[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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[Hirsute]

The last para makes no sense

The last para makes no sense

“Please be advised that, in order to access the Royal Mail car park, the route must be clear for you to drive straight in as waiting on either the road or pavement would place you in contravention of the restrictions.”

This would equally apply to anyone wanting to drive over a dropped kerb to their house and waiting for peds to clear the way.

Are they seriously suggesting drivers should go up and down until there are no peds ?

[hawkinspeter]

This is a strange one, is

This is a strange one, is stopping to let pedestrians cross allowed?

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/driver-fined-70-pausing-pedestrians-8756391

[ktache]

I don’t believe the comments

I don’t believe the comments are going the way he was expecting.

[chrisonabike]

David9694 wrote:

David9694 wrote:

… a lucky spaniel that is fortunate (so far) not to have gone through the windscreen on the next emergency stop.

For better impact absorption I’d go with something bigger. A yak’s coat would make it a good choice but it probably doesn’t pass fire safety regulations. Can you get flame-retardent wool?

[David9694]

External combustion engine?

External combustion engine?

[David9694]

Cars didn’t entirely create

Cars didn’t entirely create this long unhappy series of events, but cars propeled the story along.  And I say to myself, “you don’t know who they are or what they’re capable of”

What cars do to people 

Wirral road rage couple jailed after ‘terrifying’ machete attack

https://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/23792371.wirral-road-rage-couple-jailed-terrifying-machete-attack/

[David9694]

An occasional Saturday visit

An occasional Saturday visit is to Romsey – you pass the ANPR car park for Aldi – usually full of expensive looking cars. I just don’t get it. 

[wtjs]

mate.you.are.literally

mate.you.are.literally.driving.along.with.a.dog.on.your.lap 

It’s interesting to see that it’s not only in Lancashire where moving traffic rules and regulations, especially those related to animals in the front of the vehicle, have been completely abandoned by the police

[David9694]

Elderly couple fuming over

Elderly couple fuming over parking ticket for briefly pulling over at bus stop in Wye, Ashford

Mr Winchester added: “I understand if you break the law you have to face the consequences but I was two minutes at a stop where the bus only comes once an hour. It becomes rather a laughing matter.

“Where is the leeway? I don’t want this to happen to anyone else. This is unnecessary aggravation.”

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/i-only-parked-at-bus-stop-for-two-minutes-where-s-the-lee-293524/

[stonojnr]

Car picks up an owl passenger
Car picks up an owl passenger

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-66817533

[stonojnr]

That would probably be one of
That would probably be one of those diesel N57 engine BMWs, they’re well known for combusting

[David9694]

Neighbours beg for removal of

Neighbours beg for removal of hated double yellow lines

They say measures which were supposed to ease chaotic parking have made the situation even worse

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/neighbours-beg-removal-hated-double-8755613

[David9694]

Tell me again about that e

Tell me again about that e scooter battery 

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/car-fire-in-dartford-tunnel-leads-to-long-delays-293463/

[David9694]

A couple of seconds of Beemer

A couple of seconds of Beemer bliss in this Canterbury Tale as the bollards claim another chancer 

 https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/bmw-s-wheels-left-spinning-in-the-air-after-getting-stuck-on-293506/

[David9694]

My wife identifies as a

My wife identifies as a spaniel. I’m sorry, I’ll read that again – my wife identifies it as a spaniel – specifically, a lucky spaniel that is fortunate (so far) not to have gone through the windscreen on the next emergency stop. 

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