[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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[SaveTheWail]

If only someone would

If only someone would organise a ‘Drivesafe Day’, to raise awareness of how to use a motor vehicle safely.

[Awavey]

Two classics from the EADT
Two classics from the EADT today

At no point is a driver of the cars involved mentioned…unless the dogs were driving
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23355426.suffolk-two-dogs-rescued-crash-a143-rickinghall/

And in Lowestoft a mobility scooter safety day is planned
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23354990.lowestoft-serious-accident-fears-spark-mobility-scooter-event/

[andystow]

hirsute wrote:

Grimsby teenager sentenced over 100mph police chase ending in crash

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-64809523

However:

At Grimsby Crown Court, he admitted dangerous driving and was jailed for 12 months, suspended for two years.

And only a two year driving ban?! With another useless “extended retest” meaning: see if you can go a couple of hours without doing anything naughty.

It would be like taking away the right to own knives from an armed robber, but then giving them back if they can pass a culinary knife skills test. Or at least cut up a few veggies without stabbing any bystanders.

[andystow]

SaveTheWail wrote:

They recommend cyclists use the 14-mile diversion…are there really so many cyclists that they’re going to clog up all those minor roads, which are probably what the cyclists are normally mostly using anyway?

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/a435-closure-14-mile-diversion-8198055

A bit misleading. It’s only a 14 mile diversion if your destination is just at the end of the closure. If you’re starting or ending in the Cheltenham city centre, the diversion adds maybe 6.5 miles.

I still wouldn’t take it, though. There appear to be loads of minor roads that go through, the shortest adding less than two miles.

[Hirsute]

Grimsby teenager sentenced

Grimsby teenager sentenced over 100mph police chase ending in crash

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-64809523

However:

At Grimsby Crown Court, he admitted dangerous driving and was jailed for 12 months, suspended for two years.

 

[Hirsute]

Diversions are based on large
Diversions are based on large vehicles, so why would any cyclist (or pedestrian) use this 14 mile one ?

[Hirsute]

She could cycle between sites
She could cycle between sites.

[SaveTheWail]

They recommend cyclists use

They recommend cyclists use the 14-mile diversion…are there really so many cyclists that they’re going to clog up all those minor roads, which are probably what the cyclists are normally mostly using anyway?

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/a435-closure-14-mile-diversion-8198055

[HoarseMann]

Driver not disqualified

Driver not disqualified despite accruing 14 points:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11797921/Dance-school-choreographer-caught-speeding-four-times-week-Liverpool-avoids-driving-ban.html

“new to the area” and “think of the children” the key mitigating factors. They ought to add “can’t read signs” to that list too…

[David9694]

Only two BTL comments so far,

Only two BTL comments so far, people aren’t exactly flocking to this one.

[Awavey]

Ewe might think so but it
Ewe might think so but it looked rammed

[David9694]

The whole thing’s a bit

The whole thing’s a bit woolly. 

[Awavey]

“Sheep cause traffic chaos”
“Sheep cause traffic…” er think the headline writer missed a word there 🙂 https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23347757.huge-flock-escaped-sheep-cause-traffic-near-harleston/

[Awavey]

probably covered by the

probably covered by the drivers hit things thread, but 4months on police are still investigating…

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23346417.lowestoft-investigations-continue-station-square-crash/

though another driver tried to finish the job the other week https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23333386.lowestoft-station-square-crossing-damaged-crash/

[David9694]

Traders working on survival

Traders working on survival plan as collapsing cliff road could stay closed for years

The coast road to the west looks like being closed for the foreseeable and the locals are wondering what to do next  

Gosh guys, what have got here  – pokey little seaside village off the beaten track, now on a no through road 

“The town should also be marketed as a destination, rather than a place to pass through.” 

could be on to something there… there must be a way that people could get to the town, we need them to come in large numbers in the season and have an enjoyable time, there must be something, if only we could see it…

And then back to Earth with a bump:

“It was suggested that the district council be pressed to make an immediate change in car parking charges, with two hours of early-morning free parking…and to segregate car parks into “short term” and “long term” to encourage parking in the centre of the town.”

https://www.wsfp.co.uk/news/traders-working-on-survival-plan-as-collapsing-cliff-road-could-stay-closed-for-years-597136

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