Norfolk YET AGAIN!

I was going to call this post "Norfolk AGAIN" but then I realised I'd used that in 2019.

Teslas have had some bad press lately for crashes.

But, considering that the one in this BBC story is a complete write-off, I think it comes out of it rather well.  Unlike the driver for G.Sands and Son who seems to have driven too fast around a bend with a heavy load that had not been properly secured:

Norfolk Police said it was aware of the incident.  I'll bet they are.

To quote the card in his windscreen: "CRAZY"

Executive Chargeport Lounges

Audi are looking in to treating their electric car drivers as airline passengers.

Airport Executive lounges are a very acceptable way of spending time while trapped mid-journey.  So why not do something similar when you are waiting for your car to charge up?

The story is here.

It sounds like a good idea - presumably charge a bit more for the electricity but throw in some peanuts and phone charging and newspapers and toilets.  Will they let other drivers use their facilities though?  After all, your average Audi driver won't want to look up from his Financial Times and see a Dacia driver.

I'm sure that the rest of the VW Group brands will want to get some of this action too though.  The Scania one would have to be huge and the Ducati one would have helmet polishing facilities.

Presumably the Bentley one would have butler service and the Lambo one would be the most fun.

They all just need to make sure that they have a snooty person on the entrance to keep out the riff-raff.

GasBags

 What on Earth is going on here?

Is it a urine smuggling operation?

Is it a modern day moonshine run?

No - it is gasoline-hoarding by morons.

And they said the Pinto fuel tank was dangerous.

Hoarding toilet rolls doesn't seem so bad now - at least toilet rolls would absorb a bit of impact.

This is as a result of the hacking of a supply line feeding a large chunk of the Eastern United States with petrol. Car+Driver offer suitable comment and advice.

Meanwhile, in the 1970s, people queued nicely during a fuel shortage:

Moggie Minor Accident

This is actually about a Toyota Auris Private Hire taxi not a Morris Minor but the cat reference doesn't work otherwise.

Here is what happens when a Toyota Auris driver swerves to avoid a cat at 4 o'clock in the morning:

The rather brief BBC story is here.  It doesn't answer much.  For example, Was there really a cat? If there was a cat, what happened to it? and, How fast was the driver going to end up parked like that on a Jeep?

There were no injuries.

If you clicked on this story looking for a Minor bump, then these next two pictures should sate your desires.  If you were looking for a minor bump, then they will distress you.

This one was full of scrap en route to a Scrapyard in 2018:

This one allegedly rolled on the M20 in 2012:

In both cases, injuries to the drivers were minor.

That's not a Golf

It's a 3-Series BMW.

But it is in the Golf section of the BBC Website.

I'm not an expert on Golf but I would suspect that most top-class golfers would be able to hit a ball a great distance in a straight line.

So Paul O'Neill is doing the hard work in this successful World-Record attempt:

(click on the picture to see the video)

And yet Marcus Armitage gets to be the record holder.

I'm looking forward to seeing Paul in action next weekend for the return of the BTCC where he should be presenting and commentating for ITV Sport again.

Obviously, Paul was wearing a crash helmet for this attempt - I really don't understand why Marcus has one though.

At this point, please insert your own joke using the word "Driver."