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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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Residents tell of ‘nightmare
Residents tell of ‘nightmare traffic’ after road closure
“Just trying to get in and out of our driveways has become a nightmare – I’m really worried about motorbikes and e-scooters.
“When a driver stops to let you reverse you cannot see motorcyclists as they come down the road.
“Evening, trying to get on my drive I have had to put up with horn blasting and angry drivers.”
Another Upper Deacon Road resident of 21-years, who wanted to remain unnamed, said it took her around 25 minutes to travel less than a mile stretch of Upper Deacon road.
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24966597.residents-tell-nightmare-traffic-road-closure/
(One of the Spidermen didn’t turn up so I’ve gone with some cars from the actual article.)
I can’t park on my own street
I can’t park on my own street anymore – it’s all down to the tourists
With the town’s transformation, new challenges have emerged
Despite its picturesque countryside which now proves essential for Bruton’s economy, Andrew struggles to find parking space along his road.
Next up: DOGE has discovered
Next up: DOGE has discovered that federal office employees take a whopping 40% of sick days on Mondays and Fridays.
Still, all this not flying straight could actually turn out OK for Musk and Trump.
Not drivers but I had to link
Not drivers but I had to link this.
She has a bus stop outside her house! Sure, it might be quicker by car to get to Swindon for your shopping trip, but it’s not like it’s impossible for her to manage without a car…Surely she could get some supplies in Calne? There’s a bus … but of course, that only runs every 90 minutes it seems. And it’s only 13 minutes cycle to the centre, or 21 minutes / 4.4 miles to the Tescos superstore! But… look at the road you’ll be “sharing” (albeit for a short distance).
That’s the rub: in the countryside there aren’t so many people, so there aren’t the services (we’re all conditioned to expect, because the majority are urban). So people want to drive out of the countryside for their supplies / amenities / jobs.
Of course this has been an issue since William Cobbett railed about it! And after population drain from the villages to the suburbs, more recently there has been a (small) reverse migration by people to “nice places” out of town – because (via the motor vehicle) we can.
I don’t think anything much changes here in the foreseeable future. Lost cause… but *if* there were only a cycle path a couple of miles to a nearby centre perhaps a few would use it?
I’m not sure what more can be done. Clearly she’s lying when she “insisted she was taking the driving ban seriously”. Maybe confiscate her vehicle (a Nissan Qashqai, I note)?She has a bus stop outside her house! Sure, it might be quicker by car to get to Swindon for your shopping trip, but it’s not like it’s impossible for her to manage without a car…
You may be interested in this follow-up storyhttps://www.devonlive.com/news/news-opinion/devon-seafront-fines-branded-self-9973488
They argue that the blame lies with the outdated markings, which are too small for contemporary vehicles.Seems simple to me: make the parking spaces bigger (thus meaning there will be fewer parking spaces, since they’ll also have to be wider) and reduce the width of the carriageway.
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