Car crashes into petrol station (From Essex County Standard)
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Car crashes into petrol station
5:09pm Thursday 21st March 2013 in News
Car crashes into petrol station
A CAR has smashed into a petrol station in Stanway.
Ambulances were called to Sainsbury's Tollgate just before 5pm Thursday following the crash.
A woman in her 60s, believed to be the driver, was being treated at the scene as well as a man.
Both only had minor injuries.
The petrol station was closed while the vehicles were recovered and the pumps made safe.
Comments(14)
jeffbridges
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12:10am Fri 22 Mar 13
now, the silver car has Impact damage to both front sides.
the news story tells of 1 elderly woman,
and 1 man.
It also tells they believe the woman to be the driver, but, of what car?
the newly converted old Vauxhall,
or the late model Toyota.
then who was driving the 2nd car in the photo, the man?
clarity in a news story tells the story,
this story just makes assumptions.
shame about the old Vauxhall though, for it to live this long in what appears a good condition, for it only to be roof chopped.
Hope the older lady recovers, as the man does.
cars can be replaced.
Say It As It Is OK?
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7:41am Fri 22 Mar 13
But the roof was taken off! Don't they just love it.
Health and Safety and the fear of 'where there's blame, there's a claim' comes to mind!
Phillipab2k@googlemail.com
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10:49am Fri 22 Mar 13
someguyoverthere
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11:07am Fri 22 Mar 13
I saw the aftermath no idea how it occurred though
rhetoric
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12:21pm Fri 22 Mar 13
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However, when "60 is the new 40" it is not appropriate to call the lady "elderly".
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There are as we know thousands of crashes every week, and somehow it's only the "elderly" who make the news - unless of course it's teenagers who wrap themselves tragically round a tree.
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We all have eyes, I am a non-driver but hope I have enough commonsense and observational skills to note what goes on. There are crazy people of all ages, who should never be on the roads. I long ago lost count of those who drive with mobile phone to ear, or smoke with exaggerated "Hollywood style" waving their hand about. A great many of the former with their phones and fags on the go, have tiny children strapped in car seats, who have to brave the danger of their Mum talking on the phone and driving with one hand, or smoking like a chimney in a closed car.
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This isn't even a "serious injury" or "serious damage" crash, although it might be argued that there could have been a big bang if the pump had been seriously damaged - but it wasn't.
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From the "stories" and their responses in the Gazette lately, I as an ex-Colcestrian can only conclude that there is very little real "news" around, and the "news"paper makes up its pages with campaign stuff and trivia.
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Well, we have to be happy that nothing too horrible happens most days/weeks. Can't be bad can it?
jeffbridges
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6:15pm Fri 22 Mar 13
I stand corrected rhetoric.
as I am 65 now,
I can walk with a skip in my step to think that I am just 5 years older than the middle aged 60 year old.
every cloud does Indeed have a silver lining.
LOL but I should not!
Boris
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1:05am Sat 23 Mar 13
jeffbridges wrote:"A woman in her 60s", by the law of averages is 65, i.e. midway through her 60s, the same age as you, Jeff, and younger than me. She is therefore an OAP, old enough to be the grandmother of the reporter writing the story, and if that isn't elderly, what is?
""However, when "60 is the new 40" it is not appropriate to call the lady "elderly"" :)
I stand corrected rhetoric.
as I am 65 now,
I can walk with a skip in my step to think that I am just 5 years older than the middle aged 60 year old.
every cloud does Indeed have a silver lining.
LOL but I should not!
Being elderly doesn't mean a person is past it. If you want to insult some old person, call him/her "decrepit" or "senile".
As for the rest of rhetoric's comment, I agree with him completely.
rhetoric
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10:55am Sat 23 Mar 13
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There are centenarians who got to be that age by maintaining a youthful outlook and an active body. I recall a few years ago, some ladies in their 90s opted to do tandem parachute jumps from planes, and on tv they were glammed up and very presentable.
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Elderly calls to mind greyness of face and dourness of spirit, and thanks to progress in the 20th c there are fewer "elderly" about!
jeffbridges
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11:36pm Sat 23 Mar 13
Boris wrote:Not sure whether your condeming my comments, accepting my comments, or just being your normal self Boris.
jeffbridges wrote: ""However, when "60 is the new 40" it is not appropriate to call the lady "elderly"" :) I stand corrected rhetoric. as I am 65 now, I can walk with a skip in my step to think that I am just 5 years older than the middle aged 60 year old. every cloud does Indeed have a silver lining. LOL but I should not!"A woman in her 60s", by the law of averages is 65, i.e. midway through her 60s, the same age as you, Jeff, and younger than me. She is therefore an OAP, old enough to be the grandmother of the reporter writing the story, and if that isn't elderly, what is? Being elderly doesn't mean a person is past it. If you want to insult some old person, call him/her "decrepit" or "senile". As for the rest of rhetoric's comment, I agree with him completely.
OAP`s is rather a non newage wording these days, normaly we regard ourselves as senior citizens :)
likewise the rolling age at which the fairer of our society reach the status of senior citizenship.
My dearest wife was 65 and half years at her goal of legal retirement, while a neighbour complains of needing to be 62 for the same credit.
I suppose your age is just a personal marker, not your body clock age.
My doctors talk of my morbidity,
but I dont want that yet even if it IS freely given..
stride is not just to walk or run, but ones speed of doing things, like my attempts to rearrange my garden and offstreet parking areas.
If I feel "too tired" I fall out of my stride in completing a days working,
and I take it in my stride to have a few days off.
jeffbridges
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11:38pm Sat 23 Mar 13
(I`m in deep trouble now)
60 years plus 1 half....
just hope she glosses over our comments here now!!
Mind your own business
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3:08pm Sun 24 Mar 13
rhetoric
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7:57am Mon 25 Mar 13
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"A teenager crashed his car into a tree killing his passenger". Oooh, let's ban everyone under the age of 25 then!!!
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One elderly man who had been told not to drive continued to do so, therefore MYOB decides that is a good indicator that being "elderly" and driving is not good, and all "elderly" who drive are likely to cause accidents.
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It's generally not the "elderly" who speed, smoke while driving, use their mobiles ditto. They also take care of their vehicles, lessening the likelihood of mechanical and other faults leading to disaster. Of those who actually use their garages to store their cars, I would hazard a guess the "elderly" are in the majority because they are the people who value their vehicles. They often pay an enormous insurance premium but they don't make the main number of claims, so they subsidise the rest of the driving population.
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MYOB should wait to see whether the driver in this latest incident is warned not to drive for medical or other reasons, before even dreaming of posting such an inflammatory note.
itcouldbeworse
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9:41am Mon 25 Mar 13
Citizen 139 says...
11:29pm Thu 21 Mar 13
1. The Astra is facing the wrong way completely.
2. I honestly hope that whoever caused the crash has their licence taken away.