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Today's rubbish driving...
(11333 posts)- Started 13 years ago by Stepdoh
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Posted 4 weeks ago #
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White van driver struggling to text and negotiate speed humps on my walk home at lunchtime
Posted 3 weeks ago # -
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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".
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Posted 3 weeks ago # -
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 3 weeks ago # -
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 3 weeks ago # -
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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.
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(Herald)
Posted 3 weeks ago # -
@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 3 weeks ago # -
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 2 weeks ago # -
How can this even be legal? It could slice a child into pieces!
Posted 1 week ago # -
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 1 week ago # -
I doubt the "runner boards" (on the sides, under the doors) are legal either, as they appear to project beyond the tyres.
Posted 1 week ago # -
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 1 week ago # -
De regulation everywhere. Started 1979
Posted 1 week ago # -
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 5 days ago # -
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 5 days ago # -
@Frenchy and @greenroofer such entitlement initially created/enhanced by Thatcher. My car, my house, my tax, me, me, me
Posted 5 days ago # -
@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 4 days ago # -
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 3 days ago # -
Lucky police were rushing to the scene as it happened.
Posted 3 days ago # -
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 day ago # -
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 day ago # -
Hopefully they have damaged their car in the process!
Posted 20 hours ago #
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