[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]

We aim to please at DaTP!

We aim to please at DaTP!

[David9694]

Disabled resident trapped in

Disabled resident trapped in own home by two parked vehicles

Natascha Imlay missed work because of it and said the council stopped enforcing parking recently

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/disabled-resident-blocked-leaving-home-8928708?_ga=2.97558879.1903281446.1696752081-27458962.1674163282

[essexian]

Hundreds ‘ignore roadworks’

Hundreds ‘ignore roadworks’ in Staffordshire as crews hit with abuse

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/hundreds-ignore-roadworks-staffordshire-crews-8914853.amp
 

Yet more proof that many drivers aren’t fit to be on the road. Loads of stupid comments BTL as well. I suppose its Stoke, so we should expect that….*

 

* I don’t live far from Stoke and have family members who live there….I feel able to make this comment based upon experience. 

 

[OnYerBike]

Clearly fake news – we all

Clearly fake news – we all know that more cars equals thriving local shops.

[brooksby]

North Somerset village gets a

North Somerset village gets a bypass approved, after allegedly requesting one since 1927…

Village finally wins 100-year campaign to make life just a little bit quieter

Banwell, Somerset, has suffered from severe congestion for decades, making the centre essentially a ‘no go’ zone for its 3,200 residents.

The once-thriving community has lost dozens of shops with health studies also showing higher rates of breathing-related health issues among its school pupils.

But planning permission and funding has now been secured for the long-awaited bypass – with hopes that it will be fully open to traffic by March 2026.

Some life-long residents in Banwell said it was a day they never thought they’d see – with many saying their relatives were involved in initial proposals as far back as 1927.

[essexian]

Man returns from 3-week trip

Man returns from 3-week trip to find car parked outside his home covered in 24 parking fines…..

Thanks for posting this….its good to start the day with a laugh. And  yes, that statement does make me evil. 

[Jogle]

Car crashes into traffic
[b]Car crashes into traffic lights at busy Harrogate junction[/b]

I bet the traffic lights weren’t wearing hi-viz!

https://thestrayferret.co.uk/car-crashes-into-traffic-lights-at-busy-harrogate-junction/

[David9694]

Man returns from 3-week trip

Man returns from 3-week trip to find car parked outside his home covered in 24 parking fines

Mr Hawkins, 57, claims on one day, four fines were issued within three hours and he has been desperately trying to appeal all of them but hasn’t had any luck so far. His parking permit had expired without him realising and due to being away he was unaware of the fines, so wasn’t prompted to renew it as the penalties piled up.

https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/man-returns-3-week-trip-8924852

[David9694]

Enraged politician tells

Enraged politician tells Cornwall Council ‘you’re killing our town’

‘You may be chuffed some of these parking figures have gone up in tourist areas. We’re not a tourist area, we’re just normal Cornish people’

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/enraged-politician-tells-cornwall-council-8926709

Gosh, yes those local businesses being killed-off by the absence of shoppers who (can somehow manage to run a car but) can’t afford £1 to park it for an hour. 

And do feel free to publicly attack council officers, who can’t answer back. This just plain cowardly. 

[David9694]

Exeter roadblocks halt Father

Exeter roadblocks halt Father Christmas

Exeter’s Round Table’s annual Santa Float won’t be visiting Heavitree and most parts of Whipton this year because it has not been possible for organisers to devise a new route away from the new trial LTN bus gates and bollards

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/exeter-roadblocks-halt-father-christmas-8928021

[David9694]

From ULEZ to rising parking

From ULEZ to rising parking charges – is there really a ‘war on motorists’ in Kent?

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/is-there-really-a-war-on-motorists-in-kent-297366/

No. 

[David9694]

He sees you when you’re

He sees you when you’re sleepin’,
He knows when you’re awake,
he knows if you’ve been bad or good,
So be good for goodness’ sake.
 

[David9694]

Well, twenty somethings, it’s

Well, twenty somethings, it’s your future, you need to grab a hold of it.  There’s the big stuff, you know climate change, reversing Brexit and the middle-sized thing of ending the oppression of E Scooters by a car-obsessed, wealthy older generation. 

Reporter James Pallant (aged 25-34), from Canterbury, on how costly it’s proving to get a car in Kent – from driving lessons to soaring insurance premiums

“But equally, the luxury of commuting on foot doesn’t so much feel like one when buses are cancelled and I have no choice but to walk 45 minutes to get home, uphill, in the rain.”

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/i-never-imagined-it-would-cost-so-much-to-drive-a-car-in-ke-297291/

[Jogle]

David9694 wrote:

David9694 wrote:

Infamous bollards in a Watford cut-through which hit headlines could be scrapped and replaced with a weight restriction

Do you think that they’ll control the weight restriction with a trap door?

[David9694]

I don’t feel like driving any

I don’t feel like driving any more. 

[Author]

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