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From: Tony Raven on 17 Aug 2006 08:23 davek wrote on 17/08/2006 13:00 +0100: > Alex Heney wrote: >> Please explain how you think that simple and absolutely true statement >> is somehow "bollocks". > > The statement was certainly simple but in no way was it true. > > If you're doing 70mph on the motorway, the only conceivable reason for > which you could be obliged to get out of another vehicle's way is that > it has flashing blue lights on its roof. > Untrue. With your speedometer indicating 70mph you could be going anywhere between 63mph and 70mph. So it is quite feasible for someone else to pass you legally going 7mph faster when you are indicating 70mph. -- Tony "Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory." - Leonardo da Vinci
From: Brimstone on 17 Aug 2006 08:25 Christian McArdle wrote: >> The statement was certainly simple but in no way was it true. >> >> If you're doing 70mph on the motorway, the only conceivable reason >> for which you could be obliged to get out of another vehicle's way >> is that it has flashing blue lights on its roof. > > Please hand back your driving licence. > > It is the staple of MLOC belief that because their speedo reads 70mph > (actually, they're doing 63mph), they have a god given right to > prevent others passing. This is not true. It is dangerous. They > should be shot, or tortured to death. What about being consigned to going round an alternative M25 for eternity?
From: Nevikski on 17 Aug 2006 07:17 You also let slip he was black, you racist. You should have said 'non-white' "burt" <burtthebike(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:FanEg.105044$9d4.103973(a)fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk... > > "Tim S Kemp" <news(a)timkemp.karoo.co.uk> wrote in message > news:OqCdnbxCm8PdaX3ZRVnyjg(a)karoo.co.uk... >> Dave M <me2(a)privacy.net> wrote: >>> All the car owners have found their tyres have been slashed and, in >>> many cases, a note on their windscreens. >> >> A medal? For criminal damage? > > If I find out where the piece of s**t who came within an inch of killing > me on my journey home tonight lives, he won't just be worried about > criminal damage - he'll need major surgery. BMW, green, north Bristol, > and talking on a mobile phone. 17:10, N914 YOG, young, black driver. Oh > dear, have I accidentally published his details? What a shame. > > I did what you're supposed to do and reported it to the police. Guess > what? nothing will happen according to the officer I reported it to. Is > it any wonder that people take the law into their own hands? If following > the law means that criminals who threaten my life will never be convicted, > then maybe it's time for direct action. >
From: Christian McArdle on 17 Aug 2006 08:47 >> It is the staple of MLOC belief that because their speedo reads 70mph >> (actually, they're doing 63mph), they have a god given right to >> prevent others passing. This is not true. It is dangerous. They >> should be shot, or tortured to death. > > What about being consigned to going round an alternative M25 for eternity? AFAICT, they are already suffering that punishment. Christian.
From: Dave Mayall on 17 Aug 2006 09:56
"DieSea" <DieSea.NoSpamPlease(a)ntlworldd.ccom> wrote in message news:44e35486$0$1381$db0fefd9(a)news.zen.co.uk... >> That`s much better than my reply. How can people be so stupid and >> unobservant as to not notice an empty motorway lane to their left? Scary >> scary scary!!!! >> > > It wasn't empty , there were HGV's which I was overtaking Obviously there was some gap before the next HGV. If this guy managed to pull in, and overtake you, you had room to pull in yourself. > Anyway he was clearly exceeding the speed limit with a trailer by a good > 10 MPH Assuming that your speedo isn't over-reading. In any case, what other people are doing isn't your business. Just concentrate on obeying the law yourself by pulling into the inside lane. > He could have always overtaken me in the out side lane that was free Not with a trailer he couldn't. He isn't allowed in the outside lane. |