[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]

But but why have they put a
But but why have they put a road there if you’re not meant to drive on it? How am I supposed to take in all these signs, watch out for cars, pedestrians, motorbikers and cyclists AND keep to the speed limit (while balancing my coffee, checking the sat-nav, telling the kids in the back to stop fighting and worrying about what we’re going to eat this evening?

Actually – in one sense in the UK with the cultural norms we have those are valid complaints. We could bridge the gap between legal expectation and daily reality by applying something like “sustainable safety” principles. Reduce the cognitive workload for drivers, prevent some foreseeable mistakes and also improve training for better understanding of the level of attention required for this task…

Then after that nick and ban anyone still incapable.

[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

https://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/battle-rumbles-on-as-inconsiderate-neighbour-blocks-access-9321412/

[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? 

https://news.sky.com/story/passenger-drop-off-fees-increased-at-more-than-a-third-of-uk-airports-12920141

[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

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