[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]

another depressing day in car

another depressing day in car domination land

Stanley Road School: No crossing patrol where boy was hurt

“There is, however, a school crossing patrol site associated with Stanley Road Primary School on Midland Road at which a new patrol started earlier this month. We have offered road safety education to all pupils at the school.”

https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/23959320.stanley-road-school-no-crossing-patrol-boy-hurt/

one more lane will fix it: 

Sadness as iconic Air Balloon pub demolished at notorious Gloucestershire junction

The historic landmark is no longer, as progress is made on a major overhaul of the road network

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/sadness-iconic-air-balloon-pub-8949443

[David9694]

“My car is too big to fit in

“My car is too big to fit in the garage” 

my father suspended a rubber bung on a cord from the garage roof – get the top right hand corner of the windscreen in contact with the bung and it was job done. Back in the days when cars fitted in standard garages. 

I’m old enough to remember him trapping a blanket under the bonnet overnight and if I’m not misremembering sometimes placing a paraffin light under the engine – that might have been when we only had the car port. Cars wouldn’t start on winter mornings!!

[Hirsute]

cAtCh ReAl CrImInAls

cAtCh ReAl CrImInAls

Govan officers patrolled the Dumbreck area last night following reports of parking issues during football games. Despite clear signage, 3 vehicles were parked on the pavement and were blocking passage for pedestrians. These vehicles were uplifted for causing an obstruction. 🚫 pic.twitter.com/NUUQRc6eU4

— Police Scotland Greater Glasgow (@PSOSGreaterGlas) December 1, 2023

“These vehicles were uplifted for causing an obstruction.”

[brooksby]

ktache wrote:

Anyone else noticing the joy expressed on those smiling faces of the morning windscreen scrapers?

Has anyone else noticed how many people seem to think that they don’t need to actually scrape their windows clear, for so long as they drive along with windscreen wipers furiously- er – wiping?

[ktache]

Anyone else noticing the joy

Anyone else noticing the joy expressed on those smiling faces of the morning windscreen scrapers?

[stonojnr]

car tips over “by itself” on

car tips over “by itself” on the unironically named Straight Road

https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/23963828.vehicle-overturns-crash-straight-road-ipswich/

[David9694]

Motorists mystified after

Motorists mystified after being fined £100 for ‘parking’ in retail park at times their cars weren’t even there

Some shoppers were wrongly fined up to £100 for apparently leaving their cars there for as long as two days

For some motorists, it’s a known issue but no less frustrating. One said: “My boyfriend had issues with them in that car park around eight times. He goes there often, and sometimes goes through one entrance and out the other. So, they thought he was parked there for over 24 hours, when he lives around the corner.”

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/motorists-mystified-after-being-fined-28209674

 

[David9694]

Happy Christmas to me!

Happy Christmas to me! Combination of CEWE.co.uk and a well-known decals vendor – 

pas mal, hein?

[David9694]

oh, Mr Facebook!

oh, Mr Facebook!

[Steve K]

I was actually referring to

I was actually referring to the “fast windy” road rather than the potholed one, but your point remains.  The idea of actually making the roads safer for cyclists seems a step too far, as always.

[David9694]

Yet with all those pot-holes,

Yet with all those pot-holes, somehow you live to tell the tale?

“you can’t have a cycle route because cars have made all these pot holes.”

[Steve K]

David9694 wrote:

‘Dangerous’ roads prevent New Milton councillors backing London Tube-style cycling network plan

Mayor Cllr David Hawkins said: “I don’t want to pour water on the programme, but to me it’s like suicide taking a bike out on the roads here.

https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/new-milton-roads-too-dangerous-for-cycling-network-plan-9342606/

I can’t quite work out what the proposal is – is it purely signposting?  I ride on that “too dangerous to cycle on” road on a fairly frequent basis.

[David9694]

‘Dangerous’ roads prevent New

‘Dangerous’ roads prevent New Milton councillors backing London Tube-style cycling network plan

Mayor Cllr David Hawkins said: “I don’t want to pour water on the programme, but to me it’s like suicide taking a bike out on the roads here.

https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/new-milton-roads-too-dangerous-for-cycling-network-plan-9342606/

[David9694]

Looks like a moment from a

Looks like a moment from a car advert to me. 

Tougher than and faster than a train, the orange clad workers are all agape, (close-up of one of them removing his sunglasses). Cut to the driver, a rugged dependable sort, drives up dusty track, parks-up on high on a pinnacle and we see the sweeping landscape and the train chugging on across it. End with silhouetted sunset view of pinnacle parked car.  That’s got to be worth £400/ month for the next 3 years, right? 

[essexian]

Looking at the shaddows, I

Looking at the shaddows, I feel the Sun must have been in the car drivers eyes…..

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