[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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[wycombewheeler]

essexian]

essexian wrote:

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it boils my er, liquid when people think that they can part anywhere for free: this is what this lady was trying to do for the five minutes free parking she tried to steak.

Is it 5 minutes free parking? If the charge is £4 for “all day”, then whether I pay that one minute, ten minutes or even two hours after entering the car park, the same payment is made.

If someone is paying for one hour and pays 10 minutes after entering the car park, then arguably they have gained free minutes, but all day is all day

[brooksby]

David9694 wrote:

Car-free travel will be at the heart of future Somerset development under new plans

Locals can have their say on new plans until October 16

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/car-free-travel-heart-future-8731253

Worth a look for the article commenters losing their shit about it.

The principal points of their proposal:

• Key facilities and services should be within 20 minutes’ walk or wheeling time to reduce short times by private car (known as ‘internal trips’)
• Parking should be “unobtrusive in the public realm”, with secure cycle parking being provided as well as on-street storage and repair facilities
• Trees should be provided on the highways and green spaces, aiding with water management, biodiversity and phosphate mitigation

I mean!!  The b@stards!! 

[David9694]

Standard driver “I was only..

Standard driver “I was only…”, “I was just…”, “I’ve done nothing wrong”, ” it’s a money making scam” etc

[David9694]

Car-free travel will be at

Car-free travel will be at the heart of future Somerset development under new plans

Locals can have their say on new plans until October 16

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/car-free-travel-heart-future-8731253

Worth a look for the article commenters losing their shit about it.

[David9694]

Strood Motor Centre in

Strood Motor Centre in Gravesend Road, Strood, finds car to be sold clamped by DVLA

“We had a customer come to view the car that day and unfortunately we couldn’t sell it to them.”  Yeah, funny that – every used car you express an interest in seems to have someone coming down to see it later on. 

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/i-thought-it-was-a-prank-anger-as-car-clamped-at-dealersh-292938/

[essexian]

David9694 wrote:

Excel Parking: Sheffield widow selling car to pay £300 in disputed fines

Sandra White has fallen foul of the parking firm’s strict rules

So, she enters into a contract with the company and straight away breaches the terms of that contract by: “”On two occasions I parked up and straight away made calls to make sure my uncle’s carers had arrived. I didn’t realise there was a five-minute rule when I was paying to park all day.” 

it boils my er, liquid when people think that they can part anywhere for free: this is what this lady was trying to do for the five minutes free parking she tried to steak.

We have a local sports club which is right by the railway station. People park there for free rather than pay the £12 for the station carpark. When they tried to charge £3 to park, the parking attendents were both phyically and verbally attacked. They gave it up as a bad job. 

I really dislike people who want something for nothing. 

[David9694]

Excel Parking: Sheffield

Excel Parking: Sheffield widow selling car to pay £300 in disputed fines

Sandra White has fallen foul of the parking firm’s strict rules

https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/sheffield-widow-selling-car-to-pay-ps300-excel-parking-fines-4279916

[David9694]

“I don’t want the road fixed

“I don’t want the road fixed if it’s for cyclists” 

Council denies claim potholes were repaired on day Tour of Britain passed through Nottinghamshire

(I’d say it pretty much admits to this, for what it’s worth)

The world’s best cyclists sped through the county in stage four of the race

A resident had claimed to have seen “sub-contractors hurriedly scramble to fill some of the potholes that have blighted the roads in this area and the rest of Nottinghamshire for years”, saying the repairs were taking place on the Tour of Britain route.

“Some of these really nasty and dangerous potholes have been in place for several months and left woefully unattended to by Nottinghamshire County Council and only on the actual morning of this nationally televised cycle event are they receiving attention,” the resident said.

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/council-denies-claim-potholes-were-8731998

[David9694]

“The term “mechanically

“The term “mechanically propelled vehicle” is not defined in the Road Traffic Acts. It is ultimately a matter of fact and degree for the court to decide. At its most basic level, it is a vehicle which can be propelled by mechanical means. It can include both electrically and steam powered vehicles.”

(The police discussion goes into whether a bike ridden by a robot counts – I thought we were bad today!!)
 

leading to 

Failing to Stop/Report an Accident

Section 170(2) RTA 1988 provides that the driver of the motor vehicle must stop following an accident and, if required to do so by any person having reasonable grounds for so requiring, give his name and address, the name and address of the owner of the vehicle and the identification marks of the vehicle. The duty to stop means to stop sufficiently long enough to exchange the particulars above: (Lee v Knapp [1966] 3 All ER 961).

Section 170(3) RTA 1988 places an obligation on the driver, if they do not give their name and address under subsection (2) above, to report the accident to a police constable or police station as soon as reasonably practicable and in any case within 24 hours. The duty to report means ‘as soon as reasonably practicable’: (Bulman v Bennett [1974] RTR 1). It does not mean the driver has 24 hours within which to report the collision.

[andystow]

It seems likely not to

It seems likely not to include non-electric bicycles.

Less official source.

[David9694]

They’ve amended the wording

They’ve amended the wording in s170  from (old) “motor vehicle” to (new) “mechanically propelled vehicle” which must be broader in scope, but I don’t know definitely if that includes pedal cycles – it’s being discussed in the “cyclists stopped for “speeding” thread. 

(1)Section 170 of that Act (duty of driver to stop, report accident and give information or documents) shall be amended as follows.

(2)In subsections (1) to (3) for the words “motor vehicle” in each place where they occur there shall be substituted the words “ mechanically propelled vehicle ”.

[OnYerBike]

Is there any requirement for

Is there any requirement for the cyclist to have remained at the scene? The normal legislation for “hit and run” offences is S170 of the RTA which only applies to the drivers of mechanically propelled vehicles.

[David9694]

Vows never to return klaxon 

Vows never to return klaxon 

Holidaymaker vows never to fly from Bristol Airport again because of Clean Air Zone ‘trap’

amazed he got through Passports, TBH

https://www.devonlive.com/news/uk-world-news/holidaymaker-vows-never-fly-bristol-8731899

[David9694]

Wow. The ULEZ introduction is

Wow. The ULEZ introduction is going to flush out a lot these instances of really inappropriate car use.  

You’re offering advice on transport options – it seems to me a lot of this has only a passing relationship with transport. 

Meanwhile, grifters, conspiracy theorists and devotees of old bangers and rust heaps gather:

https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/outrage-ulez-building-protesters-declare-8720612

[David9694]

Driver crashes into signpost

Driver crashes into signpost near Chippenham in bid to evade police

(don’t parse this story the wrong way)

https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/driver-signpost-chippenham-evade-police/

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