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February 21, 2025 at 8:59 am in reply to: Car crashes into building – please post your Local news stories #1151361
mdavidford
“Catastrophic damage”. To a
“Catastrophic damage”. To a wall. One wonders what adjective they would have reached for if it had been a person.
mdavidford
simonmb wrote:I’m not entirely sure Moldova is a real country.You are Vladimir Putin, and I claim my 10 roubles.
mdavidford
Looking at streetview, they
Looking at streetview, they are correct that large signs have been replaced with small ones. But that’s because they were previously telling you that you were going from a 20 limit into a 30 limit, whereas now you’re going from a 20 into, er, a 20, so you only get a repeater sign. And there actually appear to be 20 repeaters where there were no 30 repeaters before.
mdavidford
I assumed that a commuter
I assumed that a commuter road was like the Room of Requirement – it travels to wherever people need to drive on it.
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levestane wrote:David9694 wrote:Where do drivers think that tyre or brake disc that started on 8mm and is now 3 mm has gone??My guess is most don’t even know what those things are, they take their cars to a garage, pay the bill and drive away
towatchwhile watching some more cat videos.
mdavidford
Bonus video, and a police
Bonus video, and a police driver: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98yr0z9r1ro
mdavidford
I think you intended this
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.)
mdavidford
There’s permeable and then
There’s permeable and then there’s permeable, though. Even a permeable driveway is likely to increase runoff vs the garden it replaced – just not as much as a non-permeable one.
February 5, 2025 at 9:27 am in reply to: Car crashes into building – please post your Local news stories #1150799
mdavidford
It does have a lamp on it
It does have a lamp on it though…
mdavidford
Nighttrain123 wrote:
Nighttrain123 wrote:On my bike, I use the very high tech solution of manually rotating my light fwd and down on the handlebar.With most lights, though, this approach will quickly lead to your light flapping loosely while pointing mostly at your front wheel.
mdavidford
As an aside, Google’s
As an aside, Google’s proposed route included this.


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Shreds wrote:Marmite scones sometimes!😲 *Considers whether the 254 mile round trip might be worth it…*
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chrisonabike wrote:BBC reheats the “roundabout with painted designs” story (featured on road.cc a while back)I’m pretty sure this is at least the third time the BBC have had a story on this – not sure why they keep forgetting that they’ve covered it.
mdavidford
To be fair, they do have
To be fair, they do have their beam comparer tool, which helps you understand where the light will go. It does rely on the purchaser bothering to read the guidance, though, rather than just going “this one’s brighter – it must be better”.
January 31, 2025 at 9:43 am in reply to: Car crashes into building – please post your Local news stories #1150601
mdavidford
Even if they’re festooned
Even if they’re festooned with hi vis markings?
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