[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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[Jogle]

Earby man banned from the
[b]Earby man banned from the road after trying to help at crash[/b]

So you’re caught over the drink drive limit after stopping your car to help after a crash. How do you defend such a charge?

Start with

Lister had pleaded not guilty on the basis he had been drinking after stopping his car.

And, if that doesn’t work, try a bit of whataboutary:

Michelle Man, defending, said the driver of the crashed vehicle was also breathalysed and gave a much higher reading than her client.

https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/23393386.earby-man-banned-road-trying-help-crash/

[David9694]

Clarkson’s Farm TV series

Clarkson’s Farm TV series ‘misleading’, says West Oxfordshire District Council

Thie farm’s dealings with the local authority sounds suitably  knockabout and chaotic.  Er , yes Mr spokesman, I don’t think people want an hour of your planning meeting: 

“In a statement, a WODC spokesperson said: “The planning meeting shown in Clarkson’s Farm ran for well over an hour but was covered in a matter of minutes in the show”.

https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2023-03-08/clarksons-farm-tv-series-misleading-says-west-oxfordshire-district-council

Clarkson’s Farm: 7 ‘fake’ things Jeremy Clarkson doesn’t show you about Diddly Squat Farm

Lifelong Clarkson fan pays a visit, struggles to conceal his disappointment. 

https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/clarksons-farm-7-fake-things-8230596

EDIT : item on Sky News saying a West Oxon Cllr has received a death threat re all of the above. Nice lot, aren’t they? 
 

another edit: 

Resident blasts ‘motorheads’ who visit Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat farm shop

https://www.oxfordshirelive.co.uk/news/oxfordshire-news/resident-blasts-motorheads-who-visit-8252258

[Awavey]

Lincolnshire Police promoting

Lincolnshire Police promoting Op Snap with their Dodgy Driving volume 3 compilation (there is one 1 cyclist cam video in it) https://www.lincs.police.uk/news/lincolnshire/news/2023/mar-2023/operation-snap/

also are we surprised or not the number of Audis involved in these 🙂

[brooksby]

TrollsandPBUsWelcome wrote:

Don’t wear a hairclip when driving.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-64966149

Nothing to do with

“In the thick fog I couldn’t see clearly and I came to an unexpected bend. I tried to brake and make the turn on time, but I lost control of the car and it skidded across to the other side of the road.

“I think I hit a tree, which caused the car to flip – the police said it flipped 50 metres,” she said.

BBC and Jeena Panesar wrote:

… she lost control of her car in thick fog on a country road, in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, in January.

[she] said the car skidded, hit a tree and flipped for 50m (164ft), coming to a stop on its roof.

Erm – so how fast was she driving in that thick fog, exactly…?

[Hirsute]

“A motorist is more likely to

“A motorist is more likely to make national news headlines if he knocks over a nine year-old girl’s snowman than if he knocks over a nine year-old girl. Fact.”

A motorist is more likely to make national news headlines if he knocks over a nine year-old girl’s snowman than if he knocks over a nine year-old girl.

Fact. pic.twitter.com/h4LOi8gDrE

— Jon Burke 🌍 (@jonburkeUK) March 15, 2023

[Hirsute]

Baby hospitalised in

Baby hospitalised in collision with bike hanger that ‘council was warned could be dangerous’

Baby hospitalised in collision with bike hanger that ‘council was warned could be dangerous’

Good job that in the long parking bay that there were no cars she could have crashed into. Oh wait, crashing into parked cars is normal.

 

 

[Hirsute]

Don’t wear a hairclip when

Don’t wear a hairclip when driving.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-64966149

Nothing to do with

“In the thick fog I couldn’t see clearly and I came to an unexpected bend. I tried to brake and make the turn on time, but I lost control of the car and it skidded across to the other side of the road.

“I think I hit a tree, which caused the car to flip – the police said it flipped 50 metres,” she said.

 

[David9694]

Ah nuts! Comments closed as a

Ah nuts! Comments closed as a result almost certainly due to mad driver posters –  AGAIN!

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23386155.legal-action-taken-council-keyhole-bridge/#comments-anchor

[David9694]

£2.50 to park after 6 pm.  

£2.50 to park after 6 pm.  
I’m old enough to remember when £2.50 really would have got you 2 pints of lager and a packet of crisps – can you get anything to drink in a pub for that much now?

Oh, don’t tell me the cost will be met from delaying buying that replacement tyre for the one that’s on 1.8mm, or that brake disc with the amber advisory. 

Wow, Mr Jones, imagine people getting things they need locally, rather than driving into Truro for them:

Cornwall Council’s proposed car park increases ‘will have serious impact’ on Truro

BID manager writes:  “Obviously our nighttime economy and leisure sectors may see a decline in customer numbers once those customers will have to pay for late afternoon / evening parking.”

Mr Jones added: “Truro’s footfall data year to date versus 2019 is tracking at -27% therefore we need to be encouraging our customers into the city centre and not potentially providing a further barrier of increasing the car park charges which may see customers choosing to shop micro local in their own villages / towns rather than popping into Truro” 

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornwall-councils-proposed-car-park-8244872

[David9694]

drivers bemoaning the absence

drivers bemoaning the absence of parking meters – say whaaaat 

Ah yes, this will be the ones who are all perfectly safe to drive Cornwall’s narrow lanes, but “Lots of confused and frustrated older customers calling in [the] shop asking what is happening with it as they either don’t have a smart phone or are confused by multiple apps and longwinded payments.”

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornwall-ticket-machines-disappear-mevagissey-8249444

[Awavey]

Curious, that shell grip
Curious, that shell grip stuff usually lasts a good while too, or at least really has to be in a poor state to resurface, no idea why it didnt go back. I’m surprised given the type of road they didn’t resort to just surface dressing as that would give you the extra grip there and seal the road from potholes like this forming

As for the pave, quite a few roads are like that near me, they did just tarmac over most of it in situe, but some of the potholes that have appeared following the blink and miss it snow we’ve had, there’s hessian sacks or sackcloth under the tarmac road surface.

[HoarseMann]

What’s a bit concerning about

What’s a bit concerning about this location is the road was re-surfaced in 2016 – but without the buff coloured anti-skid coating or the two ‘SLOW’ markings. Cost savings?!

Possibly a poor job done, as this pothole has been developing since at least 2021. The rather sad looking remains of a wheel trim serving as a ominous warning – but tantilisingly, there appears to be pavé beneath the grim surface…

[Awavey]

D’oh a deer…driver in the

D’oh a deer…driver in the countryside surprised to see deer https://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/23380264.video-herd-deer-cross-snowy-road-sea-palling-norfolk/

[David9694]

Tell me this is about

Tell me this is about compensation without telling me…

[Awavey]

thats the location, if you go

thats the location, if you go on the Suffolk CC report a pothole site its got a word for word copy of the story pinned at that locale 🙂 https://highwaysreporting.suffolk.gov.uk/?type=5&subtype=510

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