[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]

And – I would have said – law

And – I would have said – law breakers. Police seriously falling down on the job here. 

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 https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/driver-reported-careless-driving-after-9135272

[OnYerBike]

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Their argument for not agreeing is that they would get many photographs of speeding motorists

So an overt admission that the police are not interested in what one might describe as “doing their job” and prosecuting criminals when supplied with clear evidence of an offence?

[Hirsute]

Not sure how they swerve onto
Not sure how they swerve onto the pavement. They should be sited in a safe place with a buffer.

[David9694]

Speeding motorists terrorise

Speeding motorists terrorise volunteers on busy A359

Drivers are swerving, shouting, and speeding on the A359, making life hell for the community speed watch volunteers

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/speeding-motorists-terrorise-volunteers-busy-9127417

[Rendel Harris]

David9694 wrote:

“It looked like they were knocked, raced and just dumped on beach and the tide did the rest.”

knocked? 

Short for “knocked off”, one assumes.

[David9694]

“It looked like they were

“It looked like they were knocked, raced and just dumped on beach and the tide did the rest.”

knocked? 

[Jogle]

Mystery as Vauxhall Corsa and
[b]Mystery as Vauxhall Corsa and convertible Peugeot 206 wash up on Blackpool beach opposite new Hilton Hotel[/b]

https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/mystery-as-cars-wash-up-on-blackpool-beach-4537772

[wtjs]

Just 9 years for this –

Just 9 years for this – pathetic

It’s considerably worse than ‘pathetic’!

[Hirsute]

Just 9 years for this –

Just 9 years for this – pathetic.

Judge said ” it was one of the most serious cases of its kind adding the defendant was twice the legal limit for alcohol and had also taken a “significant amount of cannabis”.”

https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/24153160.drunk-drug-driver-killed-man-fatal-a143-crash/

Maximum: life imprisonment for offences committed after 28 June 2022; otherwise 14 years’ custody
Offence range: 2 – 18 years’ custody

Culpability A with aggravating factors but gets 9 years.

[David9694]

I liked the wobble the

I liked the wobble the Belisha post makes when Mr I’m Way Out of my Depth reverses into it. 

[David9694]

one more innovation will fix

one more innovation will fix it – sounds like someone’s had a bad day:

Opinion: Secret Thinker on ‘smart’ motorways and excessive road restrictions causing traffic headaches on Kent’s roads

However, it is not just these new-fangled road schemes themselves causing extra traffic headaches, as their introduction also seems to have created a whole new army of overly cautious and zealous traffic officers determined to stamp their authority on any situation.

But, have you noticed how even the most minor of bumps, or just a breakdown, can lead to snarl-ups which delay everyone for hours on end?  (Gosh – noticed that, have you?)

The ludicrous design of smart motorways obviously leads to far more stranded vehicles in live lanes but even when drivers make it to the emergency refuge areas the traffic is still forced to slow down until it begins to pile up and the inside lane is also closed needlessly.

You get miles of reduced speed because of a report of animals or pedestrians where there is nothing (or maybe there was, and the signs are still showing). Worse still is when the reduction and signs continue for miles after the obstruction or broken down vehicle.

Don’t forget to add something about population too : Each [new] home has 2/3 cars and developers chasing easy money obviously aren’t interested in creating any sort of infrastructure to support the flood of new homeowners moving in.

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/news/opinion/drivers-are-going-nowhere-fast-on-smart-motorways-that-are-302457/

[Hirsute]

12 years does not seem very

12 years does not seem very much for what must have been a not guilty plea.

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2024-02-26/father-killed-driver-and-maimed-his-own-son-in-head-on-crash

jailed for 12 years, having been found guilty at trial of three counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and one count of causing death by dangerous driving.

[Hirsute]

Lucky escape for these

Lucky escape for these pedestrians

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/lorry-almost-hits-pedestrians-waiting-28710838

Nothing about being reported to the police.

[David9694]

Fownhope businesses left in

Fownhope businesses left in ‘absolute mess’ by road closure

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24140637.fownhope-businesses-left-absolute-mess-road-closure/
 

Local custom is loyal custom. If you’ve built your retail business on custom from passing car drivers  why does it come as a shock that they will use their mobility to go elsewhere whenever there’s a better or easier offer? 

[brooksby]

David9694 wrote:

Shocking moment Exeter van driver clashes with human bollards

Police say no offences were committed and described the incident as “a minor altercation”

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/shocking-moment-exeter-van-driver-9124459

It is worth repeating: why are the ‘human bollards’ described as protesters? There’s a bus gate, and planters, and a traffic regulation order, all stopping through traffic there, so surely its people like the van driver in the clip who are the actual protesters??

[Author]

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