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Death cyclist fine angers
Death cyclist fine angers family (2008 story)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/7496757.stm
Quite strident language throughout here, which you only seldom see where cars are concerned.
Round up the usual
Round up the usual hairdressers
Mazda driver failed to stop after hitting cyclist in Salisbury
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/24366198.mazda-driver-failed-stop-hitting-cyclist-salisbury/
somethimg something number plates
Edit – follow up story and photo
The document I linked in the
The document I linked in the OP has grown into a 32 page “contract.” Know your place, everyone, there’s zero in here about making a better, nicer world or community. This is all about sorting out them others, them over there.
As predicted, we now have:
“Stop the War on Motorists. Legislate to ban all ULEZ and Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. We will scrap bans on selling petrol and diesel cars and scrap legal requirements for manufacturers to sell electric cars.”
Otherwise, its a curious mix of bar room talk e.g. “There are too many shirkers and skivers while many with disabilities work hard and pay tax.” or “Tackle Youth Crime. Reopen High Intensity Training Camps for young offenders to teach basic education, teamwork and values. Military veterans can provide role models. This model worked at Thorn Cross in the 1990s.”
and several pledges to solve long-standing problems e.g.: “More Bobbies on the Beat. Ensure that police return to the beat and use better technology to stop wasting time on paperwork.”
The obsession with military figures to sort everything out continues.
on Brexit, “An out-of-touch political elite is still obstructing the biggest democratic mandate in our history.” (If you’re interest in out-of-touch elites, see also: “Integrate Mental Health Services with Job Seeking Pathways. Britain’s young people are in the grip of a mental health crisis. Work is a cure not a cause.”) and
“Slash Business Red Tape. The Brexit Bonus. Scrap thousands of laws that hold back British business and damage productivity, including employment laws that make it riskier to hire people.”
That sounds a lot like scaling back on protection from unfair dismissal to me.
The fact-free confusion around climate breakdown as great as ever:
“We are better to adapt to warming, rather than pretend we can stop it. Up to 10 times more people die of cold than warmth. In Roman Britain some 2,000 years ago, it was 2 degrees warmer than now. Grapes for wine were grown in Yorkshire. CO2 is essential for photosynthesis to enable plant growth.”
Critical Race Theory in schools is still there (thanks for the earlier help on that). That’s one of several non-problems addressed in the “contract.”
Oh look, tax relief for private education and private healthcare.
Silent still on arts and culture – as I said before, a dullard’s grim vision.
Car ploughs into TY-8
Car ploughs into TY-8 restaurant on Northdown Road in Margate
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/shock-as-car-ploughs-into-restaurant-overnight-308019/
LTN safety concern raised in
LTN safety concern raised in Oxford at Littlemore junction
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24373144.ltn-safety-concern-raised-oxford-littlemore-junction/
I can’t access the full article – what’s this grifter on about? I assume whatever the alleged problem is, the LTN is the cause and its removal the solution?
OK, which of you was it?
OK, which of you was it?
The 20mph road where people
The 20mph road where people keep getting fined for speeding
North Wales Police have released figures showing which roads in the region have seen the most drivers caught exceeding the 20mph speed limit in the last few months
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/20mph-road-people-keep-getting-29317896?int_source=nba
For decades, the motor industry has sold drivers (egged-on by the motor racing and rallying industry) this thing that can achieve speeds way too high for real world use, such that our reporter appears to be struggling to control his speed. It sounds like he had some chancers behind him anxious to get a fine of their own.
If part of the road did switch to 30 mph and back, no doubt that would “confuse drivers” and from there we’re back to all 30 mph. There’s never anything about protecting local people’s amenities, is there? And we get a hint of “there’s no-one around, why should I go slowly?”
It’s drivers who are being fined – no-one else.
As predicted by Sir Issac Newton, road casualties in Wales have reduced, but the continuing instability in the Welsh Labour Party leadership continues to be a worry.
Cyclists are a danger to
Cyclists are a danger to pedestrians in Hereford High Town
There have recently been several instances nationally where elderly pedestrians have been knocked over and killed by thoughtless cyclists. How long before this happens in central Hereford?
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24367147.cyclists-danger-pedestrians-hereford-high-town/
I’m giving this post 3 stars
I’m giving this post 3 stars as the driver got away after 20 minutes.
“a seemingly relentless
“a seemingly relentless hatred in the UK for anything motorised.”
You wonder how car-brained someone has got to actually write this. Poor little me.
“Drivers” would be my caption
“Drivers” would be my caption – it was called something like “the nature of life” on my FB feed.
“I’ll be back” vibe.
“I’ll be back” vibe.
Or just asleep at the wheel
Or just asleep at the wheel
Judge Simon Carr gave Coleridge an eight-month custodial sentence, which was suspended for two years. Coleridge was disqualified from driving for 18 months
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/sleeping-driver-sentenced-killing-much-9325018
Killer driver walks free. –
Killer driver walks free. – chalk another one up
Car crashes into build-out
Car crashes into build-out
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/24363422.swanmore-road-reopens-single-vehicle-crash/