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October 1, 2022 at 7:44 am #32276
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
That one has come up before
That one has come up before but there is plenty of warning before you get to the the bridge

David9694
People are longing for a safe
People are longing for a safe, car-free shopping environment

David9694
Not sure what’s unclear here
Not sure what’s unclear here

David9694
Or here
Or here

David9694
Woman who moved traffic cones
Woman who moved traffic cones on A12 to avoid traffic jam fined £100
She had been trying to cross over a coned-off central area to another lane, which is illegal
https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/woman-who-moved-traffic-cones-8599343

David9694
Drivers and their …
Drivers and their … solutions – “there aren’t enough signs”, “there are too many signs”
Driver overturns council bus lane fine due to ‘unclear’ signs
“The driver accepted that he drove through the gate but challenged whether information leading to it was adequate or not
Mr Dhillon admitted going through the bus gate, but said he “did not see the signs because they are not clear or easy to decipher with so much to look at in such a short time, especially when you are new to the area”.
“In that previous hearing, the adjudicator said: “The round blue ‘bus route only’ signs are mounted against the bridge amidst a large quantity of other visual features (priority direction sign; restricted parking zone signs; yellow and black striping and height restriction triangle sign). The video shows the additional distraction of pedestrians walking to and fro under the bridge at the time of Mr S’s journey. The marking may well be shaded by the bridge and not sufficiently visible in time.”
https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/driver-overturns-council-bus-lane-8593415

David9694
Van with rolls of carpet
Van with rolls of carpet sticking out stopped by police in Luton
Locals have already bagged the available puns on this story…or have they?.
https://www.bedfordshirelive.co.uk/news/bedfordshire-news/van-rolls-carpet-sticking-out-8603546

David9694
Battle rumbles on as
Battle rumbles on as ‘inconsiderate’ neighbour blocks access again to St Wulfram’s Church in Grantham

HoarseMann
David9694 wrote:Finally, let’s cross to Wellingborough, Northamptonshire the largest place I know of where town centre off-street parking is free (although its days are probably numbered now). Do we hear the sound of happy traders, of a retail boom town? Well not exactly…There are happy traders and a retail boom happening near Wellingborough at the free (for 5 hours only) parking oasis that is Rushden Lakes.
Hirsute
Licence confiscated, lost his
Licence confiscated, lost his job and is being investigated on assault charges, the German authorities reacted quickly. The police here would still be debating about it and his firm would be “driver will be sent on a driver education course” Was it worth when you’re paid per hour
https://twitter.com/DougMcfarlane59/status/1679816456689573889

brooksby
David9694 wrote:Genteel, hipster-ey Frome, where the best shopping street is the car-free one:Petition launched to prevent Somerset car parking fees rising by ten per cent (on average, from the sounds of things)
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/petition-launched-prevent-somerset-car-8591669
Frome is full of ex-Londoners who sold their semi inside the M25 so they could buy a Somerset mansion.
David9694
Will someone please think of
Will someone please think of the airport drop-off / pick-up induced demand drivers?
David9694
Devon village parking row as
Devon village parking row as furious locals revolt against charges
Council leader Martin Wrigley (Lib Dem, Dawlish North East) said the council would meet the residents to work out a solution.
“I don’t think there is any quick fix to this, but we need something better,” he said.
“We Liberal Democrats were elected on the promise of a community-powered council, and what has happened here is certainly not what a community-powered council does.
“Kingskerswell is not alone. This might apply to village car parks across the patch.”
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/devon-village-parking-row-furious-8592183
https://en.parkopedia.co.uk/parking/carpark/fore_street/tq12/kingskerswell/?arriving=202307121730&leaving=202307121930 (£1.40 for the whole day)
David9694
Genteel, hipster-ey Frome,
Genteel, hipster-ey Frome, where the best shopping street is the car-free one:
Petition launched to prevent Somerset car parking fees rising by ten per cent (on average, from the sounds of things)
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/petition-launched-prevent-somerset-car-8591669
David9694
Yeah, my arse Mr Chester
Yeah, my arse Mr Chester

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