[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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[Hirsute]

I doubt they’ll keep him on
I doubt they’ll keep him on with that cocaine use.

[David9694]

Dover man worried about

Dover man worried about parking ticket drove Audi from pub while almost twice drink-drive limit

Magistrates heard he had only driven a short distance before he was found in the car park at 2.20pm on Sunday, July 9, last year.

“He has spoken to his employer and if the ban is not too long, they may be able to live with that.”

Magistrates said his reading of 69 was in the second bracket of their guidelines and, as a result, they were banning Winstanley from driving for 18 months and fining him £461 for the drink-driving offence.

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/pub-goer-worried-about-parking-ticket-moved-audi-while-over-300714/

[David9694]

Huge speed bumps at

Huge speed bumps at Canterbury Retail Park are ‘damaging cars’, say drivers

“I can’t see any point in having them that high. ​​It’s not as though they speed along here.”

People are going to lose control, especially young drivers.

Mr Patel added that he had not seen speeding or ‘boy racer’ behaviour in the car park.

“Although they stop people stealing stuff and rushing out of the place, they’re still too high even for that.”

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/huge-new-speed-bumps-are-damaging-our-cars-300777/

[David9694]

Road rage ‘scuffle’ led to

Road rage ‘scuffle’ led to alleged ‘wrongful and malicious’ arrest

Ben said his arrest had raised a lot of questions

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/roadrage-scuffle-led-alleged-wrongful-9055269

bit of a long read under “what cars do to people” – I’ve done nothing wrong – here’s me with the Archbishop of Canterbury to prove it. 

[David9694]

Put a tiger in your tank!

Put a tiger in your tank!

[David9694]

The sound of an unwinnable

The sound of an unwinnable cyclical war being waged out on the streets:

Utility firms whose roadworks overrun into weekends face fines – with the money spent on road improvements

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/news/trending/why-a-crackdown-on-overrunning-weekend-roadworks-could-soon-300703/

Seething Stokie: ‘My road’s never had this many potholes in 35 years’

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/seething-stokie-my-roads-never-9036410

Roadworks and three-way traffic lights cause traffic build-up in Turnpike in Newbury

https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/roadworks-and-three-way-traffic-lights-cause-traffic-build-u-9334491/

Hampshire country pub fears it won’t be able to survive after gas leak

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24073634.hampshire-country-pub-fears-wont-able-survive-gas-leak/

‘Chaotic’ roadworks in Devon spark council apology

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-68092082

[stonojnr]

Thieves stole a BMW,
Thieves stole a BMW, deliberately crashed & rolled the car to steal the catalytic converter, wheels and leather interior, wait wtf !?
https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/24074388.suspects-steal-bmw-a137-bourne-hill-wherstead/

[Jogle]

Southampton man turned garden
[b]Southampton man turned garden to car park without permission[/b]

So, as part of the planning permission to extend the house, there were conditions regarding keeping the garden. Instead the owner paved over it in order to be able to park seven cars. But….

Cllr James Baillie voiced his frustration at the works.

He said: “It is a little bit frustrating when someone goes against the planning application and then comes back with another one to try and do what they have already done.

“Having said that, nothing particularly bothers me too much and it is what it is.”

The new planning application was unanimously approved.

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24070357.southampton-man-turned-garden-car-park-without-permission/

[HoarseMann]

Rendel Harris wrote:

I put my details into GoCompare with the same no claims and lack of offences that Mrs P claims and I was offered £2250 fully comp on a brand new £80,000 Defender in my inner-city London, relatively high crime location…

I think there’s a DM cyclists vs. motorists article brewing there! Or is it an inner city vs. rural living divide?

Bit weird they couldn’t get insured at all. Could it be related to their occupation? I don’t think the article mentions it.

In any case, their claim that they needed a 4×4 because of the terrible rural roads full of potholes, is slightly tempered by their choice to fit huge alloys shod with low profile tyres!

[Steve K]

Hirsute wrote:

I mean who hasn’t taken their pet in their car ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68091153

It rather puts Travis and Sigrid to shame.

[Hirsute]

I mean who hasn’t taken their

I mean who hasn’t taken their pet in their car ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68091153

[Hirsute]

Err, no !

Err, no !
PCNs are a good source of income and there is a lot of automation in the process – initial data uploaded, dvla info obtained, letter sent, online payment, pcn record updated with payment – all without human intervention

Then a bit of manual work to chase any debts but when you have statutory powers, it’s a lot easier to enforce.

[wtjs]

Bit of schadenfreude

Bit of schadenfreude

But don’t they just throw them in the bin and get away with it because the relevant authority just can’t be bothered to follow them up? (we don’t have any parking problems around here)

[Hirsute]

Bit of schadenfreude for this

Bit of schadenfreude for this one

😯😯

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— London & UK Street News (@CrimeLdn) January 25, 2024

60 PCNs !

[Hirsute]

I’m glad you saved me the

I’m glad you saved me the pain of going to that site !

[Author]

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