[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]

wtjs wrote:

Oh dear! Even I can’t blame this on Lancashire! Neither is Kendal in Cumbria, which no longer exists.

in a sense you could: “Cumbria Police arrested a 40-year-old man from Lancaster” 

[brooksby]

chrisonabike wrote:

I hesistate to suggest anything with the words “planning regulations” (governments with “thumping majorities” have tried and failed) … but could this in theory be handled there? 

Have you seen the local papers and/or tabloids going mad upon discovering that you need to apply to the council and pay a fee to get a dropped kerb, if you want to (legally) park on your front garden (even if you have tarmacced over it)?  Apparently that’s also a tax on motorists and an assault on the Englishman’s castle or some such…

[chrisonabike]

David9694 wrote:

David9694 wrote:

On the other hand, it increases the chances of more front gardens being paved over for car parking. These are the houses at the northern end of the parking prohibition.

I hesistate to suggest anything with the words “planning regulations” (governments with “thumping majorities” have tried and failed) … but could this in theory be handled there?  At a minimum perhaps something around “permeable hard-standing” at least to try slightly reduce water run-off?  (There are some other ideas around this – but ultimately we need fewer impermeable spaces)

OTOH if we ever manage to get traffic volumes *in* towns down could we find we have space not just for active travel, but for more permeable and green surfaces?  Seems to be the trend about 100+ years ahead of us: pocket parks here, a district here, a major junction / distributor there…

[David9694]

On the other hand, it

On the other hand, it increases the chances of more front gardens being paved over for car parking. These are the houses at the northern end of the parking prohibition. 

[brooksby]

David9694 wrote:

And there was me thinking that drivers liked getting ambulances free passage

Double yellow lines to be installed in Marks Square, Northfleet, outside ellenor Hospice’s alternative entrance

Another comment raised concerns that the double yellow lines would cause a “knock-on effect” as drivers will be “fighting” for spaces elsewhere in the area.

They added: “This proposal will make it virtually impossible for residents to even park in their own road. It has not been thought through at all.”

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/news/residents-outrage-as-double-yellow-line-proposals-approved-321061/

I liked

However, in response KCC said the local highway authority does not have an obligation to provide on-street parking as it is not the intended use of the road.

[David9694]

Double yellow lines to be

Double yellow lines to be reintroduced around Faversham Guildhall and Market Place to ‘protect’ views of town’s historic landmarks and character

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/faversham/news/we-must-stop-parked-cars-from-ruining-views-of-our-historic-321051/

interesting narrative about ANPR and blue badge holders.

[David9694]

Cumbria County Council was a

Cumbria County Council was a 1974 creation, merging the of old County Borough of Carlisle, and counties of Cumberland, and Westmorland – in which Kendal sits.  

We’ve since largely gone back to this with the old CCC area being split back into Westmorland & Furness Council and Cumberland Council.

Cumbria has a Lord Lieutenant so as you say exists still for ceremonial purposes – despite only being a C20th creation.   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbria_County_Council

[bensynnock]

Did Sellafield blow?
Did Sellafield blow?

[mdavidford]

Not to mention, as below, as

Not to mention, as below, as a policing area.

[Steve K]

wtjs wrote:

wtjs wrote:

Oh dear! Even I can’t blame this on Lancashire! Neither is Kendal in Cumbria, which no longer exists.

Continuing my pointless pedantry, although Cumbria longer exists as a local authority, I’m pretty sure it still exists as a ceremonial county.

[wtjs]

He said there was a kerb,

He said there was a kerb, footpath and fence between the car park and the playing area and “you wouldn’t anticipate any car could gain enough speed to land as it did on the pitch”

I would- I watched it happen when Garstang public toilets were demolished by a tyre-screeching car tearing across the car park into them. It’s a black BMW i40- that’s pretty much all we need to know. Notwithstanding the inevitable ‘we mustn’t speculate before all the facts are known’, the facts are very likely known already- it’s just the excuses we’re waiting for. If it was a dead cyclist he’d mostly get away with it- not so easy to get him off when it’s a 10 year old

[wtjs]

Oh dear! Even I can’t blame

Oh dear! Even I can’t blame this on Lancashire! Neither is Kendal in Cumbria, which no longer exists.

[Rendel Harris]

David9694 wrote:

I can feel the “just one of those things, very sad” narrative building already. Lancs now has its own Wimbledon. 

I fear you may be right. The police are already saying “there is no indication that this was a deliberate act” as if that makes things any better. Shocking.

[Rendel Harris]

Text of complaint sent:

Text of complaint sent:

In the BBC website’s reporting of the case of Poppy Atkinson, who was tragically killed when hit by a driver whilst at football training on March 5th, journalists have repeatedly used the phrase “killed by car”. Numerous media outlets have in the past few years changed their way of reporting such incidents so that the fault of the driver is not dehumanised and to an extent excused by saying that a person is killed by a car, not by a driver. It is very disappointing to see that the BBC have yet to adopt such a policy. If a cyclist knocked down and killed someone, you would not report it as a person “killed by a bicycle” but “killed by a cyclist”,  similarly if someone was shot by a gunman clearly you would report it as such, not “man killed by gun”.  Please review your editorial policy in relation to such incidents so that it is made clear that there is human agency involved in the tragedies rather than simply asserting that the person has been killed by the machine the human was piloting rather than the human themselves.

[David9694]

I can feel the “just one of

I can feel the “just one of those things, very sad” narrative building already. Lancs now has its own Wimbledon. 

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