Car damages cemetery.
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From: John Veldman on 10 Apr 2010 15:25 "Doug" <jagmad(a)riseup.net> wrote in message news:40734ef7-5e20-47f7-8d5b-fa1f09827782(a)y17g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... > Once again demonstrating the sheer destructive force of a car compared > to the much maligned bicycle. > > "A woman from South Gloucestershire has said she is "devastated" by > the damage she caused at a cemetery after losing control of her car. > > Shirley Potts, who is a Labour member of South Gloucestershire > Council, was visiting Mangotsfield Cemetery on Easter Sunday to tend > her son's grave. > > She lost control of her new car and accidentally drove over the > memorials. > > Mrs Potts said she was advised not to contact the police but report it > to the council when their offices reopened. > > After laying flowers on her son's grave, Mrs Potts, who had owned the > vehicle for a month, was trying to leave when her foot slipped and > caught on the accelerator. > > "It all happened so fast, the car just shot forward," she said..." > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/8610549.stm > > It wasn't a Toyota by any chance was it? If it was no doubt we shall > never be allowed to know. > > -- The type of car is not relevant. Another reason women shouldn't drive? Maybe she should have had a breath test or impairment test. "Oh my foot slipped" is a fantastic excuse. What she means is that she wasn't concentrating and doesn't have the faintest idea how to drive a car. I think a retest is in order so that she doesn't press the wrong pedals again and maybe kill someone next time.
From: webreader on 10 Apr 2010 15:35 On Apr 10, 8:25 pm, "John Veldman" <john.nos...(a)veldman.net> wrote: > "Doug" <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote in message > > news:40734ef7-5e20-47f7-8d5b-fa1f09827782(a)y17g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... > > > Once again demonstrating the sheer destructive force of a car compared > > to the much maligned bicycle. > > > "A woman from South Gloucestershire has said she is "devastated" by > > the damage she caused at a cemetery after losing control of her car. > > > Shirley Potts, who is a Labour member of South Gloucestershire > > Council, was visiting Mangotsfield Cemetery on Easter Sunday to tend > > her son's grave. > > > She lost control of her new car and accidentally drove over the > > memorials. > > > Mrs Potts said she was advised not to contact the police but report it > > to the council when their offices reopened. > > > After laying flowers on her son's grave, Mrs Potts, who had owned the > > vehicle for a month, was trying to leave when her foot slipped and > > caught on the accelerator. > > > "It all happened so fast, the car just shot forward," she said..." > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/8610549.stm > > > It wasn't a Toyota by any chance was it? If it was no doubt we shall > > never be allowed to know. > > > -- > > The type of car is not relevant. > Another reason women shouldn't drive? Maybe she should have had a > breath test or impairment test. "Oh my foot slipped" is a fantastic excuse. > What she means is that she wasn't concentrating and doesn't have the > faintest idea how to drive a car. I think a retest is in order so that she > doesn't press the wrong pedals again and maybe kill someone next time. Well Doug, yet another non post from you showing what a know nothing biggoted idiot you are, no change there then. WSR
From: McKevvy on 11 Apr 2010 03:40 > > Anyway, "car runs over people who are already dead" is hardly > newsworthy. > ....lol. Brilliant headline! McK.
From: thomas on 11 Apr 2010 06:32 waiting for the idiots to come back and blame the cemetery for damaging a car :( "Doug" <jagmad(a)riseup.net> wrote in message news:40734ef7-5e20-47f7-8d5b-fa1f09827782(a)y17g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... > Once again demonstrating the sheer destructive force of a car compared > to the much maligned bicycle. > > "A woman from South Gloucestershire has said she is "devastated" by > the damage she caused at a cemetery after losing control of her car. > > Shirley Potts, who is a Labour member of South Gloucestershire > Council, was visiting Mangotsfield Cemetery on Easter Sunday to tend > her son's grave. > > She lost control of her new car and accidentally drove over the > memorials. > > Mrs Potts said she was advised not to contact the police but report it > to the council when their offices reopened. > > After laying flowers on her son's grave, Mrs Potts, who had owned the > vehicle for a month, was trying to leave when her foot slipped and > caught on the accelerator. > > "It all happened so fast, the car just shot forward," she said..." > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/8610549.stm > > It wasn't a Toyota by any chance was it? If it was no doubt we shall > never be allowed to know. > > -- > UK Radical Campaigns > www.zing.icom43.net > A driving licence is a licence to kill.
From: Mrcheerful on 11 Apr 2010 07:47
thomas wrote: > waiting for the idiots to come back and blame the cemetery for > damaging a car :( Well, clearly large lumps of heavy stone sticking up out of the ground do represent a hazard to all and sundry and someone is responsible for putting them there, and where there's blame there's a claim. |