[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]

Phil from Fowey : live scene 

Phil from Fowey : live scene 

(Not sure what driver route problem Phil is trying to solve by taking this road.) 

[GMBasix]

Phil Haynes wrote:

Phil Haynes wrote:

 It can add to frustrations when people use the cut-throughs and they have the right of way but people don’t know the rules of the road and don’t reverse out the way if you are on a hill.”

Beautiful!

Wait till the cognitive dissonance kicks in when Phil finds out that “right of way” doesn’t mean what he thinks it means, and he doesn’t have what he thinks he has, just because he’s “on a hill”.

[mdavidford]

I assumed that a commuter

I assumed that a commuter road was like the Room of Requirement – it travels to wherever people need to drive on it.

[HoarseMann]

and what does he mean by 

and what does he mean by ‘people don’t know the rules and don’t reverse out of the way if you are on a hill’.

I’m not really sure that is a ‘thing’. I think he’s conflating two specific points:

1. Generally, you should reverse if it makes sense for you to do so – i.e. you’ve just gone past a good passing place and it would be easier for you to reverse back than the other driver.

2. Generally, if you are coming downhill, it’s better for you to give way to the vehicle coming uphill if possible – saves on burning out their clutch trying to get going again.

Perhaps he thinks that means if you’re coming uphill you have ‘priority’, which really isn’t the case as far as I can see…

Rule 155

Single-track roads. These are only wide enough for one vehicle. They may have special passing places. If you see a vehicle coming towards you, or the driver behind wants to overtake, pull into a passing place on your left, or wait opposite a passing place on your right. Give way to road users coming uphill whenever you can. If necessary, reverse until you reach a passing place to let the other vehicle pass. Slow down when passing pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders.

[Tom_77]

David9694 wrote:

‘Disgrace’ as commuter road closed for ‘absolutely nothing’

Surprised to see this described as a commuter road, but I guess if you’re a commuter then all roads are commuter roads.

[David9694]

Traffic wardens across

Traffic wardens across Tonbridge and Malling only visit schools in pairs for fear of assault by parents

In an email to the dad, Ms Smith said: “I sympathise with the problems you have and your safety concerns.

“Civil Enforcement Officers cannot be at every location at the same time or the same location every day as there are over 40 schools in the borough and most have parking issues of some sort.

“This is further complicated where there have been threats of violence and abuse to our staff as we have to make arrangements for police support at the same time.

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/malling/news/traffic-wardens-work-in-pairs-outside-schools-due-to-violenc-320142/

[chrisonabike]

Hirsute wrote:

Hirsute wrote:

Well how do you expect her to carry a treadmill on her bike ?

[Hirsute]

Well how do you expect her to
Well how do you expect her to carry a treadmill on her bike ?

[chrisonabike]

SaveTheWail wrote:

SaveTheWail wrote:

’I literally drive to work and back, and that’s like two miles’ – and she’s a fitness instructor!  Must be too tired after a day on the treadmill or something.

After a day getting others to run on the treadmill … TBF some folks who lead classes are pretty active in them.  And maybe she has to carry a bit of her own kit with her, or doesn’t feel safe to leave the bike as opposed to a car?

However – here’s Swinton and a radius of about two miles.  Swinton appears to have a couple of train stations also – though sadly the Metrolink appears to ignore northwest and southeast.

It might be that she works to the north west – in which case perhaps those motorways are a barrier.

I’m going with “standard modern lifestyle” though.

[SaveTheWail]

‘I literally drive to work

‘I literally drive to work and back, and that’s like two miles’ – and she’s a fitness instructor!  Must be too tired after a day on the treadmill or something.  (Also, in spite of the headline, she doesn’t appear to know ‘exactly who it is’.)

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/somebody-racking-up-fines-number-30972885

[David9694]

Spare a thought for Phil from

Spare a thought for Phil from Fowey whose cut-through is closed; if only there was an alternative. He’s even done a video. 

‘Disgrace’ as commuter road closed for ‘absolutely nothing’

‘I’m disgusted really, they did not have to shut the road until the roadworks started’

“There are other cut-throughs but they are narrower and more dangerous,” Phil said. “It can add to frustrations when people use the cut-throughs and they have the right of way but people don’t know the rules of the road and don’t reverse out the way if you are on a hill.”

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/disgrace-commuter-road-closed-absolutely-9942189

[David9694]

Neighbours fear child will be

Neighbours fear child will be killed on this Stoke-on-Trent rat-run

Speeding drivers are plaguing the street

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/neighbours-fear-child-killed-stoke-9847562?int_source=nba

sounds like you may need an LTN

[David9694]

bensynnock wrote:

bensynnock wrote:

’but if cars couldn’t go faster than the speed limit how do you accelerate out of trouble…'

you’ll never get to this week’s dying relative’s bedside in time

[chrisonabike]

David9694 wrote:

David9694 wrote:

Green Party – really not sure what you stand for. 

You’d have to ask eburtthebike, but “getting into power and staying there” is likely the most important.

However – *given* motornormativity presumably “local issues” for local people?

Cllr. wrote:

For my mum, travelling from Droitwich, inadequate public transport led to her being forced to drive and the congestion added stress at an already incredibly difficult time.

“I spoke recently with a midwife who works at the hospital, and works with families and premature babies.

“She disclosed that when disclosing these babies, they have to consider the time of day as they are aware that when congestion is at its peak these newborns and their families can be stuck in traffic for over an hour and a half, which could be dangerous.

“How horrific that families and hospital staff are having to consider this when making choices about care.”

Perhaps she’s thinking a bit *too* locally though – how is “more parking” gonna solve “congestion” and not eg. facilitate it? Unless there is a queue a mile long waiting to get into the car park…?

Also while correctly understanding humans (we might drop *all* other considerations if our loved ones are suffering) perhaps there is a connection between the extension of that idea (“we *have to drive* Jim to the shops”) with “inadequate public transport”?

And I get that hospitals are acting more as “social care” and that’s an issue *. But … isn’t scheduling discharge at appropriate times (I think it should say) part of the process normally?

* That is contrary to the trend at least as long as my life of going for increasing medical skill – usually involving technology. That probably means hospitals *have* to be larger and also more focused on “get them in, treat, get them back out ASAP”.

[bensynnock]

‘but if cars couldn’t go
‘but if cars couldn’t go faster than the speed limit how do you accelerate out of trouble…’

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