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Tail of two runaways
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| CRASH BANG WALLOP: A car hits a motor cycle in Devizes |
DEVIZES art gallery owner Juliet Reid didn't know whether to be relieved or horrified when her blue VW Polo rolled away and into the front of a video shop.
A classic motorbike was crushed in the incident, which happened in St John's Street, Devizes, at around 11am on Monday.
Ms Reid had pulled up outside the Wine Street Gallery to unload some pictures for her new exhibition.
She said: "I went upstairs and spoke to my colleague and when I got back downstairs, the car had gone.
"I thought it must have been stolen, then I saw it down the road resting against the front of the video store.
"I was mortified. I turned cold to think what could have happened."
No one was hurt and very little damage done. There was a blue smear across the front of the video store where the car had come to rest and there was some damage to the front of the Polo.
The car had struck a classic 1100cc motorbike parked in front of the store. Ms Reid was given a £30 on-the-spot fine for failing to apply the handbrake.
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| In Marlborough a Mini hit a bollard |
In Marlborough a Mini Clubman rolled across the High Street and crashed into a bollard.
The owner, a woman from Hungerford, had parked on the top side by Blockbusters video store on Friday morning.
Miraculously the runaway car did not hit any other vehicles or hurt anyone.
The woman returned to find a small crowd around her car examining the smashed back doors and bumper. She said she had left the car with its handbrake fully on.
But neither accident was in the same league as a car that went out of control in Devizes Market Place in June 2006 and crashed into the Market Cross.
Fire and ambulance crews were called and the driver and her passenger had to be treated for their injuries after the crash. The middle-aged driver said she had been the victim of road rage and this had caused her to lose concentration.
12:11pm Thursday 1st May 2008
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CommentPosted by: walter, wilshur on 7:53am Fri 2 May 08
Notice the common factor? Video shops. I tell 'ee, there be some evil force that moves cars and lives in video shops. I'll ask the wife's mother if any of her friends from the witches' circle are behind it.
Notice the common factor? Video shops. I tell 'ee, there be some evil force that moves cars and lives in video shops. I'll ask the wife's mother if any of her friends from the witches' circle are behind it.
Posted by: mjhudston, Chippenham, Wiltshire on 4:50pm Fri 2 May 08
And people ask me why I put my car in gear, when I park and leave it. Well now you know.
And people ask me why I put my car in gear, when I park and leave it. Well now you know.
Posted by: pachyderm, just leaving Blockbusters...quick
! on 8:49pm Fri 2 May 08
[quote][bold]walter[/bold] wrote:
Notice the common factor? Video shops. I tell 'ee, there be some evil force that moves cars and lives in video shops. I'll ask the wife's mother if any of her friends from the witches' circle are behind it.[/quote] I thought she got 10 years for riding her broomstick without lights last week, or was it failing to apply the handbrake???
walter wrote:
Notice the common factor? Video shops. I tell 'ee, there be some evil force that moves cars and lives in video shops. I'll ask the wife's mother if any of her friends from the witches' circle are behind it.
I thought she got 10 years for riding her broomstick without lights last week, or was it failing to apply the handbrake???
Posted by: RayDavao, Davao City Philippines on 6:52am Sat 3 May 08
The 'common factor' is not so much video shops but women drivers. How many guys do such foolish things as not applying the hand break or leaving it in gear ?
The 'common factor' is not so much video shops but women drivers. How many guys do such foolish things as not applying the hand break or leaving it in gear ?
Posted by: Martin Cleaver, .. on 9:48pm Tue 6 May 08
I D I O T S ! !
Posted by: Richard Matthews, Norwich on 11:45am Wed 7 May 08
[quote][bold]RayDavao[/bold] wrote:
The 'common factor' is not so much video shops but women drivers. How many guys do such foolish things as not applying the hand break or leaving it in gear ?[/quote] There speaks a brave soul with the advantage of many miles betwixt the speaker and the very real threat of certain elements declaring a sexist remark.
Those too wary to utter their thoughts aloud salute you.
RayDavao wrote:
The 'common factor' is not so much video shops but women drivers. How many guys do such foolish things as not applying the hand break or leaving it in gear ?
There speaks a brave soul with the advantage of many miles betwixt the speaker and the very real threat of certain elements declaring a sexist remark.
Those too wary to utter their thoughts aloud salute you.
Posted by: The Maxter, Chippenham on 12:21pm Fri 9 May 08
This is interesting. there's been a lot of talk lately about certain models of cars slipping their handbrakes. The manufacturer has advised pulling the handbrake without pressing the button, thus causing the ratchet to work properly, but the vast majority of us were taught to push the button in. Apparently this 'taught' way seems a little flawed on the current generation of cars, in that the mechanism can sit upon one of the ratchet teeth, and fall back one notch thus partially releasing the brake.
Neither of my recent cars have given me any confidence in thier handbrakes.
This is interesting. there's been a lot of talk lately about certain models of cars slipping their handbrakes. The manufacturer has advised pulling the handbrake without pressing the button, thus causing the ratchet to work properly, but the vast majority of us were taught to push the button in. Apparently this 'taught' way seems a little flawed on the current generation of cars, in that the mechanism can sit upon one of the ratchet teeth, and fall back one notch thus partially releasing the brake.
Neither of my recent cars have given me any confidence in thier handbrakes.
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