[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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[hawkinspeter]

David9694 wrote:

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This? 

This? 

[hawkinspeter]

brooksby wrote:

Wasn’t that the ‘documentary’ starring Father Dougal as a talking cat? 😉

[brooksby]

hawkinspeter wrote:

brooksby wrote:

At that rate, they’d soon reach a Commuter Event Horizon where nobody moves anywhere and everyone just lives in their car, stuck stationarily on the road.

It’d be like in that BBC documentary, Gridlock

Wasn’t that the ‘documentary’ starring Father Dougal as a talking cat? 😉

[David9694]

It’s probably market day,

It’s probably market day, plus TWaTs. 

[hawkinspeter]

brooksby wrote:

At that rate, they’d soon reach a Commuter Event Horizon where nobody moves anywhere and everyone just lives in their car, stuck stationarily on the road.

It’d be like in that BBC documentary, Gridlock

 

[brooksby]

andystow wrote:

Does Wednesday actually have more travel? Or is this a historical accident where traffic is worse on Wednesday which means the busses are slower so more people drive on Wednesdays and the traffic is worse so the busses are even slower so more people drive on Wednesdays?

At that rate, they’d soon reach a Commuter Event Horizon where nobody moves anywhere and everyone just lives in their car, stuck stationarily on the road.

[andystow]

David9694 wrote:

The worst day for Exeter commuter traffic (it’s Wednesday)

Exeter has the nation’s second-largest travel-to-work population

Mr Knight acknowledged that different days of the week now offer distinct challenges to ensure sure buses are on time and not impacted by congestion.

He explained that keeping buses to schedule all week would require a bespoke timetable for each day, but stated that this was “impossible” operationally and is not something that the firm is considering, because passengers expect a Monday-to-Friday schedule, with different timetables at weekends.

interesting to hear a bit about the impact on buses of too many cars – another issue you have to deny if you’re a car driver 

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/worst-day-exeter-commuter-traffic-8838596

Does Wednesday actually have more travel? Or is this a historical accident where traffic is worse on Wednesday which means the busses are slower so more people drive on Wednesdays and the traffic is worse so the busses are even slower so more people drive on Wednesdays?

[hawkinspeter]

David9694 wrote:

Man punched in the face by woman ‘multiple times’ in Gloucester road rage attack

https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-10-19/man-punched-in-the-face-by-woman-multiple-times-in-road-rage-attack?

What cars do to people. 

It’s about time that people had driving bans if they don’t have the emotional maturity to deal with modern driving. Let’s get these nutters out of their cars so we don’t have to deal with their self-indulgent rages.

[David9694]

Man punched in the face by

Man punched in the face by woman ‘multiple times’ in Gloucester road rage attack

https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-10-19/man-punched-in-the-face-by-woman-multiple-times-in-road-rage-attack?

What cars do to people. 

[David9694]

Plans for car-free

Plans for car-free developments in Somerset town slammed by locals

“Improvements in roads, local transport, and walkways need to lead, not follow, restrictions on motor vehicles.”

However, he said that transport improvements should precede any punitive restrictions on existing drivers. He said: “We suggest that the blunt ‘social engineering’ approach outlined in the principles is an example of ‘cart before horse’.

“Improvements in roads, local transport, and walkways need to lead, not follow, restrictions on motor vehicles. The reality for Shepton Mallet, especially for several roads at the centre of town, is that the current road infrastructure provides important access and has pinch points making walkways and cycle routes problematic if not impossible.

“In the short and medium term (alas), car access will remain essential for many people – think single mums with children. Longer term changes in the whole transport nexus and to the town’s social and economic infrastructure may make more radical changes in walkways etc. more feasible.”

we’re going to have to bite the bullet of upsetting a driver somewhere, sometime Mr Thomas.  Not so much a slam, as the sound of the can being kicked down the road (and run over by an Audi). 

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/plans-car-free-developments-somerset-8837626

[David9694]

The worst day for Exeter

The worst day for Exeter commuter traffic (it’s Wednesday)

Exeter has the nation’s second-largest travel-to-work population

Mr Knight acknowledged that different days of the week now offer distinct challenges to ensure sure buses are on time and not impacted by congestion.

He explained that keeping buses to schedule all week would require a bespoke timetable for each day, but stated that this was “impossible” operationally and is not something that the firm is considering, because passengers expect a Monday-to-Friday schedule, with different timetables at weekends.

interesting to hear a bit about the impact on buses of too many cars – another issue you have to deny if you’re a car driver 

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/worst-day-exeter-commuter-traffic-8838596

[David9694]

nice to see the Latest

nice to see the Latest Comments feature  is back, over on the home page 

edit – 5 minutes later I look again and it’s gone 

[David9694]

Another “welcome to our world

Another “welcome to our world” to drivers from cyclists, difference here being that they seem to have made an arrest in relation to the theft of one crappy old Volvo. 

Police constable Kate Schofield, of the Dorset Rural Crime Team, said: “This has been a particularly distressing and inconvenient time for the victim, who has lost the use of their day-to-day vehicle.

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23862687.police-appeal-volvo-stolen-wimborne-high-street-car-park/

[chrisonabike]

Put this together with the
Put this together with the weed- filled van on the other thread and I think you’ve got a hit:

“(slave) driver, the tables are turned
Catch a fire, so you can get burned…”

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