From: Adrian on 10 Feb 2010 07:43 "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > So, given that you've had more than your fair share of road traffic > collisions (some might accuse you of being greedy and seeking them out) > you have not yet suffered either serious injury (broken bones, coma or > similar) nor death. Yes, he has. When he was a kid, he was seriously injured and in a coma after running into the road in front of an oncoming car to "rescue" the corpse of a dead bird. His pig-headed unwillingness to accept any possible fallibility on his own part is what's led to him extrapolating that incident into "all car drivers are evil murderers"
From: Christopher Bowlas on 10 Feb 2010 07:48 On Feb 10, 7:13 am, Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote: > As one who has been run down twice Who did that and have they received their medals yet?
From: Christopher Bowlas on 10 Feb 2010 07:58 On Feb 10, 8:54 am, "Nightjar <\"cpb\"@" <"insertmysurnamehere> wrote: > Improving safety for *all* road users is one factor, but the subject is > far more complex than that, involving changing attitudes, legislation > and improved understanding of the effects of road layouts on safety, > among others. However, increased traffic levels in towns and cities > probably does increase safety, by reducing overall traffic speeds. What effect, other than a possible increase in injuries sustained by people bearing red flags, would be caused by a return of the Road Locomotive Act? It should certainly cause a considerable decline in youth unemployment.
From: Christopher Bowlas on 10 Feb 2010 08:00 On Feb 10, 10:07 am, "Mr Benn" <nos...(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:_LSdnTwv4uIBG-zWnZ2dnUVZ8gqdnZ2d(a)bt.com... > > You missed a bit. We should all use the internet more. > > Can you transport food and people over the internet? I thought it was > limited to data packets. Let's use Doug as a test subject, followed by 'Mike Corley'.
From: Christopher Bowlas on 10 Feb 2010 08:04
On Feb 10, 10:23 am, Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote: > My guess is that the 2008 alleged low number of road deaths and > serious injuries is either a temporary blip or is the result of > deliberate under reporting to make things look much better than they > really are. What is the correlation coefficient of the rate of road fatalities and global climate data? |