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From: Brimstone on 31 Mar 2010 14:23 "Phil W Lee" <phil(at)lee-family(dot)me(dot)uk> wrote in message news:ssl6r51kiou33meadlbt0iumomobdi9oeo(a)4ax.com... > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> considered Tue, 30 Mar 2010 > 19:19:42 +0100 the perfect time to write: > >> >> >>"Phil W Lee" <phil(at)lee-family(dot)me(dot)uk> wrote in message >>news:1uc4r5t78rip1k355s7kv16muu8q2bncf8(a)4ax.com... >>> Jim A <ja(a)averyjim.myzen.co.uk> considered Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:40:24 >>> +0100 the perfect time to write: >>> >>>>Phil W Lee wrote: >>>>> Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> considered 29 Mar 2010 17:32:25 GMT the >>>>> perfect time to write: >>>>> >>>>>> Doug <jagmad(a)riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they >>>>>> were >>>>>> saying: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> The term 'corking' has become accepted in connection with CM and in >>>>>>> several countries. If you were familiar with the subject you would >>>>>>> know >>>>>>> it. >>>>>> You can call it what you like. The fact remains that it is a >>>>>> euphemism >>>>>> for an illegal obstruction. >>>>>> >>>>>> Or are you trying to deny that? >>>>> >>>>> If you call a road position intended to prevent vehicular assault >>>>> illegal, then you are clearly in denial of reality. >>>> > >>>>> Corking is used to PREVENT illegal acts by motorists deliberately >>>>> driving out into the path of (and even into the side of) other >>>>> vehicles on the major road, and with legal priority. >>>> >>>>Two wrongs don't make a right. >>> >>> It's only the drivers who think they should be allowed to just drive >>> into more vulnerable traffic on the major road who regard corking as >>> wrong. >> >>Not so. I've never witnessed a CM ride from any vantage point and I >>consider >>the illegal obstruction of traffic to be wrong. >> > And I entirely agree with you. > Illegal obstruction of traffic is wrong. > Placing your vehicle in such a way as to reinforce the normal highway > priorities to drivers who would otherwise ignore them is not. In what way is stopping traffic emerging across a "give way" line not illegal? |