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  1. Frenchy
    Member

    No charges??

    Let's be fair - this only happened yesterday and the police confirmed that "inquiries were ongoing".

    Posted 7 years ago #
  2. LaidBack
    Member

    This car chose to use the Roseburn path today. To be fair it was moving very carefully and probably had a good reason to be there.

    Festival coast tour 2 and try out - Saki by LaidBackBikes, on Flickr

    Posted 7 years ago #
  3. crowriver
    Member

    It probably just wanted someone to tickle its tum. You see, there was this crash going on, and it just felt like rolling over, as you do.

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    Car rolls onto roof in motorway crash near Falkirk

    A car rolled onto its roof on the central reservation during a crash on the motorway outside Falkirk.

    The woman driving the car suffered "minor injuries" after the incident on the M876 near the M80 at Bankhead.

    A spokeswoman for Police Scotland confirmed the silver hatchback had ended up on its roof on the northbound carriageway shortly before 9am.

    Traffic was brought to a standstill following the incident.

    The second lane of the road is still closed while the vehicle is recovered.

    Drivers are being advised to avoid the area if possible and expect delays.

    http://stv.tv/news/stirling-central/1366146-car-rolls-onto-roof-in-central-reservation-of-motorway/

    Posted 7 years ago #
  4. fimm
    Member

    Bus fails to go for a paddle in the river.

    "A metal barrier has blocked a bus from ending up in a river after ... the vehicle left the A68 in Jedburgh ... Investigations are continuing to determine what caused the bus to leave the road, ... hit a car, ... [strike] a roadside wall a number of times before travelling across a grassy area and finally coming to rest against a metal barrier overhanging the Jed Water."

    Posted 7 years ago #
  5. Arellcat
    Moderator

    Toddler dies after crash cars mount pavement in Coupar Angus

    "two cars crashed into each other"
    "the two cars collided"
    "a black Ford Focus driving towards Forfar"

    All by themselves? There is no mention at all in the article that those cars were being driven by people.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  6. chdot
    Admin

  7. chdot
    Admin

    Sentient beer kegs.

    "

    Motorists delayed at Hermiston Gait after beer kegs spilled

    "

    http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/motorists-delayed-at-hermiston-gait-after-beer-kegs-spilled-1-4263828

    Posted 7 years ago #
  8. gembo
    Member

    Two unoccupied cars have also committed suicide by throwing themselves onto the foreshore at granton.

    To misquote withnail

    Accident black spot? They're throwing themselves off the middle of the road

    Posted 7 years ago #
  9. Klaxon
    Member

    Car in building revealed in SHOCK BBC story to actually have been driven into it

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-37739280

    The article has been pitched pretty spot on

    Posted 7 years ago #
  10. dougal
    Member

  11. Stickman
    Member

  12. acsimpson
    Member

    Police van knocks down girl

    There is plenty mention of police in the article butas usual no mention of any in the van.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  13. Snowy
    Member

    Bus crashes into house in High Wycombe

    Must be one of these new driver-less buses.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  14. slowcoach
    Member

    Mopeds are now ganging up against cars in London? "A man is in a serious condition in hospital after being injured in a crash between a gang of mopeds and a car."
    Evening Standard

    Posted 7 years ago #
  15. crowriver
    Member

    Mazda ends up on top of Volkswagen in train station car park

    A car ended up on top of another vehicle in a train station car park.

    The incident happened on Tuesday afternoon in Kirkcaldy in Fife.

    Images shared on social media showed a silver Mazda perched on the bonnet of a white Volkswagen Golf.

    Police were alerted to the incident but said there were no injuries and an investigation is under way.

    The force said it is not known how the Mazda ended up on top of the Volkswagen.

    https://stv.tv/news/east-central/1377724-mazda-ends-up-on-top-of-volkswagen-in-train-station-car-park/

    Posted 7 years ago #
  16. ARobComp
    Member

    According to some reports - a truck overturned itself on the FRB. Silly Truck

    Posted 7 years ago #
  17. minus six
    Member

    Car ends up on vehicle's roof

    "End? Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends"

    Posted 7 years ago #
  18. fimm
    Member

    Skip lorry runs amok.

    "... a skip lorry crashed into parked cars before coming to a halt in a garden in Fife. Several vehicles, lamp posts and a wall were damaged in Cupar Road, Guardbridge, near St Andrews, at about 10:30 on Saturday... Police said a 54-year-old man has been charged..."

    Posted 7 years ago #
  19. chdot
    Admin

    "

    A statue of England and Wolverhampton Wanderers legend Billy Wright has been damaged after it was hit by a car.

    "

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-38628600

    Posted 7 years ago #
  20. Ed1
    Member

    The car must have wandered in to it

    Posted 7 years ago #
  21. neddie
    Member

    Finally - The driver did it:

    Driver crashes through wall in Glasgow

    http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-38894614

    No wait...

    his car left the road and struck a wall

    Ah, so it was his car after all. Phew. As you were...

    Posted 7 years ago #
  22. crowriver
    Member

    Not just the 'MSM' which displays unconscious bias. From local indy the Edinburgh Reporter:

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    Woman charged after car mounts pavement and strikes pedestrian in Stockbridge

    A 65-year-old woman has been charged with a road traffic offence after a pedestrian was struck by a car in Stockbridge yesterday lunchtime

    The injured pedestrian was taken to hospital where she received treatment.

    A police spokeswoman said: “Edinburgh road policing officers have charged a 65-year-old woman with a road traffic offence after a collision on North West Circus Place.

    “The incident happened around 12.45pm on Wednesday when a white Volkswagen Up mounted the pavement.

    “The injured woman was taken to hospital by the Scottish Ambulance Service.”

    What an utterly fiendish car! Should be put down after behaving like that.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  23. fimm
    Member

    School bus carrying 44 pupils overturns in North Lanarkshire. Must be one of those new self-driving busses; there's no mention of a driver at all.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  24. Rosie
    Member

    These "struck by a car" complaints that are all pervasive.

    You can't say "struck by a driver" which I would take as the driver getting out & fisticuffing. Everyone knows someone was driving the car. So what is the problem? How would you like this to be expressed?

    Reading the paragraphs above I gather the 65 year old woman driving the Volkswagen was at fault.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  25. neddie
    Member

    @Rosie

    Why can't you say "struck by a driver" in the context of the driver driving a car?

    It is only implied that "struck by a driver" means the driver used their fists (or a weapon) because of the fact that "struck by a driver" is never used by the press (or anyone else) in the context of motoring collisions.

    So it becomes self perpetuating.

    In a parallel Universe, there is no reason why "struck by a driver" couldn't imply a car was used to do the 'striking' in the English language.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  26. fimm
    Member

    I remember reading an American cycling news/blog site where they used phrases like
    "...the 65-year old woman who hit a pedestrian with her car in Stockbridge yesterday..."
    only it was more like
    "... John Doe, who killed 5-year old Jane Smith when he hit her with his Very Big Car on North Boulevard last September..."
    I haven't got it quite right. It was well done, I thought, and quite thought-provoking.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  27. Snowy
    Member

    Fimm beat me to the school bus story, which I just read and was left shaking my head.

    400 words in that article but 'driver' isn't one of them. It's almost surreal.

    *edit: I'm feeling sufficiently grumpy today that I've registered a complaint with the BBC regarding the article.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  28. neddie
    Member

    The BBC are the absolute worst for it. Also, they often write things like:

    "A bicycle was in collision with a bus"; or,

    "A cyclist collided with a bus"; or,

    "A pedestrian was in collision with a car"

    Implying that the cyclist/pedestrian simply rode/walked into the bus/car.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  29. crowriver
    Member

    You'll notice that the article never mentions the 65 year old woman was driving the car when the pedestrian was struck. For all we know she could be another pedestrian who "got in the way" this "forcing" the car to mount the kerb...

    Posted 7 years ago #
  30. neddie
    Member

    Excavator rolls over. Bad excavator.

    An Australian man has survived spending hours struggling to keep his nose above water after his excavator rolled into a waterhole

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38902977

    Posted 7 years ago #

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