[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]

Backladder wrote:

Remembrance day, the day we will never forget to park illegally, its what all those servicemen fought for!

The handful of commenters on this are on the “how would the traffic warden have know they were attending a memorial?” tack.  

Somewhere, I’ve got a list of reasons drivers think they’re immune from parking charges. 

[chrisonabike]

Rendel Harris wrote:

Rendel Harris wrote:

That and the right to hang upside-down Union Jacks from lampposts, obviously

I *knew* it was a cry for help.

[Rendel Harris]

That’s certainly what my

That’s certainly what my grandfather and great grandfather died fighting for, the right to park selfishly without sanction. That and the right to hang upside-down Union Jacks from lampposts, obviously.

[David9694]

Fears huge traffic holdups

Fears huge traffic holdups caused by lack of road work co-ordination in Cheltenham

Highways chiefs have been asked why works were not arranged for the summer school holidays

Resident Caroline Harris sent a public question to Gloucestershire County Council’s meeting on November 12 asking why road closures are not coordinated in the spa town.

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/fears-huge-traffic-holdups-caused-10639335

There’s a cycle lane construction in the detail here, but driver entitlement to the world revolving around them –  “do it at night” “wait until the summer holidays” “why did you wait until the summer holidays?” –  Is getting out of hand. 

[Backladder]

Remembrance day, the day we

Remembrance day, the day we will never forget to park illegally, its what all those servicemen fought for!

[David9694]

Driver’s ‘disgust’ at

Driver’s ‘disgust’ at Remembrance Day parking fines

It came as crowds gathered for Remembrance Day events across the county on Sunday – and we waited all week for a response from Cornwall Council

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/drivers-disgust-remembrance-day-parking-10639069

Ah, the tail-end of Poppy Rage 2025 – it’s 78 yo on Facebook who’s seen 3 cars with parking tickets on. 

[David9694]

The Flying Dutchman pub in

The Flying Dutchman pub in Queenborough bars Swale councillors after they voted for plans to introduce charges at free car parks

The free car parks have allowed us to survive. Seeing people on social media asking where there’s free parking and people answering ‘Queenbrough’ speaks volumes.

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sheerness/news/pub-bars-councillors-in-free-parking-row-332615/

[chrisonabike]

David9694 wrote:

David9694 wrote:

maybe if there was less traffic congestion in Oxford, those who do opt to drive would find things a bit easier? Just a thought.  

If there was less traffic congestion I suspect more trips would be driven and (like induced demand) the congestion would creep back up again.

If people really wanted to reduce congestion (of course what they actually mean is “I want my journey to be quicker” or “if I suddenly decide to drive I shouldn’t find other drivers in the way”) then the go-to solution is ensuring that fewer people drive. So that is alternatives to driving and probably the counterintuitive step of making driving less convenient!

Where is the best place for congestion?

[David9694]

OnYerBike wrote:

And even if you oppose the congestion charge in principle (let’s not get into that), what on earth does it have to do with the hotel? Why do guests at that hotel specifically think they should be exempted and/or have it deducted from their hotel bill? As far as I can tell, there is no requirement for guests to arrive at the hotel in their own private motor vehicle. 

maybe if there was less traffic congestion in Oxford, those who do opt to drive would find things a bit easier? Just a thought.  

I guess there is a bit of a “we’ll refund your parking” thing with a few hotels, although you can bet that the cost of that is priced in to everyone’s rates. 

You can barely get a drink at The Store hotel for a fiver, but it’s always the parking and the congestion charge that’s the deal-breaker. 

[OnYerBike]

And even if you oppose the

And even if you oppose the congestion charge in principle (let’s not get into that), what on earth does it have to do with the hotel? Why do guests at that hotel specifically think they should be exempted and/or have it deducted from their hotel bill? As far as I can tell, there is no requirement for guests to arrive at the hotel in their own private motor vehicle. 

[David9694]

Upwards of £250/ night for

Upwards of £250/ night for bed and breakfast but yeah, just can’t get past that £5 congestion charge

Oxford: Store hotel guests want congestion charge ‘refund’

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/25616345.oxford-store-hotel-guests-want-congestion-charge-refund/

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[David9694]

We haven’t had a pothole

We haven’t had a pothole penis painter for a while, I thought. And I always like to be able to report that the council is sending a crew along to rub them out. 

Driver goes on bizarre spray-paint penis rampage in anger over Burton potholes

Several phallic images have appeared at a busy roundabout

Pothole campaigner Olga Glass previously described the roundabout and many other roads across Burton as “treacherous”. She often holds a ‘coffee in a pothole’ where she invites members of the public to stand near a pothole and encourage motorists to beep in support of them.

https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/burton-news/driver-goes-bizarre-spray-paint-8410517

[David9694]

Dumbrunner is having the same

Dumbrunner is having the same utopian thoughts as me this week  

[andystow]

https://news.sky.com/story

https://news.sky.com/story/learner-driver-spends-2-944-to-fail-theory-test-128-times-13468023

[OnYerBike]

I wouldn’t like to say this

I wouldn’t like to say this is peak NIMBY but definitely up there. Basically: “it’s unsustainable to live in this village because you have to drive everywhere, but that’s exactly what I want to do, and no-one else should be allowed to”.

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