[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]

You know, I sometimes wonder

You know, I sometimes wonder how we voted for Brexit or how we are largely ignoring an impending climate crisis and then I read comments like you are quoting and I am reminded why. 

[Hirsute]

A BRAINTREE drug dealer has

A BRAINTREE drug dealer has been jailed after he tried to escape police by driving a Land Rover along a railway line.

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/23439182.essex-drug-dealer-jailed-driving-railway-line/

Mitigation:

“defence barrister Chantel Gaber argued Francis has not repeated his behaviour since the incident.”

BUT

“Francis was eventually arrested nearly two weeks later by police and has been in custody since.”

[andystow]

The bike lane came out of

The bike lane came out of nowhere!
https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/poorly-planned-saanich-man-says-bike-lane-helped-cause-crash-cyclists-loudly-disagree/

[IanMSpencer]

It’s amazing what people will

It’s amazing what people will put on Twitter:

I fell down a Twitter rabbit hole with this thread responding to a cyclist talking about driving in a 20mph area:

Please correct me if I'm wrong but I believe you can overtake and break the speed limit temporarily if safe to do so, how do you know you were doing 20mph?, the driver has a speedometer, legally he can do 23mph 20mph+10% plus 1 in the Met Police area?

— Trevor Hutton (@trevor_hutton) April 6, 2023

Please correct me if I’m wrong but I believe you can overtake and break the speed limit temporarily if safe to do so, how do you know you were doing 20mph?, the driver has a speedometer, legally he can do 23mph 20mph+10% plus 1 in the Met Police area?

Then there is Babar who is convinced that the HWC tells you that you have an obligation to pull up and get out of the way to allow faster drivers to overtake even if they are breaking the law to do so. – in the context of the original tweet bemaoning being harrassed for driving at the 20mph limit.

Then there is Mark who is a journalist who claims to be a critical thinker who claims that: “You have a cheek criticising me over critical thinking. The roads are safe, accident levels low and everyday millions of drivers prove you wrong.” as he was claiming that 20mph limits will cause more accidents than they will save,

[wtjs]

Mercedes abandoned in flooded

Mercedes abandoned in flooded Welney Wash Road in Norfolk

Schadenfreude overload alert!

[David9694]

I sentence you to fitting 100

I sentence you to fitting 100 Scwalbe Marathons with a teaspoon for that terrible pun. 

[David9694]

Well of course, the dog might

Well of course, the dog might be blind and elderly, but it still has to eat. 

[Jogle]

Motorist to appear in court
[b]Motorist to appear in court after second arrest in two days[/b]

Vehicle seized by police after arrest for drug-driving, disqualified driving and having no insurance – just a day after allegedly attempting to deceive police with false details

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/motorist-appear-court-after-second-8328532

[David9694]

but I saw a cyclist not using

but I saw a cyclist not using the £400bn cycle lane 

Mercedes abandoned in flooded Welney Wash Road in Norfolk

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23438329.mercedes-abandoned-flooded-welney-wash-road-norfolk/

[Rendel Harris]

David9694 wrote:

Beach car park still set to charge drivers despite months of delay

why “despite the delay”, Mr Editor? The free first 20 minutes just enables the “I’ve just got to nip in here” mentality. 

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/councils-beach-car-park-still-26608871

Headline should be “Drivers enjoy an extra eight months of free parking due to delay” but that wouldn’t make them victims…

[David9694]

Neighbours strike back by

Neighbours strike back by ‘throwing rubbish back in cars’ of people littering street

People say that parking and litter are causing problems in the neighbourhood  – Manchester, which is nearly Wales. Photo. 

Neighbour Sheena Pilkington also recounts a similar interaction. She said: “There was a woman in a white Range Rover who parked up on a grass verge, and was eating her fast food before throwing the litter outside. I spoke to her and said it’s not acceptable to do it in other people’s areas’ and she gave me a ton of verbal abuse.

“I caught her on a second occasion again, and asked ‘would you do this where you live?’, and afterwards she began shouting so I threw the rubbish back in her window.”

Having lived on the street for 43 years, Sheena has watched the increasing “mudslide” outside her home where drivers have “created such a deep impact” onto the grass verges that it looks like “great big tractors have been down there”.

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/neighbours-strike-back-throwing-rubbish-26628180

‘Pointless and nasty’ parking curbs will stop poorer people enjoying Snowdonia, say critics

will someone please think of the poor hard-up drivers? 

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/pointless-nasty-parking-curbs-stop-26621046

Beach car park still set to charge drivers despite months of delay

why “despite the delay”, Mr Editor? The free first 20 minutes just enables the “I’ve just got to nip in here” mentality. 

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/councils-beach-car-park-still-26608871

[IanMSpencer]

hawkinspeter wrote:

hawkinspeter wrote:

brooksby wrote:

Fury over bike rack by Bristol church that would ‘block access for hearses’

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/fury-over-bike-rack-bristol-8312955

I actually agree with them moving the racks in this instance – Wine St has a lot more space.

As no one else has – wouldn’t that make them wine racks?

[David9694]

We overloaded the threading

We overloaded the threading ages ago I’m afraid. Requests for a fix fall on deaf ears.

[Jogle]

Ferrari F40 supercar worth
[b]Ferrari F40 supercar worth more than £1m seized by police[/b]

Well, they’re probably a bit short of cash after paying out £1m for the car.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-65172222

[Hirsute]

I like the way the foliage

I like the way the foliage covers the width restriction sign !

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