Clitheroe town centre comes to a halt after accident
12:18pm Monday 6th July 2009 in
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- By Tyrone Marshall » Reporter
CLITHEROE town centre was brought to a standstill after a 4x4 was involved in a dramatic crash.
The female driver was said to have lost control when travelling up Moor Lane at around 8.15am, and took out several bollards and flower pots before coming to rest on a pavement near Clitheroe Travel facing back down Moor Lane.
The driver of the Suzuki Grand Vitara was taken to hospital as a precaution but later released.
The accident blocked the town’s one-way system for more than an hour as shoppers and workers struggled to get into town.
David Cowgill, of Cowgill’s newsagents and toyshop, said: “The town came to a complete standstill.
"Nobody could get in and it was really quiet for a good hour or so.
"I have no idea how the accident happened. It looks almost impossible to end up where the vehicle did.”
Comments(21)
Mike Costa
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12:37pm Mon 6 Jul 09
Spot on happycyclist. Its usually the husband that buys 'the little lady' one of these gas guzzling aborations so that, if she has an accident, she wont come off worst.
The problem is that the actual vehicle is cumbersome and often too large to be easily managed.
Sorry, this may not be PC. It just happens to be true.
The monstrocities should be removed from the roads. There is absolutely no reason for their existence . If you want to drive in the country, get a tractor.
pull some strings
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12:49pm Mon 6 Jul 09
It's not the cars, it's the drivers!
It's supposed to be a free Country so you drive a 4x4 if you want to. They pay the tax and the fuel costs not you.
A Suzuki Vitara is hardly a big 4x4, they're smaller than your average family car.
Mike Costa
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1:18pm Mon 6 Jul 09
They pay the tax and the fuel, but we all pay for them poluting the atmosphere. Your argument about being a free country is nonesense, unless you are also in favour of such activities as drinking to excess and urinating in the streets
If you read what I said, I was inferring it was the drivers fault, primarily because they shouldnt be driving a 4x4.
So a Suzuki Vitara isnt a big 4x4? I'll bow to your superior knowledge.
Bat E Bird
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1:19pm Mon 6 Jul 09
Sorry, this may not be PC either but it's truer than your statement.
Mike Costa
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1:22pm Mon 6 Jul 09
Bat E Bird wrote:Mike Costa says:
Mike Costa, if my husband had an attitude as outdated and sexist as yours, I'd have run him over by now. Sorry, this may not be PC either but it's truer than your statement.
Touched a raw nerve have I? So sorry, but next time you are out and about, watch some women struggling manfully to control their 4x4.
Then tell me I'm wrong. As for husbands buying their wives 4x4s for the reason I mentioned above, I know of several who have said just that.
Notice how I refrained from saying that if you tried to run me down, 'I bet you'd miss'?
Bat E Bird
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1:36pm Mon 6 Jul 09
The driving and controlling of them isn't a gender issue. I've seen bad women drivers and bad men drivers.
However, we're all human and all capable of making the odd mistake. As long as you aren't drunk, drugged up or a banned driver and you don't kill anyone, it's hardly the end of the world.
The point is to buy and drive a car you can control and feel comfortable in.
Mike Costa, I don't know if I'd have missed you because I don't know how big you are :)
adamh
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1:46pm Mon 6 Jul 09
Mike Costa
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2:01pm Mon 6 Jul 09
Bat E Bird wrote:Mike Costa sys:
If this is a discussion about 4x4 ownership, I've no problem with anyone owning one as long as they can actually drive and control it properly. The driving and controlling of them isn't a gender issue. I've seen bad women drivers and bad men drivers. However, we're all human and all capable of making the odd mistake. As long as you aren't drunk, drugged up or a banned driver and you don't kill anyone, it's hardly the end of the world. The point is to buy and drive a car you can control and feel comfortable in. Mike Costa, I don't know if I'd have missed you because I don't know how big you are :)
Touche !
And actually, I agree with everything you say. Its not really a gender issue is it? Its an ability issue. And there are some truly shocking male and female drivers about.
If you do ever see me, I hope you would swerve to avoid me!
pete08
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4:11pm Mon 6 Jul 09
frank
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4:22pm Mon 6 Jul 09
agree about driving too fast it's getting ridiculous and dangerous now.
bazil0210
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4:54pm Mon 6 Jul 09
o.uk
lostforwords
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5:27pm Mon 6 Jul 09
So why the stupid bigoted comments.
athlete
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5:35pm Mon 6 Jul 09
projectblue
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6:27pm Mon 6 Jul 09
I also wondered who had demolished half the wall of West Bradford bridge.
Now I know....a 4x4...what a coincidence!
pete08
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6:48pm Mon 6 Jul 09
projectblue
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7:05pm Mon 6 Jul 09
I can't see them been very busy.
adamh
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7:53pm Mon 6 Jul 09
projectblue wrote:They would have a field day on Pimlico and Chatburn Road...it won't be too long before a child is run over...some nights its like a race track!
Traffic police in Clitheroe town centre? I can't see them been very busy.
Michael@ClitheroeSince58
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8:14pm Mon 6 Jul 09
soupsoup
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8:50pm Mon 6 Jul 09
Next time your stuck up a mountain somewhere with a broken leg, lets just hope that a farmer is free to rescue you. Or lets just hope that a volunteer from the mountain rescue who uses a 4x4 as a daily driver can come and rescue you!
So when all the 4x4s have been banned, lets ban buses and wagons too, because beleive it or not they can crash too. Then lets ban sports cars because they're too fast. Then luxury cars because they're too big. There seems to be too many people who think that if everyone drives Toyota Pruis' then that natural phenomenon called global warming will be reversed!
I drive a 4x4. Yes, it spends 90% of the time on the road. It does go off road too. I'm not going to get shut of it because I'm tarred with the same brush as someone who can't drive one properly crashes one.
Bat E Bird
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1:02pm Tue 7 Jul 09
If you do ever see me, I hope you would swerve to avoid me!
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As long as you don't complain about my driving, it's a deal :)
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12:21pm Mon 6 Jul 09