[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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[brooksby]

https://metro.co.uk/2023/12

Elderly man killed pensioner after ignoring doctors’ warning to stop driving

A man who was told by doctors to stop driving nine years ago because of his poor eyesight knocked down and killed a pensioner.

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Preston Crown Court heard yesterday [the man] was only able to read a car number plate at a distance of 2.5 metres – the legal requirement is 20 metres.

But he ignored doctors and continued to drive.

The court was also told [the man] was driving at 48mph in a 30mph zone at the time of the crash.

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He admitted causing death by dangerous driving yesterday and was jailed for 32 months.

Remind me – why can’t the GP or optometrist report someone to the DVLA?

[HoldingOn]

People can’t even have a wee

People can’t even have a wee without Mr Loophole getting involved

Man 45 mins into a two hour car journey fined

[David9694]

thay Shoud be mAde to haVe a

thay Shoud be mAde to haVe a regustartion plate s

“There may also be specific regulations on the stretch of water you are paddling, such as on the River Cam where it is a requirement for all paddlers to display their membership number clearly on both sides of their craft, so it is visible from the bankside.”

[Hirsute]

Waterways licence needed but
Waterways licence needed but included in canoe England membership. Hope they are insured!

[David9694]

dO thay pEy roAD tax

dO thay pEy roAD tax

Friends use flooded country lane to paddleboard as rain batters Somerset

Some villagers have described the lane as Backwell’s new ‘water park attraction’

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/friends-use-flooded-country-lane-8953783

[David9694]

He said you’re for the high

He said you’re for the high jump. ?

[wycombewheeler]

Hirsute wrote:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67613292

The sprinter, who lives in the Maida Vale area of west London with her partner, said it was “massively inconvenient” to get to the central London athletics track where she trains using public transport and “really hard” to get to her tennis coaching sessions in north London without a car.

I dunno, maybe she could cycle – I’m guessing she is fit enough. And it would be the quickest way !

I hope the judge/magistrate told her to jog on.

[David9694]

61.41% now. 

61.41% now. 

[David9694]

A black box in every car –

A black box in every car – now. Standard safety procedure. 

[OnYerBike]

If anyone is interested,

If anyone is interested, according to the latest census 61.4% of households in Maida Vale have no access to cars/vans.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/maps/choropleth/housing/number-of-cars-or-vans/number-of-cars-3a/no-cars-or-vans-in-household?msoa=E02000965 

[essexian]

HoldingOn wrote:

Going Orwellian – how long before cars have to have a “black box” fitted that uploads detected illegal driving directly to the police…

I would totally support your car uploading a random days driving to the licencing body once a year for analysis. Any offences caused on that day should result in fines etc. 

As you won’t know when this is going to happen, it may result in better driving…. or people fiddling the boxes…. 

[HoldingOn]

I’ll not comment on the

I’ll not comment on the possibility that this could be the police targetting her again because she got them in trouble. I doubt the police would be that childish…

Having pleaded guilty to three charges of failing to tell police the identity of a driver, Williams told the court she was not driving the Tesla at the time of the alleged offences.

I have never driven a Tesla, but doesn’t it use your phone to unlock and start the car? I would be very surprised if the car doesn’t keep a record of the phone that was used in it. Knowing the way cars like this are going, it probably also keeps driver metrics, like seat positioning. The police ask for access to phones now – how long before they ask for access to car metrics?

Going Orwellian – how long before cars have to have a “black box” fitted that uploads detected illegal driving directly to the police…

[David9694]

Woman spends an hour trying

Woman spends an hour trying to find a space in Bath’s car parks amid Christmas Market woes

She has vowed? never to drive into Bath again ? when the Christmas Market is running

“We normally take the train to Bath, but it was a particularly wet day and we were only planning to see the Christmas market, so we opted for the 30-minute drive over the hour door-to-door trip on the train.”

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/woman-spends-hour-trying-find-8951413

[David9694]

Ah yes, the one mile “commute

Ah yes, the one mile “commute” – the maths/ probability would certainly support that. Delete pint of milk and a scratchcard and replace with athletics track.  

[David9694]

That idea would allow time to

That idea would allow time to assemble more typewriters and monkeys.   

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