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From: ChelseaTractorMan on 22 May 2010 06:55 >> Here we have a motorist MP in a motorist dominated parliament in a >> motorist dominated country turning a blind eye to all the harm and >> nuisance caused by motorists and letting them off lightly, as do the >> cops and the courts. yeah, motorists get let of lightly. Why do you bunch of twits think everybody else drives, because its better. -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 22 May 2010 07:01 On Sat, 22 May 2010 03:36:37 -0700 (PDT), Derek C <del.copeland(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >Doh! My experience of the Greater London area is that it is almost >impossible to legally park anywhere near a small corner shop. Hence >people are driven (no pun intended) to go to the large supermarkets >with big car parks, or petrol stations with a small supermarket >attached where there is a forecourt you can park on. Yellow lines are >painted everywhere else so that local councils can extract fines from >motorists, not to keep the traffic moving. I don't think modern parking restrictions are often not literally to keep traffic moving, the idea is possibly to reduce traffic by making it impossible to go there. Or collect revenue. >Have you noticed that many >parking restrictions only apply during the normal working hours of >traffic wardens? I think you are seeing that back to front -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: Dave Plowman on 22 May 2010 13:32 In article <9b5bb2fa-437c-4d50-99a8-20c54111cf3b(a)a16g2000vbr.googlegroups.com>, Derek C <del.copeland(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > > Indeed. Many want to feel justified about spending 10 quid on fuel and > > wasting hours of time to save paying a quid for parking... > > > > -- > > *Forget the Joneses, I keep us up with the Simpsons. > > > > Dave Plowman d...(a)davesound.co.uk London SW 12 > Doh! My experience of the Greater London area is that it is almost > impossible to legally park anywhere near a small corner shop. Eh? Just about every side street round here has parking available - but you will have to pay during the active hours. Most also have free bays for short term use at the ends - as do the red routes. Outside rush hour. > Hence > people are driven (no pun intended) to go to the large supermarkets > with big car parks, or petrol stations with a small supermarket > attached where there is a forecourt you can park on. Yellow lines are > painted everywhere else so that local councils can extract fines from > motorists, not to keep the traffic moving. Have you noticed that many > parking restrictions only apply during the normal working hours of > traffic wardens? Plenty go to 22.00. But what's strange about that? Parking is usually restricted during rush hour - and resident's areas restrictions can be to limit or prevent commuter parking. Both of which tie in with the normal working hours - if there is such a thing. -- *Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker? * Dave Plowman dave(a)davesound.co.uk London SW 12
From: Ian Smith on 22 May 2010 16:52
["Followup-To:" header set to uk.rec.cycling.] On Sat, 22 May 2010, Marie <marie.lawrie(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On May 22, 3:56�pm, Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote: > > > > But cyclists are, of course, are very much less dangerous than > > motorists and that is why they should not be subject to the same laws > > as motorists. > > Here we go again, this time it's the old 'cyclists aren't as dangerous > as motorist' so they can do what they like ploy. What does lying about what he's said immediately under a quote demonstrating that he didn't say what you claim he said achieve? If what he says is such bilge, why don't you point out what's wrong with what he _did_ say, rather than make up different bilge to criticise? The fact that you don't address what he actually said does rather imply that you are unable to address what he said. It demolishes your credibility, not his. -- |\ /| no .sig |o o| |/ \| |