えてください

Doko ni oite okeba īdesu ka, oshietekudasai

[Rendel Harris]

In Japan they have the shako

In Japan they have the shako shomeisho (proof of parking) rule, meaning one cannot buy a car – new or secondhand – unless one can produce a certificate from the local police proving that one either owns or rents an offstreet parking space close to one’s home address. In addition (and this is apparently what makes it work really well) parking on a public street overnight is banned almost everywhere in the country.

[essexian]

David9694 wrote:

Absurd – EV owner has no guarantee of a parking space anywhere near their home.

I’ve never understood why people should be allowed to own a car unless they have a private, off road space to keep it on. Roads should be for making progress upon and not storing ones several tons of metal….. and yes, I do have private parking for six cars on my property. 

[Rendel Harris]

Superb! Maybe in the same

Superb! Maybe in the same style somebody should start offering trompe l’oeil bike shed painting, disguise it as a parked SUV and no problems from the council.

[Rendel Harris]

ChrisA wrote:

“unprotected human beings with minimal education . . . “, that is a bit harsh on the pedestrians.

Point taken, comma inserted!

[Rendel Harris]

David9694 wrote:

‘Common sense not fixed speed limits are needed on our roads’

But as Mark Twain pithily observed (along with many others), “Common sense ain’t that common.” One could of course argue that common sense would dictate that it is foolish to give virtually every citizen, whatever their level of intelligence or coordination, the right to pilot a tonne of lethal machinery easily capable of exceeding 100 mph in a more or less uncontrolled environment shared with unprotected human beings, with minimal education and testing and no follow-up training, tests or checks…

[ChrisA]

“unprotected human beings

“unprotected human beings with minimal education . . . “, that is a bit harsh on the pedestrians.

[David9694]

‘Common sense not fixed speed

‘Common sense not fixed speed limits are needed on our roads’

On the highways alone, maximum speeds will be dictated by politicians, some of whom may never have learnt to drive.

Speed limits are a classic case and the introduction of the urban limit many decades ago was typical.

The more recent national speed limit was also the ill-considered response to a series of unrelated vehicle collisions on a motorway.

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/news-opinion/speeding-9273168

well yes Anthony common sense, and I might venture consideration, would be lovely – but they’re so often lacking, so on we go with more limits and more enforcement. Perhaps you’ve got some other solution that will stop the daily killing and injuring on our roads? 

[Author]

Replies