Unbelievable destruction: West Norwood marble fountain demolished

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

4 hours ago, malumbu said:

having worked with DVLA on a project or two I can definitely tell you that the owner is not necessarily the keeper of a vehicle.

That's probably why the DVLA puts the words "This document is not proof of ownership" across the V5C form.

[first mate]

6 hours ago, first mate said:

• finding out who was responsible for an accident
• tracing the registered keeper of an abandoned vehicle
• tracing the registered keeper of a vehicle parked on private land
• giving out parking tickets

In situations like the above, the govt advises it may be useful to contact DVLA to find out the registered keeper/often the legal owner (as in having legal responsibility for the vehicle). I'm sorry if some of you think this advice is incorrect but there it is.

It seems we are now into 'when is an accident not an accident' territory again, in fact any kind of hair splitting exercise to deflect from the original discussion. 

Malumbu, are you sure your involvement with DVLA was not something to do with the many speeding fines you seem to have accrued when you were a more regular driver of cars? 🤫
 

[malumbu]

2 hours ago, Dogkennelhillbilly said:

That's probably why the DVLA puts the words "This document is not proof of ownership" across the V5C form.

Ah thanks for giving me credit, but it predates my involvement with DVLA.  Happy for all compliments, they are so rare on this site  😃  I can retire for the evening happy, and I expect the sun will be shining too.  Bless

I understand this is not the only thread with a love-in

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

12 hours ago, first mate said:

 the registered keeper/often the legal owner

But you don't know that, do you? An awful lot of leaping to wild conclusions and drawing unsustainable inferences there. Those things really upset you, apparently. 🤣

[first mate]

If not the case I doubt the govt would give the advisory I quoted earlier. Sorry your sentence not making much sense, are you saying that I leap to wild conclusions and this really upsets me?!🤣

 

[Earl Aelfheah]

The lights were out at the junction of Lordship Lane and the S Circular at the weekend. When i say 'out', I mean they'd been destroyed. Probably someone rode into them on a push bike. An incredibly big, heavy and fast moving push bike perhaps.

Edited November 29, 2024 by Earl Aelfheah

[malumbu]

Fortunately cycling I could avoid the congestion, using the shared pavement where appropriate.  There is a flood outside Sainsbury's in Forest Hill, no doubt a caused by a cyclist.  Nothing to do with a private utility company...

[Rockets]

3 hours ago, Earl Aelfheah said:

When i say 'out', I mean they'd been destroyed. Probably someone rode into them on a push bike. An incredibly big, heavy and fast moving push bike perhaps.

Jumping to conclusions again Earl - you don't actually know it was a push bike do you.....;-)

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

On 22/10/2024 at 00:58, Dogkennelhillbilly said:

 

 

Just as an update almost a year later: the fountain that survived ~125 years has not been reinstated in the same location. It's just a flat pedestrian crossing (with no additional protections for pedestrians or other vulnerable road users) now.

Not sure if the fountain has been moved somewhere that's more protected from road violence, if it's simply been regarded as destroyed by the crash or something else. 🤷‍♂️

[Earl Aelfheah]

My kids saw the aftermath of another car crash on the South circular this morning. Can’t even find a report of it online. These incidents are so commonplace.

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

On the upside, for anyone that is still following: the fountain seems to have been reinstalled in roughly the same position!

Hopefully the responsible driver's insurance company paid and not the good taxpayers of Lambeth...again...

[Earl Aelfheah]

That’s great. Yes, let’s hope it wasn’t at taxpayer’s cost