Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

rjsterry

TheBigBean said:

rjsterry said:

TheBigBean said:

rjsterry said:

TheBigBean said:

Who lives that far from a primary that they have to drive?

People outside Zone 2.

Sure. I could walk everywhere, but even as a kid in more rural areas, everyone had a local primary. Even where my parents live (very rural) it has a local primary school.

I'd be forgiving about the need for a sensible drop off area if some pupils lived a reasonable distance away and the school made no provision for buses.

Agree completely for anywhere remotely built up, but jeez, the whining about closing off the road immediately outside daughter's junior school. We have about 4 primary schools within a 1 mile radius.

So I think my original statement applies without your zone 2 qualifier.

Apologies. My misreading of the original post.

surrey_commuter

Munsford0 said:

pblakeney said:

People drive to our primary school. Furthest house is 1/2 mile away.
Our neighbour works there. She is late 20s and drives. It is a 300m walk.

Our neighbour works at a local primary. Maybe a kilometer away. She got a bike on the cycle to work scheme. Never seen her riding it. In fairness it's a heavy old Dutch town bike and we live up quite a steep hill, and I pass her walking there every morning.

why not offer her a lift?

Pross

rjsterry said:

TheBigBean said:

Who lives that far from a primary that they have to drive?

People outside Zone 2.

Catchment is about a mile in this case, mainly new developments built in the last decade. As I mentioned in my initial rant had it not been for previous planning committees rejecting applications and forcing them to go through the appeal route a co-ordinated approach could have been put together with a centrally located school so they are reaping what they sowed.

mully79

Primary school is a 45 minute walk away from our house. School has a large car park for teachers but parents aren’t allowed in and it’s absolute bedlam trying to park anywhere close.
Schools/councils should be forced to create provision for cars to drop off kids safely.
In 7.5 years time there’s no petrol or diesel cars for sale so fumes and the environment will be a mute point.

Pross

mully79 said:

Primary school is a 45 minute walk away from our house. School has a large car park for teachers but parents aren’t allowed in and it’s absolute bedlam trying to park anywhere close.
Schools/councils should be forced to create provision for cars to drop off kids safely.
In 7.5 years time there’s no petrol or diesel cars for sale so fumes and the environment will be a mute point.

No, they really shouldn't. In the few cases where the distance is beyond a reasonable walking distance but not far enough for a school bus then providing drop off facilities would make sense but I suspect that's a tiny minority of schools.

In the example today parents could, if really necessary, park safely about 400m away. There hadn't even been objections from those whose kids would be attending the school, it was just a problem invented by a bunch of Councillors with an average age in their 70s who have no idea of modern parenting or modern working practices. As it was a County Council planning committee for a large county most of those making the decision weren't even local

orraloon

mully79 said:

In 7.5 years time there’s no petrol or diesel cars for sale...

You reckon?

pinno

orraloon said:

mully79 said:

In 7.5 years time there’s no petrol or diesel cars for sale...

You reckon?

There will be plenty of resistance from those who live in the sticks (and I don't mean Surrey).

briantrumpet

pinno said:

orraloon said:

mully79 said:

In 7.5 years time there’s no petrol or diesel cars for sale...

You reckon?

There will be plenty of resistance from those who live in the sticks (and I don't mean Surrey).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtEaR1JU-ps

pblakeney

mully79 said:

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In 7.5 years time there’s no petrol or diesel cars for sale so fumes and the environment will be a mute point.

You are looking at 17+ years till those 2029 cars start failing.
New hybrids will be on sale until 2035 so you are looking at 2045+.

pinno

Who's the tw@t with the cable sticking out of his head?

I would just unplug him.

Stevo_666

pblakeney said:

mully79 said:

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In 7.5 years time there’s no petrol or diesel cars for sale so fumes and the environment will be a mute point.

You are looking at 17+ years till those 2029 cars start failing.
New hybrids will be on sale until 2035 so you are looking at 2045+.

I'm sure there will also be a brisk trade in nearly new/pre-registered cars from places like Japan in the 2030-2035 period.

Stevo_666

pblakeney said:

mully79 said:

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In 7.5 years time there’s no petrol or diesel cars for sale so fumes and the environment will be a mute point.

You are looking at 17+ years till those 2029 cars start failing.
New hybrids will be on sale until 2035 so you are looking at 2045+.

True. I'll be old enough not to mind driving a high spec milk float by then.

masjer

Stevo_666 said:

pblakeney said:

mully79 said:

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In 7.5 years time there’s no petrol or diesel cars for sale so fumes and the environment will be a mute point.

You are looking at 17+ years till those 2029 cars start failing.
New hybrids will be on sale until 2035 so you are looking at 2045+.

True. I'll be old enough not to mind driving a high spec milk float by then.

What will you get, a 3 or 4 wheeler?

briantrumpet

Stevo_666 said:

pblakeney said:

mully79 said:

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In 7.5 years time there’s no petrol or diesel cars for sale so fumes and the environment will be a mute point.

You are looking at 17+ years till those 2029 cars start failing.
New hybrids will be on sale until 2035 so you are looking at 2045+.

True. I'll be old enough not to mind driving a high spec milk float by then.

I'm hoping I can keep my Almera on the road long enough for a similar transition to milk float, though I suspect my come-down in performance and opulence will be less marked than in your case. If the capital outlay is still really steep, then it mightbe car club time. I'll only be one there-an-back journey in it now before September, and I've not driven it since May.

pinno

A Tesla model S passed me on the A69 yesterday. I was going 80 clicks quite fast and it went by me like a ghost.
I wouldn't mind electric if I could afford that sort of range and performance.

masjer

I think green hydrogen cars will be the future.

Stevo_666

masjer said:

Stevo_666 said:

pblakeney said:

mully79 said:

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In 7.5 years time there’s no petrol or diesel cars for sale so fumes and the environment will be a mute point.

You are looking at 17+ years till those 2029 cars start failing.
New hybrids will be on sale until 2035 so you are looking at 2045+.

True. I'll be old enough not to mind driving a high spec milk float by then.

What will you get, a 3 or 4 wheeler?

Plenty time to see how things go. Might be an exemption for low volume manufacturers?

Stevo_666

briantrumpet said:

Stevo_666 said:

pblakeney said:

mully79 said:

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In 7.5 years time there’s no petrol or diesel cars for sale so fumes and the environment will be a mute point.

You are looking at 17+ years till those 2029 cars start failing.
New hybrids will be on sale until 2035 so you are looking at 2045+.

True. I'll be old enough not to mind driving a high spec milk float by then.

I'm hoping I can keep my Almera on the road long enough for a similar transition to milk float, though I suspect my come-down in performance and opulence will be less marked than in your case. If the capital outlay is still really steep, then it mightbe car club time. I'll only be one there-an-back journey in it now before September, and I've not driven it since May.

I'll either keep the current one and see if it turns into a classic, or buy a last hurrah ice car in 2029 and see how long it lasts.

pinno

Stevo_666 said:

briantrumpet said:

Stevo_666 said:

pblakeney said:

mully79 said:

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In 7.5 years time there’s no petrol or diesel cars for sale so fumes and the environment will be a mute point.

You are looking at 17+ years till those 2029 cars start failing.
New hybrids will be on sale until 2035 so you are looking at 2045+.

True. I'll be old enough not to mind driving a high spec milk float by then.

I'm hoping I can keep my Almera on the road long enough for a similar transition to milk float, though I suspect my come-down in performance and opulence will be less marked than in your case. If the capital outlay is still really steep, then it mightbe car club time. I'll only be one there-an-back journey in it now before September, and I've not driven it since May.

I'll either keep the current one and see if it turns into a classic, or buy a last hurrah ice car in 2029 and see how long it lasts.

Keep the Panzer's engine and stick it in the Caterham for shitz and giggles.

shirley_basso

pinno said:

A Tesla model S passed me on the A69 yesterday. I was going 80 clicks quite fast and it went by me like a ghost.
I wouldn't mind electric if I could afford that sort of range and performance.

What's that, 50mph?

pangolin

Feels a bit pathetic

First.Aspect

Jesus, that's the highest temperature in over a fortnitght, and we've not seen sustained temperatures that high in almost a year.

Pross

pangolin said:

Feels a bit pathetic

Yep, said the same when they did one 2 or 3 weeks back. It's pretty standard temperature for a good few days every summer here now.

rick_chasey

People who don’t live here parking their cars overnight and having the alarm go off all night.

rjsterry

Pross said:

pangolin said:

Feels a bit pathetic

Yep, said the same when they did one 2 or 3 weeks back. It's pretty standard temperature for a good few days every summer here now.

Alternatively, we are getting better at warning people about hot weather, which does put extra load on health services.

kingstongraham

Pross said:

pangolin said:

Feels a bit pathetic

Yep, said the same when they did one 2 or 3 weeks back. It's pretty standard temperature for a good few days every summer here now.

That's how the frogs in the pot probably talk to each other.

First.Aspect

rjsterry said:

Pross said:

pangolin said:

Feels a bit pathetic

Yep, said the same when they did one 2 or 3 weeks back. It's pretty standard temperature for a good few days every summer here now.

Alternatively, we are getting better at warning people about hot weather, which does put extra load on health services.

No, it's just as hysterical as warnings of frost for a few days in February.

TheBigBean

rick_chasey said:

People who don’t live here parking their cars overnight and having the alarm go off all night.

I think you need to move.

lesfirth

The word "new" is missing from the above. There will be petrol and diesel cars driving around for a long time.

Pross

rjsterry said:

Pross said:

pangolin said:

Feels a bit pathetic

Yep, said the same when they did one 2 or 3 weeks back. It's pretty standard temperature for a good few days every summer here now.

Alternatively, we are getting better at warning people about hot weather, which does put extra load on health services.

Do people really need to be told 'avoid the sun in the middle of the day', 'drink plenty of water', 'wear a hat' etc. though and, if the do,will they pay attention to that advice?