Car parked in the middle of the road today
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I've just been to take my son to the doctor's surgery, and on my way out, discovered a 206cc left, apparently parked, in the middle of the road. Here is an edited picture of the road from google maps to give you an idea:
It was apparently abandoned. Nobody in the car, nobody nearby (apart from one helpful bloke who was directing traffic to go around it), and it didn't have the hazards on. The nose was poking out into the oncoming lane. If you look at the picture you see a bus stop on the left - the car was at an angle that looked like it could be going around a bus stopped there. But there was no bus, and the car was stopped.
You'll also notice some driveways on the right, which from the angle it might have been pulling into. Also worth noting is the doctor's surgery is next to the parked cars on the left - perhaps someone had an emergency? I was in the waiting room the whole time and didn't see anybody enter. But then, why not at least pull onto a kerb? Why was it at an angle? But for all intents and purposes it seems that the driver just elected to get out and walk off!
I contemplated pushing it to the side of the road so at least it was out of the way, or putting the hazards on, or something, but the car was locked - which only complicates the mystery.
Some PCSOs arrived and marshalled traffic around it but I couldn't come up with an excuse to hang around any longer so I didn't discover the outcome.
What I find most odd about it is that it's at an angle, and that it was locked. Presumably, some extenuating circumstance caused the driver to turn the car to an angle, and then they decided to leave the car to go somewhere, and go somewhere for a long enough period of time that it's worth locking the car. What's your theory? From my point of view, the only plausible explanation is that the driver was abducted by aliens, and on their way up into the sky in the tractor beam, decided to lock their P+J for safekeeping.
I have been watching CSI this morning so I've probably got my detective's hat on needlessly and it was just a twerp
It was apparently abandoned. Nobody in the car, nobody nearby (apart from one helpful bloke who was directing traffic to go around it), and it didn't have the hazards on. The nose was poking out into the oncoming lane. If you look at the picture you see a bus stop on the left - the car was at an angle that looked like it could be going around a bus stopped there. But there was no bus, and the car was stopped.
You'll also notice some driveways on the right, which from the angle it might have been pulling into. Also worth noting is the doctor's surgery is next to the parked cars on the left - perhaps someone had an emergency? I was in the waiting room the whole time and didn't see anybody enter. But then, why not at least pull onto a kerb? Why was it at an angle? But for all intents and purposes it seems that the driver just elected to get out and walk off!I contemplated pushing it to the side of the road so at least it was out of the way, or putting the hazards on, or something, but the car was locked - which only complicates the mystery.
Some PCSOs arrived and marshalled traffic around it but I couldn't come up with an excuse to hang around any longer so I didn't discover the outcome.
What I find most odd about it is that it's at an angle, and that it was locked. Presumably, some extenuating circumstance caused the driver to turn the car to an angle, and then they decided to leave the car to go somewhere, and go somewhere for a long enough period of time that it's worth locking the car. What's your theory? From my point of view, the only plausible explanation is that the driver was abducted by aliens, and on their way up into the sky in the tractor beam, decided to lock their P+J for safekeeping.
I have been watching CSI this morning so I've probably got my detective's hat on needlessly and it was just a twerp
Edited by OwenK on Wednesday 31st March 15:49
Edited by OwenK on Wednesday 31st March 15:50
206cc. Middle of the working day? Just before bank holiday weekend?
My line of thought says a bored 40 something housewife has 'done lunch' with her girlfriends, managed to consume 2 bottles of cheap white wine, staggered out of the restaurant after making a t
t of herself in public and broad daylight and attempted to drive back home...
My line of thought says a bored 40 something housewife has 'done lunch' with her girlfriends, managed to consume 2 bottles of cheap white wine, staggered out of the restaurant after making a t
t of herself in public and broad daylight and attempted to drive back home... Gassing Station | General Gassing [Archive] | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff