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This wretched MG looks like
This wretched MG looks like it’s ready to drop to bits.
Generally I don’t like old cars: they really make a fumey smell (a reminder that we used to breath in this all the time) and while many can still pick up speed, they don’t have the same safety stuff, like anti-lock servo brakes and steering. And they’re often driven by people who consider themselves “fun” – uuurrrgghh.
I’m showing my age here –
I’m showing my age here – a1981 car is a Dad car, not Genieve, Chitty-chitty-Bang-Bang, or Inspector Morse’s Jag.
Why on Earth do they not have to have an an appropriate MOT?
Car goes into hedge – it’s
Car goes into hedge – it’s the Tesco car park again
You can see the bike he was
You can see the bike he was trying to avoid (says cabbie Twitter)
car crashes into building AND
car crashes into building AND is upside down.
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/19688070.car-overturns-crash-driveway-next-bungalow/
an awful lot of upside down
an awful lot of upside down cars in my local news today.
when they say ‘flipped’, do they mean driving it, or man-handling it?
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19685748.gangs-youths-flip-cars-smash-windows-southampton-estate/
It galls me particularly when ambulance crews have to waste time with antics like this when: https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19685735.south-central-ambulance-service-sees-overwhelming-demand/
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19685327.car-smashes-motorway-barrier-m3-near-eastleigh – another invisible barrier!
Bollard ‘does job’
Bollard ‘does job’
“paint it orange”, says local shopkeeper.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/warning-over-safety-bollard-causing-crashes-256608/
Update – library re-opens
Update – library re-opens after 8 days. It was an Audi, if anyone is interested.
It’s a good job HGV drivers
It’s a good job HGV drivers are tested on reversing…
Maybe they got a fine?
Maybe they got a fine?
Car crashes into Winchester
Car crashes into Winchester gym for third time in five years
(it’s different cars)
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/19656988.car-crashes-winchester-gym-third-time-five-years/
Couple left trapped inside
Couple left trapped inside Hampshire library after car smashes through wall
Car crashes into Co-op
Car crashes into Co-op Funeralcare in King Street, Ramsgate
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/car-ploughs-into-funeral-directors-255693/
Ich bin ein Berliner!
Ich bin ein Berliner!
I forget how many of us it
I forget how many of us it served, but my student Union laundrette had 6 washing machines and 5 tumble dryers. No-one stayed while their stuff went round and if you arrived and found a washing machine that had finished, it seemed to be ok to unload it into a basket and get your stuff started.
I think the same set of social issues needs to be solved with EV charging points.