[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]

Southampton dad called

Southampton dad called ‘paedophile’ for calling out bad parking

Speaking to the Echo, he said: “They are leaving their cars parked on no-stopping zones, which causes long queues and cars driving over pavements.

“They then drive on the pavement when there’s queues of traffic. 

“If a child gets hurt because of this it will be a disaster.

“On one occasion I put masking tape on a badly parked car, which then made the driver angry.”

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23772843.southampton-dad-called-paedophile-calling-bad-parking/

[HoarseMann]

David9694 wrote:

POLICE are trying to trace a missing car after the owner forgot where it was parked.

“Hey Siri, directions to my parked car”

[David9694]

Gloucestershire Live. –

Gloucestershire Live. – pretty positive covering of the ToB starting now in Tewkesbury. Am I not going to get one single “trapped in our homes” story out of this??

In other local news 

police sneaking up on drivers in, er high viz jackets 

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/police-officers-hide-behind-trees-8737121

Cheltenham civic society more worried about some crappy new double yellow lines than the fact that this lovely Georgian spa town is yet another place ruined by cars and all that goes with cars

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/loopy-cheltenham-line-markings-force-8736665

[David9694]

Police hunt for missing Blue

Police hunt for missing Blue Skoda Fabia in Ledbury

POLICE are trying to trace a missing car after the owner forgot where it was parked.

The safer neighbourhood policing team for Ledbury has been trying to trace a Blue Skoda Fabia with the registration VN20DOU.

The owner went for a long walk in the Ledbury area and forgot where it had been parked. 

If anyone finds the car, residents are being asked to email ryan.davis@westmercia.police.uk.

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/23773759.police-hunt-missing-blue-skoda-fabia-ledbury/

[Tom_77]

David9694 wrote:

And of course you can be booked for doing this, although it must be harder to prove  in court. I wonder what the “success” rate is – like how many flash recipients actually understand the message?  

Driver, 64, who flashed headlights to warn fellow motorists of speed trap hauled to court and fined for ‘obstructing police’

Police defend fining drivers who warned of speed camera

As with many driving crimes, if the police don’t see you doing it then it’s difficult to prosecute. The driver could also claim in court to have been flashing their lights for some other reason, but I doubt that would be believed.

[hawkinspeter]

David9694 wrote:

Can’t decide between “not exactly subtle” and ” blimey, I can think of people whose discourse isn’t far off this”; not being a watcher of this show, is it always like this? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvzxAOTIIUY

[brooksby]

hawkinspeter wrote:

I was hoping you were going to link to this Richard III clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivLZbPIqqe0

“People say he died on a battlefield but he didn’t: he died in a car park, and the car park’s only open Monday to Friday so he must have died on a weekday.”  I do like Philomena Cunk and Barry Sh!tpeas.

[brooksby]

essexian wrote:

Anyone who flashes another drivers (careful now) to warn them of a speed camera should be fined too.  

I can’t find chapter and verse on it, but I was under the impression that it already was an offence.  It’s certainly a thing in the HC – rule 110:

HC wrote:

Flashing headlights. Only flash your headlights to let other road users know that you are there. Do not flash your headlights to convey any other message or intimidate other road users.

[brooksby]

HoldingOn wrote:

one from “over the pond”:
Wrong-way driver calls police on himself by mistake
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-66745802

I saw that earlier.  Hilarious.

[HoldingOn]

one from “over the pond”:

one from “over the pond”:
Wrong-way driver calls police on himself by mistake
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-66745802

[David9694]

And of course you can be

And of course you can be booked for doing this, although it must be harder to prove  in court. I wonder what the “success” rate is – like how many flash recipients actually understand the message?  

How nice to have such a benevolent view of other drivers that you’re prepared to run the (slight) risk of being done to try to flash a “warning” to them.

As for Mr Tipper Truck, that seems like a lot of attention-seeking to me – small wonder he has gotten away with just a warning for this stupid act. 

[David9694]

It does all sound a bit

It does all sound a bit laboured at the moment, but maybe after a couple of weeks the issue will go away? I wonder what the Parkcos’ service to car park owners is like – e.g. once you get them in, are you pretty much stuck with them?  

Meanwhile the extent driver entitlement to enter someone’s land without permission (with or without citing the “only for a minute” waiver) never ceases to amaze. 

[David9694]

Can’t decide between “not

Can’t decide between “not exactly subtle” and ” blimey, I can think of people whose discourse isn’t far off this”; not being a watcher of this show, is it always like this? 

[essexian]

David9694 wrote:

Pub blocks its car park with cones due to ‘parents who won’t listen’ taking up all the spaces picking up children

I would have thought it would have been much easier to get a parking enforcement company in to run the car park and thus, anyone who does not use the pub, gets a Parking Charge Notice, the “profits” of which, the pub can share. 

We have a local pub which does just this. You simply tap your number into a tablet when entering the pub and that’s it, free parking. Its so easy to do, no one moans anymore and problem solved. 

[David9694]

Tunbridge Wells council

Tunbridge Wells council denies claims by former councillor that bus lane fines have been wrongly issued to 29,000 drivers

A bit of a long read, but in short it’s another driver try-on using the Schrödinger’s traffic regulation order formula: the rules are too straightforward and simple, the rules are too confusing.

But Matt Bailey, who lost his seat in May, says Tunbridge Wells council has been improperly handing out the penalties.

Mr Bailey, an accountant, himself received a ticket after breaching the bus gate restrictions in July. He said: “I did it deliberately to test whether they would allow an appeal.”

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/news/council-urged-to-return-2-million-in-improper-fines-292951/

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