[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 wrote:

[quote=Jogle]We already have 1,700 free parking spaces but we’re too lazy to walk and so we also want the pedestrianised road too https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgjjj0jgv2o.amp%5B/quote%5D

“Because cars can’t come up the high street, it means people don’t see the town.”

Maybe this is just me, but I tend to be able to pay more attention to what’s on the high street when I’m on foot, than when I’m concentrating on driving.     

[Jogle]

We already have 1,700 free
We already have 1,700 free parking spaces but we’re too lazy to walk and so we also want the pedestrianised road too

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgjjj0jgv2o.amp

[David9694]

Driver whinge-fest here.

Driver whinge-fest here.  About what?  The pitch seems to be “I come here every day and I’m worried about the effect of the pot holes on my suspension” and repeat. 

Forestry England car parks in New Forest branded ‘dangerous’ and ‘horrendous’ amid plans to introduce charges

 

https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/horrendous-state-of-forest-car-parks-amid-introduction-of-9446356/

[David9694]

“Don’t  live near a river,

“Don’t live near a river, then” would be the standard driver response when anyone else is affected by cars. 

Public anger leads to extraordinary Tamar crossings meeting

Negative reaction to an unpopular proposal will see a joint Cornwall and Plymouth committee hold a special meeting in the new year

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/public-anger-leads-extraordinary-tamar-10707911

Not sure how holding another meeting is going to get you any closer to making ends meet, guys. A lot of bellyaching over an additional £14.40 per year by people who can afford to run a car, and clearly drive it regularly. 

 

[David9694]

Actually if I means I can go

Actually if I means I can go past The Farmers Dog at full speed and not have slow down, here is one speed limit I’m opposed to.  

Also, there was a story this week saying that he’d banned over 400 people – does anyone know if there’s a form you have to fill out, or something?  

Plans for 30mph speed limits outside Jeremy Clarkson’s pub

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/25709315.plans-30mph-speed-limits-outside-jeremy-clarksons-pub/

[David9694]

Drivers (allegedly) doing bad

Drivers (allegedly) doing bad thing is good reason to re-open closed road. 

Drivers ‘rat-run’ through hospital to dodge Exeter road closure

A consultation is to begin in the New Year over the controversial move which has pitted cyclists against motorists

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/drivers-rat-run-through-hospital-10711403

You can’t have nice things, not in Exeter. 

[Rendel Harris]

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A man spent £30,000 of his savings on a failed legal battle “for justice” over a £100 speeding fine.[/quote]

Richard Keedwell, 71, said a “seriously flawed” legal system meant fighting the fine had taken nearly three years and used up his sons’ inheritance money.[/quote]

There is definitely something seriously flawed here Richard, but I don’t think it’s the legal system in this case. What a chump. Many years ago I got a ticket for entering a bus lane on my motorcycle (this was before nearly all bus lanes in London were opened to motorcyclists) and I thought of challenging it on the (true) grounds that I had moved into it to get out of the way of a blue light ambulance. Mrs H quite rightly dissuaded me by pointing out that a) I was legally in the wrong despite trying to do the right thing and b) “Think about how many times you’ve probably done something similar and got away with it”. 

[David9694]

Ah, the innocent motorist,

Ah, the innocent motorist, never once in 40 years has he gone so much as 1 mph over a posted limit 

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-49641063

[David9694]

OnYerBike wrote:

[quote=OnYerBike]Police stop driver balancing sofa on car roof https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cp8z6m2n113o%5B/quote%5D

did they take him to the custody suite? ???

[OnYerBike]

Police stop driver balancing
Police stop driver balancing sofa on car roof

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cp8z6m2n113o

[David9694]

The road in front of me was

The road in front of me was blocked by barriers and people trying to fix something and it made me angry that there were other people on the road that was just for me…

Dorset Council campaign to stop highway worker abuse

Construction supervisor, Ben, said: “The worst part is that we’ve started to normalise abuse.

“We come to work almost expecting to be shouted at or told what we do is worthless.”

Ben described witnessing verbal and physical abuse towards colleagues as “unsettling.”

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/25702772.dorset-council-campaign-stop-highway-worker-abuse/

[HLaB]

I’m not local nor have Ive

I’m not local nor have Ive not seen the application.  Is the application/s one without parking to encourage folk to shop local without impacting on the road network substantially or is it a development with parking sprawl which will cause problems like you describe, especially with that bypass enabling them to get out of town quickly.  Messed up parking standards without good alternatives (local shops and good public transport, just leads to uncontrolled parking sprawl too :-/

[HLaB]

If you are under age, don’t
If you are under age, don’t click (it is on a national news website though, so someone must think the story is ok)
https://news.stv.tv/west-central/man-sped-to-escape-police-after-being-caught-using-sex-toy-in-car?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwdGRjcAOucmljbGNrA65yN2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHixkVED5sT39jSwJsCIJQCX86wk5RBbvzUGdmZIb0kRqH6UjfjGu_NQFoxDi_aem_Ncxi5yC464IXEvvGST6cUA

[HLaB]

Maybe but the press will stir

Maybe but the press will stir it up into them being victimised (sit back and wait for it),  despite there usually being at least 110% + 2 mph leeway before being charged.

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HLaB wrote:

So you were going too fast for the conditions but 10secs before we told you so.  Sit back and wait for the media to blow it up into a substantial and concertive attack on motorists :-/ 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70rk80p9eqo

To be fair, the article says “some drivers were incorrectly identified as speeding after the limit had changed” – so the suggestion is they were abiding by the updated speed limit, but the cameras hadn’t got the memo yet.

On the other hand, the whole point of variable speed limits is that it allows you to set an appropriate speed in advance, to reduce the impact of something happening out of sight down the road – so a driver driving in excess of a variable speed limit 10 seconds before they were told would not necessarily have any visual cue to indicate their speed is too fast for the conditions. 

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