Category Archives: road news
Stuck Truck
I see that yet another sat-nav blunder has landed one of our now overwhelmingly foreign truckers in hot water. Has anyone else noticed the decimation of the once proud UK haulage industry, all we see on the highways and byways … Continue reading
Free for All
Now we have it in writing officially, it seems that we can look forward to a 20MPH speed limit in every urban area and hundreds of extra speed cameras, so says an influential road safety group. It also calls for … Continue reading
Blue Murder
Lots of Barrow folk moan about the local bus service, mainly when the bus is running late and they end up getting wet. They should thank their lucky stars that we don’t have the same bus system that the poor … Continue reading
Trade Plate Man
Anyone who has traveled the highways and byways of the UK will have seen a trade plate man. These are the guys we see stood carrying their red and white number plates at major road intersections and motorway service stations, … Continue reading
Easter Edinburgh
Over the Easter holidays, I spent a few days up in Scotland stopping near and visiting the beautiful city of Edinburgh. We visited the usual tourist attractions including the famous Edinburgh castle and then the city zoo, which I would … Continue reading
Drive in DMV
Most people called to take a driving test at the DMV park their car in the lot and take a seat inside to wait their turn, but an 80-year-old woman was caught on camera skipping one crucial step – she … Continue reading
Redundant?
Well looks like all of us taxi drivers will be out of a job by 2030, maybe they are right but don’t you think it will all be a lonely soulless experience, a bit like a meal from a vending … Continue reading
E-Mail from Downing St
I along with 1.8 million others received an e-mail from Tony Blair at 10 Downing St in response to my registering for the online petition against road pricing. In an e-mailed reply to all the signatories he wrote that no … Continue reading
Trash Car
A car crash in West Yarmouth Boston USA led police to the discovery of a filthy car filled to the brim with trash and rubbish. According to police, there was so much trash inside 53-year-old Ann Biglan’s Ford Focus, it … Continue reading
Fur Bike
I can’t quite see where this Russian biker is coming from, why does he have a fur trimmed bike? I mean how would you keep it clean and how would you stop the local cats and dogs peeing on it?
Top Gear Taunts Rednecks
Don’t know about you but I find this clip from Top Gear contrived and manipulated beyond belief, when you ask for trouble you usually get it and believe me these guys screamed for it.
