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Have you found the tariff for
Have you found the tariff for this location somewhere, Essex?
This parking company has made quite a name for itself:
Great that our motorist friendly GOVErnment is taking an interest in the doings of the private parking industry (articles linked in the Sheffield widow story) – that would be the same industry that the DVLC are all too willing to hand over information to.
I can recall issues with the clampers in the mid 1990s clamping cars parked in the town centre delivery bays (only for a minute, no doubt to drop stuff off to a charity shop) – so a long-running issue.
I’d still say that drivers have brought this stuff on themselves. I guess the affront is that this is an environment where rules is rules – unlike the wider state system, which bends over backwards to go easy on them.
Worksop landlord car park
Worksop landlord car park access is ‘constantly’ blocked by parked cars
A Worksop landlord cannot access his own car park due to cars blocking the only way in.
Standard driver “I was only..
Standard driver “I was only…”, “I was just…”, “I’ve done nothing wrong”, ” it’s a money making scam” etc
Car-free travel will be at
Car-free travel will be at the heart of future Somerset development under new plans
Locals can have their say on new plans until October 16
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/car-free-travel-heart-future-8731253
Worth a look for the article commenters losing their shit about it.
Strood Motor Centre in
Strood Motor Centre in Gravesend Road, Strood, finds car to be sold clamped by DVLA
“We had a customer come to view the car that day and unfortunately we couldn’t sell it to them.” Yeah, funny that – every used car you express an interest in seems to have someone coming down to see it later on.
Excel Parking: Sheffield
Excel Parking: Sheffield widow selling car to pay £300 in disputed fines
Sandra White has fallen foul of the parking firm’s strict rules
https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/sheffield-widow-selling-car-to-pay-ps300-excel-parking-fines-4279916
No, I don’t think so. But
No, I don’t think so. But this is a Fiesta at what seems to be the location – pretty common car. It’s on the pavement, it’s getting ideas about being in the house.
Police appeal after ‘car
Police appeal after ‘car driven into house’ in St Helens
https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/23770985.police-appeal-car-driven-house-st-helens/
Two taken to hospital after car crashes into house in St Helens
https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/23769636.two-taken-hospital-car-crashes-house-st-helens/
BMW crashes through hedge in
BMW crashes through hedge in Hereford’s Edgar Street
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/23770631.bmw-crashes-hedge-herefords-edgar-street/
“I don’t want the road fixed
“I don’t want the road fixed if it’s for cyclists”
Council denies claim potholes were repaired on day Tour of Britain passed through Nottinghamshire
(I’d say it pretty much admits to this, for what it’s worth)
The world’s best cyclists sped through the county in stage four of the race
A resident had claimed to have seen “sub-contractors hurriedly scramble to fill some of the potholes that have blighted the roads in this area and the rest of Nottinghamshire for years”, saying the repairs were taking place on the Tour of Britain route.
“Some of these really nasty and dangerous potholes have been in place for several months and left woefully unattended to by Nottinghamshire County Council and only on the actual morning of this nationally televised cycle event are they receiving attention,” the resident said.
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/council-denies-claim-potholes-were-8731998
I’m just glad you made it
I’m just glad you made it back to tell the tale. Did you find the missing girl?
“The term “mechanically
“The term “mechanically propelled vehicle” is not defined in the Road Traffic Acts. It is ultimately a matter of fact and degree for the court to decide. At its most basic level, it is a vehicle which can be propelled by mechanical means. It can include both electrically and steam powered vehicles.”
(The police discussion goes into whether a bike ridden by a robot counts – I thought we were bad today!!)
leading to
Failing to Stop/Report an Accident
Section 170(2) RTA 1988 provides that the driver of the motor vehicle must stop following an accident and, if required to do so by any person having reasonable grounds for so requiring, give his name and address, the name and address of the owner of the vehicle and the identification marks of the vehicle. The duty to stop means to stop sufficiently long enough to exchange the particulars above: (Lee v Knapp [1966] 3 All ER 961).
Section 170(3) RTA 1988 places an obligation on the driver, if they do not give their name and address under subsection (2) above, to report the accident to a police constable or police station as soon as reasonably practicable and in any case within 24 hours. The duty to report means ‘as soon as reasonably practicable’: (Bulman v Bennett [1974] RTR 1). It does not mean the driver has 24 hours within which to report the collision.
They’ve amended the wording
They’ve amended the wording in s170 from (old) “motor vehicle” to (new) “mechanically propelled vehicle” which must be broader in scope, but I don’t know definitely if that includes pedal cycles – it’s being discussed in the “cyclists stopped for “speeding” thread.
(1)Section 170 of that Act (duty of driver to stop, report accident and give information or documents) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsections (1) to (3) for the words “motor vehicle” in each place where they occur there shall be substituted the words “ mechanically propelled vehicle ”.
Car crashes over bank and
Car crashes over bank and ploughs into block of flats in Devon
The car drove over the bank and into the side of the building causing structural damage to the ground floor flat
The driver of the car, a resident in his 80s, was not seriously injured in the crash, but did go to hospital to be checked over. It caused the internal walls to crack throughout the kitchen of the block of flats in the Laira area of the city.
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/car-crashes-over-bank-ploughs-8731517
Vows never to return klaxon
Vows never to return klaxon
Holidaymaker vows never to fly from Bristol Airport again because of Clean Air Zone ‘trap’
amazed he got through Passports, TBH
https://www.devonlive.com/news/uk-world-news/holidaymaker-vows-never-fly-bristol-8731899