[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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[chrisonabike]

ktache wrote:

ktache wrote:

But they wouldn’t completely block a “traffic” lane for a few minutes, would they?

Well… maybe a few of the most bolshy / biggest bulls in the paddock might.

However I suspect those fighting the “war on the motorist” have a pretty good grasp of where the *real* threat is actually from. And it ain’t those irritating cyclists. Block the road with your motor and you’d probably soon be wishing you’d been spotted by Cycling Mikey or got hit by the tyre extinguishers instead…

[Backladder]

CyclingGardener wrote:

CyclingGardener wrote:

The entitlement in evidence here . . . https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-66687817 So depressing to discover it’s nothing new! And I had no idea the M1 had no speed restriction when first opened.

The white circle with a diagonal black slash sign which currently means “national speed limit applies” originally meant “Deristricted” and applied to many normal roads as well as motorways.

[David9694]

My dog won’t settle since the

My dog won’t settle since the bollards. If she’s allowed near the front windows, she barks and whines til my husband pulls her away. She won’t walk past the bollards either. 

EDIT This is a made-up comment in the spirit of the That’s Life take-off: ” so we rang the gas board – they told us ‘I’m sorry  – this really has got nothing to do with us’ “

Further comments always welcome!!

EDIT EDIT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2QZprRgxDc 

(it was the electricity board)

[ktache]

But they wouldn’t completely

But they wouldn’t completely block a “traffic” lane for a few minutes, would they?

[David9694]

The standard Transit seems so

The standard Transit seems so unsuited to this type of work. The continual stop-start alone must cause disproportionate wear and tear. I think the old electric milk floats had a lot right – a much more open-bodied design for use in urban areas. 

It seems like such nonsense that up to five different parcel delivery firms can appear in my little road on a weekday.

But, I retain a soft spot for the delivery men because: 

(I) it usually is only for a minute 

(ii) I’m very much part of the problem of using them 

(iii) a lot of individual shopping trips replaced (but have these in their turn been replaced by others?)

(iv) bike tinkering and the ability to get parts delivered helped keep me sane in 2020

[David9694]

mattw wrote:

A justified complaint.

oh, very well played

[David9694]

Pathetic attitude 

Pathetic attitude 

ULEZ cameras and signs will not be put up in Surrey, ‘incredibly disappointed’ council says

Conservative Councillor Matt Furness has issued a defiant statement

He continued: “If they wish to install advanced signage or have safety concerns, it’s in their gift to install it on their land and to change the ULEZ border.

https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/ulez-cameras-signs-not-put-27626908

https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/exact-streets-near-surrey-border-27626801

ULEZ protesters spotted in Folkestone ‘knocking on windows’ at traffic lights 

clearly confusion reigns among Kent old banger drivers as to where the ULEZ boundary is 

https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/folkestone-ulez-protesters-traffic-lights-8722719

[chrisonabike]

On the “but delivery drivers”

On the “but delivery drivers”:

a) how about we put some pressure on delivery companies to stop their drivers PLAC already?  (Because commercial pressures will be in the opposite direction!)  Picture below from today but you’ll encounter this kind of thing around Edinburgh every trip.  (Note also the driver on the near right, also parked on double yellows right in a junction – I watched someone in a large standard vehicle dithering for a bit as to whether they could even get through here).

Few of these “unsympathetic parking” incidents are the end of the world (nor indeed illegal or would certainly be defensible because “loading”) but this seems to be “normal” and every one is an additional barriers to walking and cycling for the benefit of commerce / driving – in this case in a rare “there’s actually a decent footway AND separate cycle path” location…

b) The genie is truly out of the bottle now but the massive increase in deliveries is recent-ish.  So what to do?  Better “local facilities” (like you might find in NL) or more deliveries in smaller vehicles (“last mile” from hubs) do provide a partial answer to this one (it’s rare that Amazon are delivering sofas).  But yeah, that’s a generational-time change.  Plus fighting against local capitalism, people’s wants / expectations etc.

[David9694]

One more lane didn’t get

One more lane didn’t get built and didn’t therefore fix it…

Seven missed opportunities to transform Hull’s gridlocked roads

They would have changed the face of the city had they gone ahead

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/history/seven-ambitious-hull-road-schemes-7229722

[chrisonabike]

David9694 wrote:

Residents’ fury as council installs ‘eyesore’ bollards blocking parking to ‘protect pedestrians'

Hull Daily Mail wrote:

Abbey Grove, which forms part of the same street as Well Lane, boasts a particularly wide pavement, which, according to residents, has long been the subject of debate as to whether it is a path or a road. Many had taken to parking their vehicles on the pavement, owing to the shortage of on-street parking and the lack of driveways cut into the steep verge that runs adjacent to the street.

My emphasis.  So sounds like mostly “this will change parking – and even if I have a drive what if several people want to park?  And if not I’ll have to walk an extra 5 metres to my house!”

Sadly this chap has inadvertently scored “house” but perhaps this is worth noting as “what the man in the street (road?) thinks” – as he lists them:

Not necessary – there’s been no accidents from cars (like the UK’s “our roads are safe” we’re missing “…because we’ve discouraged use by everyone but drivers”)
It’s going to lower the house prices
It’s more dangerous because er… young toddlers … have to beware of every single driveway (how is this different from before?) whereas before the footway “was just a straight road” (my emphasis).  Presumably people with young toddlers might now be tempted to let their kids play or cycle – so that’s the problem as we can’t expect drivers to watch out for them?
The council may then decide to put in double yellows (to … er … allow motor vehicles to keep moving efficiently on the road?)
Whatabout delivery drivers, disabled people, the elderly?
So it’s a waste of money.

[mattw]

A justified complaint.

A justified complaint.

[David9694]

He told the Mail: “I’d

He told the Mail: “I’d happily let the people either side of me use my parking area, but the bollards now mean none of us can reach it. Do the Council want us to park on the road because that’s will happen.
I’ve still got 18 months of the payments left on my car, and in this cost of living crisis there’s no way I can afford their price for a driveway across the grass verge. 

(me making-up nonsense again)

[David9694]

Buses ‘unreliable’ latest:

Buses ‘unreliable’ latest:

Nottingham estate residents ‘screaming out’ for bad parking solution as buses unable to serve stops

People on the Edwards Lane estate say the issue of bad parking in the area has been a problem for many years

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/nottingham-estate-residents-screaming-out-8722806

Buses forced to divert due to ‘badly parked vehicles’ in Nottinghamshire village

It comes days after buses were unable to serve the Edwards Lane estate amid bad parking

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/buses-forced-divert-due-badly-8722945

[David9694]

Ah, the long-since broken RCC

Ah, the long-since broken RCC threading. And thank-you. 

Curious isn’t it, over the past few years central funding to local authorities has been decimated and meaningful parking charges are one of the results – from the “on the side of the motorist” Tories, no less. 

I think the idea here is right, but we’ll soon be into ” this tariff ‘confuses drivers’ ” territory.  I’d always say keep it (brutally) simple, with little or no scope for drivers, in the hope of saving themselves a few pence, to argue the toss.  

I don’t see how traders are so worried about (and councils bending over backwards to accommodate) the loss of a few shoppers who are running some old rustheap and are seriously blanching at paying a few quid to park it. 

[David9694]

Residents’ fury as council

Residents’ fury as council installs ‘eyesore’ bollards blocking parking to ‘protect pedestrians’

“How is my disabled father-in-law meant to get to the house?”

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/residents-fury-council-installs-eyesore-8717665

(edit – arms folded stance pic added) 

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