[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]

‘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? 

[leedorney]

I never thought the police
I never thought the police use the term accident now? more the term RTC ?

[chrisonabike]

Hirsute wrote:

Hirsute wrote:

A bit tangential but I love this one

“Man who kept his boat besides his house was ordered from the city to put up a fence to hide the boat from view. So he built the fence and hired someone to paint it.”

Good thing he didn’t paint a bike shed on that…

[Hirsute]

The roads in Essex are so bad

The roads in Essex are so bad, I need 2 spare wheels for my wankpanzer.

Nice wide pass though !

[David9694]

Absurd – EV owner has no

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

[Hirsute]

A bit tangential but I love

A bit tangential but I love this one

“Man who kept his boat besides his house was ordered from the city to put up a fence to hide the boat from view. So he built the fence and hired someone to paint it.”

[Hirsute]

More war on the electric

More war on the electric motorist

https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/news/article/4348/making-electric-vehicle-charging-more-accessible-in-warwickshire

Ranty Highway Man says :

“The council’s guidance is astonishing. It allows cable protectors across footways with a maximum height of 32mm and side slopes at no more than 1 in 5. Under any interpretation of highway practice this is a significant trip hazard and impassable for some wheelchair users.”

[Hirsute]

“Throw a brick at the driver:

“Throw a brick at the driver: Canada has a “weapon” for pedestrians. They say that Canadian motorists have become the most attentive in the world.”

 

[David9694]

Good material for a Limerick

There once was a man from Nantucket

Who beached his cybertruck – fuck it!

He called Elon Musk

But was still stuck at dusk

And was freed with a spade and a bucket 

[HLaB]

Inventive Journalism “Car
Inventive Journalism “Car Collides with wall”, lazy journalism would have been ‘Crashes’ :-/

https://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/24308676.car-smashes-wall-aberdours-high-street/

[pockstone]

I wonder if Councils are
I wonder if Councils are going about this the wrong way. 30 mins parking- £20, 1hr- £10, 2hrs- £5, 4hrs- £2. And no moving your car until your time’s up! Encourage the people who hang around town spending money, dissuade the ‘pop to the shops for a paper’ merchants.

[Hirsute]

More war on motorists – pot

More war on motorists – pot holes and litter and the local council refusing to fix the roads. Brenda here is standing in a pothole to demonstrate the problem.

As Sir Michael Take writes so eloquently

“This encounter is quite emotional & moving. It brought a tear to my ears. Jacob Rees-Mogg kindly chatting to a lower class woman who purports to be a Tory Councillor. Their despair over potholes & the no. 17 bus has hit my wife Bunty hard. She is weeping”

[David9694]

Folkestone and Hythe District

Folkestone and Hythe District Council look what you’ve made us do. 

Hour-long queues snake round Sandgate Road car park in Folkestone after Frank Skinner gig at Leas Cliff Hall

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/news/hour-long-queues-snake-round-car-park-after-charging-hikes-306413/

If you’re a cyclist with a problem –  https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/just-locking-bikes-isn-t-enough-police-say-after-thefts-a-9365129/

[David9694]

I believe these days there is

I believe these days there is scope for town councils to take on municipal car parks from in this case North Somerset District Council. If you like free parking so much, Nailsea TC, you provide it. 

Scrapping free parking could be ‘final straw’ for businesses

The town council has objected to the plans

“These proposals could be the final straw for many traders in the town centre recovering from a cost of living crisis and Covid, so they should be abandoned by NSC. We strongly urge NSC to give up this unpopular plan to tax the motorist to fund other services as it is regressive and unfair, affecting those on low incomes the worst.

“We urge them instead to focus on supporting the town centre traders by advertising and capitalising on the Unique Selling Point (USP) of free parking encouraging people to shop locally instead.”

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/scrapping-free-parking-could-final-9263724

[David9694]

and we’re all left squabbling

and we’re all left squabbling over drivers’ leavings as ever

Carterton in Oxfordshire to get new foot and cycleways

Speaking ahead of the decision, a spokesman for the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) said: “RNIB strongly opposes the proposals for these footways to be converted into shared-use paths.”

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24304183.carterton-oxfordshire-get-new-foot-cycleways/

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