[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]

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The opening practice session for the Las Vegas Grand Prix was abandoned after only eight minutes after Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari was struck with a severe and dangerous impact by drain cover. More than one drain cover was understood to have been dislodged and the FIA [Federation Internationale de l’Automobile] had to check the safety of all them across the street circuit to confirm their integrity.

The incident was an embarrassing opening to the race Formula One’s owners are organising and promoting themselves with the aim of building the sport in the US – a market in which it is eager to expand. The costs of putting on the meeting in the heart of Las Vegas are believed to reach as much as US$700m. F1 described the incident as the failure of a “water-valve cover”.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/nov/17/las-vegas-gp-opening-practice-cancelled-after-cars-damaged-by-drain-covers

[David9694]

Motorists captured on CCTV

Motorists captured on CCTV removing SGN barriers in Church Road, Murston

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourne/news/drivers-caught-on-camera-removing-safety-barriers-296989/

[David9694]

For real?

For real?
Looks pretty on-road to me. 

[Jogle]

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[b]2007 Citroën xsara picasso 2.0 exclusive[/b]

Another car hit the light post which crash the roof and rear door of the car. Car still drivers great, some meldew in cabin now, no other issues.
Phone [hidden information] Andriy

I might be wrong on this but it appears that a driver, probably at great speed, drove their BMW into a lamppost, which then went on to hit a Picasso and put a big hole in the roof. Now that is a driver with a problem and they only want £500 for that problem to be yours!

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/6710511802399956/

[Jogle]

Police find 15 people in
[b]Police find 15 people in vehicle on M62 in Warrington[/b]

Everyone on here complains how space inefficient cars are compared to bikes and public transport but, when you try to do something about it, what happens? The police pull you over and fine you. It’s a war on motorists (and their world record practicing friends*)

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-67429058

* they still have a long way to go though https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-people-crammed-in-a-mini-cooper

[David9694]

another one for the “machine

another one for the “machine broken so it’s free” file

Cornwall gran on warpath after being fined despite broken parking machine

Agnes believes the older generation is increasingly being excluded from our tech society

“The retired nurse from Tintagel said that the machine was out of service that day so thought there was nothing she could do about it and went off to enjoy Tom Hanks’ latest flick A Man Called Otto and didn’t think any of it.”

“That’s when I saw red,” Agnes said. “I wouldn’t know how to install an app. I’m not going to download apps for every car park I go to. How are people supposed to do all that when they’re old? My husband is 85. He has not got apps on his phone. He couldn’t park anywhere on his own now”

Come off it, you’re only 71.  If hubby can’t manage an app, how does he safely manage 1.5t of car? 

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornwall-gran-warpath-after-being-8906542

[HoarseMann]

KDee wrote:

Fresh in from Amsterdam…and I can confirm the car is on UK plates

https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/327649/porsche-probeert-fietsenstalling-amsterdam-in-te-rijden-geld-te-veel-hersens-te-weinig

I had to look this one up. This is definately a following the sat-nav driver error.

There’s a car park and a bike park when you turn right off the road. If they don’t know where they’re going and are just looking for a ‘P’ and hear ‘turn right into garage’, hmm. Impressive getting past the bollard at the entrance. Maybe they need more than the one bollard?!

https://maps.app.goo.gl/EgPVBq38RyducCev6

[David9694]

Those cyclists at it again

Those cyclists at it again…. 

Fridges and ladders cleared from A3 as nine tonnes of rubbish removed from Guildford roads

Roadside litter and flytipping is ‘dangerous’ and ‘unsightly’

https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/fridges-ladders-cleared-a3-nine-28103328

[David9694]

Pictures or it didn’t happen.

Pictures or it didn’t happen.  News just in – she’s a carpenter, while others have claimed she is the Eggman.  

[David9694]

we had a couple of “plucky

we had a couple of “plucky resident parks car over site of 5G mast” stories a couple of weeks back.

Sounds like the Bedford one has been held off for now.  

I’m all for a bit of public participation, but the level of misinformation here is pretty poor. 

A CKHH company.

Three is part of CK Hutchison 
Holdings, a renowned multinational 
conglomerate committed to innovation 
and technology.

International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection – since you ask. 

[KDee]

Fresh in from Amsterdam…and

Fresh in from Amsterdam…and I can confirm the car is on UK plates

https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/327649/porsche-probeert-fietsenstalling-amsterdam-in-te-rijden-geld-te-veel-hersens-te-weinig

 

[David9694]

It seems to me drivers get

It seems to me drivers get longer sentences for things they did afterwards, like covering up their tracks like a snivelling coward for example, than the deed itself. 

[brooksby]

David9694 wrote:

Driver caused cyclist catastrophic injuries when he sped through red traffic light

The teenager was crossing the road when Jerzy Jozefiak ploughed into him

 Sian Cutter, prosecuting, said at shortly before 2.30pm a 16-year-old boy on a cycle was crossing the eastbound carriageway at the light-controlled junction when he was hit by a Renault car. The youngster struck the windscreen and roof box of the vehicle before being thrown to the ground and skidding along the road, coming to rest some 20 yards away. 

Jozefiak’s stopped his car in the nearby bus stop on Fabian Way and got out – his wife then climbed across into the driver’s seat from the passenger seat. The court heard she too then got out of the Renault and told passers-by that she had been driving.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/traffic-lights-cyclist-dangerous-driver-28095816

With a one-third discount for his guilty plea Jozefiak was sentenced to two years and 10 months in prison – he will serve up to half that period in custody before being released on licence to serve the remainder in the community. The defendant was also disqualified from driving for two years with the ban extended by an additional 17 months to account for the length of time he will be behind bars.

Hang on – but he initially tried to pervert the course of justice by getting his wife to claim that she’d been driving.  And only changed his plea to guilty at a much later date.  Why does he get a discount??

And don’t get me started on him serving “up to” 2 years and 10 months…  <shakes head in a disgusted fashion>

[Bigfoz]

Should have stuck it in

Should have stuck it in through the car…

[essexian]

David9694 wrote:

Driver caused cyclist catastrophic injuries when he sped through red traffic light

Shocking but only 2 years 10 months behind bars? What a utter and total joke. 

Poor lad. I hope he recovers further and sues the arse off of the twat who did this to him. 

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