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what cars do to people
what cars do to people (police video)
Coach driver protects 80 children from dangerous driver
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/24927450.coach-drive-protects-80-children-dangerous-driver/
(Driverless) Essex crash sees
(Driverless) Essex crash sees person trapped as car flips on side
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/24927107.canvey-island-car-flipping-sees-person-trapped-inside/
It’s outrageous. A whole £4 fee to store your property (a car) on council-owned land for 24 hours. /sarcasmnext up Colin (84) from Chapel Allerton complained that there were no machines to pay for parking and although he is perfectly competent to handle his new Mazda EV he can’t possibly use an app.
Hopes coaches will be kept
Hopes coaches will be kept out of the heart ‘Venice of the Cotswolds’ after tourism chaos
More backing for coach parking solution after nightmare last summer
seems a bit unfair to me https://www.terringtonarchive.net/businesshope.php
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Police advise against
Police advise against councillors attending public meeting
ADVICE was given to a councillor to not attend a public meeting with a pro-car group, Dorset Police says.
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24924506.police-advise-councillors-attending-public-meeting/
I haven’t gone looking for the Facebook group in question, it’s all a bit too close to home for me – anyone else got the stomach for it, maybe could give us the gist?
Fresh calls for relief road
Fresh calls for relief road after lorry hits George Inn in Leeds
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24922718.back-ram-raid-hit-wetherspoon-pub-lord-arthur-lee-fareham/
under what logic do you get from bad driver behaviour to still more roads? (See also: Portswood Broadway/ buggy hit in DatP)
Back when a ram-raid hit
Back when a ram-raid hit Wetherspoon pub Lord Arthur Lee in Fareham
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/24922718.back-ram-raid-hit-wetherspoon-pub-lord-arthur-lee-fareham/
I think my favourite aspect of this is how it all happened at 10.20 am
It’s desperate, desperate
It’s desperate, desperate stuff.
older readers will remember ‘So we ran the gas board; they told us, “I’m sorry, but this has nothing to do with us”‘
The Southern Daily Echo is packing in story after story on Portswood Broadway and the comments are off the chart. Goodness knows what it’ll be like when 2030 comes. .
Police, firefighters and
Police, firefighters and paramedics at Staffordshire smash as 4×4 left in ditch
Jolly Farmers pub in Forncett
Jolly Farmers pub in Forncett Saint Mary closed after crash
A Norfolk pub has announced it will remain closed until further notice after a crash on Saturday night, with reports suggesting a car was left embedded in its wall.
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24921217.jolly-farmers-pub-forncett-saint-mary-closed-crash/
Pensioner left with £1,300
Pensioner left with £1,300 vet bill after cyclist ran over dog in Swalecliffe, near Whitstable, and fled
No driver directly involved here. I’ve had a little go at a pastiche of this story if it had have been car related. Curiously, the BTL comments do not support her.
As she didn’t see a thing, we’ve got this unnamed man who put his hands on the bars of this speeding cyclist, and thankfully a dog with no serious injuries. She’s not reporting it to the police and doesn’t want compensation.
Finally, I’d love to see a sign that asked drivers to take a hike.
Pensioner left with £1,300 vet bill after dog injured on path in Swalecliffe, near Whitstable
A pensioner has told how a dog was run over and left her with a £1,300 vet bill.
Justine Gill was walking in Swalecliffe, near Whitstable, when she heard “screaming” before turning to see her Chihuahua, called Bonnie, “squirming on the ground in terrible pain”.
Mrs Gill, 63, scooped Bonnie up and, fearing her pet’s spine had been broken, rushed to the vet.
The retired English teacher had been walking her three dogs – two Chihuahuas and a Jack Russell-cross – on Thursday morning when the alleged incident occurred.
“I heard one of my dogs screaming in pain,” she said.
“I turned around to see my white Chihuahua – who is about three kilos – squirming on the ground in terrible pain.”
Police wish to trace another man who put his hands on the bonnet of a vehicle.
I didn’t see what happened so the man came up to me telling me a car ran over her back with two wheels,” Mrs Gill added.
Mrs Gill had been on the Oyster Bay Trail – a footpath surrounding the outskirts of an area which is subject to a Public Spaces Protection Order at the Long Rock Nature Reserve.
In this area, dogs must be kept on a lead or owners face being fined £100.
A sign at Long Rock asks cyclists to “please walk your bike on footpaths”.
However, the public footpath Mrs Gill was walking along is also a designated cyclepath.
“I am a very moderate person and not someone who swears at people or who is baying for blood,” she said.
“But it struck me the car had clearly injured my dog and he couldn’t stop for more than 10 seconds.”
Mrs Gill took the injured Chihuahua to the vet and says poor Bonnie went into shock.
“They had her for the whole day and did X-rays checking for ruptured organs or a broken spine,” she added.
“She was put on oxygen and medication for shock.
“I collected her at 6.30pm and the bill was £1,300. I’m not insured which is my own choice so I paid it.
“But I really felt the person who did this took no responsibility and more importantly, took no care.
“He didn’t seem concerned he had hurt an animal.”
Mrs Gill says she will not be reporting the incident to police and is not seeking for the car owner to cover the vet bill.
Sir – THE commoning community
carbrain says what
Sir – THE commoning community often rightly criticise some other Forest users for their lack of concern regarding road safety and their livestock. I regularly use the roads frequently involved in these incidents. Recently I conducted a simple observational survey on the number of animals (excluding cattle) wearing a reflective collar. I estimate I’ve seen at least 60 different animals in varying locations. Of these only 55% of ponies and almost all the donkeys either did not have one or were wearing ones in a very poor condition. The chief agister featured in last week’s BBC Country File programme on the New Forest very strongly recommended and endorsed these collars’ use for preventing accidents in poor visibility. Why do his colleagues in the commoning community not exercise a greater responsibility for the safety of their livestock by adopting his advice and employ this cheap and simple measure to a far greater degree than they seem to be doing at present?
Peter Williams Lymington
I think you intended this link: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24919319.calls-made-widen-busy-didcot-road-near-orchard-centre/(The one you have is about 100mph ebikes in Broad Street.)
thanks – amended
one more lane, bro
one more lane, bro
Laura Greatrex, Labour’s candidate for Didcot West, added: “It really isn’t that difficult to see what needs to be done, yet the Liberal Democrat councils are ignoring the voices of residents.
“Why haven’t they considered a solution that works for private cars, and why has it taken them so long to bring about the changes Didcot deserves?
“The current situation isn’t just causing delays and congestion.
“It’s dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists too because drivers mount the pavement to get past the traffic jams.”
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24919319.calls-made-widen-busy-didcot-road-near-orchard-centre/
Concerns new blue bus lane
Concerns new blue bus lane signs in Tunbridge Wells could hit motorists hard
Mr Martin’s letter added: “We would like to invite you (Cllr Baker) to Tunbridge Wells to walk around the scheme at your earliest convenience, with a view to jointly commissioning an independent traffic expert to propose solutions. This would be funded by the borough council.
