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Life hack – cold start? why
Life hack – cold start? why risk idling your engine for 10 minutes, try this amazing product: de-icer spray! We’ve blagged 15% off at your local Motaparts store. Add this ice scraper, a free giveaway when you buy 20 litres of fuel…
So back to it being the road
So back to it being the road’s fault again, then? Self driving cars that are too quick?
“I knew I’d have to pay up.
“I knew I’d have to pay up. You have savings for a reason, I guess. I’m going to park on the roads because I don’t need to be on the driveway.
“I never start my car [when I’m] outside and make sure it’s in neutral. I keep moving the gear stick left to right, left to right.”
Some freshly-minted wall
Some freshly-minted wall repairs in the Google Street view watermarked from 2020. What a blight cars are on people’s lives.
Not sure how much fish-eye there is here, but I don’t see how drivers at 30 mph max can be expected to negotiate this safely while looking out for cyclists, the sun in theirs eyes, speed bumps ( article comment), and trying to ring Denny.
Don’t forget to scroll down
Don’t forget to scroll down as there’s more: from a driver who can’t find reverse.
North-east man lost at sea.
North-east man lost at sea. 1500 perish in Titanic disaster*
The HC article concludes “People living locally are advised to walk or cycle around the city wherever possible.”
* a myth: usually attributed to the Aberdeen Journal
The good burghers of the New
The good burghers of the New Forest are no different to any other lot of drivers, despite this well-known hazard.
Any police speed enforcement seems to be like shooting fish in a barrel.
Heard in a Southampton cafe : I was trying to go a car meet and all there was was a load of people getting groceries.
I can only see this problem
I can only see this problem getting worse – imagine having to cope with this AND the HC changes.
I’ve got a set of Audi A.3 brake pads and main instrument cluster for sale – unused.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/supply-chain-problems-puts-brakes-on-car-repairs-261434/
He was actually convicted and
He was actually convicted and banned.
BMW drivers in Chatham hit by
BMW drivers in Chatham hit by a string of steering wheel thefts
Take careful note, buildings of Kent. One owner said, “this must have happened on Friday night, I didn’t notice until Tuesday.”
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/bmw-owners-hit-by-spate-of-steering-wheel-thefts-261421/
Speeding driver bids to flee
Police attend car crash in New Forest
“Six police officers and an ambulance when all of this could have been avoided. Luckily no one [was] killed this time. Don’t drink and drive, it ruins lives.”
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19868556.police-attend-car-crash-new-forest/
People trapped in overturned car freed by firefighters
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19868368.people-trapped-overturned-car-freed-firefighters/Police called to car meet at Sainsbury’s in Coxford, Southampton
AN UNAUTHORISED car meet full of “screeching” cars was dispersed by police officers last night.
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19868560.police-called-car-meet-sainsburys-coxford-southampton/
tell me again about those Highway Code changes, and terribly expensive mororing is?
One day in Bournemouth:
One news day in Bournemouth:
Family of Courtney White pay tribute to mum at her funeral
THE devastated family of a popular Poole mum who was killed in a hit and run crash have said their final heartbreaking goodbyes.Car smashes into Bournemouth roundabout (Picture)
Three-vehicle collision on A31 towards Ringwood
ONE person was injured in a three-vehicle collision on the A31 near Ringwood
Parents fined for dropping children off at pre-school
It is alleged that the “over-zealous” ANPR system has been fining parents within seconds of exceeding the 20-minute free parking limit.
Car rams police vehicle before ‘making off’ in New Forest
police spotted the car believed to be responsible for a series of thefts from vehicles parked at the Travel Lodge just before midnight last night, January 20.
They blocked the car in but it rammed the police vehicle, damaging it and making off through Emery Down and across the Forest using the tracks from Acres Down to the Canadian War Memorial.
Elderly man surrenders driving licence
The 88-year-old motorist from Corfe Castle was stopped by police back in November for driving with no insurance and an expired licence.
it’s the fault of the road
it’s the fault of the road markings if you dip into the comments
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/19867704.car-crashes-house-near-pub-wimborne/
It seems to me that it’s getting harder to rest easy in your bed if you live near a road and any sort of hazard, like a bend or a junction.
Yes. Owners gutted as they
Yes. Owners gutted as they cannot now sit in a solution of each other’s poo until repairs are complete.
Found another while visiting Norfolk:
Drunk student crashed [car] into hotel wall after drinking tequilas
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/crime/norwich-student-admits-drink-driving-8629172
“no-one warned me that this
“no-one warned me that this was a dangerous road”