From: mileburner on 15 Apr 2010 10:50 "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:82o5p7Fr1hU6(a)mid.individual.net... > "mileburner" <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> gurgled happily, sounding much > like they were saying: > >>> People drving across the pavement to park in their driveways doesn't >>> count. > >> It does to the people they hit. > > Would that be so very different to hitting them in the road, then? It's got to be worse hitting them on the safe refuge of the pavement than hitting them when they are on the road - donchathink?
From: mileburner on 15 Apr 2010 10:55 "Bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:82o7cqFk64U2(a)mid.individual.net... > I think you'll find that it is technically illegal to drive across a > raised kerb to enter a property, without prior permission. > You may well find that it is technically illegal to hit people while you do it.
From: mileburner on 15 Apr 2010 10:58 <boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message news:hq6t39$5b3$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:50:38 +0100 > Bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >>On 15/04/2010 10:44, mileburner wrote: >>> <boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message >>> news:hq6ml5$s0o$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >>>> On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:28:12 +0100 >>>> "mileburner"<mileburner(a)btinternet.com> wrote: >>>>> Err, they do, you can see it almost daily. >>>> >>>> People drving across the pavement to park in their driveways doesn't >>>> count. >>> >>> It does to the people they hit. >>> >>> >> I've never seen this happen. >> Assuming that they have a proper 'dropped kerb crossing', >>They are 'legally' allowed to drive across the pavement. > > Quite. > >> >> How often does this occur? > > Somewhere between zero and never I should think. But mileburners > desperately > clutching at straws now so it'll be interesting to see what made up > scenarios > he comes up with next. > I guess that must be the rule of "I have never seen it happen, so therefore it can never happen". You'll be stating next that pigs don't fly.
From: JNugent on 15 Apr 2010 11:20 mileburner wrote: > <boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message > news:hq6t39$5b3$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >> On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:50:38 +0100 >> Bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >>> On 15/04/2010 10:44, mileburner wrote: >>>> <boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message >>>> news:hq6ml5$s0o$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >>>>> On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:28:12 +0100 >>>>> "mileburner"<mileburner(a)btinternet.com> wrote: >>>>>> Err, they do, you can see it almost daily. >>>>> People drving across the pavement to park in their driveways doesn't >>>>> count. >>>> It does to the people they hit. >>>> >>>> >>> I've never seen this happen. >>> Assuming that they have a proper 'dropped kerb crossing', >>> They are 'legally' allowed to drive across the pavement. >> Quite. >> >>> How often does this occur? >> Somewhere between zero and never I should think. But mileburners >> desperately >> clutching at straws now so it'll be interesting to see what made up >> scenarios >> he comes up with next. >> > I guess that must be the rule of "I have never seen it happen, so therefore > it can never happen". > > You'll be stating next that pigs don't fly. They have to, since the ALF and comrades blockaded the Port of Dover?
From: Tony Dragon on 15 Apr 2010 12:33
Adrian wrote: > "mileburner" <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> gurgled happily, sounding much > like they were saying: > >> "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:82o4ooFr1hU4(a)mid.individual.net... >>> "mileburner" <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> gurgled happily, sounding much >>> like they were saying: >>> >>>>> But, meanwhile, so that we know we're looking at comparable events, >>>>> when did you last see any car driver intentionally drive along the >>>>> pavement for a significant proportion of their journey? >>>> <Scratches head> Can't say I have guv. >>> No, nor me. >>> >>>> But I was defending the never-and-always type of arguments. >>> I must've missed those. >> It goes along the lines of: cyclists always ride on the pavement, jump >> red lights ride without lights, ignore the law etc. and drivers never do >> those things. Both are of course quite untrue. > > Like I said - must've missed those. Hey-ho. > > Anyway, whilst we're in a spirit of amicable agreement, can I invite you > to join with me in heartily and readily condemning all those impatient, > arrogant and inconsiderate tossers who use road vehicles (of any kind) > without appropriate consideration for those they share the road with? I share those sentiments. -- Tony Dragon |