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Are we going to recover January’s lost stories, RCC?
Suspect drives into Boscombe hair salon following altercation
Not linking the revamped site at all – seems like the end of the line ATM
Drivers and their problems has mislaid the past four weeks of comments.
Disappointing that any threading (which we broke within weeks anyway) has gone completely. As others have said, the Old/New sort has no effect.
I’d logged on to the RCC site, but I can’t see how to add to Drivers and their problems.
Not sure about the new look and feel, but let’s give that a bit of time.
You can’t have somewhere to
You can’t have somewhere to live because I want to drive my car – in Basingstoke, literally designed for cars.
Popham Airfield plans met with fury at public meeting
“There are so many issues with this plan, firstly the traffic in Basingstoke is going to be even worse than it already is…
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/25744860.popham-airfield-plans-met-fury-public-meeting/
WEYMOUTH’S PARKING PRICES: A
WEYMOUTH’S PARKING PRICES: A TAX ON FREEDOM AND LOCAL PROSPERITY
High parking prices therefore act less like an environmental policy and more like a regressive tax, hitting those with the fewest alternatives the hardest.
While councils face financial pressures, using parking fees as a reliable revenue stream is a dangerous habit. It shifts the burden onto motorists rather than addressing spending priorities or waste elsewhere, and it sends a clear message that convenience and accessibility come second to income generation.
If Weymouth is to remain welcoming, prosperous and competitive, it needs parking policies rooted in common sense and fairness, not quiet extraction from those who can least afford it.
Weymouth’s Parking Prices: A Tax on Freedom and Local Prosperity
Cadbury fans brand country a
Cadbury fans brand country a ‘disgrace’ after learning price of Mini Eggs
People have been left fuming at the price of Cadbury Mini Eggs, with some also questioning the size of the bags and the recommended portion size of the crunchy chocolate treats
“I hate this country so much. What do you mean a family bag of mini eggs costs over £6???? A person on minimum wage has to pay an hour of their time to purchase 2 bags of mini eggs? Why aren’t the people angrier? F*** this f****** country, I hate the UK,” vented a frustrated woman.”
https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/cadbury-fans-brand-country-disgrace-33163762?
chrisonabike wrote:
BBC R4 just had a program about roadworks ( EDIT “Highways to hell” – https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002pdy9 ) – caught the start and while there was consideration of some complexities * the idea that everyone choosing to drive everywhere might have an impact seemed to be missing. (Of course – where there are lorries and buses then the damage is due to them to a fourth approximation … but that doesn’t mean that normally heavy cars and vans do no damage). * They were looking at utilities, how they’re coordinated (not) with local authorities and others, which was welcome. Also the fact that lots of our “works” is because we’re playing catch-up where we’ve had long-term under-investment. Of course that is also to do with how we’ve set up funding and markets. Which ultimately comes back to what customers were prepared to pay for, via government decisions about what tax pays for and how to set up markets where they want private industry to run utilities…“Do it in the winter/ summer / at night”. I wonder how we’d be faring now on this if he still had the public corporations (the Gas, Electric, Water Boards, British Telecoms. I’d love to get to the bottom of whether there’s more infrastructure renewal work going now on than say 30 or 40 years ago. I suspect drivers are expecting way too much from local authorities on the highways works co-ordination front.
It’s clear that Health & Safety is making its presence felt in that complete possession of the work area for prolonged periods is required – I know how alien that idea normally is. Drivers have probably brought this on themselves.
And then the whole idea of the highway as a convenient place to install pipes and cables – with much of it now in constant demand the effects of minor closures are often significant, at least in some people’s minds.
Drainage works on important Exmoor route could see businesses lose 60 per cent trade
This next story is from Thursday, works start Monday:
Watchet traders’ leader wants complaints to stop Dunster traffic lights scheme
he just seems to be hitting out randomly here.
Anger in Welsh village where locals say they’ve been ‘cut off’
Roadworks are set to take place on a section of road north of the A40 in
Carmarthenshire, but traders fear it could ‘finish them off’ because people won’t be able to reach them without navigating a large detour
“Another concern is that people will see there’s a road closure in place and assume that they can’t get to the pub on any day without taking a big diversion. Will people realise that the road will be open as normal on weekends? We hope so but they might see the road is closed during the week, turn around and not bother coming back.
So they’ve managed to get the road left open at the weekend, but it’s not enough. This sounds like it’s some kind of ground stabilisation work – we’re likely to see more of this as climate change progresses.
Car gets stuck in mud whilst
Car gets stuck in mud whilst driving over ‘protected’ Romney Sands
The spokesperson added: “We must point out the Dunes at Greatstone in which this vehicle drove over to get to the beach, are protected and provide a unique habitat for plants and animals.
“Driving over these dunes and damaging them constitutes a criminal offence.
“This is not the first time this vehicle has been reported in doing so and Kent Police are now investigating the owner of this vehicle.
So driving across the sands is illegal – a bit like driving on the pavement to “legally” park on it?
Families heartbroken after
Families heartbroken after vehicle smashes into graves at Rye cemetery leaving headstones damaged
“what about the ambulances?”
“what about the ambulances?”
‘Crazy’ Eryri parking sparks police warning due to Pen-y-pass congestion
Police say people parking has reduced route to single carriageway at time when the road is icy
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/crazy-eryri-parking-sparks-police-33160995
Mr Blackbird wrote:
More needs to be done to make beaches and moorland bogs more car-friendly. It’s what we pay our road tax for.see also: the New Forest. Coming up this spring : we are putting up our three springer spaniels for adoption as we cannot afford to pay to park to walk them in the New Forest”
Police rush to reports of car
Police rush to reports of car crashing into building on busy Cambridge road
A photograph of the crash appeared to show that a car had crashed through a wall
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/police-rush-reports-car-crashing-33154353
bensynnock wrote:
They might as well have published his address because when you’re a director of a limited company which is registered with companies house it’s a matter of public record. He’s got a nice house, but he should learn to use the internet as the road closures he’s mentioned are listed on the HCC website. https://www.hants.gov.uk/community/publicnotices?Q=New+milton&search=yes%5B/quote%5D[quote=David9694]Julian Tominey
Address supplied
https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/people/readers-letters-anarchy-of-road-closures-9447762/
Maybe HCC only list the works that don’t benefit ? drivers?
It’s as though they want cars
It’s as though they want cars to drive on the beach so they can get rich charging you £200 to tow you off and that’s before they’ve fined you each time you put a toe above 20 mph all the way from Welshpool. I mean look at those puny signs, no-one’s going to see that are they and half of it’s in Welsh.
Yes, it’s an “all is not it
Yes, it’s an “all is not it as it first seems” kind of show, which audiences might not all take to as some of the themes could be quite unsettling. Outline scripts I’m reviewing include “Jamie, 12” in which the child is seriously injured on his bike by distracted Dacia driver Roy. For most of the episode it looks like Roy, being in charge of the 1.5 tonne motor vehicle is going to be found guilty, but last-minute evidence emerges that the steering “went funny” at the time of the incident.
Reasonable Doubt is my working title.