How many die later from serious injuries on our roads?
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From: Doug on 11 Feb 2010 02:52 On 11 Feb, 00:34, "Nightjar <\"cpb\"@" <"insertmysurnamehere> wrote: > Adrian wrote: > > "Nightjar <\"cpb\"@" <"insertmysurnamehere> gurgled happily, sounding much > > like they were saying: > > >> Do I take it that you are too young to remember what sort of wrecks were > >> on our roads before the MOT was introduced? > > > Umm, Colin... It might be worth you remembering that anybody who was > > driving at the time the MOT was introduced would now be rapidly > > approaching 80 years old... > > > It was over a decade before I was born, and I'm closing on 40. > > You didn't need to be a driver to know what they were like. My father > bought an old van that he fitted seats into the back of when I was about > 5. If you looked down when sitting in the back, you could watch the road > passing by underneath. A year or so earlier, on a family trip to > Southend in one of my father's cousins' car, my sandcastle bucket had > served to catch the oil coming out of the breather, so it could be > poured back into the engine every so often. > > Nevertheless, I have driven a car where the door panels flapped, as the > bottoms had rusted off, and which needed to be steered to the right > everytime I braked, as only one front drum worked. In retrospect, it is > surprising I ever made it through to being a pensioner. > You are not alone in that. Yes I remember a time before MOTs and driving around on bald tyres. This must partly account for the decrease in deaths but I think its mainly due to pedestrians migrating to cars and the much better protection afforded for car occupants. -- World Carfree Network http://www.worldcarfree.net/ Help for your car-addicted friends in the U.K.
From: Norman Wells on 11 Feb 2010 03:47 Doug wrote: > Yes I remember a time before MOTs and driving around on bald tyres. > This must partly account for the decrease in deaths but I think its > mainly due to pedestrians migrating to cars and the much better > protection afforded for car occupants. How very sensible of them. Everything you say these days points to the desirability of cars.
From: Brimstone on 11 Feb 2010 07:03 "Doug" <jagmad(a)riseup.net> wrote in message news:b1fc2b1a-109b-4a17-862a-83c71b575ad2(a)f15g2000yqe.googlegroups.com... > On 10 Feb, 20:10, NM <nik.mor...(a)mac.com> wrote: >> On 10 Feb, 17:28, "The Medway Handyman" <davidl...(a)no-spam- >> >> blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >> > Doug wrote: >> > >> Another interesting aspect is that the majority of people are never >> > >> injured in a road traffic collision in their lives and yet Doug >> > >> manages at least two, possibly more. >> >> > > There was one more where I was driven off the road while cycling and >> > > suffered hospitalising injuries when I struck an earth/stones/bushes >> > > bank. Of course there have been a multitude of near misses including >> > > a >> > > deliberate ramming by a taxi driver recently. >> >> > Has it occurred to you that cycling isn't for you? >> >> > -- >> > Dave - the small piece of 14th century armour used to protect the >> > armpit. >> >> It's his only alternative to driving, I suspect his D/L has been >> pulled hence the hatred of drivers. >> > You are wrong yet again. > > I took up cycling again for medical/health reasons and my driving > licence was not pulled. My dislike of motorists is largely due to > their behaviour, driving too fast, putting lives at risk, polluting > the air we breathe, leaving their machines lying about all over the > place, road rage, and worst of all their sheer numbers. I see them as > a blight on mankind and the environment. It wouldn't be so bad if > there weren't so many of them. > What damages your credibility is that you only adopted this attitude after you stopped driving cars.
From: Christopher Bowlas on 11 Feb 2010 07:13 On Feb 10, 12:30 pm, "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > "Doug" <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote in message > news:791a4a21-6d25-4154-b95d-ada09a0780f1(a)z26g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... > > > You are wrong again. I do not think all cars should be banned just > > that frivolous mass car use should be actively discouraged because of > > the widespread harm it causes. > > Would you care to define "frivolous mass car use"? http://d21c.com/AnnesPlace/Summer/BumperCars2.gif ?
From: Christopher Bowlas on 11 Feb 2010 07:20
On Feb 10, 1:36 pm, "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > "Adrian" <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:7tfnvkF4ckU15(a)mid.individual.net... > > 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. > > I didn't recall his injuries being that serious. Do you mean that only his head was injured? > > 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" > > Similarly the more recent event where Doug was struck by a car wanting to > cross his path and his refusal to give way, despite it being the most > sensible thing to do. Does he think his home planet revolves around a red star? |