[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]

Cornwall ‘cash cow’ car park

Cornwall ‘cash cow’ car park charge increases spark rebellion in Penzance

“Penzance has got high deprivation – the people from estates like Treneer should be able to drive to the beach and they can’t.” 

“You can’t get a bus if you’ve got three children and surfboards.”

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornwall-cash-cow-car-park-8527216

[andystow]

Jogle wrote:

Jogle wrote:

[b]BMW motorist drove erratically and refused breathalyser test[/b]

[Quote]A man who refused to take an evidential breath test after being spotted driving erratically has been banned from driving for four years.

Wow, he must have really annoyed someone to get a four year ban.

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/bmw-motorist-drove-erratically-refused-8528170%5B/quote%5D
He’d have got a shorter ban for killing a cyclist!

[Jogle]

BMW motorist drove
[b]BMW motorist drove erratically and refused breathalyser test[/b]

A man who refused to take an evidential breath test after being spotted driving erratically has been banned from driving for four years.

Wow, he must have really annoyed someone to get a four year ban.

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/bmw-motorist-drove-erratically-refused-8528170

[Steve K]

hawkinspeter wrote:

chrisonatrike wrote:

Bloody sheep, why should they have their own expensive road, bet those flocks don’t even have to pass a droving test…

I once got overtaken by a sports car driven by a sheep in a tight swimsuit.

It was a lamb-bikini

I was overtaken by a French snail speeding in a sports car with a massive letter S on the side.  I thought – look at that S car go.

[hawkinspeter]

David9694 wrote:

They seem to have made up a new road sign. 

Have they got a warning sign for BMWs or is it just Fords?

[David9694]

They seem to have made up a

They seem to have made up a new road sign. 

[David9694]

Sandbanks Ferry suspended

Sandbanks driver was buying ice cream when car rolled into sea

Edit / follow up

Witness Heidi Garsden, 36, a prison officer, said: “The lady went inside to buy an ice cream and when she came back the car was gone.

“The car was bobbing around in the water for a bit before it sank.

“It must have been heartbreaking for her to watch.”

The driver is believed to have left the scene after being picked up by friends after the incident.

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23593463.sandbanks-driver-buying-ice-cream-car-rolled-sea/

Sandbanks Ferry suspended after car stuck in water

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-65921815

[wycombewheeler]

brooksby wrote:

Surgeon caught speeding dodges road ban as it would have ‘life threatening’ consequences for patients

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/22674101/professor-caught-speeding-avoids-driving-ban-patients/

Professor Chris Peach, 47, was facing a minimum six month ban under the totting up procedure after he was clocked exceeding the 70mph limit on a motorway.

But the married father of three successfully appealed to keep his licence under exceptional hardship rules by claiming that patients and colleagues would ”suffer” if he was not able to drive to hospital during emergencies.

…

Stockport magistrates heard Peach who lives in Hale, near Altrincham, Cheshire, was caught on camera on July 22 last year driving his Land Rover Discovery at 89 mph between junctions 16 and 17 on the southbound section of the M5 near Tortworth, Gloucestershire.

And just to be clear, those emergencies: his defence explained that he’s on call one night in 12 and on one weekend in 12 and taxis are apparently too unreliable and what if something like the Manchester Arena bombing happened and he couldn’t get there because the taxi was delayed, m’lud? 

(edited)

judge should have told him to book a travelodge room when on call with the money he saves by not running a car

[HoldingOn]

Jogle wrote:

Jogle wrote:

If the livestock won’t wear hi-viz or helmets and won’t follow the Highway Code, why should we expect that they’ll take any notice of those signs?

Drivists don’t need to wear hi-viz or helmets?

oh wait – I see what you mean now….

[Jogle]

David9694 wrote:

David9694 wrote:

New A30 signs to stop people crashing into animals

More than 200 incidents involving livestock straying onto the busy stretch of road were recorded last year

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/a30-road-signs-warn-drivers-8523071

If the livestock won’t wear hi-viz or helmets and won’t follow the Highway Code, why should we expect that they’ll take any notice of those signs?

[David9694]

New A30 signs to stop people

New A30 signs to stop people crashing into animals

More than 200 incidents involving livestock straying onto the busy stretch of road were recorded last year

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/a30-road-signs-warn-drivers-8523071

[Geoff Ingram]

Milk and Alcohol: obviously a

Milk and Alcohol: obviously a Dr. Feelgood fan.

[hawkinspeter]

chrisonatrike wrote:

Bloody sheep, why should they have their own expensive road, bet those flocks don’t even have to pass a droving test…

I once got overtaken by a sports car driven by a sheep in a tight swimsuit.

It was a lamb-bikini

[chrisonabike]

Hirsute wrote:

Hirsute wrote:

Two black SUV drivers who saw the No Entry signs at Dunquin saying ‘Route for Pedestrians & Sheep only’ & decided it didn’t apply to them, one burnt out their clutch trying to reverse up before getting rescued by tractor

Bloody sheep, why should they have their own expensive road, bet those flocks don’t even have to pass a droving test…

Chapeau to the tractor driver there though; that looks like a tow-er de force.

[David9694]

I went to the supermarket to

I went to the supermarket to stock up on laughing emojis – this is the scene 

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