[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]

Moment £35k car is submerged

Moment £35k car is submerged by sea after getting stuck on North West beach

The Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace SUV was found abandoned on the beach in Lancashire

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/moment-35k-car-submerged-sea-29115878

[David9694]

Cabbies and burger van man –

Cabbies and burger van man – that’s who we should be listening to. 

I didn’t quite understand how the speed limit, and for that matter the traffic lights, stopped his would-be customers from eating their food. 

[ktache]

That’s a weird looking
That’s a weird looking carpark they have themselves there…

[chrisonabike]

David9694 wrote:

The wide road where no-one lives and people say 20mph makes no sense

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Paul Hughes said: “We were worrying on the way down about this 20mph because we don’t know if it is 20, 30, it is all different signs. We are braking, it is nearly causing accidents… The emissions are high because we are going through the gears and everything and it is confusing.

A killer argument!  Not only does using the pedal in the middle (or left for autos) increase the risk of accidents, it actually increases pollution.  We should be campaigning to get ALL cars running 24/7 at “the design speed of the road” to save the planet…

[David9694]

The wide road where no-one

The wide road where no-one lives and people say 20mph makes no sense

‘We were worrying on the way down about this 20mph because we don’t know if it is 20, 30, it is all different signs. We are braking, it is nearly causing accidents’

Speaking from his food van called Fryer Tuck in Glynstell Close (which is in place on Google Maps) he said delays for workers getting between the workplace and his business because of the speed limit was the main issue. Kevin said: “The problem we have got around here [is] the boys come out for lunch or a break… and what happens is we lose business because by the time they get here they can’t eat their food.”

He also said the traffic lights at the bottom of Hadfield Road make the issue worse. Traffic builds up so we are losing business in that way. It is about time they changed it back.”

Paul Hughes said: “We were worrying on the way down about this 20mph because we don’t know if it is 20, 30, it is all different signs. We are braking, it is nearly causing accidents… The emissions are high because we are going through the gears and everything and it is confusing.

the good news Paul is that you’re near enough to drop you licence off by hand!

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/wide-road-no-one-lives-29102856

[ktache]

Intrepid investigive
Intrepid investigive journalist uses taxi to get to traffic chaos street but somehow forgets local and important mayoral elections close local schools for use as polling stations.

[David9694]

Essex campaigners welcome

Essex campaigners welcome Extra Eyes initiative to catch bad drivers

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/24297908.essex-campaigners-welcome-extra-eyes-initiative-catch-bad-drivers/

[David9694]

We visited the chaotic school

We visited the chaotic school run road in Birmingham where residents say ‘this can’t go on’

Scenes of ‘absolute gridlock’ are an everyday occurance in Kings Heath – and locals have had enough

So what can be done to help this situation? For local resident Ruth Follows, ‘it’s time to give a LTN a go.’ She said: “At school drop-off time, we have people travelling in from across the city – an LTN would stop them coming directly through our residential roads. The majority of residents here want to give a LTN a go.”

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/visited-chaotic-school-run-road-29105881​

[David9694]

Whenever I see one of those

Whenever I see one of those with its jaunty spare wheel I think, “there goes a ‘fun’ person.”

[Hirsute]

In the cycle lane

In the cycle lane

No idea if the wheel is knackered

https://twitter.com/Only9built/status/1786319396727590977

[wtjs]

Whenever I see one of those

Whenever I see one of those with its jaunty spare wheel I think, “there goes a ‘fun’ person

Yes- he will describe himself as living an ‘outdoor lifestyle’

[andystow]

Hirsute wrote:

Good job the telescope was on a massive bollard plinth otherwise a few KSIs.

This kind of instant justice is even better than when a nearby police car turns on its flashing lights right after a driver goes through an [established] red light.

[Hirsute]

Good job the telescope was on

Good job the telescope was on a massive bollard plinth otherwise a few KSIs.

(first clip)

[brooksby]

And of course, it was a

And of course, it was a “tragic accident” rather than a rather significant failing by a so-called professional driver.

[wtjs]

The old ‘I didn’t mean to

The old ‘I didn’t mean to kill them with my motor vehicle’ dodge- never fails!

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