[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]

Pub to dump ‘bullish’ parking

Pub to dump ‘bullish’ parking firm after too many customers fined

The landlord explained why he had to hire them, but has now ‘had enough’. One fed-up customer backed by the landlord is set to fight the firm in court.

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/pub-dump-bullish-parking-firm-10501463

interesting, slightly different perspective on this hardy perennial. 

Pubbie: “Cyclists, walkers, people at the football. One day I had 30 cars in the car park but hardly any customers in. I started watching on the CCTV. It was affecting my business.”

A bit from a fed up customer who it sounds like has got a mismatched number plate – from what I see of this, a driver doesn’t get any sort of receipt from the reg number device. 

“Joe said he is expecting to go to court in six months’ time to continue his fight against the parking charge which he said he will do “out of principle”. He said: “I know I was a customer in the pub and I have two witnesses that I entered my registration. It’s a principle of fairness and what’s right. It’s not a financial thing at all.”

However, Joe said the past 18 months have caused him a great deal of stress, in addition to medical issues he has had during this time. “I am a 73 year old retired pensioner, a qualified doctor and law abiding citizen who has never knowingly broken the law,” Joe said.

“I also have prostate cancer, am awaiting surgery and have an aortic aneurysm. These past 18 months have caused me a great deal of stress.”

 

[mdavidford]

David9694 wrote:

Pub to dump ‘bullish’ parking firm

Are they based in Guadalajara by any chance?

[David9694]

Drivers in England issued

Drivers in England issued major warning over speed limit change ‘no one wants’

The Labour Party government has given councils and local authorities the power to make their own decisions on speed limits, and some parts of the country could see 20mph limits introduced

Could this, doing the rounds yet again, be the sound of drivers, who kill 1,600 people a year objecting to a safety improvement – why yes, yes it could.  

“Here’s a question for you. Speed limits are just that, limits. So say I don’t feel comfortable driving at 20mph on your new limits. Who’s to say I can’t drive at 5/10mph?”  (Be my guest – you do it enough in one of your traffic jams, just make sure you move over for overtaking cyclists.)

“You’re implementing 20mph speed limits regardless of what the actual residents of Wirral want. A VERY SMALL and vocal minority are in favour of these changes,” a second fumed.

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/uk-news/drivers-england-issued-major-warning-32445077

When the annual seriously injured number is down to four figures (approaching 30k in 2023) then maybe, just maybe drivers, can have a legitimate say in these things.

[David9694]

0 comments. You’d have

0 comments. You’d have thought the “what about the disabled?” crowd would be all over this. 

My child has a disability – where can they go to play?

To be asked to be the disability champion for the park was an amazing feeling. We still have a way to go, and our next fight is for access from the car park to the park, which currently needs remodelling, as for those with disabilities, it’s unsafe.

However, whilst this is one success story, too many parks are being modernised without inclusivity in mind.

Why is this not automatic, and I don’t mean one roundabout in a park which can accommodate a wheelchair, I mean every park to accommodate every child, no matter their ability.

People talk about children needing to be out more, more fresh air, more activity, but I ask the authorities to ask themselves this: where do children with disabilities go to play?

https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/25461581.child-disability—can-go-play/

[David9694]

why it always surprises me

why it always surprises me that politicians court the driver vote – there is nothing you can ever do to make drivers happy 

‘Absolute muppets’: Bridge fully reopens after nightmare closure but people aren’t holding back in their reactions

The public have been praised for their ‘resilience’ but many people aren’t happy at how long the work took

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/absolute-muppets-bridge-fully-reopens-10498059?int_source=nba

[Jogle]

On this and the “Car Crashes
On this and the “Car Crashes Into” thread we quite often talk about headlines trying to absolve the driver of any involvement in the incident but I think this one takes three biscuit…..

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/perth-network-rail-b2824637.html

[David9694]

Medway Council’s School

Medway Council’s School Streets Scheme to expand to four new schools on September 29

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/it-s-about-time-school-streets-traffic-ban-to-be-rolled-329798/

How much do drivers have to take the piss out of local residents twice daily on the so called school run? Well, this amount to earn a ban 8-9 and 3-4.  

[David9694]

Once in a while you get a

Once in a while you get a story that sums-up how cars trap everybody – you’re either in a car, or off the road. 

Dead cat and near misses on ‘ridiculously fast’ Devon road

‘To expect people to walk on a road where the legal limit is 60mph just seems like insanity’

Another resident, Rosie Anderson, who has lived in St Giles for 10 years, doesn’t let her children walk into St Giles village to catch the school bus, despite it being just a ten minute walk.

“It’s such a dangerous road that we can’t walk there, we have to get in our cars to get to the village. The kids can’t walk to the school bus because the road is so narrow and bendy and fast.”

By driving, Rosie admits that she may be adding to the issue, but she’d rather drive than put her children in danger.

“There’s no way I’d let my children walk there, which is crazy because it’s less than a ten minute walk. It’s a shame that they miss out on that freedom and independence,” she said. “They should be able to just come home and let themselves in, it does add to the problem because I’m also driving up and down the road so it all compounds.”

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/dead-cat-near-misses-ridiculously-10487104

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZVYENER4U2tkWyP97?g_st=ipc 

Disused railway and station for the bonus https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=14.8&lat=50.69189&lon=-4.32476&layers=193&b=ESRIWorld&o=100

[Mr Blackbird]

The farmer literally ploughed
The farmer literally ploughed into the van.

[David9694]

Call to stop ‘ridiculous’

Call to stop ‘ridiculous’ holiday parking in Cornwall coastal town

There are growing demands for action – even red lines – from locals blaming tourists and blue badge holders. ‘It’s gone beyond an inconvenience, it’s fully dangerous.’

Another [Facebook poster] said: “Surely it would make more sense to eliminate the winter patrols which would at least allow double the patrols in the summer when frankly it would be more relevant to the chaos we see during this period. You could go even further and stop spring and autumn which would then see a four-fold in summertime patrols.”

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/call-stop-ridiculous-holiday-parking-10485674?int_source=nba

[David9694]

It’s not in anyone’s way

It’s not in anyone’s way

nobody minds 

l’ve just got to nip in here

it’s only for a minute

If there’s a problem, I’ll move it 

where am I supposed to leave it? 
 

Firefighters in Ramsgate free man on mobility scooter stuck between parked car and wall

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/firefighters-called-as-mobility-scooter-wedged-between-parke-329602/

[Hirsute]

This tractor should have been

This tractor should have been wearing hiviz. No good being green against a green background.

[David9694]

I see the destructive impact

I see the destructive impact of fatal car crashes first-hand and the stupid drivers that cause them

Birmingham was once celebrated as ‘motor city’ but now it has a much darker relationship with cars

Quite often dangerous drivers are normal, law-abiding people in most other aspects of their lives. Workers, students, parents.

They didn’t set out on the day in question to hurt anyone and in most cases they never knew their victims unless they were their own passengers.

But they usually have one fatal flaw in common: selfishness.

BMWs seem to be the most common. Audis, VW Golfs, the odd Mercedes and SEAT Leon as well.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/see-destructive-impact-fatal-car-32387807?int_source=nba

[David9694]

mdavidford wrote:

Poor bloke is too old and confused to understand a few signs… but fine to be driving. 🤷‍♂️

Of all the places to be policing drivers so closely (and fining them) it turns out to be the airports. Given what the wider world is like, no wonder there’s such outrage. 

Maybe Gary won’t try to cheapskate himself an airport pick up from his old man in future?

[mdavidford]

Poor bloke is too old and

Poor bloke is too old and confused to understand a few signs… but fine to be driving. 🤷‍♂️

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