[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]

newbankgyratory wrote:

The instance where you attempted to squeeze past three oncoming vehicles – sheer bloody-mindedness on your part – you put yourself in danger and broke someones side-mirror. Disgraceful.

cyclists should be more considerate toward drivers and all the trauma they put them through – having to worry about police visits, insurance forms, court dates, penalty points, crappy courtesy cars – all while the cyclist lounges in a hospital bed and doesn’t even pay road tax! 

[mdavidford]

Locals ‘incandescent’ about
Locals ‘incandescent’ about buses using side streets
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/25283842.oxford-residents-upset-return-buses-side-streets/

… as a diversion due to a burst water main.
The worst part? They might have to park a bit further away.
Try to stop people using the side streets as a cut through in their cars, though, and people will be up in arms about that.

[pockstone]

So, ‘Give way to oncoming

So, ‘Give way to oncoming vehicles’ actually means ‘Don’t give way to oncoming vehicles. Expect them to stop and plough on through regardless.’

If the rules on the newbankgyratory dictate that whosoever gets to the line first just sails over a giveway line, then I’ll avoid it.

That’s not how the rules of the road actually work.

[bensynnock]

An entirely cost free
An entirely cost free solution to lowering speed limits across the country is based on the fact that the signs do not specify what units they use. Simply change them all to km/h and you’ve made the roads safer and reduced pollution at zero cost.

[newbankgyratory]

Come off it. In all three

Come off it. In all three cases the oncoming vehicles were closer to the constriction than you were on your bicycle. Yes, the signage says people from your direction have priority, you should have anticipated that they were going to get there first,  and then stopped to let them get past – you’d probably get at least one cheery thank-you wave.

The instance where you attempted to squeeze past three oncoming vehicles – sheer bloody-mindedness on your part – you put yourself in danger and broke someones side-mirror. Disgraceful.

 

 

 

[Bungle_52]

brooksby wrote:

Common road signs that drivers are still confused by – do you know what they mean? How many can you correctly identify? (Sun)

https://www.thesun.co.uk/motors/35644066/common-road-signs-quiz-test/

What’s very worrying is that one of the “ten most commonly misunderstood” signs is this one:

 

 

Well that would explain these then.

https://road.cc/content/news/near-miss-day-520-cyclist-hit-coming-under-bridge-280003
https://upride.cc/incident/fails-to-cede-priority-at-bridge/
https://upride.cc/incident/driver-fails-to-obey-give-way-sign-forcing-cyclist-into-narrow-gap/

I assumed it was just because I was a cyclist.

PS these aren’t the only times it has happened but the two upride videos are the only ones the police have taken action on.

[David9694]

Some of these folk are just

Some of these folk are just one post away from “can’t you having running water wait? Drivers are being inconvenienced here, you know.”

Angry residents call Colchester roadworks ‘absolute joke’

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/25280513.angry-residents-call-colchester-roadworks-absolute-joke/

[brooksby]

No, afraid not – that “.” was

No, afraid not – that “.” was me deleting a comment I’d made after the subject turned up on the “main” Live Blog.

[David9694]

Are you getting the same

Are you getting the same double posting effect I keep getting?  There is a comment delete function, but it seems to cause the whole thread to go off line for a few seconds and you have to go in via a new window. 

[David9694]

Taxi drivers warned of

Taxi drivers warned of cyclist scam demanding money over false phone use claims after video emerges

Speaking to The Standard, Mr McNamara said the tactic used by the cyclist is becoming more common and warned those visiting the capital of “another scam”, alongside the likes of phone snatching and overpriced pedicabs.

https://www.taxi-point.co.uk/post/taxi-drivers-warned-of-cyclist-scam-demanding-money-over-false-phone-use-claims-after-video-emerges

how has the cyclist’s footage ended up on the internet?  

edit – Rendel says 

“Checked out the @hanadhendrix account on Twitter from which this video emanates, it’s basically a total spoof from a wannabe comedian who advertises his videos as “Watch me pretend to be CyclingMikey!”  Not surprised that the viciously anti-cyclist LTDA tried to portray it as something that cyclists were actually doing; a bit disappointed that road.ccdidn’t do a brief investigation which would’ve proved that it’s bollocks.”

(See also https://www.tiktok.com/@hanadhendrix – the story is still there on the Evening Standard site)

[David9694]

The episode seems mighty

The episode seems mighty fishy to me; even the Daily Mail’s write-up is hedging it. 

Pedicabs aren’t taking journeys away from cabbies to any noticeable degree, are they? 

Still, RCC have featured the story now, so we can all weigh in over there. 

[brooksby]

David9694 wrote:

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[brooksby]

Common road signs that

Common road signs that drivers are still confused by – do you know what they mean? How many can you correctly identify? (Sun)

https://www.thesun.co.uk/motors/35644066/common-road-signs-quiz-test/

What’s very worrying is that one of the “ten most commonly misunderstood” signs is this one:

 

 

[David9694]

one for the “stuff I’ve had

one for the “stuff I’ve had chucked at me by car occupants” column, wherever it’s gone

Mother tells of child’s trauma after rock hurled from bridge

Suddenly, an almighty crash was heard and the windscreen was smashed (“smashed” doing a bit of heavy lifting here).

“I have even written to Gosport MP, Caroline Dinenage, requesting that the bridge is removed in place of a crossing.” 

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/25281763.mother-tells-childs-trauma-rock-hurled-bridge/

[mdavidford]

Jogle wrote:

Jogle wrote:

[b]Police car wedged on hedge after leaving road[/b]

So much focus on the car, but how is the road doing after the breakup? 

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