| Re: Text Driver jailed for 4 years [message #796994] |
Tue, 04 March 2008 10:37 |
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Dave Plowman (News) ("Dave Plowman (News)" <dave [at] davenoise.co.uk>) gurgled
happily, sounding much like they were saying:
>> > Apart from the fact that most cyclists are doing at the most 20 mph -
>> > and slow down to a near stop before carrying on across a red light.
>> > Car drivers, on the other hand, go through a recently changed to red
>> > one at 30+. Difficult to be careful at that speed as they simply
>> > couldn't stop if something was coming the other way.
>> Would you care to point us at one single post, on any group, where a
>> car driver's defended going through a red light?
> I'm not defending either.
Furry muff. We're agreed, then, that it's bloody stupid whatever mode of
transport...
However, the lycralobby often do defend the practice of cycling through
red lights.
> But it's rather obvious a cyclist jumping a red light puts mainly
> himself at risk - unlike a car etc.
(ignoring the poor sods busy crossing the road, of course)
Anyway, doesn't that just make it all the more stupid for 'em to bloody
do it...?
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| Re: Text Driver jailed for 4 years [message #797132 ] |
Wed, 05 March 2008 11:46 |
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On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 09:37:19 +0000 (UTC), Adrian
<toomany2cvs [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>Dave Plowman (News) ("Dave Plowman (News)" <dave [at] davenoise.co.uk>) gurgled
>happily, sounding much like they were saying:
>
>>> > Apart from the fact that most cyclists are doing at the most 20 mph -
>>> > and slow down to a near stop before carrying on across a red light.
>>> > Car drivers, on the other hand, go through a recently changed to red
>>> > one at 30+. Difficult to be careful at that speed as they simply
>>> > couldn't stop if something was coming the other way.
>
>>> Would you care to point us at one single post, on any group, where a
>>> car driver's defended going through a red light?
>
>> I'm not defending either.
>
>Furry muff. We're agreed, then, that it's bloody stupid whatever mode of
>transport...
>
Even a fire engine?
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Ian D
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| Re: Text Driver jailed for 4 years [message #797135 ] |
Wed, 05 March 2008 12:00 |
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Following up to Ian Dalziel <iandalziel [at] lineone.net> wrote:
> car driver's defended going through a red light?
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>>> I'm not defending either.
>>
>>Furry muff. We're agreed, then, that it's bloody stupid whatever mode of
>>transport...
>>
>
>Even a fire engine?
if its a car something is adrift!
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Mike
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