| Re: Text Driver jailed for 4 years [message #797018] |
Tue, 04 March 2008 17:16 |
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In article <fqj58f$h5s$1 [at] registered.motzarella.org>,
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...
Yes.
> However, the lycralobby often do defend the practice of cycling through
> red lights.
Oh, indeed. And on pavements. Down footpaths specifically marked 'no
cycling'. Etc. I know only too well as a dog walker.
> > 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)
As I said most come to a near stop before jumping the lights and generally
don't attempt to mow down pedestrians. Unlike many motorists.
> Anyway, doesn't that just make it all the more stupid for 'em to bloody
> do it...?
Lots of things people do are bloody stupid. But I get more annoyed by
those which are a danger to others - and although a bike can cause injury
nothing on the scale of a car.
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Dave Plowman dave [at] davenoise.co.uk London SW
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