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Herefordshire man fined after
Herefordshire man fined after throwing parking ticket
The owner of the vehicle, Mr Warren Alex Laszlo, emerged from a nearby pub, and shouted at the officer, before leaping onto the car bonnet, dramatically sprawling himself across it, and throwing the PCN to the ground before driving off.
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24785381.herefordshire-man-fined-throwing-parking-ticket/
Bath cemetery closes its
Bath cemetery closes its gates as ‘disrespectful’ parking damages graves
Remembrance event driving
Remembrance event driving incident sees woman reported (paywall)
A woman has been reported for careless driving after her car hit two Brownies during a Remembrance Day service.
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24787123.remembrance-event-driving-incident-sees-woman-reported/
follow-up story
Car flips onto roof outside
Car flips onto roof outside Sainsbury’s in Station Road, Staplehurst
Don’t forget “notorious”
Don’t forget “notorious” roads, and “dangerous” roads.
Don’t forget your lights and
Don’t forget your lights and hi viz, folks:
Lorry crashes into ambulance on crash scene in Southampton
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/24777250.lorry-crashes-ambulance-crash-scene-southampton/
If you grew up in a town
If you grew up in a town where you park like this, you have to explain the nearest big city you live closest to, because nobody knows the town you actually live in.
Car flips onto side after
Car flips onto side after crash on Boscombe Overcliff Drive
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24778256.car-flips-onto-side-crash-boscombe-overcliff-drive/
All the more remarkable because it looks like a pick-up actually being used to carry heavy/bulky stuff. I like how the Mini behind is almost saying “FFS, HOW?”
Emergency services called to
Emergency services called to River Medway near Strood Retail Park and Morrisons after car gets stuck in mud
A spokeswoman for the ambulance service said it was called to reports a vehicle had left the road when it became stuck in the mud.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/emergency-service-response-after-car-stuck-in-mud-316991/
if you change “when” to “then”, you’re closer to what happened here.
“In front of me” carbrain
“In front of me” carbrain Lisa.
Video : Moment woman carrying
Video : Moment woman carrying child flees hit-and-run Hanley crash caught on CCTV
Shocking footage shows a car careering into the house before the passengers flee on foot and the driver skids off
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/family-fuming-hit-run-driver-9769470
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/moment-women-carrying-child-flees-9770564
I suggest you write to the
I suggest you write to the driver direct and start your missive with
NOTICE OF INTENDED PROSECUTION
Devon flood drivers lambasted
Devon flood drivers lambasted for distracting 999 services
Some drivers did not heed warnings not to travel
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/devon-flood-drivers-lambasted-distracting-9763620
Vehicle plunges over bank and into river in Tavistock
The road was closed while firefighters rescued the two people
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/vehicle-plunges-over-bank-river-9764402
Because of the news fog
Because of the news fog around this, I’ve only got a few scraps to offer out at moment. That and the sheer unpredictability of the man at the centre of it all. So here we go, jump in any time.
The team he’s assembled looks like some sensible picks from in his world with some notable exceptions, of course. I guess running the WWF as an example is at least experience of running a sizeable enterprise, and having to stick at it to deliver the product. Doing that over time can be pretty boring and a lot of nut-jobs and fanatics don’t have much skill in that area, usually want instant gratification/ results and often get tired of it.
They’re also not very good at building effective relationships either, so that brings another layer of unpredictability as the infighting worsens. I wonder how long the current love affair with Musk will last. It can’t be easy for Trump to operate at full throttle with his advancing age / state of health. But he wouldn’t be the first POTUS, or the first tyrant of that’s what this is turning into, to experience that.
Trump doesn’t seem to be a war-monger (wars and peacekeeping are expensive) or bloodthirsty, so there’s that. But his weakness on foreign matters could allow wars to break out. My sense, based on no evidence, is that his apparent alliance with nut job “Christian” extremists is a marriage of convenience, so I wonder how far all that horror will get on the ground.
The US will be a dead loss on climate change during this period – that seems like a certainty. I do wonder where we’ll get to in 3.5 years in terms with holding a free and fair election. Great to know, by the way, that the 2024 election was in no way stolen after all.
Two X/twitter takes I’ve seen:
Won’t it be interesting to see where we get to when the right are able to put all their ideas into effect over 4 years
An intent to dismantle 80% of the federal government (a la Musk X/ Twitter takeover.)
I guess the latter rules out any system of domestic tyranny? Tariffs, as an example, need a fair bit of admin. So does interstate border control for women of child-bearing ago who might be pregnant.
A lot of what’s being said at the moment really doesn’t sound all that good for business and industry. I guess there’s so-called Disaster Capitalism, but in the ordinary course, business’s requirements from government are about security – in practical terms, that’s defense and policing. An unstable or insecure environment causes loss and puts up costs as the business has to provide basic security itself and pay more for staff.
It also helps business if there is a criminal and civil justice system for disputes and felonies. Fuel and energy supplies. It’s good if there is a local workforce (so maybe don’t deport them all) and that needs I dunno education, housing, maybe healthcare. It’s bad if there are bums on every street corner of your downtown.
Big business runs the US and I find myself pinning my hope there.
Hirsute wrote:
Why buy one if you have no driveway ?see also: any car