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Some kind of lens cleaner
Some kind of lens cleaner apparently
Lorry carrying 25 tonnes of
Lorry carrying 25 tonnes of beer catches fire on the M11
One lane remained closed for nearly 13 hours
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/lorry-carrying-25-tonnes-beer-31352225
police had to draught in extra officers to help deal with the incident
Car smashes into wall near
Car smashes into wall near Exeter Cathedral
Two people were injured
A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police said: “Police were called to Cathedral Yard in Exeter at 10.55am on Wednesday, April 2 following reports of a road traffic collision involving a car and a wall”
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/car-smashes-wall-near-exeter-10078695?int_source=nba
Driver Who Broke Runner’s
Driver Who Broke Runner’s Spine in Three Places Praised for Waiting Around Until Help Arrived
Car crashes through garden
Car crashes through garden wall for second time in 18 months
https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/car-crashes-garden-second-time/
Woman taken to hospital after
Woman taken to hospital after flipping car onto roof in Trowbridge
https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/woman-flipping-car-roof-trowbridge/
Firefighters rescue driver from overturned car after Corsham crash
https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/firefighters-rescue-overturned-car-corsham/
Calls for Oxfordshire
Calls for Oxfordshire transport chief to resign blocked
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/25055825.calls-oxfordshire-transport-chief-resign-blocked/
This article describes a whole lot of political nonsense (you need to win the election if want to change policy) but is an example – there are others in Bournemouth and Southampton and others – of how a progressive transport lead becomes a focus for driver hate in the microcosm of the Comments sections of local newspapers.
It must take some guts.
Honk if you think it’s a
Honk if you think it’s a goose.
Oxfordshire village building
Oxfordshire village building car crash near Witney
The car came off the road and crashed in Ducklington, just south of Witney.
Police said three men escaped the scene and confirmed there were no injuries.
Thames Valley Police Rural Crime Taskforce posted a photo of the car on Facebook. It appears to be a Seat and the front of the car looks crumpled.
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/25053739.oxfordshire-village-building-car-crash-near-witney/
Any reports of any broken
Any reports of any broken arms?
Random driver account:
Random driver account: “cyclists should be made to wear hi viz like workers do on a building site”.
me : Oh really? Would that be as part of a H&S regime, so a duty to establish a safe system of work, carrry out risk assessments, train staff on safety procedures, carry out regular assessments as work progresses, report incidents, penalties for employers who do not comply?
driver – tumbleweed
I guess that one will come around again in the autumn. So compare and contrast the usual response to road incidents with the handling of this very sad tale dating from 2016.
Wilts & Berks Canal Trust volunteer unlawfully killed
paywall, I’m finding, but I can’t recall there being a verdict of unlawful killing for a cyclist from a Coroner
Prosecution, £30,000 fine
https://press.hse.gov.uk/2024/06/24/charitable-trust-fined-following-death-of-volunteer/
Prevention of deaths report
“put more guidance for vol orgs on your website”, I guess that’s no so far off “improve the road markings”
leedorney wrote:
Whenever I drive, which isn’t much, I often wonder why other seem to just not care at all, it’s like so sense and appreciation for any other human being goes out the proverbial window..check under ‘W’for “What cars do to people”
isn’t it nice that Big Jazza
isn’t it nice that Big Jazza here hasn’t been ruined by a childhood diet of Carry On films and later the internet?
I wanted to get a picture of the front of the car, but it’s the wrong way around for that.
This isn’t one of those “aren
This isn’t one of those “aren’t GatorSkins terrible” threads is it? Isn’t the complaint that they acquired a smooth glossy sheen?
I took a similar-ish sounding spill a few years ago. It’s a dip the road with a bend at the bottom that I normally tackled the other direction.The bike just seemed to get away from me and accelerate, I braked, but I couldn’t make the bend and hit a wire fence with posts at a shallow angle – wrote off my front wheel and never trusted the frame again (CF). A few bruises, not a show stopper and hopefully not for you either.
As I understand it, a dry spell sees a lot of car gunk builds up on the surface and a bit of rain “activates” it and makes things slippery, though not so bad as to give the effect you describe. The other time this happened to me is on newly painted double yellow lines, which were damp – I rolled across them and was promptly dumped on the ground with the bike seeming to just vanish to the side.
Ah, Clevedon
Ah, Clevedon
Drivers – this wibbly-wobbly street is totally crazy the council must be mad
me – any alternative plans to stop killing 4-5 people every day, seriously injuring another 60-70?
drivers – usual blend of denial and incomprehension
me – ok then, on we go with calming measures and default 20 mph
