Shock as runaway Toyota car hits Macdonald’s in Fossgate, York (From York Press)
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Shock as runaway Toyota car hits Macdonald’s in Fossgate, York
9:16am Tuesday 16th March 2010 in
SHOPPERS looked on in shock as a runaway car rolled down a street in York and crashed into a shop.
This was the scene after the silver Toyota Yaris rolled down Fossgate. It missed passing pedestrians and other cars, but hit the front of Macdonald’s furniture store.
Police at the scene said they thought the driver had left the handbrake off.
Martyn Macdonald, director of the shop, said: “I saw the car come on to the pavement and thought: ‘Crikey – that’s going quickly’.
“Then there was a bang and it hit a pillar. I went outside and there was nobody in the car. It looks like they left the handbrake off.” The incident occurred at about 12.45pm yesterday.
Comments(23)
Taken for a Mug
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9:36am Tue 16 Mar 10
Alucard
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9:57am Tue 16 Mar 10
Silver wrote:Wait for the daft comments asking if it was an elderly women driver who left the handbrake off
Now just sit back and watch the jokes about Toyota's brake problems roll in (bad pun intended)
oldgoat
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10:51am Tue 16 Mar 10
Maybe they'll recall another million vehicles now to check for dodgy handbrakes.....
kennydebs
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11:06am Tue 16 Mar 10
Garrowby Turnoff
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11:07am Tue 16 Mar 10
Taken for a Mug
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11:12am Tue 16 Mar 10
"Just out driving my new Toyota, Chat later, can't stop!"
dodgydave
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11:40am Tue 16 Mar 10
I am waiting for Peddling Paul to tell us that they should ban cars/vans/trucks anything that was designed in the last decade from being on this road and that this article is testament to that viewpoint!
Also why do you always see 'Plods' standing like the one on the left? Do they learn that stance in Plod School?
Alucard
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11:43am Tue 16 Mar 10
Taken for a Mug wrote:Dogs with bones
The old lady was apparently on her mobile phone, she was overheard saying whilst getting out of the car.. "Just out driving my new Toyota, Chat later, can't stop!"
keepsgettingbanned
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12:18pm Tue 16 Mar 10
Ha, my security word is "lady-yeah" - my thoughts exactly!!!!
invisibleman
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12:42pm Tue 16 Mar 10
pedalling paul
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2:54pm Tue 16 Mar 10
chappers
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3:39pm Tue 16 Mar 10
LittleTed
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4:05pm Tue 16 Mar 10
mystic_genius
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4:55pm Tue 16 Mar 10
dodgydave wrote:Decade? Century...
The Car in Front is a Toyota! .... That's because it can't stop! I am waiting for Peddling Paul to tell us that they should ban cars/vans/trucks anything that was designed in the last decade from being on this road and that this article is testament to that viewpoint! Also why do you always see 'Plods' standing like the one on the left? Do they learn that stance in Plod School?
Alucard
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6:34pm Tue 16 Mar 10
LittleTed wrote:Mistaken identity
Stupid Woman.
LittleTed
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7:03pm Tue 16 Mar 10
Alucard wrote:Stupid young woman.
LittleTed wrote:Mistaken identity
Stupid Woman.
Frank Black
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11:14pm Tue 16 Mar 10
pedalling paul wrote:Bingo.
Sorry guys...logged on late today. Sorry to disappoint you but I won't be biting on earlier comments...except to say that I don't think my bikepadlock would encircle the pillar...!
See my comment was removed though....
Head of Bomber Command
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2:43am Wed 17 Mar 10
What a waste of public money.
HOBC
Haxbyite
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6:31am Wed 17 Mar 10
TooRad
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7:57am Wed 17 Mar 10
chappers wrote:I like this comment.
Why wasn't the car in gear and the wheels turned towards the kerb like the highway code states it should have be?
Far too many people own and use cars without actually being *drivers*.
Bad roadcraft, no indicating, sudden lane changing, speeding, tailgating, inability to look ahead, not using mirrors, the list is endless.
All these things aren't taught in the driving test to placate some anal-retentive power freak, they are essential common sense skills necessary to modern day driving.
People who don't do all those things aren't just lazy they are deliberately anti-social and disrespectful.
moneyforwhat
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1:07pm Wed 17 Mar 10
TooRad wrote:excellent. Beautifully and correctly written. Concentrating on driving standards could have impact (no pun intended) on the amount of cars being used. We are allegedly a free country and it should be up to people to make their choices. But we are a very small overcrowded country and the introduction of something which will reduce the amount of ill equipped drivers (ie skill) would have benefits all round
chappers wrote: Why wasn't the car in gear and the wheels turned towards the kerb like the highway code states it should have be?I like this comment. Far too many people own and use cars without actually being *drivers*. Bad roadcraft, no indicating, sudden lane changing, speeding, tailgating, inability to look ahead, not using mirrors, the list is endless. All these things aren't taught in the driving test to placate some anal-retentive power freak, they are essential common sense skills necessary to modern day driving. People who don't do all those things aren't just lazy they are deliberately anti-social and disrespectful.
evelyn_trent
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2:44pm Wed 17 Mar 10
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Silver says...
9:34am Tue 16 Mar 10