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Driver didn’t stand a chance.
Driver didn’t stand a chance.
Car crashes into house during
Car crashes into house during police chase
Traffic officers noticed an Audi RS3 passing them at high speed on the wrong side of the road, while they were dealing with a BMW which was bearing false plates on Tuesday evening, February 1.
https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/19892436.car-crashes-house-police-chase/
Car crashes into front of
Car crashes into front of house leaving sitting room covered in bricks and glass
we’ve seen worse in terms of structural damage – this article describes the effect on ordinary poeople – an extract below
If it wasn’t for my Japanese cherry blossom tree [which took much of the impact of the car] in the garden that car would have been in the lounge.”
A neighbour, who said they’ve struggled with the shock of the incident since Tuesday said they tried to make sure the driver was OK before the man “leapt from the car and ran away”.
Gwent Police said a man was arrested after the incident on suspicion of driving while unfit through alcohol, but was later released without charge.
John and Heather have struggled to return to normal life since the event, and have said they don’t think they’ll be able to for some time. They’re making do in a small spare room at the back of the house.
“We’re nervous now,” Heather said. “I’ll be sat next to the window from now on and I’ll be nervous. We haven’t got our tree to protect us. Our neighbours are thinking the same thing. How can you stop something like that from happening again? It can happen to anyone. We keeping finding shards of glass in our fingers. You don’t know until it’s in your hands.”
The pair spent Sunday morning in church as usual, but this time it was even more poignant.
“We honestly believe God was looking after us,” John said. “An hour earlier and we’d have been dead. I’m not being dramatic there. With everything that came through the window, we couldn’t have survived that.”
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/car-crashes-front-house-leaving-21199704
Outrageous!
Outrageous!
Another take here:
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/familys-desperate-battle-save-range-7345838
Mum left sobbing as Range
Mum left sobbing as Range Rover swept away in Cornwall slams those who filmed ‘heartbreak’
Not sure this story quite adds up – do people hate Range Rover drivers (/tourists) so much that no-one with the means to tow it was around? She does sound a bit whiney “my son had to watch…” etc – no, he didn’t.
A Welsh Incident?
A Welsh Incident?
A sort of Highway Code?
A sort of Highway Code?
It’s a dilemma whether to
It’s a dilemma whether to intervene sooner to save one set of risks or later while the other is de-risked.
How frequently do I have to
How frequently do I have to stop to allow someone who hates me to arrive 45s earlier at their next queue?
What’s that driver type that goes/tries to go when it’s not safe and then misses 5 other decent opportunities to go?
The road is wet, so I can
The road is wet, so I can tell it’s an oldie.
The writer is trying very hard to big up what is, in the scheme of things a pretty humdrum story, lacking human interest – a couple of faves I picked out:
“Pictures taken after collision between a set of traffic lights and a car…”
“The bonnet of the car seems to have a traffic light pole shape indented in it”
Perranporth beach-goers watch
Perranporth beach-goers watch on as BMW gets stuck in the sand after ignoring ‘no vehicles’ sign
It happened despite the presence of signs that prohibit all traffic from accessing the beach
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/perranporth-beach-goers-watch-bmw-7343565
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/fifteen-unbelievable-fails-saw-cars-5723257
A30 driver bizarrely gets car
A30 driver bizarrely gets car stuck on wall in Milborne Port
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/a30-driver-bizarrely-gets-car-7337247
Parked van becomes submerged
Parked van becomes submerged in water as tide comes in
i have a soft spot for these – no buildings harmed.
Comments welcome, as always, on the theme of “probably want to get that looked at, mate”https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/parked-van-becomes-submerged-water-7340992
I think the tight fit theory
I think the tight fit theory must be right – 99% sure you’d have to pass under the bridge to get to/from the pier and you wouldn’t want to be a passenger on the top deck if so. Also did you notice the second picture on the article? is this where someone says “a lick of emulsion will sort that”? In this case, I think it would.
Also in Google street view, it briefly captures an enclosed scaffold column under the bridge: perhaps making good the last incident?
No buildings harmed here, but
No buildings harmed here, but tell me again how LTNs delay the emergency services? Surely if lives are in danger, the fire brigade are less worried about some driver’s paintwork?
Solar panels kicking out so much power they’re overloading?
Warning over ‘inappropriate’ parking after fire in Verwood
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/20272609.warning-inappropriate-parking-fire-verwood/