The new news 24 thread

[richardmorris]

39 minutes ago, stuboy said:

though u was reffering to surgey staff/!!

That may work too.

[lesapandre]

Terribly sad story of the drowning of three men at a ford in a 4x4. Shows the immense power and danger of moving water.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/29/three-men-who-died-when-4x4-swept-away-in-yorkshire-river-named-by-police

Be careful out there folks. Lot of flooding about and  some difficult conditions. More rain and high winds forecast over the weekend.

[lesapandre]

Dashcam footage leading to more dangerous driving convictions it's reported:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/30/rise-in-dashcam-submissions-leads-to-more-dangerous-drivers-being-caught 

An estimated 1,766 people were killed on UK roads in 2022, according to DfT - between four and five people daily...

[lesapandre]

More transport mayhem alas. Eurostar out again - but it won't or should not delay LeShuttle as the flooding is under the Thames towards London.  Surprising that one of the HS2 tunnels has flooded - something has gone seriously wrong there.  

Be surprised if they get it up and running today or even before next week getting the water out of the tunnel and if the infrastructure is soaked - with attendant safety checks  - which may have the knock-on effect of more volume at Dover Port and Cheriton.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67846863

[Update 16.00 : all trains cancelled for the day - and those who can now booking up the alternatives. Usual corporate virtue-signalling - "Eurostar is extremely sorry for the unforeseen issues affecting customers today but safety remains our number one priority".  Rubbish - it is nothing do do with safety at this stage - it's just that a train won't go through a damaged tunnel. 8000 people impacted]

[SiC]

2 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Dashcam footage leading to more dangerous driving convictions it's reported:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/30/rise-in-dashcam-submissions-leads-to-more-dangerous-drivers-being-caught 

An estimated 1,766 people were killed on UK roads in 2022, according to DfT - between four and five people daily...

Every death is a tragedy. However that doesn't seem too bad for nearly 70m people. 

There are over 5k deaths a year from asbestos related illnesses. Biggest single workplace illness. 

There are 160k deaths a year from heart disease (460 a day) with 48k under 75. Most of these are from poor lifestyle choices. 

Basically you're far more likely to die from eating unhealthy foods and lack of exercise than on the roads. 

[Metal Guru]

39 minutes ago, SiC said:

Every death is a tragedy. However that doesn't seem too bad for nearly 70m people. 

There are over 5k deaths a year from asbestos related illnesses. Biggest single workplace illness. 

There are 160k deaths a year from heart disease (460 a day) with 48k under 75. Most of these are from poor lifestyle choices. 

Basically you're far more likely to die from eating unhealthy foods and lack of exercise than on the roads. 

During Covid I had a look into what was the “normal” number of deaths per day in the U.K. , to get some perspective on the numbers quoted. I think I saw 2018 figures.

The causes are broken down into some bizarre categories like . Death by animals:- by farm animals , cows 12, ( more than world wide shark death), all others 8. Dogs 6 etc 

Falling off cliffs - 9. This one was interesting because the numbers are quoted as male/ female / total. 
Obviously some like death in child birth are entirely female, but so was falling off cliffs. Obviously pushed by their husbands was my wife’s explanation.

[egg]

Nice little thread on another forum about this Citroen Visa Platine special edition.

https://ln-lnaclubdefrance.1fr1.net/t4335-visa-platine-1983

[cobblers]

A week away round Scotland, after 1000 miles covered in universally horrendous weather we get home, offload all our stuff then I jump in the van to drop my bike off at work, it's only a few miles. 500 yards away from work, the rear screen explodes totally at random - nothing touched it, the bike is miles away from the glass.

So bizarre! Thank fuck it waited until now to do that, otherwise it could have made a mess of our holiday.

Not ideal, I'll end up having to wait til new year to get a new screen (still not sure whether to just do it myself @ £170 or invoke my insurers) but the van is parked in my unit for now, and it gives me an excuse to get the T25 back out for a few days!!!

[Stinkwheel]

14 hours ago, egg said:

Nice little thread on another forum about this Citroen Visa Platine special edition.

https://ln-lnaclubdefrance.1fr1.net/t4335-visa-platine-1983

Lovely looking car, but those wheels are TRX (my old UK RHD super X had the same wheels) got nothing against TRX tyres other than they are expensive and use 40 year old tyre compound and tread patterns and may not offer the best in grip/comfort for the price you pay. 

[stuboy]

Highlight on this rainy Sunday is updating my topdon artilink600...

[stuboy]

Break in the wind and the rain, ran out too change the fuel filter on the galaxy, swapping the O rings over the blue instantly split and was hard...

[JJ0063]

As mentioned in my for sale thread for the 2008 Qashqai, I took my brother and his Mrs to collect her new one today that they’d bought from a work colleague.

I never thought I’d say this but I really like it, never knew they did such a decent spec car. This things got 360 cameras, automatic parking both bay park and parallel you just line the screen up with a bay and it steers itself in. Keyless, pan roof etc it’s brilliantly specced for a non prestigious brand SUV

Shame it’s only a 1.5 DCI so not a lot of grunt, but for them as a family with two young kids and absolutely no interest in cars other than a safe and practical mode of transport, it’s perfect. I completely ‘get’ why they’re popular.

[Wibble]

1 hour ago, JJ0063 said:

As mentioned in my for sale thread for the 2008 Qashqai, I took my brother and his Mrs to collect her new one today that they’d bought from a work colleague.

I never thought I’d say this but I really like it, never knew they did such a decent spec car. This things got 360 cameras, automatic parking both bay park and parallel you just line the screen up with a bay and it steers itself in. Keyless, pan roof etc it’s brilliantly specced for a non prestigious brand SUV

Shame it’s only a 1.5 DCI so not a lot of grunt, but for them as a family with two young kids and absolutely no interest in cars other than a safe and practical mode of transport, it’s perfect. I completely ‘get’ why they’re popular.

Wife’s Yeti has that self park trick too. Bay or parallel also. It’s bloody good, can get into spaces you probably wouldn’t try yourself.

[kevins]

does anyone actually use the self parking? my last 5 company cars have had it and appart from an initial play to see if it worked I've never used it! 

[worldofceri]

De-skilling of the human population in preparation for the robot takeover, innit?

[brownnova]

De-skill them and then set it to be a subscription. £5 every time you want it to self park, but now you’ve lost the ability to park you have to pay it… 

[worldofceri]

I’ll park your car for you for £3.99.

[EyesWeldedShut]

56 minutes ago, Wibble said:

Wife’s Yeti has that self park trick too. Bay or parallel also. It’s bloody good, can get into spaces you probably wouldn’t try yourself.

Aye, but does it get you back out?  

[horriblemercedes]

54 minutes ago, kevins said:

does anyone actually use the self parking? my last 5 company cars have had it and appart from an initial play to see if it worked I've never used it! 

Nope. Like you I tried it once or twice for the novelty the first time I came across it then just continued doing it myself 

[Wibble]

8 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Aye, but does it get you back out?  

lol but yes! It does indeed.

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 minute ago, Wibble said:

lol but yes! It does indeed.

Bugger @worldofceri just lost another business* opportunity there then

[EyesWeldedShut]

23 hours ago, egg said:

Nice little thread on another forum about this Citroen Visa Platine special edition.

https://ln-lnaclubdefrance.1fr1.net/t4335-visa-platine-1983

 

That's worth a visit, if not for the lovely wheels but for this 'ergonomic' layout - takes me back...

 

[stuboy]

3 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

driven couple owned by my brother and work collegues, as excited as i was when i found out the MiL was coming xmas day..

 

[High Jetter]

Happy New Year, shiters.

[wuvvum]

6 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

That's worth a visit, if not for the lovely wheels but for this 'ergonomic' layout - takes me back...

 

Good innit?  My Visa is the same, although with the steering wheel on the other side obvs.

[reb]

I went down to the village hall for Hogmanay, of all the people I could have ended up next to it was a retired Software Auditor from Microsoft! We had a good long chat about all manner of shite.

Good night, now I'm knackered, so goodnight!

Happy new year everybody!

[Stinkwheel]

6 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Good innit?  My Visa is the same, although with the steering wheel on the other side obvs.

Mines the same with the steering wheel on the same side 😁

[Dyslexic Viking]

Got about 40 cm of new snow last night, so I now have over 1 meter of snow and some of the snow piles are over 2 meters now.

[wuvvum]

I do like snow but that's just excessive.

[GeordieInExile]

Fiat 500 hybrid as a hire car. I much preferred the Panda I had last time. The 500 has a horrible driving position, feels as extremely tiny as it is, and has annoying notions that the totally unpretentious Panda has shed. The Panda felt more honest - the cheap dash plastics and stingy equipment are more in keeping with its character. How can they get away with such a cheap feel on what is supposed to be a fashionable, desirable car?