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Today's rubbish driving...

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  • Started 13 years ago by Stepdoh
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  1. gembo
    Member

    As Jane Jacobs nailed it 70 yers ago, they get in their metal boxes and turn into Centaurs

    Posted 1 month ago #
  2. mcairney
    Member

    White van driver struggling to text and negotiate speed humps on my walk home at lunchtime

    Posted 1 month ago #
  3. chdot
    Admin

    The council's current drugs and alcohol policy was agreed in May last year.

    Testing for substances was deemed unnecessary in an amendment tabled by the Greens and supported by Labour, SNP and Lib Dems councillors.

    But the council’s Conservative group leader, Iain Whyte, said any accident involving an HGV resulting from a driver under the influence would be “catastrophic”.

    He said: “The audit shows that this policy needs to be changed as soon as possible.
    “People who drive on council business should be checked to ensure they are safe, not just for their benefit but critically to protect the public.”

    The audit came after Thomas Wong died after being struck by a bin lorry while riding his bike on Whitehouse Road. His family said they were “utterly heartbroken".

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99rydkg3jxo

    Posted 1 month ago #
  4. neddie
    Member

    I can't help feeling the whole "drivers under the influence" is a distraction technique - to distract from the underlying systemic issues. Namely, allowing such enormous vehicles, with a driving position of "driving from the top seat of the bus", anywhere near our cities.

    And the underlying systemic issue beneath that, is the massive over-consumption and over-packaging normalised by today's society, that then has to be managed somehow.

    Time to stop and rethink.

    Posted 1 month ago #
  5. CycleAlex
    Member

    Unfortunately came across the aftermath of a man having been hit by a van driver on Morningside Road today. Thankfully the police were on scene quickly and the driver was arrested. Sadly the victim did not look to be in a good way.

    What a miserable place Morningside is during rush hour. Every side street I crossed felt dangerous.

    Posted 1 month ago #
  6. chdot
    Admin

    The HMICS report recognises road policing officers carrying out enforcement activity to detect crimes including speeding and drink or drug driving can help reduce serious collisions.

    But it finds that, since the creation of Police Scotland in April 2013, there has been a 63% drop in the number of road traffic offences being detected and recorded.

    https://archive.ph/flZ8e

    (Herald)

    Posted 1 month ago #
  7. pringlis
    Member

    @CycleAlex: sorry to hear that, was that on Millar Crescent beside Pizza Hut? There's a real problem with side streets on Comiston Road/Morningside Road and people cutting into them without checking for pedestrians. Lost count of how many incidents or near misses I've seen or heard about.

    Posted 1 month ago #
  8. wishicouldgofaster
    Member

    A tradesman working on my daughter's flat had his van driven into when parked in a parking bay near Stockbridge. The idiot who did it was on his mobile while driving a work vehicle. Captured on dash cam and police attended. So it could be 6 points, a fine, higher insurance and possible job loss.

    I've no sympathy for these cretins!

    Posted 4 weeks ago #
  9. chdot
    Admin

  10. neddie
    Member

    How can this even be legal? It could slice a child into pieces!

    Posted 2 weeks ago #
  11. Frenchy
    Member

    I was sure that bull bars had been made illegal, but apparently:

    "It is not illegal for vehicles to be fitted with bull bars, although the department would not recommend their fitment unless it has been shown, through compliance with specified safety standards, that they do not pose an additional risk of injury to pedestrians or other vulnerable road users.

    There are no plans for legislation to require bull bars that are already fitted to be removed. However, since 25 May 2007, it has been an offence for bull bars that have not been approved as compliant with those safety standards to be sold. Approved devices will carry an indelible ‘e’ mark (for example: e1 01 1471).

    Posted 2 weeks ago #
  12. neddie
    Member

    I doubt the "runner boards" (on the sides, under the doors) are legal either, as they appear to project beyond the tyres.

    Posted 2 weeks ago #
  13. Frenchy
    Member

    Spent more time than I'm willing to admit searching for places selling EU/UK-compliant bull bars for a Chevrolet Orlando. None of the available options look anything like those ones. I'd be willing to bet that they are indeed illegal.

    Posted 2 weeks ago #
  14. gembo
    Member

    De regulation everywhere. Started 1979

    Posted 2 weeks ago #
  15. Frenchy
    Member

    Heading down Minto Street this afternoon, I saw there was a Fire service car parked in the cycle lane, so I avoided using the protected cycleway until I was past it.

    The driver behind me was therefore delayed by (at most) ten seconds, but felt the need to beep the horn as they overtook.

    Posted 2 weeks ago #
  16. Greenroofer
    Member

    The car travelling behind me as I rode up the steep hill at Myreside/Craighouse was revving its engine extremely loudly all the way up the hill today.

    This is either because the driver has extremely poor clutch control or because the driver was using the engine revs to express their frustration with having to wait behind me due to oncoming traffic, and trying to encourage/bully me to move out of their way.

    Neither possibility reflects well on their abilities as a driver...

    Posted 2 weeks ago #
  17. gembo
    Member

    @Frenchy and @greenroofer such entitlement initially created/enhanced by Thatcher. My car, my house, my tax, me, me, me

    Posted 2 weeks ago #
  18. ejstubbs
    Member

    @gembo: "De regulation everywhere. Started 1979"

    Both officially e.g. buses, and by stealth - the latter primarily by starving the regulatory agencies of funding e.g. the Environment Agency not having sufficient budget effectively to monitor sewage discharges by the privatised water companies. In the context of motoring offences, it is achieved by underfunding the police. Behold the benefits of the "smaller state".

    Posted 2 weeks ago #
  19. neddie
    Member

    Just as well no one was walking on the pavement at the time. Bad car!

    https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/car-overturns-major-edinburgh-road-30420703

    Just another little whoopsie. Nothing we can do about it. Carry on…

    Posted 1 week ago #
  20. fergus
    Member

    Lucky police were rushing to the scene as it happened.

    Posted 1 week ago #
  21. neddie
    Member

    Just as well no one was walking on the pavement at the time. Bad car!

    Just another little whoopsie. Nothing we can do about it. Carry on…

    Posted 1 week ago #
  22. CocoShepherd
    Member

    Just as well no one was walking on the pavement at the time. Bad car!

    Just another little whoopsie. Nothing we can do about it. Carry on…

    Just witnessed similar in my street. Sitting at the living room window and I noticed that someone driving along the street had their face down presumably buried in their phone. Since they weren't paying attention to driving they briefly mounted the pavement before panicking and correcting back on to the road. FML.

    Posted 1 week ago #
  23. wishicouldgofaster
    Member

    Hopefully they have damaged their car in the process!

    Posted 1 week ago #
  24. chdot
    Admin

  25. acsimpson
    Member

    I have no idea why, but police Scotland like it this way. If they didn't then they would implement an off the shelf "dash cam" portal.

    Posted 1 week ago #
  26. gembo
    Member

    @acsimpson because they dont want this? Has the law changed in terms of corroboration? England seems to have several cyclists who film drivers on the phone which then gets them a £100 fine and three points or a £100 training course.

    Posted 1 week ago #
  27. chdot
    Admin

    Speed limits on single carriageways in Scotland are to be cut from 60mph to 50mph under a major proposed road safety change announced on Wednesday.

    The reduction would apply to most rural roads, where two thirds of deaths occur.

    Transport Scotland said the change could cut fatalities by 23 per cent and serious injuries by 18 per cent in its first year.

    https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/speed-limits-50mph-60mph-fiona-hyslop-4885061

    Posted 1 week ago #
  28. neddie
    Member

    Thankfully these vehicles are not legal to be used as cars in the UK. They also haven’t passed any American crash safety tests.

    With the bonfire of regulations expected by the tech-bro-authoritarians, expect more of this

    https://sfist.com/2024/11/27/three-dead-one-injured-in-early-morning-cybertruck-fire-in-piedmont

    Posted 1 week ago #
  29. neddie
    Member

    Bad Cybertruck: "jumped the curb, struck a cement wall, and then wedged in between the wall and a tree."

    Good Cybertruck: "sent police an automatic alert that it had crashed"

    Ugly Cybertruck: yes, it is, isn't it?

    Posted 1 week ago #
  30. mcairney
    Member

    Caught a cracker this afternoon- pillock on a motorbike deciding to simultaneously overtake me and undertake a car MV66 YFB.

    Unfortunately living in Scotland we don't have any way of reliably reporting dangerous driving unlike the rest of the UK so I just have to moan about it on here and on social media until ScotSquad catch up.

    Posted 1 week ago #

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