[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]

A yellow sticker on each

A yellow sticker on each windscreen would have been nice or a night’s work for a tow truck even better. 

[JustTryingToGetFromAtoB]

A minority in Cleveland need
A minority in Cleveland need to get a new hobby:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-65155462

[IanMSpencer]

The driver of this Focus
The driver of this Focus failed to stop for Police in Salford this evening. He ran off with the car keys and his drugs but fortunately for us, he left his mum, who wasn’t to impressed, in the car for us to talk to! Vehicle seized. #Driveinsured
@DriveInsured #GMP #Salford

The driver of this Focus failed to stop for Police in Salford this evening. He ran off with the car keys and his drugs but fortunately for us, he left his mum, who wasn’t to impressed, in the car for us to talk to! Vehicle seized. #Driveinsured @DriveInsured #GMP #Salford pic.twitter.com/lA7BsZNu0C

— GMP Traffic (@gmptraffic) April 1, 2023

What happened to your quality criminal of yore?

[belugabob]

It makes a change for drivers
It makes a change for drivers to underestimate the size of their appendages…

[IanMSpencer]

David9694 wrote:

David9694 wrote:

Alleged camber issue not obvious in the picture; would it not be easier to close the road all together, rather than have all the broken wing mirrors? 

Well the bollards are wearing hi-viz.

Given that the average motorist is not up to the challenge of judging 1.5 metres, 5cm is probably a challenge too far.

[ktache]

Surely the wearing of hiviz

Surely the wearing of hiviz and mounting a bicycle is enough…

[David9694]

Alleged camber issue not

Alleged camber issue not obvious in the picture; would it not be easier to close the road all together, rather than have all the broken wing mirrors? 

[David9694]

Man gets on bike:

Man gets on bike:

Somerset scientist invents potion to make people invisible

https://www.northsomersettimes.co.uk/news/23422397.somerset-scientist-invents-potion-make-people-invisible/

?

[Hirsute]

Wing Mirrors !

Wing Mirrors !

https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/south-london-street-littered-20-26599791

“A road in South London has been blighted with ‘at least 20 smashed wing mirrors’ after a ‘botched’ batch of new bollards led scores of drivers to misjudge the narrow gap.”

[David9694]

‘Selfish cow’ written on mum

‘Selfish cow’ written on mum’s car window in Westcountry town

Tensions over parking are growing in this Westcountry town

Not sure what this is all about, here in genteel Topsham; it’s a 1 hour parking restriction 9-5;  the van near the end of the row belongs to Arthur’s. 

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/selfish-cow-written-mums-car-8311775

[brooksby]

David9694 wrote:

Campaigners to stage seafront ‘park in’ against road changes

The protest will see people park their cars as they used to along the seafront – and leave them there

This is what it comes down to – the “right” of drivers to park on the seafront with the Daily Mail and a flask of tea.

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/campaigners-stage-seafront-park-in-8306094

I wonder whether the council will be able to ticket them for illegal parking…

[David9694]

Southampton cemetery bollards

Southampton cemetery bollards plans: Families stage protest

state of this – another driver sit in. 

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23425825.southampton-cemetery-bollards-plans-families-stage-protest/

[chrisonabike]

JustTryingToGetFromAtoB wrote

JustTryingToGetFromAtoB wrote:

“The scheme has also resulted in a serious visual impact on the seafront” A bigger visual impact than motor vehicles? Tell me your argument is bullshit without telling me it’s bullshit

There’s some fascinating psychology here but the ubiquitous becomes invisible.  (The interesting bits are the excellent heuristic shortcuts discovered by evolution to save our fairly meagre reserves of attention and how that plays out).  People literally cannot see the motor vehicles – or the vast spaces dedicated to them [1] [2] – because this is “how it is”.

Also motor vehicles tend to “average out” because over the course of the day you’ll see different ones.  While infra is always there, in the same position.  I think this is part of the reason people so object to the cycle hangars.  First they’re primed to attend to them because “new” and “objectionable” – negative emotions attached to something are a powerful trigger.  Then they’re “always there” when we look.  I’m sure if there were enough and they stayed they’d become invisible eventually however.

A similar but opposite effect is shown in SMIDSY cases.  There we only “see” what we are looking for even though our eyes are pointed at other things.  In that scenario people are only looking for motor vehicles.  The rest of the time we rather ignore roads and cars in our vision.  It’s maybe not so difficult: they’re distinct from natural artefacts, with square shapes and straight lines.  Rather ugly actually…

[JustTryingToGetFromAtoB]

David9694 wrote:

David9694 wrote:

Campaigners to stage seafront ‘park in’ against road changes

The protest will see people park their cars as they used to along the seafront – and leave them there

This is what it comes down to – the “right” of drivers to park on the seafront with the Daily Mail and a flask of tea.

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/campaigners-stage-seafront-park-in-8306094

“The scheme has also resulted in a serious visual impact on the seafront”

A bigger visual impact than motor vehicles? Tell me your argument is bullshit without telling me it’s bullshit

[David9694]

Campaigners to stage seafront

Campaigners to stage seafront ‘park in’ against road changes

The protest will see people park their cars as they used to along the seafront – and leave them there

This is what it comes down to – the “right” of drivers to park on the seafront with the Daily Mail and a flask of tea.

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/campaigners-stage-seafront-park-in-8306094

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