Car parked against monument (From Daily Echo)
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Car parked against monument on The Avenue in Southampton
9:03am Tuesday 7th February 2012 in News
Car parked against statue
IT'S not your average parking spot.
Motorists were this morning greeted with the sight of this car parked up against a monument in Southampton after the driver apparently drove into it - and then walked off.
Police are trying to trace the owner of the car who was seen getting out of the Toyota Starlet and calmly walking away from the scene in The Avenue.
The motorist left the car precariously perched on the side of the statue after the incident that was reported to police just after 6am today just opposite Southampton Magistrates Court.
An eye witness said they remembered the car going past them before coming across it having apparently driven into the stone memorial.
A police spokesman said the incident was being investigated and officers were trying to establish what had happened.
He added that police had attended the scene and the car was not thought to be posing a safety risk.
Comments(28)
Bindun
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9:43am Tue 7 Feb 12
Linesman
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9:57am Tue 7 Feb 12
"An eye witness said they remembered the car going PAST them....."
Sovietobserver
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10:02am Tue 7 Feb 12
Saint&Sinner
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10:22am Tue 7 Feb 12
freemantlegirl2
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11:00am Tue 7 Feb 12
loosehead
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11:29am Tue 7 Feb 12
If stolen this is a typical thing they do but normally it would have been torched as well.
If not reported until the police or newspaper release why not.
did the owner partake of a substance & lose control & walked away to claim on insurance?
Was it a joy rider who run out of fuel so ditched it?
To many times car accidents are automatically blamed on drink to many times it's not it's drugs or kids out for a crack & then wrecking it
Buntylicious
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11:59am Tue 7 Feb 12
Sovietobserver wrote:The car in the font is a Toyota, boom boom!!
Inscription on this fountain / trough says ' Drink but waste not ' mmmmmmmmmm
housewife
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12:14pm Tue 7 Feb 12
Sovietobserver
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12:21pm Tue 7 Feb 12
Sovietobserver
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12:25pm Tue 7 Feb 12
A. The website keeps crashing.
BikerNick
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12:30pm Tue 7 Feb 12
Big Mac
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1:06pm Tue 7 Feb 12
vpharm
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2:11pm Tue 7 Feb 12
Lets hope the Useless Hampshire police catch the idiot driver & lets hope the fine is more than the damage caused etc!
Keith Oftergrass
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4:23pm Tue 7 Feb 12
freemantlegirl2
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5:00pm Tue 7 Feb 12
loosehead wrote:Impaired then, you have to disagree don't you just for the sake of disagreeing with me. get a grip!
Why automatically blame drink? Maybe it's a Drugged driver? did they see the driver with a joint or a can in their hands?
If stolen this is a typical thing they do but normally it would have been torched as well.
If not reported until the police or newspaper release why not.
did the owner partake of a substance & lose control & walked away to claim on insurance?
Was it a joy rider who run out of fuel so ditched it?
To many times car accidents are automatically blamed on drink to many times it's not it's drugs or kids out for a crack & then wrecking it
bobbyboy
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5:24pm Tue 7 Feb 12
g/nailfiling/texting
/or dancing and singing as i drive behind female drivers or even searching for cds as the one who drove into the back of me then blamed the sun was in her eye's well unless she was reversing as the sun was behind her so stop blaming drink till the facts are known to all. This driver may have been contributing to the absent Southampton WOW FACTOR.
Big Mac
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5:49pm Tue 7 Feb 12
jazzi
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7:31pm Tue 7 Feb 12
Nooooo not me i drive a beast not a second hand roller skate.
May not be Drink or Drugs but definitely a D-ck driver x
SotonLad
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8:49pm Tue 7 Feb 12
vpharm wrote:Yeah hope they catch up with you soon.
Careless driving & disrespectful!
Lets hope the Useless Hampshire police catch the idiot driver & lets hope the fine is more than the damage caused etc!
SotonLad
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8:51pm Tue 7 Feb 12
Look at the photo Sian, it's clearly a collision/crash! Where do they find you 'reporters"?!
loosehead
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9:35pm Tue 7 Feb 12
freemantlegirl2 wrote:I will agree the driver could have been Impaired but we don't know the whole story do we?
loosehead wrote:Impaired then, you have to disagree don't you just for the sake of disagreeing with me. get a grip!
Why automatically blame drink? Maybe it's a Drugged driver? did they see the driver with a joint or a can in their hands?
If stolen this is a typical thing they do but normally it would have been torched as well.
If not reported until the police or newspaper release why not.
did the owner partake of a substance & lose control & walked away to claim on insurance?
Was it a joy rider who run out of fuel so ditched it?
To many times car accidents are automatically blamed on drink to many times it's not it's drugs or kids out for a crack & then wrecking it
I'm sorry if you think I would disagree just because it's you I just get fed up with people automatically blaming alcohol.
I have been told by many people it's okay & safe to smoke a joint whilst driving I personally wouldn't drink or take any illegal substance whilst driving & any one who does( over the alcohol limit) should be done for attempted murder.
FM2 I was in the TA (RCT) we use to go out on the weekends & take turns to be duty driver so if it is alcohol related throw the book at them/him/her
Please accept my apology if you think I was saying it just to disagree with you
andysaints007
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11:15pm Tue 7 Feb 12
SotonLad wrote:Probably where they find d*ckheads like you !! There was NO damage to the front of the car u Echo bashing donut
Headline: "Car parked against monument on The Avenue in Southampton".
Look at the photo Sian, it's clearly a collision/crash! Where do they find you 'reporters"?!
cantthinkofone
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11:20pm Tue 7 Feb 12
Saint&Sinner wrote:You repeated an advertising slogan!!! In a way that can tenuously be linked to the news story!!!!!
Should have gone to specsavers
Well done you!!!!11!!ONE!!!
bazzeroz
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11:24pm Tue 7 Feb 12
B. L.
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2:53pm Wed 8 Feb 12
Linesman wrote:And you would say ?
Sian Davies - Must do better.
"An eye witness said they remembered the car going PAST them....."
cantthinkofone
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7:15pm Wed 8 Feb 12
B. L. wrote:I'm only speculating, but it's possible Linesman was giving the correction, and the article said "passed" but was then edited.
Linesman wrote:And you would say ?
Sian Davies - Must do better.
"An eye witness said they remembered the car going PAST them....."
If not, he's a doofus.
mistyme
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11:16pm Thu 9 Feb 12
bobbyboy wrote:And why is it that male drivers have always busy with their fingers up their nose, picking it !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh yes they do lol
Why do women always want to put drink before driving when its a Male driver how many times do i witnees lipstick/hairbrushin
g/nailfiling/texting
/or dancing and singing as i drive behind female drivers or even searching for cds as the one who drove into the back of me then blamed the sun was in her eye's well unless she was reversing as the sun was behind her so stop blaming drink till the facts are known to all. This driver may have been contributing to the absent Southampton WOW FACTOR.
Kelbron says...
9:28am Tue 7 Feb 12