[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]

Concerns new blue bus lane

Concerns new blue bus lane signs in Tunbridge Wells could hit motorists hard

Mr Martin’s letter added: “We would like to invite you (Cllr Baker) to Tunbridge Wells to walk around the scheme at your earliest convenience, with a view to jointly commissioning an independent traffic expert to propose solutions. This would be funded by the borough council.

​https://www.kentonline.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/news/fears-new-bus-lane-signs-will-cause-town-centre-chaos-319838/

[mdavidford]

I think you intended this

I think you intended this link: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24919319.calls-made-widen-busy-didcot-road-near-orchard-centre/

(The one you have is about 100mph ebikes in Broad Street.)

[David9694]

this one has (deservedly)

this one has (deservedly) turned-up today in car flips and car crashes into building 

[chrisonabike]

Hirsute wrote:

Hirsute wrote:

”Nobody should pay for parking in a park, it’s a public park. “

Roundhay Park – used to have a pretty regular bus service from town (north from Chapeltown either towards Moortown (then along Street Lane) or via Oakwood.  And buses going up the Wetherby Road.

It is “up hill” to get there from the centre of course, so the idea you’d walk or cycle it (3.5 miles from the centre…) is clearly nonsense…

[brooksby]

Hirsute wrote:

“Nobody should pay for parking in a park, it’s a public park. “

“The people who can’t afford to pay are not going to use it and I don’t think that’s fair.”

“Charging people for parking, I don’t know what to say. This is not good. It’s annoying, I use this park every day for exercise. If every day I am going to come here and pay for a parking ticket, how would you feel? It’s not good.”

I dunno, maybe you could cycle or jog to the park?

https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/best-in-leeds/whats-on-news/anger-disgraceful-parking-fees-come-30952141#mobcsqpvlko1a0i913v7p3k8m6m7ruor

I liked

Lorry driver Ali Elahi, 43, loves visiting Roundhay Park every day to do his exercise. It’s an important part of his lifestyle as he is stuck behind the wheel for most of the time.

Erm… 

[brooksby]

Miller wrote:

Drunk driver crashes through concrete wall to drop his car through the overhead power lines onto the track, blocking the Manchester – Liverpool railway. Apart from the Just Wow aspect, my reading of the layout is that car must have been on the ped/cycle walkway under the roundabout?

Ah, BBC live feed explains it; he took a motorway exit where there wasn’t actually an exit. Till then.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0k5214vn6pt

I’m glad that drink driving has become so socially unacceptable that it never happens any more…

[Hirsute]

“Nobody should pay for

“Nobody should pay for parking in a park, it’s a public park. “

“The people who can’t afford to pay are not going to use it and I don’t think that’s fair.”

“Charging people for parking, I don’t know what to say. This is not good. It’s annoying, I use this park every day for exercise. If every day I am going to come here and pay for a parking ticket, how would you feel? It’s not good.”

I dunno, maybe you could cycle or jog to the park?

https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/best-in-leeds/whats-on-news/anger-disgraceful-parking-fees-come-30952141#mobcsqpvlko1a0i913v7p3k8m6m7ruor

 

[Miller]

Drunk driver crashes through

Drunk driver crashes through concrete wall to drop his car through the overhead power lines onto the track, blocking the Manchester – Liverpool railway. Apart from the Just Wow aspect, my reading of the layout is that car must have been on the ped/cycle walkway under the roundabout?

Ah, BBC live feed explains it; he took a motorway exit where there wasn’t actually an exit. Till then.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0k5214vn6pt

 

[Jogle]

Morrisons car park crash sees

[b]Morrisons car park crash sees Volvo mount Mini as elderly person rescued in West Country[/b]

And here we see a Volvoious 4x4ous in it’s natural habitat, the supermarket car park. It slowly encircles the pack, looking for a suitable mate. It has spotted a young female, the Mini. He gets closer, closer and then, pounces. He mounts the female. 

As we get closer to study this mating ritual we can see an elderly person has become an unwilling victim of this act. They were unable to tame the beast and had no control over it.

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/morrisons-car-park-crash-sees-9922661

 

[David9694]

Woke judge orders The Trip

Woke judge orders The Trip off the road 

Fans of actor, impersonator and star of the show Steve Coogan were left stunned after a judge CANCELLED the leading man’s driving licence, meaning that hit show The Trip will be off our screens until filming can resume. 

Tripster Kelly (41) from Borehamwood posted on the Patridge Family page on Facebook “I’m literally sat here crying 😢 and I don’t know how I’m going to explain this to the kids. It just seems so cruel, he hasn’t done anything, it’s us fans you’re punishing, judge”

Colin from Portsmouth added “couldn’t they get Alan Patridge to do the driving instead?😚”

 

PS < principle >

[mdavidford]

There’s permeable and then

There’s permeable and then there’s permeable, though. Even a permeable driveway is likely to increase runoff vs the garden it replaced – just not as much as a non-permeable one.

[David9694]

We constantly hear how

We constantly hear how cyclists film women and children in cars, whereas cars get used to to attempt to abduct women and children off the street 

Everything we know about concerning incidents in Chippenham

https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/everything-know-concerning-incidents-chippenham/

https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/teachers-patrol-chippenham-abduction-attempts/

https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/man-arrested-attempted-kidnap-bailed/

[David9694]

Letter: ‘State of our roads

Letter: ‘State of our roads means I’m not proud to be British’

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24915645.letter-state-roads-means-not-proud-british/

[David9694]

Resin bound and resin bonded

Resin bound and resin bonded – every day is a school day 

https://www.yourresindriveway.com/blog/permeable-resin-bound-paving

[David9694]

Hirsute wrote:

Hirsute wrote:

8 months suspended for knocking over a worker whilst ignoring a road closure (includes video) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cpwxjnvp4dqo

But did the worker swear?

He was heard to say ” I say, old man you seem to be reversing into me”, for which he was given a police caution and was ordered to pay the driver £60 for hurt feelings. 

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