[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. 

Topic

[NOtotheEU]

PRSboy wrote:

BBC reporting again- self driving car nearly kills mum and child

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-birmingham-67762440

She braked and swerved the push chair so the Magistrates will have to find another excuse to let the driver off.

[David9694]

Hahaha Samira, well that’s

Hahaha Samira, well that’s nearly all we have for you tonight but we’ve just got time to bring you this video from Solihull.  

[David9694]

Don’t meet me in St Louis.

Don’t meet me in St Louis.

[Hirsute]

Video released

Video released

Sooo. You all heard about the cop car that slammed into Bar PM Sunday night. And they arrested the owner for having the audacity to question him. Well here’s the video. 1/ pic.twitter.com/O8EWa8v3uZ

— Javad Khazaeli (@javadesq) December 19, 2023

 

[David9694]

Council forced to apologise

Council forced to apologise over Exmouth car park crisis

The expansion of permit parking zones across Exmouth and East Devon District Council reintroducing £2 all-day parking again this winter is being blamed for huge pressure being put on car parks in the town

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/council-forced-apologise-over-exmouth-8984640

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/2-day-parking-back-east-8871862

Combination of new resident parking schemes and the off season £2 daily charge for off-street.  Oh no drivers, you’ve got your cheap parking, but you’ve used it all up.  How much of the town will you now demolish to solve the problem? 

Also Tavistock 

Janna says if people need to queue for tickets, even if they are free for the first hour, and deal with complicated parking machines, they will just bypass the town and go to Morrisons.

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/anger-devons-rebel-town-over-8984785

also:

Dartmouth battles against new pay & display parking

There has already been more than 2,000 objections to the Devon County Council proposal

“Businesses are struggling at the present moment. As we all know, there’s a cost of living crisis and for people to have to pay on-street for their parking is going to have a detrimental effect on our businesses, our cafes, our restaurants and our shops. It’s going to make Dartmouth less welcoming to visitors.

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/dartmouth-battles-against-new-pay-8981959

[andystow]

PRSboy wrote:

BBC reporting again- self driving car nearly kills mum and child

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-birmingham-67762440

Wow, that was really, really close!

[wtjs]

True- I’ve not seen more than

True- I’ve not seen more than 2 vehicles consecutively go through here. However, today a big HGV carrying a digger went through on red at speed. Awaiting upRide. Vehicle is G16 DHT, owned by David Hartley, Transport and Training of Lancaster, who operates a ‘driving school’  which apparently teaches people how to tow trailers (through red lights)

[David9694]

Future vision – only venture

Future vision – only venture out of your Marc Zuckerberg compound in your bullet proof cyber truck for essential journeys and arm yourself in case of any trouble. 

Road-rage driver pulls out gun after jumping car park queue

Gun-wielding Kian Ward was attempting to jump the City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College car park queue

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/road-rage-driver-pulls-out-8975642

[Hirsute]

You need to get down to Kings

You need to get down to Kings Heath

https://twitter.com/WoodinRivers/status/1736821154109960352

[Hirsute]

“Being a police officer means

“Being a police officer means ramming your car into a building and arresting the owner for getting mad at you”

[PRSboy]

BBC reporting again- self

BBC reporting again- self driving car nearly kills mum and child

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-birmingham-67762440

[wtjs]

Optional traffic lights

Optional traffic lights

Double snap- immediately ignored by Lancashire Constabulary

https://upride.cc/incident/pj23vmc_honda125_redlightcross/

[Hirsute]

Optional traffic lights

Optional traffic lights

Black Skoda parked on the junction, reverses into the main road and goes through red light Wordsworth St Lodge Lane L8 15Dec23 pic.twitter.com/stLJ4MvyzC

— Merseyside Have Your Say (@MerseyRoads) December 18, 2023

snap

 

 

[andystow]

This is a year old, but here

This is a year old, but here’s a Texas driver having some real problems transporting a bit of lumber. And understanding geometry.

Somehow these people manage to tie their own shoes and use credit cards.

[SaveTheWail]

I expect the driver thought

I expect the driver thought nobody would notice – after all, it’s a black pipe, and it was dark at the time:

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/manager-sacked-banned-haulage-job-28307901

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