[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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[brooksby]

chrisonatrike wrote:

chrisonatrike wrote:

BBC use of the Oxford bollard: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65243274 Not a bad article for the beeb – bingo list of quotes: ‘Mr Parnham says the schemes have “torn the city apart”. ‘ (How – easier to walk and cycle?) Taxpayers Alliance say “What we are against is schemes being used as cash cows.” (just don’t break the law then). Finally Lawrence Fox: “We should be seeking more freedom, not less,” – which the beeb counter with a resident’s quote pointing out more driving freedom has reduced everyone else’s freedom to do many other things, including breathe freely.

I read that earlier – I’ll be honest that this whole BBC ‘impartiality’ thing seems to me to be gradually falling apart…

[chrisonabike]

BBC use of the Oxford bollard
BBC use of the Oxford bollard:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65243274

Not a bad article for the beeb – bingo list of quotes: ‘Mr Parnham says the schemes have “torn the city apart”. ‘ (How – easier to walk and cycle?) Taxpayers Alliance say “What we are against is schemes being used as cash cows.” (just don’t break the law then). Finally Lawrence Fox: “We should be seeking more freedom, not less,” – which the beeb counter with a resident’s quote pointing out more driving freedom has reduced everyone else’s freedom to do many other things, including breathe freely.

[David9694]

helicopter much?

helicopter much?

Warning after Devon driver falls victim to ‘hidden puddle danger’

Chris Hope has hit out after his son mistook a puddle for a giant pothole that wrecked four alloys

“Driving around North Devon is like an arcade game  of swerve the pot hole, difficult in the day harder at night and impossible in the wet and dark.”

He has to MOT it to be safe to drive on the roads, pity the roads aren’t MOTd to make them safe to drive on.

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/warning-after-devon-driver-falls-8352967

[David9694]

“the roads were not built for

“the roads were not built for your hobby” 

Man drives ‘just divorced’ car through his town to mark end of 23-year marriage

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/man-drives-just-divorced-car-8356605

[Rendel Harris]

Hope he never played Chopin’s

Hope he never played Chopin’s Ballade No.4 in F minor – it would have meant four flats.

[chrisonabike]

Clearly the police wouldn’t

Clearly the police wouldn’t stand for his uprights.

250kg of piano… I hope he checked the damper pedal was working before every ascent and descent!

[Jogle]

Piano James quits JOGLE
[b]Piano James quits JOGLE charity bid after court case – found guilty of ‘driving’ piano while under influence of cannabis[/b]

https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/piano-james-quits-jogle-journey-after-court-case-found-gui-310456/

[ErnieC]

wtjs wrote:

Very entertaining, although not quite as much fun as it would have been with an Audi or BMW

or ford, kia, hyundai, mercedes, mazda, honda, totota etc etc

[wtjs]

Very entertaining, although

Very entertaining, although not quite as much fun as it would have been with an Audi or BMW

[Hirsute]

Shocking pictures – I’m

Shocking pictures – I’m shocked I tell you, shocked !

https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/gallery/shocking-pictures-show-car-submerged-26657333

” driver left their pick-up truck parked on the slipway next to the River Thames and came back to find it half submerged under the high tide.”

 

[Jogle]

Totton man rolled BMW while
[b]Totton man rolled BMW while driving without licence or insurance[/b]

Appearing at Southampton Magistrates’ Court last week, he was disqualified from driving for six months and fined £320.

Yeah, because it’s not like they would drive with no valid licence…..

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23451632.amp/

[Hirsute]

Bit of a deformed image due

Bit of a deformed image due to 360 camera but this driver is parked in a wanded cycle lane, double yellows, double kerb yellows and this is his response to Vine.

[Hirsute]

“We could of died escaping
“We could of died escaping the car”
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23454352.car-left-stranded-castlepoint-car-park-roundabout/

[Hirsute]

Bit of black humour here

Bit of black humour here

https://eu.rgj.com/story/news/2023/04/13/truck-driver-dies-after-collision-with-bicyclist-in-sparks/70113267007/

No doubt to be repeated later in the year as “cyclist kills truck driver”.

 

[Jogle]

Police pelted with items
[b]Police pelted with items during chase before fleeing car crashes into road sign[/b]

There’s now a poorly police car in North Wales

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/police-pelted-items-during-chase-26688393

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