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I use Adblock Plus. It’s not
I use Adblock Plus. It’s not perfect, and I am getting a lot of Temu ads on here – my fave is pissed-off wig lady – has anyone else seen her lately?
When trade unions are on
When trade unions are on about hospital car parking charges, then we’re at peak carbrain. Imagine drivers actually having to pay for the true cost of making provision for them at a hospital site. Yeovil hospital is in the centre of town, Musgrove Park in the westerly suburbs of Taunton.
“I know I speak for many when I say hospital car parking charges are absolutely outrageous – it’s iniquitous. They shouldn’t be there.”
“At Yeovil Hospital, the multi-storey is run by Parkingeye but owned by Simply Serve Ltd., a subsidiary company of the NHS trust. An FOI request by the RCN has shown income and revenue of £40,301 generated from that car park for the trust in the 2023/24 financial year.
NHS bosses defend ‘outrageous’ car parking charges at Somerset hospitals
Trade unions have been calling for charges to be reduced and eventually abolished
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/nhs-bosses-defend-outrageous-car-9452473
Driver taken to hospital after BMW ploughs into front of house in Williton
https://www.wsfp.co.uk/news/driver-taken-to-hospital-after-bmw-ploughs-into-front-of-house-in-williton-703573That render wasn’t very securely attached, was it?
fell off the moment someone crashed a car into it – bloomin cowboys
Store forced to shut after
Store forced to shut after lorry crash
A lorry crash has forced a Brockenhurst convenience store to temporarily close its doors
https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/store-forced-to-shut-after-lorry-crash-9377175/
I can’t read this article – sounds like one for CCIB?
See also
See also
Lorry flips over after crashing into bridge on A30 in Cornwall
The lorry got wedged under the bridge
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/lorry-flips-over-after-crashing-9450864
It seems like there’s some
It seems like there’s some significant road closures on the go or in prospect in the south west. With 35 m cars on the road, everyone on a tight schedule and the wonder of sat-nav we’re all out of wriggle room for when these things happen.
I don’t have proof, but my sense is that things like SALT are used less now as drivers can’t / won’t play nicely, so weeks of all-out closure it is.
Chaotic scenes as Devon town engulfed by roadwork traffic mayhem
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/chaotic-scenes-devon-town-engulfed-9440007
Closing A-road until 2025 could bring villages to ‘complete standstill’ warns MP
The council says the work to stabilise the road is ‘absolutely essential’
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/closing-road-until-2025-could-9449537
Cornwall Council slammed for causing another ‘lockdown’ in Cornish town
Work on a new services hub in Liskeard is having a ‘massive impact on hundreds of people’
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornwall-council-slammed-causing-another-9446559
Devastated’ town ‘dying the
Devastated’ town ‘dying the death’ as main road in and out is closed
‘We’ve had no information whatsoever, why not tell us what’s happening’
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/devastated-town-dying-death-main-9438277
interestingly, the local butcher, who doesn’t rely on driver / passing trade is fine. Local trade is loyal trade.
Dartmoor telegraph poll fell
Dartmoor telegraph poll fell over all by itself, blocking the road
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/live-fallen-telegraph-pole-shuts-9451346
Glad to note that no
Glad to note that no squirrels were harmed in the making of that image. I went into this non-issue a few months ago:
https://road.cc/content/forum/death-anecdote-exeter-ltn-303553
If you read the board papers of the ambulance trusts, discussing ambulance performance, LTNs and the like are never discussed. It simply isn’t relevant.
If you are an emergency patient wondering how long it is going to be before an ambulance arrives, you are taken to hospital, gain access to A&E and then how long it will take to be seen by a doctor, this piece of mine is for you. It’s a matter of luck and timing, but there’s a lot more standing between you and salvation at hospital than a couple of planters, I am sorry to say.
Bit of a long read, this but
Bit of a long read, this but it sounds like this mother has driven from Plymouth to Exeter with her baby and didn’t have anything for the little mite with her.
Police called to row at Exeter car boot sale
The organiser disputes the mum’s claims in the heated incident
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/police-called-row-exeter-car-9446057
Delivered direct to you door. Or wall…Live: Crab van crushes road closure sign and smashes into wallPictures from the scene show the front of the van smashed up
Will the driver get a NIP?
Malicious notes left on car
Malicious notes left on car windscreens in Herefordshire
What is the law on leaving nasty notes?
Leaving aggressive notes on car windscreens can land you in hot water, with Dominic Wyatt, an expert from the International Drivers Association (the what-now?), warning last year that “leaving a hostile or abrasive note on a vehicle can now result in a fine in the UK. Civility and propriety should not be discarded when addressing parking concerns.
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24477788.malicious-notes-left-car-windscreens-herefordshire/
Residents beg council to
Residents beg council to remove e-scooter bays as trial ends
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24483851.residents-beg-council-remove-e-scooter-bays-trial-ends/
Car brains indeed
Car brains indeed
Don’t ban the cars, ban the tourists instead.
Motorhome caught out by high
Motorhome caught out by high tide in Burnham Overy Staithe
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24481061.motorhome-caught-high-tide-burnham-overy-staithe/
