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From: Elder on 8 Apr 2010 16:24 In article <h9trr5pupavksbvckaug6smm3amim426i6(a)4ax.com>, Phil W Lee <phil(at)lee-family(dot)me(dot)uk> says... > Elder <carl.robson(a)bouncing-czechs.com> considered Wed, 7 Apr 2010 > 20:03:14 +0100 the perfect time to write: > > >In article <402025fa-2a0b-4135-b574- > >b8577918567a(a)h27g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, jagmad(a)riseup.net says... > >> How would the disabled do their shopping? > >> > >Take the car like everyone else does. Duh, god Doug you can be simple > >sometimes. > > And restrict even that limited exercise which many people with > disabilities can manage? > I walk further to my car than I would do if I had a scooter, and operating the pedals is far more active than holding in a light pressure lever or pressing a button. -- 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
From: Doug on 9 Apr 2010 03:23 On 8 Apr, 11:13, "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > "Doug" <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote in message > > news:94f109ee-05a6-4793-ab5d-241294def3c0(a)o30g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... > > > > > On 8 Apr, 11:06, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were > >> saying: > > >> >> > Note this only applies to unintended acceleration and not additional > >> >> > brake or computer faults. > >> >> 43 incidents. > > >> >> Across a decade. > > >> >> Yet, bizarrely, only 11 of those were reported in the 9.5yrs before > >> >> the > >> >> publicity started and there was the possibility of not only passing > >> >> the > >> >> buck but getting in on a nice lucrative lawsuit. > >> > I think you will find that Toyota hushed them up for years and... > > >> >http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1252454/I-left-coma-90mph- > > >> Toyota-crash-TWO-YEARS-safety-recall.html > > >> > "I was left in a coma by 90mph Toyota crash TWO YEARS before safety > >> > recall" > > >> You do like the Daily Mailodrama as a source, don't you? > > >> Oh, look - a car with an old-style cable throttle. No electronics in the > >> throttle mechanism at all. Also another driver who seemed to be unable to > >> comprehend "switching the ignition off" or "putting it in neutral". > > > If you knew anything at all about the subject you would know that > > doesn't always work. > > How does turning the ignition off not stop the engine? > Either it is bypassed by the computer or hot particles in the combustion chamber ignite the fuel. > > >> >> > for anyone who is remotely interested, which rules out a lot of > >> >> > motorists of course, who have their own all too obvious agenda. > >> >> Strange how you, apparently, don't have any kind of "agenda". > >> > My agenda here is public safety. > > >> Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah! > > > Is that the best you can do, just laugh at the deaths? > > It's not the deaths that people laugh at Doug, it's your perpetual hysterics > and hyperbole. > Its still laughing as a substitute for addressing a serious subject. -- UK Radical Campaigns www.zing.icom43.net A driving licence is a licence to kill.
From: Adrian on 9 Apr 2010 03:41 Doug <jagmad(a)riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> How does turning the ignition off not stop the engine? > Either it is bypassed by the computer or hot particles in the combustion > chamber ignite the fuel. Bless.
From: Brimstone on 9 Apr 2010 03:51 "Doug" <jagmad(a)riseup.net> wrote in message news:442a4223-f541-4082-88ed-1e935a93cdb8(a)y14g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... > On 8 Apr, 11:13, "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> "Doug" <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote in message >> >> news:94f109ee-05a6-4793-ab5d-241294def3c0(a)o30g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... >> >> >> >> > On 8 Apr, 11:06, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were >> >> saying: >> >> >> >> > Note this only applies to unintended acceleration and not >> >> >> > additional >> >> >> > brake or computer faults. >> >> >> 43 incidents. >> >> >> >> Across a decade. >> >> >> >> Yet, bizarrely, only 11 of those were reported in the 9.5yrs before >> >> >> the >> >> >> publicity started and there was the possibility of not only passing >> >> >> the >> >> >> buck but getting in on a nice lucrative lawsuit. >> >> > I think you will find that Toyota hushed them up for years and... >> >> >> >http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1252454/I-left-coma-90mph- >> >> >> Toyota-crash-TWO-YEARS-safety-recall.html >> >> >> > "I was left in a coma by 90mph Toyota crash TWO YEARS before safety >> >> > recall" >> >> >> You do like the Daily Mailodrama as a source, don't you? >> >> >> Oh, look - a car with an old-style cable throttle. No electronics in >> >> the >> >> throttle mechanism at all. Also another driver who seemed to be unable >> >> to >> >> comprehend "switching the ignition off" or "putting it in neutral". >> >> > If you knew anything at all about the subject you would know that >> > doesn't always work. >> >> How does turning the ignition off not stop the engine? >> > Either it is bypassed by the computer or hot particles in the > combustion chamber ignite the fuel. How does that happen then Doug? (Don't tell me to find out for myself, you're advancing the argument, you provide information to support it.) >> >> >> > for anyone who is remotely interested, which rules out a lot of >> >> >> > motorists of course, who have their own all too obvious agenda. >> >> >> Strange how you, apparently, don't have any kind of "agenda". >> >> > My agenda here is public safety. >> >> >> Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah! >> >> > Is that the best you can do, just laugh at the deaths? >> >> It's not the deaths that people laugh at Doug, it's your perpetual >> hysterics >> and hyperbole. >> > Its still laughing as a substitute for addressing a serious subject. > When you deal with the subject in a serious manner I'm sure other will discuss it with you similarly.
From: Doug on 9 Apr 2010 03:52
On 9 Apr, 08:41, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were > saying: > > >> How does turning the ignition off not stop the engine? > > Either it is bypassed by the computer or hot particles in the combustion > > chamber ignite the fuel. > > Bless. > So its something else you have never experienced? -- UK Radical Campaigns www.zing.icom43.net A driving licence is a licence to kill. |