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From: Judith M Smith on 30 Nov 2009 18:00 On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:52:01 +0000, Phil W Lee <phil(at)lee-family(dot)me(dot)uk> wrote: <snip> >>Wouldn't need to. Cars have registration plates & can be easily identified >>if they break the law. Cyclists don't, because they don't pay to use the >>roads. They break the law with impunity & get away with it because they >>can't be identified. > >Just like pedestrians you mean? Now what laws did you have in mind which pedestrians are forever breaking? -- Many cyclists are proving the need for registration by their contempt for the Highway Code and laws. The answer: All cyclists over 16 to take compulsory test, have compulsory insurance, and be registered. Registration number to be clearly visible on the back of mandatory hi-viz vest. Habitual law breakers' cycles confiscated and crushed. (With thanks to KeithT for the idea)
From: DavidR on 30 Nov 2009 18:12 "JNugent" <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote > DavidR wrote: >> "Conor" <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: >>> mileburner says... > >>>> People own cars through choice. > >>> There speaks someone who lives in an urban area with decent public >>> transport. > >> Does it? I have a bus stop outside my house with a half hourly 2.5 mile >> trip into town for �1.50. I rarely use it because a bike is faster and >> more convenient. > > If you live only 2.5m from town, that's urban. You'd call Speke (SE > Liverpool) or Wythenshawe (S Manchester) urban, and each is seven miles or > more from town. Of course it is. How did I suggest otherwise? It was a reply to Conor's suggestion that when living "in an urban area with decent public transport", that public transport isn't particularly useful. Or was that too tricky for you?
From: JNugent on 30 Nov 2009 18:27 DavidR wrote: > "JNugent" <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote >> DavidR wrote: >>> "Conor" <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: >>>> mileburner says... >>>>> People own cars through choice. >>>> There speaks someone who lives in an urban area with decent public >>>> transport. >>> Does it? I have a bus stop outside my house with a half hourly 2.5 mile >>> trip into town for �1.50. I rarely use it because a bike is faster and >>> more convenient. >> If you live only 2.5m from town, that's urban. You'd call Speke (SE >> Liverpool) or Wythenshawe (S Manchester) urban, and each is seven miles or >> more from town. > Of course it is. How did I suggest otherwise? Do you mean "How?", or "When?"? You did it when Conor said: "There speaks someone who lives in an urban area with decent public transport" and you answered: "Does it?". > It was a reply to Conor's suggestion that when living "in an urban area > with decent public transport", that public transport isn't particularly > useful. > Or was that too tricky for you? Let's run that one again. Conor says that public transport isn't particularly useful, and you say: "Does it?". Is that a new version of "innit?"?
From: DavidR on 30 Nov 2009 18:47 "JNugent" <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote > DavidR wrote: >> "JNugent" <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote >>> DavidR wrote: >>>> "Conor" <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: >>>>> mileburner says... >>>>>> People own cars through choice. >>>>> There speaks someone who lives in an urban area with decent public >>>>> transport. >>>> Does it? I have a bus stop outside my house with a half hourly 2.5 mile >>>> trip into town for �1.50. I rarely use it because a bike is faster and >>>> more convenient. >>> If you live only 2.5m from town, that's urban. You'd call Speke (SE >>> Liverpool) or Wythenshawe (S Manchester) urban, and each is seven miles >>> or >>> more from town. > >> Of course it is. How did I suggest otherwise? > > Do you mean "How?", or "When?"? > > You did it when Conor said: "There speaks someone who lives in an urban > area with decent public transport" and you answered: "Does it?". > >> It was a reply to Conor's suggestion that when living "in an urban area >> with decent public transport", that public transport isn't particularly >> useful. > >> Or was that too tricky for you? > > Let's run that one again. > > Conor says that public transport isn't particularly useful, and you say: > "Does it?". Eh? He didn't say that! Clearly it was too tricky for you.
From: JNugent on 30 Nov 2009 18:58
DavidR wrote: > "JNugent" <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote >> DavidR wrote: >>> "JNugent" <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote >>>> DavidR wrote: >>>>> "Conor" <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: >>>>>> mileburner says... [mileburner] >>>>>>> People own cars through choice. [Conor} >>>>>> There speaks someone who lives in an urban area with decent public >>>>>> transport. [DavidR} >>>>> Does it? I have a bus stop outside my house with a half hourly 2.5 mile >>>>> trip into town for �1.50. I rarely use it because a bike is faster and >>>>> more convenient. [JN] >>>> If you live only 2.5m from town, that's urban. You'd call Speke (SE >>>> Liverpool) or Wythenshawe (S Manchester) urban, and each is seven miles >>>> or more from town. [DavidR] >>> Of course it is. How did I suggest otherwise? [JN] >> Do you mean "How?", or "When?"? >> You did it when Conor said: "There speaks someone who lives in an urban >> area with decent public transport" and you answered: "Does it?". [DavidR] >>> It was a reply to Conor's suggestion that when living "in an urban area >>> with decent public transport", that public transport isn't particularly >>> useful. >>> Or was that too tricky for you? [JN] >> Let's run that one again. >> Conor says that public transport isn't particularly useful, and you say: >> "Does it?". [DavidR] > Eh? He didn't say that! He did say that. Or at least, that's your version of what he said. Re-read your own post, just one message back, wherein you said (verbatim): "It was a reply to Conor's suggestion that when living "in an urban area with decent public transport", that public transport isn't particularly useful." Oddly, though I have been able to get almost the whole thread to appear back on the drive, Conor's post is not present (though he appears in the attributes above). > Clearly it was too tricky for you. Well, for someone. |