Drivers and their problems

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    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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  • #1000031
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    HoldingOn

    Speeding Inception

    Speeding Inception

    Some cop on cop speeding action from the US.

    #1000029
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    Hirsute

    Two black SUV drivers who saw
    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

    https://cdn.road.cc/wp-content/uploads/roadcc/Screenshot_20230614-210723.png

    #1000027
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    David9694

    Fit to practise? 

    Fit to practise? 

    #1000021
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    brooksby

    Surgeon caught speeding

    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? 

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    OnYerBike
    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: he’s on call one night in 12 and on one weekend in 12 and taxis are apparently too unrelieable – what if something like the Manchester Arena bombing happened and he couldn’t get there because the taxi was delayed, m’lud? 

    The nature of on-call duties usually involves dealing with traumatic injuries, including road traffic injuries.

    Who said irony was dead?

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    Jogle

    Stunned Bristol driver finds
    [b]Stunned Bristol driver finds 2ft snake peeping through car’s grille[/b]

    As if car drivers don’t have enough to worry about! Although rumour has it that the film rights have been purchased and Samuel L Jackson has been signed up to star in Snake In The Car.

    https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/stunned-bristol-driver-finds-2ft-8510566

    #1000019
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    AlsoSomniloquism

    Spot the potential three

    Spot the potential three traffic violations in the BBC video on flooding in North London.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65879069
     

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    hawkinspeter

    Modern love gets me to the

    Modern love gets me to the church on time

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-65879783

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    David9694

    I’m not in the habit of

    I’m not in the habit of stopping in lay-bys at night, but I couldn’t have told you about that one (rule 248) to be honest.

    But I definitely know rule 249 – it’s what side-lights are for, and must be a lot older? A lot of cars let you put only the relevant side on as well and battery life/ LED improvements must mean they can be on for a while – it was instant death leaving your lights on, like flooding the engine, when I learnt to drive. 

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    David9694

    UK car insurance costs set

    UK car insurance costs set for further rise in 2024

    Analysts say cost of cover could increase 14% this year fuelling industry concern over premium cancellations

    https://www.ft.com/content/8415e6b6-7aed-4c01-97a1-28cec35d503c

    (I found I got one free read before the paywall descended – not that the article says anything significant beyond the headline.)

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    wtjs

     We forgot to say that the

     We forgot to say that the owner of the coach also had a red Ferrari. Unfortunately, it had not been taxed since December 2022 and was also seized

    He should have moved to Lancashire! The Crims choice Audi A4, no MOT, insurance or VED for 3 1/2 years, reported several times (first occasion 1.7.22) and often filmed around Garstang, and this is it parked 20 yards from Garstang Police Station- a favourite police rest stop where hordes of TacOps ANPR/ video equipped police cars often hang out together avoiding work

    https://cdn.road.cc/wp-content/uploads/roadcc/PJ07NFP-NoMOTNoVEDvvl-21May23_1.jpg

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    OnYerBike
    David9694 wrote:
    Lorry driver’s fury at ‘crazy’ parking law which landed him in court

    Paul says lorry drivers are ‘easy pickings’ for over zealous law enforcement

    He said: “In 24 years since passing my test I and other drivers have never been informed of this law”. 

    He was discharged conditionally for six months, told to pay prosecution costs of £100 and a victim surcharge of £22.

    https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/lorry-drivers-fury-crazy-parking-8504266

    So what the lorry driver is saying is that in the 24 years since passing his test, he hasn’t picked up a copy of the highway code? Because it’s there in black and white (Rule 249).

    And if he thinks lorry drivers are “easy pickings”, I would suggest law enforcement would have a much easier time enforcing Rule 248 – go to any residential street at night (excluding those where most houses have driveways) and you’ll find a significant proportion of cars are parked illegally facing the wrong way. I daresay the majority of drivers are completely ignorant of that requirement. 

    https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/waiting-and-parking-238-to-252 

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    David9694

    cyclists and their problems:

    cyclists and their problems: Bike fire on Christchurch railway line causes train delays

    A spokesperson said: “We were called to Christchurch railway station at 6.46pm last night (11 June) after reports of a bicycle on fire on the line.

    “Two crews from Christchurch attended but the fire was out on arrival and the bicycle was removed by Network Rail. Our stop was at 7.38pm.”

    https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23582398.bike-fire-christchurch-railway-line-causes-train-delays/

    #1000005
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    David9694

    Letter: Bath driver hits out

    Letter: Bath driver hits out at pedestrians with earphones stepping into road

    “Not only did they not look but because they were plugged into their phones, they couldn’t hear either”

    https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/letter-bath-driver-hits-out-8506103

    #1000003
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    David9694

    Paignton party bus owner has

    Paignton party bus owner has ‘Ferrari’ towed for not paying road tax

    Some say the ‘Ferrari’ looks like a Toyota Celica badged up in a fancy suit

    follow-up story 

    As a result of mounting complaints, the party bus was towed away again last weekend, also for noise disturbances. Now it’s DJ Dickson’s car which has been impounded after it turns out it has not been taxed for months, according to the police.

    “I am planning on taking to Europe to DJ. I used to work as a HGV Class 1 lorry driver in Europe but I never got to stop and look at all the different places I travelled to. Now I will get to go back and have some holiday time and I already have some gigs lined up.” – sure you have. 

    https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/paignton-party-bus-owner-ferrari-8512117

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