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When you also look at a
When you also look at a couple of the recent stories downthread, from Ringwood and from Abingdon, a likely pattern emerges – automatic car, elderly driver and I’m further guessing, unused to automatics (daughter -“it’ll be easier for you, mum”) and some poor technique (e.g. use of left foot). Guessing further still convinced they’re on the brake, they press even harder on the accelerator as panic sets in.
These houses sit at the end of the cul de sac – have a Google to see.
Herefordshire potholes are a
Herefordshire potholes are a danger on rural roads
We are seriously thinking of moving to another county.
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24231315.herefordshire-potholes-danger-rural-roads/
Car aquaplaned and hit the
Car aquaplaned and hit the stump.
It was 5 seconds of madness.
Driver has no recollection of
Driver has no recollection of hitting the stump.
BMW driver smashes car
BMW driver smashes car through phone box and into building
https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/bmw-driver-smashes-car-building/
Swindon woman charged after dramatic Easter Sunday crash
https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/swindon-woman-dramatic-easter-crash/
I guess the flags were no
I guess the flags were no longer working?
Driver crashes car into
Driver crashes car into supermarket on estate in Abingdon
A concrete pillar was damaged at the store off Peachcroft Road, which was evacuated until the building could be declared safe.
It is understood the incident may have occurred after the driver put his foot on the accelerator instead of the brake.
Another shopper said on Facebook that the elderly couple involved in the crash came into the supermarket afterwards and did not appear to be injured.
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24226520.driver-crashes-car-supermarket-estate-abingdon/
Also Laura: “People have to
Also Laura: “People have to park over it to deliver to the shops”
How did any of them even get
How did any of them even get through Wales’s wall-to-wall 20 mph speed limits?
Dramatic scenes as police tow cars causing parking mayhem at beauty spot
Police and tow trucks were called to the scene as dozens of drivers parked up illegally on the side of the road on the A5 in the Ogwen Valley and Pen-y-Pass
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/dramatic-scenes-police-tow-cars-28922324
Driver shouting now in its
Driver shouting now in its 110th year. Trader 1 says there is ample parking on the main drag, trader 2 says drivers seometimes park in the side streets (and by implication where is harm in that?). And of course, it’s the vindictive side road residents isn’t it.
Business owners in Cheriton High Street fear for future if controlled parking zone is introduced
Hirsute wrote:
What do the elderly do on the other 51 Sundays in the year ?Maybe they try and figure out what the local parking regime is, and maybe they provide accurate information to reporters, who then check it? Or maybe this is it http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/john_betjeman/poems/786
Anyway, I’ve taken the Google car for a spin around Clacton (which looked nicer than I imagined). The captioned photo in the article wasn’t taken in Church Road. It was taken just along from my screen grab in Holland Road. Church Road is a mixture of unrestricted and double yellows around the side turnings, but I couldn’t find any parking signs anywhere – do double yellows have a default meaning?
I found a sign here in Holland Road – it’s a single yellow line either side of the sign. Further along Holland Road, it turns into double yellows and a sign announces no parking 9 am – 6 pm “including Sundays”. I assume someone in authority has checked that a restriction of 9am-6pm falls within the meaning of single yellows.
The Easter Day service was at 8.30 am, so my guess is that drivers to the left of the sign would have been OK until 12:30 pm (the church is behind us in this view.)
https://ourladyoflight.uk/newsletter/newsletter-31st-march-2024/
Google Maps has images back to 2009 – the larger sign allowing parking on this side wasn’t there in 2009 and appears in 2012, so it looks like a concession was made to churchgoers to park on both sides of the road on Sunday mornings.
Callous indeed.
and on it goes. You can read
and on it goes. You can read on Facebook drivers setting up this sort of defence on the “I was doing 89 mph – really don’t need points how can I just get a course?” Group.
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/24211114.colchester-driver-avoids-driving-ban-must-pay-573/
Churchgoers in Clacton fined
Churchgoers in Clacton fined during Easter service
“A number of the congregation are elderly and they can’t walk too far.
“I mistakenly thought the restrictions weren’t in place on a Sunday, but after getting the ticket I realised the spot was restricted. But it feels very callous on Easter Sunday.”
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/24223218.churchgoers-clacton-fined-easter-service/
Actual scenes from the
Actual scenes from the cockpit
