[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]

Telegraph – you really have

Telegraph – you really have gone to the darkside !

[hawkinspeter]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/01/tesla-model-3-breaks-down-salisbury-elon-musk-electric-cars/

A Tesla has caused chaos for more than nine hours on an A-road after it broke down mid-turn and could not be moved.

The £60,000 electric car caused delays on the A36 near Salisbury after it failed and became stranded in the middle of the road.

A team of workmen was unable to physically move the white Tesla Model 3 Performance, which ran out of power and broke down mid-turn.

Motorists using the busy road, which connects Salisbury to Southampton, faced delays for up to nine hours as the broken down car had blocked the Lyndhurst Road junction.

The handbrakes of electric cars, and some other modern cars, are controlled electronically, unlike those of traditional petrol and diesel cars, which are mechanical. This means that the handbrake often locks when the power fails and the car cannot be pushed or towed.

[David9694]

Ferrari 812 owner dubbed

Ferrari 812 owner dubbed ‘entitled’ as £250,000 car parks in St Ives seafront police bay

One person joked there’s a new unmarked police car in town

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/ferrari-812-owner-dubbed-entitled-8719856

[Jogle]

David9694 wrote:

David9694 wrote:

You didn’t include the opening words of the article:

A GOOD Samaritan motorist

I therefore sentence you to one bent Presta valve stem. In arriving at this sentence, I have taken into account your previous good behaviour, but be warned if you appear before me again, stiffer penalties such as a drivetrain clunk on every other pedal stroke are available.

 

I already have a drivetrain clunk, so you’d have to sentence me to two

[David9694]

You didn’t include the

You didn’t include the opening words of the article:

A GOOD Samaritan motorist

I therefore sentence you to one bent Presta valve stem. In arriving at this sentence, I have taken into account your previous good behaviour, but be warned if you appear before me again, stiffer penalties such as a drivetrain clunk on every other pedal stroke are available.

 

[Jogle]

EK Spinner wrote:

EK Spinner wrote:

https://www.facebook.com/reel/173795548999591?s=yWDuG2&fs=e

Came across this wee clip from a bygone era, maybe update it to airbags for the front of the car

“With the scoop open a jaywalker simply can’t get run over, which is sometimes more than he deserves”

[EK Spinner]

https://www.facebook.com/reel
https://www.facebook.com/reel/173795548999591?s=yWDuG2&fs=e

Came across this wee clip from a bygone era, maybe update it to airbags for the front of the car

[essexian]

A horse on a bus…. that’s

A horse on a bus…. that’s nothing, in the Good Old US of A, they go one bigger…

[quiff]

David9694 wrote:

People held ‘hostage’ by Gloucester roadworks holding a party to celebrate freedom

…After their first week of restricted nighttime movements

I thought the road was just closed, but this does sound inhuman – some of us just need to go in the night

[David9694]

“Quicksand? Honey, you worry

“Quicksand? Honey, you worry too much”

[David9694]

“No, this bus doesn’t go to

“No, this bus doesn’t go to Hay on Wye, you need the number 68.”

[hawkinspeter]

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/drive-baffled-horse-attempts-board-8719331

Seems appropriate for a company called “Stagecoach”, but I thought that the horses would do the hard work. My, how the stables have turned.

[David9694]

Dad punched driver to floor

Dad punched driver to floor in brutal A34 road rage attack in front of his kids

Stephen Cartwright, 41, of Bentilee, has been spared jail at North Staffordshire Justice Centre

District Judge Ian Barnes said: “It was a needless and senseless incident. People often when they get into vehicles their personality seems to change.

“The independent witness saw the victim pull in front of your vehicle and he got out first. However, you got out and punched him.

“Clearly your frustration and anger got the better of you and you struck him with force. You did not need to get out of the car. 

Woman’s angry note to drivers who keep parking across her driveway

The householder has decided to take matters into her own hands and has been leaving them furious notes on windscreens

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/womans-angry-note-drivers-who-8719043

Man comes home to find ice cream man ‘weeing outside his house’

John Federici ‘disgusted’ that driver appears to drive off without washing his hands

“I’ve had people ask me have I not got better things to do, but it’s not the point. Hygiene should be a top priority.”

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/man-comes-home-find-ice-8715780

couldn’t leave Stoke without posting that last one – it’s still quite early, but I think it’s a strong contender for winning the internet today. 

[David9694]

Driver to ‘withhold council

Driver to ‘withhold council tax’ in protest at £180 pothole compo claim snub

Michael Meigh has had to shell out £180 to repair his Audi A3 after hitting a Smallthorne crater

The dad-of-five, from Smallthorne, said: “Duddell Road is like a little rat-run for people who know the back streets and it’s not like it’s not used often. 

We’re in a cost of living crisis at the end of the day and I need that money.

“I’m not going to let this drop and I’ll take it to the small claims court if needs be. I just get wound up by it dragging on and on.

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/driver-withhold-council-tax-protest-8697064?_ga=2.40753958.503274091.1693291636-1106672130.1674163387

[ktache]

Bollards?

Bollards?

[Author]

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