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Drivers and their problems

A new catch-all Tea Shop thread for those miscellaneous new stories that don't quite fit with parking, crashing into buildings or trapped/prisoners in their homes. 

If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.

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Jogle | 1 week ago
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Anger as road signs cut down in Carmarthenshire village

Can anyone explain the logic in this?

Quote:

The council reports seven road signs have been illegally cut down around the village in just one week, causing growing fears for road safety due to the increased risk of traffic accidents.

https://www.southwalesguardian.co.uk/news/24168603.anger-road-signs-cut-...

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Jogle | 1 week ago
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Vandals deface village 20mph speed limit signs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn4l3m2q63yo.amp

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chrisonabike | 1 week ago
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This one should really be in "Drivers and everyone else's problems" of course...

Proof that caravans aren't just for the retired:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68513071

BBC wrote:

An 11-year-old boy was found behind the wheel when police pulled over a BMW X5 towing a suspected stolen caravan on the M1.

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Jogle | 1 week ago
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'Can't park there mate' - marooned car blocks tram

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/cant-park-mate-maroo...

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David9694 | 1 week ago
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Bloody swans, they're always doing this. Oi, mate pay road tax!

Swan holds up traffic in The Causeway, Potter Heigham

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24173071.swan-holds-traffic-causeway-potter...
 

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SaveTheWail | 1 week ago
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This car is snitching on other cars:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c25lw57779po

 

 

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David9694 | 1 week ago
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No return parking sign explained to drivers in TikTok video

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/23734627.no-return-parking-sign-expla...

I was tempted to post something like "TikTok-er explains that sign means what it says", but then I thought future TikToks could include more Janet & John stuff like

What's the fastest can I drive in a 30 mph limit?

1.5 metres and you 

And I'm story-boarding a cross-section one that goes "someone's front garden, the pavement, the kerb, the road, the other side of the road, another kerb, another pavement and someone else's house"

And 

"I've been driving 5 years and I never knew what these levers at the side of the steering wheel were - it's mental, I can tell other drivers what I'm doing before I've done it"

 

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David9694 | 1 week ago
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Exeter LTN haters must come up with 10-year plan'

'I have yet to hear what an “anti-woke” transport policy looks like other than venting anger'

https://www.devonlive.com/news/news-opinion/exeter-ltn-haters-must-come-...

Yep - without exception, the driver accounts go silent when you ask about the future

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David9694 | 1 week ago
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Greedy car parking policies have had a damaging impact on Cornwall'

If Cornwall Council was genuine, it would cut car parking charges across the board. Nothing less.

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/news-opinion/greedy-car-parking-polici...

whatever you do for drivers, it's never enough 

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David9694 | 1 week ago
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Bicester teenager angry at council as car damaged by pothole

Mr Gould said: "It is quite an expensive car and the potholes can do a lot of damage. They make me not want to drive my car but it shouldn't be like that."

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24176721.bicester-teenager-angry-counc...

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Hirsute | 6 days ago
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Cheap parking at city college next to Westgate is 'banned'

 

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24172617.cheap-parking-city-college-ne...

Sad Loss according to the paper's twitter account !

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Hirsute | 6 days ago
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David9694 | 6 days ago
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UK motorists could be banned from parking on pavements

"In 2020, the Government consulted on options to tackle pavement parking, yet no progress has been made."

The Department for Transport said: "This highly important issue is complex and involves many conflicting factors. The Government needs to get this right and is carefully considering the issues before deciding the way forward.

Get fucked is it "complex".  Pavement parking is wrong and it needs to stop - now.  It is no more complex than that. 

https://www.southwalesguardian.co.uk/news/24175241.uk-motorists-banned-p...

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Hirsute | 6 days ago
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David9694 | 6 days ago
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Saw the head badges for sale on EBay - blimey, if only they knew!

https://www.aushopboys.com.au/product-page/london-taxi-crb26l

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David9694 | 5 days ago
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The road to my north Devon hamlet is bumpy - shock 

Moment driver tackles notorious potholed Devon road

Locals fear they could soon be cut off from the main road

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/moment-driver-tackles-notoriou...

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David9694 | 5 days ago
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Several production companies have been on the line already about a reality show : Paying the Price, Price in Prison, Jordan in Jail are all doing the rounds. 

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Hirsute | 5 days ago
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Whilst the mother is milking it to some extent, the comments show the usual motonormativity.

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/24177992.little-girl-drenched-van-cl...

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Hirsute | 5 days ago
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Interesting comments on this one about the A120 being the slowest A road.

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/24179831.a120-slowest-a-road-north-e...

Brooks (the cyclist) sticks his neck out on induced demand but the most interesting one is

"For the past forty years I have driven from Colchester to a place in Hertfordshire. Despite all of the improvements including by-passes it has always taken roughly 1 and 3/4 hours."

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Hirsute | 4 days ago
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Jogle | 4 days ago
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Mystery as unattended car left running for eight hours in Asda car park

Putting to one side the environmental impact, if the car had been like that for eight hours, was it really a police matter to come and break in to turn it off?

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/mystery-unattended-car-l...

It's a mystery, it's a mystery! I thought that Toyah would be more interesting than a photo of a car park

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David9694 | 2 days ago
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The Welsh roundabout exit which has cost thousands of drivers half a million pounds in just one year

The simply staggering figure is substantially more than all the other parking offence fines for an entire county put together

Another motorist agreed, writing: “This happened to me! Couldn’t believe it! It’s easy to see the signage once you realise, but there are so many signs around there."

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/welsh-roundabout-exit-cost...

TODAY'S story - inside the pizza franchise that is half an hour late and delivers lukewarm Pepsi 

MONDAY : How Marks & Spencer will fob you off with a credit note 

TUESDAY : Taylor Swift tickets ripoff 

WEDNESDAY : The 2 for 1 cinema ticket offer that wasn't 

THURSDAY : My 48 hour £12.53 overdraft cost me £45 

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David9694 | 1 day ago
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What? oh nothing, just a regional best place to live winner with a pedestrianised High Street at its heart

'Handsome and historic' Sherborne named the best place to live in the South West

Its thriving high street and community has been widely praised

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/handsome-historic-...

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David9694 | 1 day ago
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Tell me again about how LTNs block emergency services 

Bad parking put 'lives at risk' after fire engine stuck in Claines

https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24176935.bad-parking-put-lives-risk...

Edit: follow-up article -

 https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24183170.alma-street-newtown-road-b...

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Hirsute | 19 hours ago
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The sun was in my eyes !

https://youtu.be/DD-WRbcb7A8?t=243

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David9694 | 9 hours ago
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Audi Q5 stuck on lampost outside Peugeot garage in Maidstone

One witness said: “Apparently the driver was doing a u-turn and shot forward instead of backward and ended in that position.

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/audi-stuck-up-lamppost-in-ca...

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Jogle | 7 hours ago
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Zac Goldsmith banned from driving after seven speed offences

In the slightly amended proverb. Catch me once, shame on me. Catch me twice, shame on you..... Catch me seven times, shame on the legal system

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68599661

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chrisonabike | 7 hours ago
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Former London Mayoral candidate clearly finding his new-fangled "environmentally friendly" vehicle is taking control of him.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68599661

I'm going to take this as a good news story - not just a driver held to account but an actual sanction* applied to a powerful man.

* If a weedy one e.g. only a year, plus "if you do it again and we can't ignore it, we will tell you not to do it again, again".  I guess he can afford to take taxis / hire a driver also?

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David9694 | 6 hours ago
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What cars do to people 

Man grabbed driver by the throat in dispute over parking

The victim, in his 50s, was in his parked vehicle in the Sandbanks Ferry car park on Banks Road at around 12.10pm on March 14.

He became involved in an argument with another motorist over parking, who then grabbed him by the throat and took his mobile phone.

The phone was recovered by the victim and he did not sustain any serious injuries.

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24192554.man-grabbed-driver-throa...

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David9694 | 6 hours ago
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You can't have fresh water because I want to drive my car:

Deansway closure angers Worcestershire County Council

Councillor Mike Rouse, cabinet member for highways and transport for Worcestershire County Council, said Severn Trent was putting Worcestershire people through misery.

"I was very disappointed to hear about the unauthorised closure of Deansway by Severn Trent this morning, one of the city’s busiest roads, at one of the busiest times of the day," he said.

"Severn Trent Water appears to constantly abuse the emergency permit system for street works to suit them and their project management needs, but they are putting the public of Worcestershire through absolute misery, and it’s got to stop.

"I will be demanding a meeting with the chief executive of Severn Trent Water to understand how she will ensure that Severn Trent Water plans their works better, engage with the residents and businesses that will be affected, and put a stop to riding roughshod over the permitting system.

https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24188175.deansway-closure-angers-wo...

PS be sure to let us know how your meeting with the Severn Trent CEO goes 

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