[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]

‘Selfish’ 4×4 convoy slammed

‘Selfish’ 4×4 convoy slammed for parking on beach as children played

Anglesey Council said it will consider new beach barriers on the island if motorists affect public safety

“One vehicle had a boat trailer and rubber dinghy. According to witnesses the visitors stopped for a barbecue and left their litter behind. A woman said more vehicles were parked up further along the beach.

She was saddened to see the beach being used “like a car park”. On Facebook she said: “There were people there with children playing not expecting to have to look out for cars. I had to call my dog back to me as there was one driving towards her. 

“It’s not great when we can’t feel safe on our local beaches. I felt angry and upset – I’m not a fan of selfish, inconsiderate, and self-entitled behaviour. I wouldn’t dream of driving onto a beach but it seems that some people think they can park wherever they want.”

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/selfish-4×4-convoy-slammed-parking-27642810

[essexian]

David9694 wrote:

The Bath parking charges? 

Yep. Sorry I could have been clearer in my reply. 

And thanks for taking the time to post these links. (add thumbs up icon here).

[David9694]

In view of your defiant

In view of your defiant attitude, I sentence you to a bottle cage bolt working loose.

[David9694]

Bring back the speed limits

Bring back the speed limits of the 1970s

David Walker argues that reinstating the speed restrictions introduced in 1973 would go a long way in curbing greenhouse gas emissions

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/14/bring-back-the-speed-limits-of-the-1970s

[HoarseMann]

David9694 wrote:

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

Shame, especially as this resident has so carefully removed all greenery from the front of their house to create such a lovely ‘carden’

[CyclingGardener]

The entitlement in evidence
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.

[David9694]

Drivers – I can do whatever I

Drivers – I can do whatever I like, police don’t scare me :

Inside secret world of street racing where drivers post near misses online for likes

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/inside-secret-world-street-racing-27632567

Police aware of ‘major’ car enthusiast meeting as they issue street racing warning

They said people warned being arrested if caught and the roads could not be used as a race track

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/police-aware-major-car-enthusiast-27637651

Also drivers :

Sheerness man who dialed 999 76 times and threatened to stab and kill Kent Police officers in court

A victim angry at being told to report vandalism to his car on a non-emergency phoneline made 76 abusive calls to 999 threatening to kill officers.

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sheerness/news/furious-victim-called-999-nearly-80-times-and-threatened-to-292681/

[David9694]

The Bath parking charges? 

The Bath parking charges? 

[essexian]

Some of the replies to the

Some of the replies to the idea behind this most excellent plan are just sad. It seems people don’t care about the lungs of the young, just their “right” to drive and dump their several tons of metal wherever they like. 

Scum I call them. 

[Hirsute]

“The stopcock outside my
“The stopcock outside my house has suddenly started overflowing since the bollards were put in, too”

[David9694]

Drivers with polluting cars

Drivers with polluting cars to be charged more to park in Bath

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/drivers-polluting-cars-charged-more-8722433

[ktache]

I was thinking more power

I was thinking more power drain when left, there must be some.

Or proper ejit territory, letting the main battery run down, but still putting the heatin/AC on before getting backnto the car.

[hawkinspeter]

ktache wrote:

A failsafe system?

Running out of power when parked on a hill?

Similar I guess to the application of brakes when there is a loss of pressure on artic trailers and train carriages.

But the Tesla incident is just amusing, because it probably delayed emergency vehicles and prevented people getting to vital hospital appointments and funerals shouldn’t we just ban the things…

Supposedly, the handbrake should be run off a separate 12v battery, so there’s some strange failure that took out main power and that system too. It’s a strange failsafe as the main brakes are hydraulic, so even without power on a hill, you can have the driver keep the car still while someone puts bricks under the wheels to act as a handbrake.

[ktache]

A failsafe system?

A failsafe system?

Running out of power when parked on a hill?

Similar I guess to the application of brakes when there is a loss of pressure on artic trailers and train carriages.

But the Tesla incident is just amusing, because it probably delayed emergency vehicles and prevented people getting to vital hospital appointments and funerals shouldn’t we just ban the things…

[hawkinspeter]

Hirsute wrote:

Telegraph – you really have gone to the darkside !

My apologies. The link was posted to Hacker News and I didn’t find a better source for the info (was also in The Sun and The Daily Heil).

An interesting point is what happens with ICE cars that have electronic handbrakes and have a battery failure? There really should be a manual override in case the vehicle is blocking a hospital or fire station or other important access.

Another question that comes to mind is why the brake should be applied due to lack of power. Usually, electronic handbrakes require power to either engage or disengage it and so a battery failure would leave it in the same state, but I don’t believe that the driver would engage the handbrake during a turn.

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