[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://www.lancs.live/whats

https://www.lancs.live/whats-on/shopping/tesco-sainsburys-warning-shoppers-who-25229407

A Tesco spokesperson said that its parent and child bays are there to help parents of young children who may need additional space to get their child in and out of their car and into a pram or buggy. The bays are clearly marked and the conditions of their use advertised on signage in our car parks. If those conditions of use are breached then a parking enforcement contractor (in Tesco car parks where enforcements are in place) may issue a penalty charge notice.

A Sainsbury’s spokesperson said: “For added convenience we offer a limited number of parking bays specifically for customers shopping with children. Our parent and child bays are for customers accompanied by one or more children up to the age of 12.”

[David9694]

This is an interesting tale

This is an interesting tale as it will be played out across the land as councils look for still more budget cuts and now it’s children in the front line of all this. The article goes on a bit as drivers implode (on themselves) that that road is not safe for little Jimmy to walk along.  In reality, less school buses means ever more cars – “it’s too dangerous to walk to school – here, I’ll drive you.”

In rural areas, A roads and many B roads are entirely the domain of the car now. As a walker you tolerate unclassified roads, but keep most of them to a minimum.  It’s been quite the land grab since the 1940s when the law on free school buses was framed. 

A sample of that driver implosion: “Local Facebook pages have gone a bit mad on the subject,” she said. “If you’re in Truthwall, walking that main road when hedges and verges are often overgrown in the summer is hazardous. It’s a narrow road where if a double-decker bus comes there’s not enough room for a car. It’s not a wide road and the national speed limit is on part of it – it’s just not a safe route to have youngsters walking.” Well, quite, no-one would choose that for themselves. 

Governments have flunked changing the law since the 1940s.  Summarised at the end of the article, the “3 mile rule” (two if in years 1-3) is based on measured walking routes, which gets to be fun in rural areas.  The law has been interpreted that the child is “accompanied as necessary”. 

If eligible, you get free home/school transport, normally a bus pass, if your home / school walking distance is over the limit. That of course has the added benefits of being warm/dry and safe (personal safety, road safety), so is highly prized and fought over as it’s a handy timesaver. 

As ever, drivers write themselves and their choices out of the story: “We cannot rear our children the way we were reared – that world sadly no longer exists.” 

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cutting-school-bus-routes-making-8785725

[David9694]

hawkinspeter wrote:

David9694 wrote:

Sorry, this is a CCIB matter. And I have reported you this time to Police Scotland. 

My legal counsel insisted that it was “wedged” or “stuck” and not crashed.

Mr Loophole said that?

My legal counsel also insisted that Police Scotland can go huff a bag of squirrel scat.

From the woods?

[HoarseMann]

David9694 wrote:

hmm, no information there about parking rules and restrictions like the ages / number of children you need to be toting use the parent & child spaces.

The sign in the car park just says ‘young children’, can’t read the small print though and it might be more clearly defined in there.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/EU4qWXnTJySzcz4w9

[hawkinspeter]

David9694 wrote:

Sorry, this is a CCIB matter. And I have reported you this time to Police Scotland. 

My legal counsel insisted that it was “wedged” or “stuck” and not crashed.

My legal counsel also insisted that Police Scotland can go huff a bag of squirrel scat.

[David9694]

Crackdown on school-run

Crackdown on school-run driving starts as parents told they could face fines on these streets

CCTV and ANPR technology rolled out to enforce rules which have been largely ignored by parents

Walsall Council said the rules had previously been in place but had been largely ignored, hence the decision to put up CCTV cameras and make use of ANPR technology. 

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/crackdown-school-run-driving-starts-27789293

[David9694]

He probably thought 

He probably thought 

Fliegende Motorräder, ah, diese verrückten Englände
 

[HoarseMann]

I guess that motorhome driver

I guess that motorhome driver doesn’t bother looking at the road signs when he’s using his satnav, even then, I’m surprised they even made it into Mill Road in the first place, it’s not exactly invitingly wide!

[David9694]

Sorry, this is a CCIB matter.

Sorry, this is a CCIB matter. And I have reported you this time to Police Scotland. 

[hawkinspeter]

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/incoming/nightmare-satnav-blunder-causes-motorhome-8783883

[David9694]

£30m for a “one more lane

£30m for a “one more lane will fix it” instal. Drivers have zero understanding of how much £££ is pumped into supporting them – I wonder when the next whinge-fest over a £1.8m cycle path will be. 

Hertfordshire junction near M25 could become ‘hamburger’ to help quash queues

https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/news/hertfordshire-news/hertfordshire-junction-near-m25-could-8772780?int_source=nba

[David9694]

Opinion: With car insurance

Opinion: With car insurance for youngsters almost £2,000 a year it’s time to reconsider the role of the e-scooter

Can someone write a bot that replies “wait ’til you hear about cars” to each BTL comment?

E scooters are a no- brainer. 

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/news/opinion/e-scooters-are-the-answer-to-soaring-car-costs-for-young-dr-294087/

[David9694]

Newington villagers call for

Newington villagers call for A2 drivers to stop breaking 20mph limit after speed signs are vandalised

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourne/news/volunteers-abused-by-speeding-drivers-294091/

Interesting to see quite an extensive 20 mph zone in place, but I bet it took some doing. You can see the sense of the Welsh approach as for Restricted Roads it puts the boot on the other foot: drivers have to make the case: “how does your wish to go faster trump safety and local amenity? Why do you need to go faster?”

[David9694]

Medway Council scrap free car

Medway Council scrap free car parking on Mondays

Cllr Tris Osborne, the portfolio holder covering parking enforcement, said: “Unfortunately, due to the challenging financial situation we have found the council in, we are no longer able to continue the free parking Monday scheme that was introduced in April.”

I guess if you’re needing to save £2.70 on car parking, you’re not going to be swelling the local shops’ cofffers all that much. 

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/free-town-centre-parking-scheme-scrapped-294084/

Delay to new controversial car parking charges at Dockside Outlet Centre in Chatham – a delay of 3 days 

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/delay-to-launch-of-shopping-centre-s-new-parking-charges-294065/

[David9694]

What cars do to people. Have

What cars do to people. Have people seen this? 

Road rage video: Police investigate Bournemouth incident

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23815893.road-rage-video-police-investigate-bournemouth-incident/

 

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