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Dereham TC, you know this but
Dereham TC, you know this but just to be clear, this is a straightforward question of cash. If you really want the financial (and operational) responsibility for subsidising drivers via free parking, that can be arranged.
Breckland Council insists it is ‘not at war’ with Dereham
Breckland Council has defended its decision not to send a representative to discuss the proposals at a meeting of Dereham Town Council last week.
The authority was branded a “disgrace” by town councillors for failing to attend and engage in debate, and was accused of failing to take an interest in the concerns of local people.
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24527076.breckland-council-insists-not-war-dereham/
Great stuff, Cheshire Police,
Great stuff, Cheshire Police, make sure you priortise anything but protecting vulnerable road users*
Biker pulls alongside car and smashes window in road rage attack
Police have released CCTV of a motorcyclist they want to speak to in connection with the incident
PCSO Dan Walley, of Crewe’s Local Policing Unit, said: “No one should be made to feel unsafe whilst driving, so we are asking anyone who may have witnessed this incident or has any information that may aid our enquiries to please contact us.
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/biker-pulls-alongside-car-smashes-9494119
*1% chance the driver did nothing wrong acknowledged. Which grass supplied the CCTV?
Moment car stranded on top of
Moment car stranded on top of wall after Hanley crash
The car was abandoned atop the wall
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/moment-car-stranded-top-wall-9490539
Bit I do have to say to this
But I do have to say to this rider, cover your shoulders and that bit of midriff – otherwise sunburn and windchill will come for you.
“You see people watching out of their windows and spying to see when cars leave in Albert Street and Victoria Street then rushing out and calling their friends to say: ‘I have got a space.’Is Whitstable too big to cycle around, then?
I just wondered where the car was parked before the other person drove off.
It wasn’t – people are circling for days, just waiting for their ‘spotter’ to call them with the good news.
TV show idea – like The Detectorists but set around the lives of a group of local residents of a south coast resort as they mostly drive around looking for a parking space. Working title – Circling.
Episode 1 Stand-off – Kyle has spotted a vacant space in Haslar Street as Mrs Blewitt has gone to see her sister in Tonbridge – but Major Dustin has his eye on it too. Hilarious consequences as both try to claim the vacant space.
Episode 2 – Bin Day – Binfluencers Kelly and Kay awaken to the sound of the bin lorry and rush out to find their Beetle being forcibly moved to allow it to pass.
Episode 3 – sassy new arrival Liverpudlian Linda is renting Major Dustin’s self-contained flat and causes consternation among Drummond Street residents as she parks her red Fiat 500 convertible lengthways
You are joking, right?
You are joking, right?
It’s probably “too dangerous”
It’s probably “too dangerous” or “too busy” to cycle around, which is a shame. I do sometimes wish a place that this would have the courage to “do a Paris”. It’s a bit like at Hebden Bridge, you aren’t going there on your day out to be surrounded by cars.
For 60-70 years councils have created off street parking and one ways to try to maintain the illusion that cars, free-flowing roads and a sense of local amenity are all possible at once, but in many places, that no longer works.
I guess we’re in peak summertime so a few weeks of this kind of thing are inevitable:
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24423974.consultation-new-traffic-control-orders-brancaster/
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24497977.cones-control-parking-removed-old-hunstanton/
“You see people watching out of their windows and spying to see when cars leave in Albert Street and Victoria Street then rushing out and calling their friends to say: ‘I have got a space.’Is Whitstable too big to cycle around, then?
I just wondered where the car was parked before the other person drove off.
I suppose we’re the same as
I suppose we’re the same as Whitstable drivers – “check it out, there’s a new half a mile of cycleway!”
Three parking bays in Whitstable on market for £150,000 as residents say trying to find space is ‘impossible’
“You see people watching out of their windows and spying to see when cars leave in Albert Street and Victoria Street then rushing out and calling their friends to say: ‘I have got a space.’
“It is madness and I have parked near Whitstable railway station before which takes about 15 minutes ? to walk back to my home.”
That is a big political argument for never raising the dutyNot really – it’s an argument for paying care workers properly so that they can afford it.
Aren’t we essentially in Red Diesel territory here? It’s not that it’s immune from the issues Pub bike raises, such as fraud, but it’s not like a whole new system would need to be instituted.
I am admiring the superbly unnecessary precision ofMore than 94.6% of journeys using the Dartford Crossing are paid correctly and on timethough.
Rounded up to 95% that’s still 7,500* journeys a day where there’s an issue. That’s 2.74 m a year, so there’s bound to be someone having a funeral.
*Source – sorry about this – one more river crossing will fix it:
Herne Bay ice cream man
Herne Bay ice cream man banned from Seaview Holiday Park in Swalecliffe, Whitstable, in stand-off with security
Not sure about “trading unlawfulfully” (it’s trespass, I think) but practically every poor little me victim card in the deck is played here.
Live updates as ‘car crashes
Live updates as ‘car crashes through shutters’ – police on scene
Debris can be seen strewn across the road and pavement
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/live-updates-car-crashes-through-9480658
Moment raging motorist drives
Moment raging motorist drives AA worker’s van and throws his keys outside McDonald’s
The bizarre moment was caught on dashcam footage outside a Lincolnshire McDonald’s
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/moment-raging-motorist-drives-aa-9477048
Two men from the Council are booking into itMust be a very big sinkhole. How long are they staying?
A whole week.
