[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]

I think we have a lot in

I think we have a lot in common with equestrians – like our lives on country roads are made difficult and dangerous by drivers being the main one. Despite the lack of any threat from me ( none in relative terms)  I have found one or two to a bit eggy. Call out is key, near enough to be heard, but not when there’s no time to act. Like them we are misunderstood – posh or something holding up owners of £20,000 vans, etc. 

[chrisonabike]

Horsists are a tricky one for
Horsists are a tricky one for me. After all, bridle paths weren’t built for cyclists! I’m a confirmed “poor man’s nag” type now but I try to have some regard for horsists. Apart from anything else I’ve been told that recumbents are like kryptonite for them and are guaranteed to give them a bad trip. (Not tested – I’ve been careful to stop and dismount as soon as I’ve seen them to prove it’s a human there not a tiger).

On the other hand it is also like balancing yourself atop an original mini (similar weight) but your vehicle can now get startled. It’s that which gives me pause. So along with “cycling menace” we should consider the baseline rates of eg. horses getting spooked by dogs (or anything at all), people getting thrown / falling off and any other people injured when they run amok (likely very few but I’ve no idea).

[David9694]

Up until last year the

Up until last year the seafront has remained largely unchanged. 

apart from when the arches were installed at the pier end of The Beach when the road was widened in the 1990s.

Previous road widening had left unsightly concrete pillars holding up the road and the arches were a huge improvement.

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/whats-on/clevedon-seafront-heyday-before-diggers-8070887

[IanMSpencer]

We should have another column
We should have another column for horse riders and their problems. Motorists kill or injure about 4 horses a week apparently, but cyclists…

I googled to find how many horses had been killed by cyclists, but couldn’t find an example (though I did find a news story of my ex-wife’s cousin’s wife being thrown from her horse after an incident with cyclists which I now vaguely remember hearing about at a family funeral) but I did find examples of cyclists being killed by horses.

[David9694]

I bit. 

I bit. 

[wtjs]

‘I can’t believe it’s

‘I can’t believe it’s happened again’: Owner’s disbelief after BMW obliterates shop

Those zany BMW guys, eh?

[wtjs]

cyclists should be made to

cyclists should be made to display a number plate etc 

Why not a law that they have to possess a certificate of roadworthyness renewed every year, and some sort of yearly tax on the vehicle, enforced by the police and some national agency?

[chrisonabike]

But but it’s not safe to walk
But but it’s not safe to walk because of all the cars…

Given the general usefulness of the car, once you’ve got one you’ll find little incentive to use other modes. And if you “need” it at some point during the day it’s simpler to set out with it.

Speaking as one of those grumpy kids whose parents made them walk or get the bus to school never mind the weather, even though they had cars…

[Awavey]

“…although for some parents

“…although for some parents, the approximately 20-minute walk is too much”

though I expect without some irony these “some parents” reaction is walk for 20mins ? I might as well leave the car at home…

[Hirsute]

One dad claimed there is

One dad claimed there is nowhere suitable to park to pick up his daughter and that the current situation is ‘unfair on council tax payers’

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/angry-plymouth-parents-nowhere-park-8054202

“Plymouth City Council also said it has provided a free pick-up and drop-off parking in William Road Prance car park, which is about a five minute walk away from the school.”

5 minutes – that’s a lifetime and it’s too far to walk and what if its raining ?

[ktache]

I have been seeing this a lot

I have been seeing this a lot.

[David9694]

cyclists should be made to

cyclists should be made to display a number plate etc 

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/police-issue-warning-devon-drivers-8079714

[andystow]

Argos74 wrote:

[url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/i-cant-believe-its-happened-25908116?int_source=nba#comments-wrapper]’I can’t believe it’s happened again’: Owner’s disbelief after BMW obliterates shop[/url]

The BTL comments made me chuckle.

Failed to negotiate this very slight bend in the road.

https://goo.gl/maps/ovcco7x4tKgrYfbz6

[Argos74]

‘I can’t believe it’s

[url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/i-cant-believe-its-happened-25908116?int_source=nba#comments-wrapper]’I can’t believe it’s happened again’: Owner’s disbelief after BMW obliterates shop[/url]

The BTL comments made me chuckle.

[JustTryingToGetFromAtoB]

festina wrote:

festina wrote:

Not like anyone in Westbury on Trim isn’t short of a few quid for parking.

If someone can’t afford a quid to park, then I’m pretty confident they can’t afford to maintain the car properly and shouldn’t be driving.

That said, I don’t think anyone moaning here is struggling to afford it. They are just peeved that a subsidy to their car entitlement is being removed.

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