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Wow. The ULEZ introduction is
Wow. The ULEZ introduction is going to flush out a lot these instances of really inappropriate car use.
You’re offering advice on transport options – it seems to me a lot of this has only a passing relationship with transport.
Meanwhile, grifters, conspiracy theorists and devotees of old bangers and rust heaps gather:
https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/outrage-ulez-building-protesters-declare-8720612
Driver crashes into signpost
Driver crashes into signpost near Chippenham in bid to evade police
(don’t parse this story the wrong way)
https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/driver-signpost-chippenham-evade-police/
Search for hit-and-run
Search for hit-and-run cyclist in Swindon after car ‘significantly damaged’
Wiltshire Police said the rider failed to stop at the scene and officers have issued an appeal for witnesses
https://www.wiltshirelive.co.uk/news/wiltshire-news/search-hit-run-cyclist-swindon-8720592
Northumberland village
Northumberland village residents left without power after tractor takes down power cables
Ms Ling claims that earlier in the week, another tractor scraped a townhouse, took out a bollard, and ripped electrics out of a road sign, which has been reported to Northumbria Police.
We’ve got a lot of holiday cottages here as well, so you can imagine the parking. Everybody’s got to have off-street parking because there’s nowhere to put your car.”
Residents were without power for just under three hours, after Northern Powergrid engineers travelled from Gateshead to fix the issue.
Northumbria Police confirmed they had received the call from Ms Ling.
And with all that medical
And with all that medical stuff going on,she’s A-OK to drive her massive panzer.
If only there was some mechanism that would allow her to realise its economic value in favour of something more suitable.
ULEZ expansion means Romford
ULEZ expansion means Romford pensioner ‘forced to pay to attend vital hospital and GP appointments’
Ms Amos says she’s unable to use public transport due to arthritis
https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/ulez-expansion-means-romford-pensioner-8724531
Driveway with bus shelter
Driveway with bus shelter across it latest
Homeowner says ‘no one will buy my house’ because of bus shelter ‘blocking’ driveway
Simon Williams says everyone who has viewed the property has been ‘put off’ by the bus shelter in front of his drive
“A lot of bus stops haven’t even got bus shelters, they just have posts with a sign on it. The bus doesn’t even stop outside the shelter, because if it did, it would be half on the road because it is at the end and located at a terrible location.”
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/homeowner-says-no-one-buy-27659649
Coltishall residents’ anger
Coltishall residents’ anger as village is ‘no longer quiet riverside community’
The village sees huge volumes of traffic due to a bridge which reduces journey times
a slow-burn story, no doubt being played out up and down the land in different terms
Locals say the situation has worsened since the opening of the Northern Distributor Road, which is sending more motorists their way.
“A bypass for the village, from my perspective, would be a bad thing, but I don’t know what the solution is. If you take away passing trade it could kill the village.”
“Trying to get off our drive onto the street is a nightmare and the more houses they build in North Walsham the worse it will get.
https://www.norfolklive.co.uk/news/norfolk-news/coltishall-residents-anger-village-no-8713829
welcome to “speed limits make
welcome to “speed limits make road more dangerous-ville”
Concern 20mph speed limits in Cambourne will make roads ‘more dangerous’
Cambridgeshire County Council is considering introducing a 20mph speed limit across Cambourne to improve road safety and encourage people to walk or cycle.
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/concern-20mph-speed-limits-cambourne-27656691
A bit of a McFlurry going on
A bit of a McFlurry going on here…
McDonald’s car park horror as BMW ‘deliberately driven at people’ outside East Kilbride restaurant
Police Scotland were called to the scene at the Queensway car park on Sunday afternoon after it is claimed the car was being driven erratically following an alleged row.
PS Has anyone seen this Reddit story doing the rounds? Slight absence of names, dates and places for for my tastes – but there is a picture (of something) here:
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/elderly-couple-praised-revenge-neighbour-27643118?int_source=nba
You never hear traders say
You never hear traders say “so many people around here spending their last few £££s running a car they can’t really afford – if only they took the £2 bus, they would have more to spend with us here”.
How the Camborne traders will miss the people moaning in a national “newspaper” about paying a couple of quid to park a car.
Toyota driver stopped on A303
Toyota driver stopped on A303 for having no insurance
When questioned, a passenger said they were “just in the process of applying for insurance”, according to Wiltshire Police.
Practised behaviour much?
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/23766451.toyota-driver-stopped-a303-no-insurance/
Simon Randall used to make up
Simon Randall used to make up rhymes about Miss Parse, who taught English and Geography – half the IVth form were crying themselves to sleep over her. I only remember fragments:
Miss Parse is blooming in Geography (Roses are shining in Picardie)
Miss Parse, Miss Parse
How I wish I was in your class
Miss Parse, my heart turns to glass
Rampaging driver had children
Rampaging driver had children in his car as he crashed into vehicles and a wall
A driver who caught up with him was left injured
“You explained to the officer it was a medical episode,” the judge told him in the dock. “You said you were taking Xanax to help you sleep, and drinking the night before. This might well be right to explain the way you drove the morning after.
“I accept you are remorseful and ashamed of what you have done”. The assault on the other driver was impulsive, he added, but the situation was of his own making and was aggravated by the presence of children and he was under the influence of alcohol but not over the limit.
The driving, he said, in many ways is worse – as he highlighted it was a serious offence with multiple collisions, causing some injury, persistent, and it was good fortune the driver or others did no suffer serious injury.
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/rampaging-driver-children-car-crashed-8725570
Residents fume over Exeter
Residents fume over Exeter parking permit plans
“Wait until they start charging you congestion charges to get to your house”
“If you pay road tax why should you pay extra to park on the public highway”
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/residents-fume-over-exeter-parking-8725543