From: Mentalguy2k8 on 7 Jun 2010 09:08 "Doug" <jagmad(a)riseup.net> wrote in message news:5833c83a-4f2c-4aac-9510-4adb0ade5569(a)t10g2000yqg.googlegroups.com... > This is becoming routine. Why can't drivers stay off pavements for a > change? Bit odd that you gave the damaged wall equal billing with the dead pedestrian.... Maybe now that a few bricks have been dislodged, "they" will make this sort of thing illegal.
From: JNugent on 7 Jun 2010 11:55 Doug wrote: > This is becoming routine. Why can't drivers stay off pavements for a > change? > > "Man killed when car leaves road in Hendon > > One man was killed and another injured when a car veered off the road > and collided with them. > > The incident happened at about 0200 BST on Sunday on Hendon Lane, in > Finchley. > > A VW Golf left the road and hit the pedestrians, both in their 20s, > before smashing into a wall and catching fire. The second man received > minor injuries. > > The driver of the car then left the scene. Police have arrested a 20- > year-old man and he is in custody at a north London police station. > > Police are tracing the dead man's next-of-kin and a post-mortem > examination is due to take place. > > Officers are asking anyone who saw the incident to contact them." > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/10248756.stm I reckon that driving after having drunk more than a certain (relatively small) amount of alcohol should be illegal.
From: GT on 7 Jun 2010 13:12 "Doug" <jagmad(a)riseup.net> wrote in message news:5833c83a-4f2c-4aac-9510-4adb0ade5569(a)t10g2000yqg.googlegroups.com... > This is becoming routine. Why can't drivers stay off pavements for a > change? Car accidents are the only bad thing that people ever do - according to the new reports cross-posted here by our gullible, brainwashed friend Doug.
From: Tony Dragon on 7 Jun 2010 13:55 Doug wrote: > This is becoming routine. No it isn't > Why can't drivers stay off pavements for a > change? They do, long time since I saw a motor vehicle driven on the footway. > > "Man killed when car leaves road in Hendon > > One man was killed and another injured when a car veered off the road > and collided with them. > > The incident happened at about 0200 BST on Sunday on Hendon Lane, in > Finchley. > > A VW Golf left the road and hit the pedestrians, both in their 20s, > before smashing into a wall and catching fire. The second man received > minor injuries. > > The driver of the car then left the scene. There ought to be a law against that. > Police have arrested a 20- > year-old man and he is in custody at a north London police station. I wonder how the police caught him, maybe they used the number plates on the vehicle, no it could not have been that, they don't work. > > Police are tracing the dead man's next-of-kin and a post-mortem > examination is due to take place. > > Officers are asking anyone who saw the incident to contact them." > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/10248756.stm > > -- > UK Radical Campaigns. > http://www.zing.icom43.net > A driving licence is a licence to kill. -- Tony Dragon
From: Elder on 7 Jun 2010 17:33
In article <ddep06pbh2rfgavb8q66ovmlbd5v552m70(a)4ax.com>, SENDdavidNOhSPAM(a)spidacom.co.uk says... > All those cars and other motor > vehicles with one or more wheels on the pavement. If the police were > as anti-motorist as the usual suspects claim then they could make a > lot of money by ticketing the owners of all these vehicles, but they > refuse to do anything about it despite complaints. > > I park fully on the pavement opposite my house. I have checked, I am breaking no law. Would you prefer the police become a law unto themselves and attempt to bring false convictions, or work within the law, however many complaints they may get> -- Carl Robson Get cashback on your purchases Topcashback http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/skraggy_uk/ref/index.htm Greasypalm http://www.greasypalm.co.uk/r/?l=1006553 |