[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]

Two adjoining stories on

Two adjoining stories on Devon Live today 

[brooksby]

David9694 wrote:

Hampshire country road closed due to icy conditions

Poles Lane will be shut for 24 hours until Friday, January 19.

Motorists are asked to use alternative routes while the closure is in place.

In a post on Facebook, Winchester police said: “A road closure is in place for Poles Lane in Otterbourne for 24 hours due to icy conditions. Access only from Hursely to Silkstead Farm.

“Please plan your journey ahead and take an alternative route.”

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24058900.hampshire-country-road-closed-due-icy-conditions/

This is a new one on me, I think – police closing a road simply because of the ice. 

Looking at Streetview, it’s a typical rural road but very long and straight (old Roman road?).  I was expecting it to be narrow and windy, or steep… 

[brooksby]

hawkinspeter wrote:

[quote=pockstone]”A SANDWICH??”…channeling Lady Bracknell. “One worker told me he no longer has time to drive home for lunch, so has to make do with a sandwich,” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/19/drivers-protest-as-bologna-becomes-first-italian-city-to-bring-in-30kmh-limit?ref=upstract.com%5B/quote%5D

I think we need to start exporting Cornish pasties and a pint of wine in a British version of a Bento box.

I didn’t read this properly.  I thought you were talking about that article about dabbawalas – https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2014/jan/04/mumbai-dabbawallas-tradition-innovation-india

(Can’t remember where I read an article about this in the last day or so, and was sure it was in the Grauniad).

[brooksby]

https://www.theguardian.com

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/19/drivers-protest-as-bologna-becomes-first-italian-city-to-bring-in-30kmh-limit

It was an accolade that Sergio Baldazzi could have done without. The jeweller was on his way to work in central Bologna on Wednesday morning when he spotted two traffic police holding signs indicating the maximum speed limit of 30km/h, equivalent to 18mph.

Baldazzi had been driving at a steady 25km/h, so thought he was in the clear. As he continued his journey, he picked up speed, only to come across another squad of police, this time holding speed cameras.

Baldazzi is now renowned for being the first person in the Emilia-Romagna city to be hit with a speeding ticket after leaders enacted their bitterly contested Città 30 (City 30) concept in a drive to reduce road accidents, as well as air and noise pollution. The fines kick in at 36km/h.

Bologna is the first major city in Italy to enact such a measure, which applies to its network of principle urban roads.

“I knew it was the rule’s first day, but still, I was only going at 39kmh and now I hold the medal for being the first one to be fined,” Baldazzi told the Guardian. “It’s a bit laughable really.”

[hawkinspeter]

pockstone wrote:

[quote=pockstone]”A SANDWICH??”…channeling Lady Bracknell. “One worker told me he no longer has time to drive home for lunch, so has to make do with a sandwich,” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/19/drivers-protest-as-bologna-becomes-first-italian-city-to-bring-in-30kmh-limit?ref=upstract.com%5B/quote%5D

I think we need to start exporting Cornish pasties and a pint of wine in a British version of a Bento box.

[pockstone]

“A SANDWICH”…channeling
“A SANDWICH??”…channeling Lady Bracknell.
“One worker told me he no longer has time to drive home for lunch, so has to make do with a sandwich,”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/19/drivers-protest-as-bologna-becomes-first-italian-city-to-bring-in-30kmh-limit?ref=upstract.com

[David9694]

READERS ADDED CONTEXT:

READERS ADDED CONTEXT: “Anyone” refers only to drivers. 

[David9694]

Hampshire country road closed

Hampshire country road closed due to icy conditions

Poles Lane will be shut for 24 hours until Friday, January 19.

Motorists are asked to use alternative routes while the closure is in place.

In a post on Facebook, Winchester police said: “A road closure is in place for Poles Lane in Otterbourne for 24 hours due to icy conditions. Access only from Hursely to Silkstead Farm.

“Please plan your journey ahead and take an alternative route.”

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24058900.hampshire-country-road-closed-due-icy-conditions/

This is a new one on me, I think – police closing a road simply because of the ice. 

[Jogle]

David9694 wrote:

David9694 wrote:

As long as it isn’t blocking anyone’s way…

Anyone in a car, everyone else isn’t important enough to worry about

[David9694]

As long as it isn’t blocking

As long as it isn’t blocking anyone’s way…

[wycombewheeler]

wtjs wrote:

The dead giveaway was ‘my little one’- …heaves with nausea

well, they already admit the main reason is “I wouldn’t want to…” so at least they are self aware enough to realise it is their choice and not really something imposed on them by the weather. I bet these same parents drive even when the weather is fine.

[Hirsute]

I assume they are soft

I assume they are soft southerners !

[wtjs]

The dead giveaway was ‘my

The dead giveaway was ‘my little one’- …heaves with nausea

[Hirsute]

It’s too cold to walk and I

It’s too cold to walk and I can’t afford a coat and gloves

 

[essexian]

https://www.theguardian.com

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/17/queensland-law-car-crash-cow-livestock-owner-liability

A motorcycle accident with a cow changed Steven Hadley’s life forever.He hit it at about 100 km/h, the impact throwing him 12 or 13 metres headfirst into the ground.

The animal came out of nowhere, Hadley says, on a rural road near Kingaroy in Queensland. 

I call that bullocks. Doing 100km/h where there are free running animals. He is the one who should be paying compo!

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