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Totally this. Go back 100-120
Totally this. Go back 100-120 years and say “you know old chap the time will come when everyone has got one of these infernal cars” and perhaps have some pictures of what the world now looks like.
(And no I don’t dote on the past as being when everything was wonderful.)
I’m sure if you presented him
I’m sure if you presented him with directions to a garage selling petrol at £1.39 a litre he (and all other drivers claiming to not see/ be confused by signs) would have no trouble understanding it.
cyber truck owners are complaining of vandalism due to the Tesla brand now being intrinsically tied to Elon’s negativity & bullshit.Is that a message to or from the owner?
Man who refused to pay
Man who refused to pay English-language parking fine loses in court
Toni Schiavone was given the parking fine back in September 2020
However, she said during her verdict that there was nothing in the 1967 Welsh Language Act, the 1993 Welsh Language Act, or the 2011 Welsh Language Measure to compel the parking company to provide a Welsh language service.
She therefore ordered that Toni pay the £100 charge, as well as £70 for administrative costs, £11.90 interest and £85 for the court fee within 21 days.
After explaining her ruling and order, Toni Schiavone said “I understand, but I refuse to pay.”
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/man-who-refused-pay-english-29164226
‘I visited Jeremy Clarkson’s
‘I visited Jeremy Clarkson’s Farm shop but it wasn’t the prices that disappointed’
“It started off well enough. Having set the sat-nav for Chipping Norton, I eventually found my way to the overspill car park near the farm shop where, at midday, cars were pouring in and out in a hive of activity. The road outside the shop – made famous now from the Amazon Prime Video series – was covered in cars on every patch of grass available, lining each side of the street.
“The car park – a muddy field – was free, and there was no time limit or any kind of number plate registering, so you’re free to park up and spend as much time as you want inside the farm shop. And you’ll need a lot of time. I was told that during the Welsh half-term week, families pour over the border for days out packed the farm, creating ‘four hour queues’ for the farm shop.
“Me and my wife waited an hour and 15 minutes in the queue, which in proper British fashion snaked around the field outside the shop in a completely natural occurrence.
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/i-visited-jeremy-clarksons-farm-9280482
m’kay
m’kay
Woman blames driver-assist technology for ‘crashing her car’
Diane and her husband Stan Bryan, aged 56, were travelling from Southampton to Glastonbury on December 17, 2022
Diane is adamant that when she attempted to navigate a left turn, the steering wheel didn’t respond and then the ‘white line’ technology failed to correct her trajectory when she crossed the centre line. Avon and Somerset Police though says she did not mention any defects through the course of the interview.
After her court case, Diane, a Cambridge Weight Plan consultant from Barnsley, South Yorks. expressed her dismay: “I’m a criminal for the first time in my life. I have a criminal record for something outside of my control.”
I’m really struggling to accept being a criminal,” Diane expressed, “I got a fine of £800 – my only income is PIP. I’ve got a new car, but I’m scared to have driver assist switched on.”
She shared her fear of driving, saying: “I’m scared of driving and am nervous on the roads – I don’t drive on roads I don’t know. The car was designed that at no point should it ever be able to cross a white line, but it went straight over. If you get close to a line the steering wheel vibrates – if you ignore the vibration it recenters itself in the road. But there was no vibration in the steering wheel and it didn’t recenter itself.”
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/woman-blames-driver-assist-technology-9280435
どこに置いておけばいいですか、教えてください
どこに置いておけばいいですか、教えてください
Doko ni oite okeba īdesu ka, oshietekudasai
‘Common sense not fixed speed
‘Common sense not fixed speed limits are needed on our roads’
On the highways alone, maximum speeds will be dictated by politicians, some of whom may never have learnt to drive.
Speed limits are a classic case and the introduction of the urban limit many decades ago was typical.
The more recent national speed limit was also the ill-considered response to a series of unrelated vehicle collisions on a motorway.
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/news-opinion/speeding-9273168
well yes Anthony common sense, and I might venture consideration, would be lovely – but they’re so often lacking, so on we go with more limits and more enforcement. Perhaps you’ve got some other solution that will stop the daily killing and injuring on our roads?
Eyes down for a full house:
Eyes down for a full house:
First responders, buses and pharmacy deliveries – delayed
Drivers won’t follow it (usually disguised as figures on net change in average road speed)
Exhaust fumes (a) will be made worse at 20 mph (b) are dispersed at 30 mph
There is no evidence that accidents are reduced (optional: one line quote from a study)
Looking at my speedo/ drivers bored so more dangerous
Spend the money on something else first
OK outside schools
Then the childish spite towards others – cyclists will have to obey it
Then the conspiracy bollocks
as our man of the spot,
as our man of the spot, hawkinspeter, we need a regular digest of gammon tears about this. Unless you’re saying Bristol is a grown up city and Bournemouth is full of man-children.
Absurd – EV owner has no
Absurd – EV owner has no guarantee of a parking space anywhere near their home.
BMW crashes through two front
BMW crashes through two front gardens before driver flees
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24309195.bmw-crashes-two-front-gardens-driver-flees/
Good material for a Limerick
There once was a man from Nantucket
Who beached his cybertruck – fuck it!
He called Elon Musk
But was still stuck at dusk
And was freed with a spade and a bucket
Folkestone and Hythe District
Folkestone and Hythe District Council look what you’ve made us do.
Hour-long queues snake round Sandgate Road car park in Folkestone after Frank Skinner gig at Leas Cliff Hall
If you’re a cyclist with a problem – https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/just-locking-bikes-isn-t-enough-police-say-after-thefts-a-9365129/
I believe these days there is
I believe these days there is scope for town councils to take on municipal car parks from in this case North Somerset District Council. If you like free parking so much, Nailsea TC, you provide it.
Scrapping free parking could be ‘final straw’ for businesses
The town council has objected to the plans
“These proposals could be the final straw for many traders in the town centre recovering from a cost of living crisis and Covid, so they should be abandoned by NSC. We strongly urge NSC to give up this unpopular plan to tax the motorist to fund other services as it is regressive and unfair, affecting those on low incomes the worst.
“We urge them instead to focus on supporting the town centre traders by advertising and capitalising on the Unique Selling Point (USP) of free parking encouraging people to shop locally instead.”
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/scrapping-free-parking-could-final-9263724