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End the pothole plague: Motorists and MPs demand action as 1,400 drivers a DAY are hit by breakdowns
Motorists stunned as 16ft boat is abandoned on main road – 80 miles from sea
DRIVERS and cops were baffled by a boat abandoned on a main road 80 miles from sea.
The 16ft cabin cruiser and trailer were parked in the dark with no lights and no owner.
Police had it moved off the A420 at Shrivenham, Oxon.
They said: “XRB14 were patrolling near the new roundabout tonight when they located this abandoned boat!
“If you recognise this or it belongs to you, please contact us so we can return it.”
Joker Alan H tweeted: “It could be Captain Haddock’s or Birdseye’s.”
Bri wrote: “Paint some checkers down the side and stick a blue light on it.”
It’s a mystery how the boat was stranded at Shrivenham, almost 80 miles from the nearest beach at Lepe, near Southampton.
Dozens of motorists are stranded in floodwater with drivers told to stay OFF the roads
Warning to Brit motorists as breakdowns caused by potholes soar
VEHICLE breakdowns caused by potholes have soared by 225 a day, shock figures reveal.
The AA said rain-covered road damage has led to far more callouts than normal.
Shock figures reveal that tbreakdowns caused by potholes have soared by 225 a day[/caption]
And it called for a cash injection from the Chancellor in Thursday’s Autumn Statement to help repair hundreds of miles of crumbling roads.
The AA usually deals with around 1,500 pothole-related breakdowns a day this time of year but has seen that rise to 1,750 this month.
Punctures and suspension damage are the most common kinds of damage reported.
Two recent coroner’s reports into the deaths of cyclists blamed potholes and local authorities’ failure to repair roads.
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But council budgets are being squeezed and ministers are eyeing up savings to plug a huge hole in the public finances.
AA president Edmund King said: “Potholes hidden by rainfall are one of the worst things all road users must overcome.
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“Well-hidden potholes — deeper than expected and with the ability to cause monumental damage — mean our crumbling roads are deteriorating at a rapid rate.
“The extra breakdown figure is shocking and will only worsen as more rain is predicted and the weather turns cold — causing more damage.”
He added: “On safety grounds alone, we need to see local road investment maintained.
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“But the reality is, our residential streets need a massive cash injection.
“Hopefully the Chancellor and Prime Minister can level up our roads on Thursday.”
AA president Edmund King said: ‘Potholes hidden by rainfall are one of the worst things all road users must overcom’[/caption]
Villagers install fake knitted speed cameras in bid to keep an eye on dangerous motorists
VILLAGERS sick of fast drivers have put up a fake knitted speed camera.
The DIY device is on a pole with a cover designed to pull the wool over motorists’ eyes.
The mystery fake speed camera which has appeared in Trewoon, Cornwall[/caption]
There is even a ’30’ sign woven in to remind people of the speed limit[/caption]
There is even a “30” sign woven in to remind people of the speed limit in the hamlet of Trewoon on the edge of St Austell, Cornwall.
Community care worker Amber-rose Moone, 33, spotted the fake on the A3058, used by many drivers as a short cut.
She said: “It really put a smile on my face.”
Hundreds of locals have signed a petition calling for speed cameras, highlighting an “increasing number of incidents resulting from dangerous driving”.
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It adds: “Examples include damage to property, death/injury to pets, and multiple near-miss incidents.
“Average speed cameras are an efficient and cost-effective way of catching speeding drivers.”
But social media users were quick to praise the ingenuity of the knitted camera.
One said: “Knitted speed cameras — at least they will be warm this winter.”
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Another added: “Doesn’t get much more British than knitting a speed camera.
“Top work Trewoon.”