Forum Replies Created
-
Replies
-
Brand new Mercedes gets stuck
Brand new Mercedes gets stuck on notorious beach and spends two days in the sea
The latest car that fell victim to Traeth y Greigddu was a brand new Mercedes-Benz coupe hire car that was left partly submerged as its owners waited for a low tide to see if anything could be salvaged
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/brand-new-mercedes-gets-stuck-31563873?int_source=nba
Roaches Bank Holiday weekend
Roaches Bank Holiday weekend parking chaos as 999 crews can’t reach casualty
Police are warning drivers
Man in hospital with serious
Man in hospital with serious head injuries after assault in Kent Sainsbury’s car park
Kent Police was called to the supermarket car park
Preliminary investigations suggest the incident occurred after a disagreement over a parking space escalated, resulting in the victim being punched. The injured man sustained serious head injuries and was promptly transported to a local hospital.
https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/man-hospital-serious-head-injuries-10139995
Sidcup man arrested after parking dispute escalates violently in Tunbridge Wells
The Express Carraiges Act
The Express Carraiges Act 1798 (“Mr Brimshaw’s Act”) states
no coachman, cartman, or wheryman am shall within the city bounds recklessly or wontenly drive his vehicle upon or over any kerbstone, milestone, signpost or gate upon a penalty of 2 shillings when brought before a magistrate.
clearly an update to the law required here
Drivers and their problems
Drivers and their problems
Driver blasts ‘killer’ kerb at Salisbury station as video shows damage
Lymington shops will be saved
Lymington shops will be saved by winning back all the drivers who can’t / won’t pay £1.50 to park, yes sireeLymington and Pennington Town Council calls on Hampshire County Council to reinstate one hour’s free parking on town’s High Street (paywall)
Drivers and their problems
Drivers and their problems
Car show grinds traffic to a halt leaving locals stuck at home
One motorist said it took three hours to drive just five miles
Carbrain aside for a moment,
Carbrain aside for a moment, if pot holes are the biggest problem / frustration in your life, you aren’t doing too badly.
Good Googling there! Small/
Good Googling there! Small/ local traders hankering after cars when cars are the main reason we now do our shopping weekly on the ring road at big Tesco.
Where do we send corrections
Where do we send corrections and ideas for responses?
No, there will there will never be a 40 year old Brifter. Brifters, a term that amalgamates brake levers and gear shifters, were introduced in the 1990s to make gear shifting easier and safer so that the rider can operate both without removing their hands from the handlebars. Brifters are mechanically complex, comprising a number of intricate parts. Their design requires the gear cable to occupy a small winder and this can lead to problems with cables deteriorating and causing the mechanism to break. Support for spare parts is generally poor and successful repairs are in any event beyond the capability of the average rider.
There are 40 year old downtube shifters still in regular use, but there will never be a 40 year old brifter.
Does… the car have a hand?Related: is it possible to hold a bag like that?
it’s a left-hand drive – WDIW?
City Walls: Car flips on its
City Walls: Car flips on its roof in serious crash
You heard it here first
You heard it here first (possibly) – bus company is changing a route because of badly parked cars.
Concerns Bedford bus cuts blamed on bad parking and low passengers will leave rural communities stranded
Darren Roe, Managing Director of Stagecoach East, said the issues meant buses were facing delays and falling passenger numbers, leading to the “reduced viability” of some services.
Among the biggest changes, Service 8 will be rerouted along Ford End Road to avoid parked cars blocking the route, while Service 7 will switch to a one-way loop around Needwood Road, serving Rowallan Drive instead of Putnoe Lane.
meanwhile in Fenton
Butcher slams council as drivers face £70 fines for stopping outside his shop
They don’t want double-red lines outside their shops
“Not only do red routes improve the safety and accessibility of the road network for motorists, they also play a key part in helping to keep buses reliable and stay on time”
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/butcher-slams-council-drivers-face-10047656
First Potteries changes 12 timetables from today – full list
Services 6/6A: Hanley – Coalville/Blythe Bridge: New Monday to Friday timetable introduced “to help keep buses to run on time”🧐
Service 18: Hanley – Leek: New Monday to Friday timetable “to help keep buses to run on time”🧐
Car crashes into shop –
Car crashes into shop – spring roundup. Our first three all involve Land Rovers.
You might think what with this being such a common occurrence and with the potential to cause death and injury, something might be done about this, you know like change the law or something?
Off we got to Bonny Scotland:
Car smashes into shop window in Bridge of Allan crash
A Land Rover crashed into the front of The Flooring Studio shop.
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5214754/car-shop-window-bridge-of-allan-crash/
Gourock shop struck by car for second time in less than a month
https://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/25011959.gourock-shop-struck-car-second-time-less-month/
Woman in hospital after car crashes into pharmacy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c33416y7j38o
meanwhile, in England:
Man injured after car crash at Pets At Home Hatch Warren
there were no reports of cute animals climbing road signs
https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/24934515.man-injured-car-crash-pets-home-hatch-warren/
Cars flip onto roof and smash into estate agents in Oxford
Mayhem in Oxford saw one car drive into an estate agents while another completely flipped onto its roof just a street away.
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/25048620.cars-flip-onto-roof-smash-estate-agents-oxford/
Car crashes into a barber shop in Chichester
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/24895158.dramatic-scenes-car-crashes-barbers-chichester/
Exmouth: Car crashes into Littleham Cross co-op store
https://www.exmouthjournal.co.uk/news/24937064.car-crashes-littleham-cross-co-op-store/
Car crashes into shop and damages front window
A car crashed into a high street shop in Derbyshire, damaging the front of the building.
Police were called to the Boots branch on High Street in Long Eaton on Friday in the early evening.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62gd4p1k4ro
Chatham and Aylesford MP
Chatham and Aylesford MP Tristan Osborne calls for more action to curb boy racers in Snodland
One Snodland resident, who wanted to be known only by his first name of Gianluca, said: “The noise from these gatherings has woken up young children and is causing widespread stress and anxiety among residents.
“It is deeply frustrating that law-abiding drivers face penalties like fines and points for minor speeding offences, yet these delinquents act with apparent impunity, seemingly unafraid of arrest or fines.”
