From: The Medway Handyman on 15 Apr 2010 13:47 "mileburner" <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message news:hq6n5g$t66$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > <boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message > news:hq6ml5$s0o$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >> On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:28:12 +0100 >> "mileburner" <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> wrote: >>>Err, they do, you can see it almost daily. >> >> People drving across the pavement to park in their driveways doesn't >> count. > > It does to the people they hit. How many people were hit by drivers crossing the pavement to park on their drive in the last year then milewanker? -- Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport.
From: Adrian on 15 Apr 2010 14:15 Tony Dragon <tony.dragon(a)btinternet.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > Has anybody noticed a lack of Doug comments? No, there's plenty. Just not in this thread. I'm sure it's an oversight on his part.
From: The Medway Handyman on 15 Apr 2010 14:46 "mileburner" <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message news:hq6ms9$s7e$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > "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. But if you change 'always' to 'frequently' and 'never' to 'rarely' it makes perfect sense. -- Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport.
From: ash on 15 Apr 2010 18:37 On 15 Apr, 21:13, Phil W Lee <phil(at)lee-family(dot)me(dot)uk> wrote: > boltar2...(a)boltar.world considered Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:42:39 +0000 > (UTC) the perfect time to write: > > > > > > >On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:27:51 +0100 > >Tom Crispin <kije.rem...(a)this.bit.freeuk.com.munge> wrote: > >>On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:57:15 +0100, Bod <bodro...(a)tiscali.co.uk> > >>wrote: > > >>> A car driver would quite possibly be incarcerated even, for driving on > >>>the pavement! > > >>Really! I regularly see cars that have clearly been driven on the > >>pavement, yet the police seem to ignore this offence which you claim > >>in serious enough to warrant a prison sentence. > > >Stop talking rubbish man. Cars do not drive on the pavement, end of. For the > >most part they wouldn't fit anyway. Occasionally someone may park on a paved > >area but thats not the same as driving all the way along it. > > I know of a number of places where motor vehicles driving along the > pavement to pass other vehicles waiting to turn right is commonplace. > So much so that the kerbs are all broken down and the pavement badly > damaged. > > I know of a number of other places where the motor vehicles regularly > cut a left turn and mount the kerb, and in some of those places it has > been happening so regularly that bollards have been placed to reduce > the cost of repeated repairs, and even those bollards get damaged. > The drivers are clearly not being prosecuted for this, or they > wouldn't keep doing it. I think you will find this is mostly done by HGVs and Buses. A car would break a wheel before it breaks the kerb
From: The Medway Handyman on 15 Apr 2010 18:48
"Phil W Lee" <phil(at)lee-family(dot)me(dot)uk> wrote in message news:jeses59aq333a72p2cbjb73ns782oelopn(a)4ax.com... > boltar2003(a)boltar.world considered Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:42:39 +0000 > (UTC) the perfect time to write: > >>On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:27:51 +0100 >>Tom Crispin <kije.remove(a)this.bit.freeuk.com.munge> wrote: >>>On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:57:15 +0100, Bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> >>>wrote: >>> >>>> A car driver would quite possibly be incarcerated even, for driving on >>>>the pavement! >>> >>>Really! I regularly see cars that have clearly been driven on the >>>pavement, yet the police seem to ignore this offence which you claim >>>in serious enough to warrant a prison sentence. >> >>Stop talking rubbish man. Cars do not drive on the pavement, end of. For >>the >>most part they wouldn't fit anyway. Occasionally someone may park on a >>paved >>area but thats not the same as driving all the way along it. >> > I know of a number of places where motor vehicles driving along the > pavement to pass other vehicles waiting to turn right is commonplace. > So much so that the kerbs are all broken down and the pavement badly > damaged. But that isn't driving on the pavement is it idiot boy? Thats mounting the kerb for a few seconds. > I know of a number of other places where the motor vehicles regularly > cut a left turn and mount the kerb, and in some of those places it has > been happening so regularly that bollards have been placed to reduce > the cost of repeated repairs, and even those bollards get damaged. > The drivers are clearly not being prosecuted for this, or they > wouldn't keep doing it. Probably because pedestrians are not being terrorised regularly by irresponsible cyclists using the pavements as a highway. -- Dave - intelligent enough to realise that a push bike is a kid's toy, not a viable form of transport. |