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There’s a new messag appeared
There’s a new message appeared on his windscreen written in oil saying
“please, take this crappy set of low profile alloys off of me, this isn’t how it was meant to be”
Well, thanks for helping re
Well, thanks for helping re-kindle this unpleasant memory, which one cut price student movie night at the Roxy I had the dubious fortune to sit through.
This tended to happen because the main feature we’d turned up to see was full and the 2nd screen (yes that’s all there was in those days, and it was located in the city centre, not next to Curry’s and a TGI Fridays). But then that’s how I came to see The Hitcher with Rutger Hauer, so lose some, win some.
https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=7638 – Car Trouble
New pictures from scenes of
New pictures from scenes of two speed cameras cut down in Cornwall
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/gallery/new-pictures-scenes-two-speed-9010827
we’ve created a monster, haven’t we; is the end of the line for the overt camera?
Car involved in crash with
Car involved in crash with lorry and wall
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24052485.a352-near-wareham-shut-crash/
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24053043.car-involved-crash-lorry-wall/
Woman in her 80s taken to hospital after Ringwood crash
“I’ve got no choice”, one of the many delightful effects of mass car ownership.
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24053684.woman-80s-taken-hospital-ringwood-crash/
And as gap between resources
And as gap between resources available to maintain the road infra and requirements widens, my guess it will be peds that suffer the most and drivers the least.
The dodgy underpass, another delight foisted on people by cars…
Blocked Exeter underpass forces kids to cross busy road
Devon County Council says the flooding has been caused by a blocked drainage pipe
The typical route taken by many pupils who walk to school is via a pedestrian subway but this has been flooded since late December 2023 when Storm Henk battered Devon with strong wind and torrential rain.
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/blocked-exeter-underpass-forces-kids-9037519
Poole residents to protest
Poole residents to protest against park entrance closure
A public consultation is set to launch on the same day, Wednesday, January 17, but residents argue the closure will be hazardous to the public.
Bob, who has been involved in the park for around 30 years, said he has never known of any accidents or problems between traffic and pedestrians or cyclists.
He argues that the closure will affect elderly and disabled residents, who are unable to access the park on foot.
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24051299.poole-residents-protest-park-entrance-closure/
Driver rammed car after
Driver rammed car after seeing her ex-partner in it with another woman
The single mum-of-two “lost it” after spotting them together in the vehicle in West Park Rugby Club car park, off Prescot Road, shortly before 4am one morning and launched her bizarre attack.
https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/24051043.driver-rammed-car-seeing-ex-partner-another-woman/
Police called after ‘argument’ between motorist and parking warden
When asked why officers were in the area, a Merseyside Police spokeswoman told the Star it was following “a verbal argument between a motorist and parking enforcement officer”.
She added: “Officers attended and spoke to both parties but as this is a civil matter no further action will be taken.”
https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/24050270.police-called-argument-motorist-parking-warden/
English Tory politicians
English Tory politicians running Facebook groups opposing 20mph in Wales while supporting it where they live
There has been a lot of opposition to the 20mph limit
“Within hours of WalesOnline approaching Sunderland councillor Lyall Reed about his links to Welsh Facebook groups he was removed as an admin. He told WalesOnline: “Across Wales it is clear that a blanket policy of 20mph is unpopular. In my ward I personally advocate for 20mph zones in front of schools and nurseries which are all sensible locations. There is a clear difference between targeted zones and a blanket policy.”
The Sunderland Echo reported that the 20mph limited was applied in “several residential areas” as well as outside schools. The Conservatives have not responded to our requests for comment.”
Interesting story, this, although I don’t think the writer has quite grasped the sheer terror drivers have of so-called blanket (I.e. widespread, 30 mph converted to 20 mph) 20 mph limits and how “outside schools” is a comtainment strategy. How many more wolves in sheep’s clothing?
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/english-tory-politicians-running-facebook-28449407#
Pinvin Ford rescue bravery
Pinvin Ford rescue bravery awards for six police officers
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24050978.pinvin-ford-rescue-bravery-awards-six-police-officers/
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/23484622.woman-rescued-walcot-lane-ford-near-drakes-broughton/
Subsidise meeeee – our
Subsidise meeeee – our thoughts turn to the deprivation experienced by local car drivers having to fork out an extra 20p to cross the Tamar Bridge.
“Why are we penalising people in the local population?”, said Cllr Toms. There is more deprivation now then I have seen in my 20 plus years as a councillor and it’s worse in Plymouth than it is in Cornwall. We need to see where we can control our spending and come up with a proper business plan that looks at other ways of generating income. We just keep putting the tolls up and up and it’s like galloping racehorse.”
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/tamar-bridge-torpoint-ferry-plea-9031580
A tiny glimpse of a world
A tiny glimpse of a world without cars
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/the-abandoned-ghost-roads-only-used-by-dog-walkers-299933/
Disbelief as Mercedes gets
Disbelief as Mercedes gets stuck in sand on Cornwall beach
It might not be tourist season, but people are still getting their cars stuck on beaches in Cornwall
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/disbelief-mercedes-gets-stuck-sand-9033553
Pictures or it didn’t happen.
Pictures or it didn’t happen.
Speed cameras hacked down on
Speed cameras hacked down on road where woman was killed still not replaced months later
The mum of Kelly Kennedy, who tragically died after the incident on the A4067, has called for the prompt return of the damaged cameras
Vandalised speed cameras that had been installed after years of campaigning by a bereaved mum have still not been replaced months after they were ripped down. Kelly Kennedy, from the Swansea Valley, died along the A4067 on July 4, 2016, after her car was ploughed into head-on by a man who had been racing another at the time.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/speed-cameras-hacked-down-road-28437210
ANPR cameras fining visitors
ANPR cameras fining visitors to Kent’s country parks
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/thousands-fined-for-parking-at-kent-s-country-parks-300008/
