[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]

Bit of a long read, this but

Bit of a long read, this but seems to throw doubt on one more lane will fix it.

New A2 Canterbury slip-road branded ‘absolutely daft’ by Wincheap residents

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/it-s-already-so-busy-new-slip-road-will-create-traffic-ni-298623/

 

[David9694]

Parents go through ‘worst

Parents go through ‘worst nightmare’ after beloved daughters killed in crash

Verity and Jason North said they have been left heartbroken ‘forever’ after the deaths of Maddie and Libby. The 21 and 17-year-old were killed by speeding motorist Thomas Lenthall

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/regional-news/parents-go-through-worst-nightmare-8976086
 

Car advocates, Top Gear devotees, rally and F1 fans, the whole lot of you, here’s just a single example what it all means in reality.  This is what you are in favour of. 

Now imagine all these people getting together and producing their combined narrative – week after week month after month, getting louder than the car and oil industry. 

 

[quiff]

David9694 wrote:

Deputy mayor of Christchurch Cllr Paul Hilliard urges cyclists to wear helmets after he was involved in a collision at Fountain Roundabout

another crash victim turned helmet evangelist – the sea that you can get in is right there. 

https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/deputy-mayor-issues-cycling-safety-plea-after-accident-9344028/

Cyclists urge Cllr Paul Hilliard to at least wear it properly.

[David9694]

Ew.  Well, I asked. 

Ew.  Well, I asked. 

To cheer us all up, I’ve been saving this chap whom I met on a stairwell. 

[andystow]

HoldingOn wrote:

£1billion for ten miles of new road

No mention of any active travel. Plenty of Save the Driver nonsense though.

Based on the numbers in the article, that’s at least £20 for every time a driver saves ten minutes of the next couple of decades. And I’m being very generous (lowballing the estimate.) It’s probably more like £100, so £600/hr.

Or, it costs close to £40,000 per road user. Would any of them pay that to save ten minutes off their work commute for the next 20 years?

[Tom_77]

Daily Mash – Five reasons to

Daily Mash – Five reasons to honk your car horn, all of which are that you’re a prick

[David9694]

Texas school book depository

Texas school book depository vibe 

[David9694]

This design looks a nightmare

This design looks a nightmare if you live with a disability. 

Sleaford marketplace scheme deferred for second time as disability concerns persist

North Kesteven District Council wants to turn the Sleaford market square into a plaza

https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/sleaford-marketplace-scheme-deferred-second-8971915

[David9694]

jury is out on that one:

jury is out on that one:

Hampshire pet owner clung to his dead French bulldog after hit and run

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23985539.hampshire-pet-owner-clung-dead-french-bulldog-hit-run/

[chrisonabike]

It’ll disturb the sleeping

It’ll disturb the sleeping policement…

Maybe they’re onto something though?  Like bronze-age chieftains or Viking leaders perhaps we should return to burying the elite (motorists) with their transport as a sign of their status?

[David9694]

Anger over ‘cars parked over

Anger over ‘cars parked over graves’ in Gloucester churchyard amid fears ‘unofficial’ parking is spreading across city centre

There are concerns the “unofficial” parking on council land is spreading across Gloucester city centre due to the closure of Longsmith Street car park

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/anger-over-cars-parked-over-8968915

[Jogle]

David9694 wrote:

David9694 wrote:

Shirley Road driver admits pleasuring himself near woman

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23985010.southampton-man-21-admits-carrying-lewd-act-car-near-woman/

I haven’t been able to access this story in full as I’m too cheap to subscribe, so grateful if anyone can. 

They don’t call it The Mutant Mile for nothing!

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Mutant%20Mile

[Rendel Harris]

The man who will forever be

The man who will forever be known as Buck Tarbrush (to anyone who’s seen the movie version of Porridge) demonstrating why failure to stop should, as is the case in many US states, carry an automatic assumption that the driver was avoiding being drink/drug tested and receive the same punishment. Smashing into a line of parked cars, driving off with one of them still attached to his vehicle, either having a serious medical episode (which he would presumably have declared in mitigation) or pissed out of his skull.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/jimmy-tarbuck-house-hit-and-run-b2462981.html

[SaveTheWail]

Never trust a BMW (that poor

Never trust a BMW (that poor driver, betrayed by his own car):

https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-12-11/picture-shows-aftermath-of-suspected-drink-driving-crash-on-busy-a-road

[HoldingOn]

Motorists block road to save

Motorists block road to save runaway chihuahua

Drivers happy to protect a dog, but will also hurl abuse if they think a cyclist might slow them down slightly – does that mean cyclists are worth less than dogs?

(in a weird mood – probably best if this is my last post of the day)

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