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Car crashes into building - please post your Local news stories
Running this one up the flagpole to see who salutes...
I just don't remember this being a thing until recently, now it seems a daily occurrence.
Could it be that there are drivers not up to the job, too many cars; should houses be made to ride in single file, shops put on high viz, why are we putting newer buildings in danger like this, it's irresponsible.
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18649201.car-crash-wall-iceland-s...
'A Dorset Police spokesperson said: "Dorset Police was called at 12.48pm on Thursday, August 13, to a report of a collision involving a car and a wall outside Iceland on Poole Road in Bournemouth.
"It is reported that the vehicle was also in collision with a pedestrian, but they did not require medical treatment." '
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- stonojnr 43 min 49 sec ago
was it that brutal a close pass ? its London, its a tour coach, its barely a few mph quicker than the cyclists none of whom seem that disturbed....
- EngFan 1 hour 42 min ago
I think both the cyclist and driver broke the law....
- chrisonabike 1 hour 56 min ago
Precise, and also sounds like the work of Boatsie! Nice poetic run at the moment.
- Boofus 1 hour 58 min ago
Anyone interested in this topic I'd recommend 'the ghost in the machine' podcast which goes into this stuff in even greater detail - really...
- chrisonabike 1 hour 59 min ago
Unfamiliar with Epimenides paradox and/or irony perhaps? Or just responding in like manner?
- sizbut 3 hours 30 min ago
These, and most other brands, are all built around the same off-the shelf components, just with brand specific mouldings around those components....
- mdavidford 4 hours 22 min ago
Giving you a like, not so much for the comment, but for the use of 'millimetrically'.
- chrisonabike 6 hours 5 min ago
This is the usual "OK, we'll let you have your bit of change - but only if it has no impact on us "....
- Destroyer666 8 hours 39 min ago
Indeed, would've much rather seen that in this article, than yet again an ending of anecnodtal references to past issues that have little or...
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I'm surprised they spoke to the driver, rather than just issuing a letter.
Nah, a decent lawyer will be able to argue that he was framed.
Another car with agency, according to the report.
Did you manage to catch the squirrel story HP?
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-familys-frantic-...
A good candidate for what happened next.
That looks rather a fast car for an 18 year old to drive.
There are lots of deleted comments, some proper nastiness below the line in Bolton.
But this one was a beauty-
No description of the driver as he had a Baklava covering his face
Hardly impressive, even the austin metro could do 62mph. Performance cars all just so pointless, just about every car on the road is limited by driver consience (sadly) not car performance.
Shocking.
Very rare to have the idiot fiming their own stupidity.
here it is being removed
https://twitter.com/SFRS_cjackson/status/1340646834377793541
McLaren driver aquaplanes and crashes on A31 in Hampshire
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/18973752.car-aquaplanes-crashes-tree-a3...
Here's the full picture from the Echo website - what on Earth is all that gunge on the windscreen, where's it from? The ponies were in the road hoovering up the salt, so is it from the collision?
"Hampshire county councillor David Harrison, a member of the National Park Authority, listed several measures that have already been implemented in a bid to reduce the number of animal accidents in the district.
He added: “I think if there was an easy answer to stopping incidents like this, steps would have already been taken.” - average speed cameras, Cllr Harrison?"
To be fair, they were just trying to get to car park 9 3/4.
The car can't be a pretty sight!
Nope - I didnt' see that. Thanks for the heads up.
I'm surprised that it's illegal to release grey squirrels in Bristol at least - there's loads in the parks around me.
I did come across glowing squirrels the other day: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/01/flying-squirrels-fluorescent-secretly-glow-pink/
..not to mention traffic.
Why bother with your £25000 -sorry- £450/month for 36 months "performance" car, unless you live in a car advert.
Blood and guts
a regular, you might say.
"Did I leave the landing light on?"
https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/letter-visible
car drivers - "it's not our fault, they should be wearing high viz"
I hope so
It's not about "speeding", though we know how often speed limits are actually observed, but going too fast for the conditions and to be able to stop in time when seeing an obstruction, in this case 4 ponies.
Nom, nom, nom
an airliner - we used to have those didn't we
I suppose there is some truth in that. Drivers may slow down if they see something unexpected ahead. But as my photo a few posts earlier shows, you get some who don't slow despite the road markings and chevron signage.
Mind how you go, Sir
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18990739.no-action-driver-involve...
I don't think it would have been published if it was. They always warn "distressing images".
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18990739.no-action-driver-involve...
He was blinded by oncoming lights ??
I like the way one of the comments explains why at 40 mph it is not possible to stop within the distance illuminated by dipped lights...
That is assuming you even use the brakes. Judging by the state of the car he never bothered.
fencing, lighting reflective collars: anything to deflect from drivers' competence and behaviour. The car-led sub-urbanisation of the New Forest.
There was an Echo report on a hit and run on the Twin Sails bridge in Poole - I'd just got into challenging Mr "ah, but was he wearing the relevant safety equipment?" when the paper turned off commenting and with that, all the comments disappeared. Too much speculation, I guess.
Perhaps it's time to create a dedicated hit and run thread, maybe start again on this one?
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