Car crashes into building - please post your Local news stories

ktache wrote:

What were they thinking building a grade II listed building that close to a main road...

They should never have been given planning permission for that

Good lord!  You mean he didn't??

Seems like a case for additional safety measures e.g. at least some feedback if you try to cross into a lane with oncoming vehicles.  Although without actual barriers between lanes this might not have changed the outcome here.  And even then possibly the car driver would still have been hurt.

Unfortunately there's a general feeling of "sadly accidents happen ... but not to me and mine!"  Until one does.

Jogle wrote:

Car crashes through downstairs bedroom window of elderly woman's home in Twickenham https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/twickenham-car-crash-jeremy-vine-...

I read this earlier (can't bring myself to follow all the way through to the Heil):

The Sun wrote:

The dangerous crash reportedly happened when the driver was trying to park and accidentally pressed down on the accelerator - revving the motor straight into the house. 

Neighbours said the pensioner living inside was in another room when it happened so was unharmed and the driver was also left injury-free, reports the Daily Mail.

…which rather begs the question of (1) how hard she had intended to apply the brake, and (2) how hard she actually pressed the accelerator.

It was the run up to the ramp that seems difficult to explain...

Electric cars soon, which for some reason will just HAVE to be able to accelerate to 60mph in 4-5 seconds...

...because er... it causes pollution otherwise (is this right?).  And for safety - if there's a cyclist in front so you have to overtake them you need to get past as quickly as possible to avoid oncoming traffic...

Vine created this mock up

with the comments

Imagine if a bicycle did this. There would be *Questions in Parliament *Calls for a new law to restrict bicycle speeds *The prosecution and jailing of the rider *Demands for a curfew on cycling