From: JMS jmsmith2010 on 15 Apr 2010 19:24 On 15 Apr 2010 10:11:05 GMT, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: >JNugent <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like >they were saying: > >> It is safe to say that in any demonstrable case where a driver or >> motorcyclist had driven or ridden *along* a footway *in the manner of a >> cyclist*, no-one here would condemn similarly robust punishment for it. > >Well, nobody sane. There's always the Medway Handymong. "Handymong"? Even though you appear to have low IQ and have limited command of English I find use of such contrived derogatory terms extremely distasteful/ I suppose that you think yourself clever. -- Latest DfT Figures: Passenger casualty rates by mode Per billion passenger kilometers: Killed or seriously injured: Pedal Cyclists : 527 Pedestrians 371 All casualties: Pedal Cyclists : 3494 Pedestrians : 1631
From: JNugent on 15 Apr 2010 20:02 Phil W Lee wrote: > 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. And that justifies cycling along footways and through pedestrianised areas, does it?
From: mileburner on 16 Apr 2010 02:10 Adrian wrote: > Ah, that's where we differ. My views on "absolute right of way" tend > to take second place to my sense of self-preservation, if it comes to > a straight choice between the two. Indeed, and I do not bow to the mighty motor vehicle.
From: Brimstone on 16 Apr 2010 04:49 "JMS" <jmsmith2010(a)live.co.uk > wrote in message news:sq7fs51lm9ptko5kv79f85lebaohkmojho(a)4ax.com... > On 15 Apr 2010 10:11:05 GMT, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>JNugent <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like >>they were saying: >> >>> It is safe to say that in any demonstrable case where a driver or >>> motorcyclist had driven or ridden *along* a footway *in the manner of a >>> cyclist*, no-one here would condemn similarly robust punishment for it. >> >>Well, nobody sane. There's always the Medway Handymong. > > > "Handymong"? > > Even though you appear to have low IQ and have limited command of > English I find use of such contrived derogatory terms extremely > distasteful/ > > > I suppose that you think yourself clever. > -- Medway Handymong is extremely abusive and deserves all the derogatory terms inflicted upon him. He appears to enjoy such exchanges, what gives you the right to make judgments?
From: Bod on 16 Apr 2010 05:00
On 16/04/2010 09:49, Brimstone wrote: > > > "JMS" <jmsmith2010(a)live.co.uk > wrote in message > news:sq7fs51lm9ptko5kv79f85lebaohkmojho(a)4ax.com... >> On 15 Apr 2010 10:11:05 GMT, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> JNugent <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> gurgled happily, sounding much >>> like >>> they were saying: >>> >>>> It is safe to say that in any demonstrable case where a driver or >>>> motorcyclist had driven or ridden *along* a footway *in the manner of a >>>> cyclist*, no-one here would condemn similarly robust punishment for it. >>> >>> Well, nobody sane. There's always the Medway Handymong. >> >> >> "Handymong"? >> >> Even though you appear to have low IQ and have limited command of >> English I find use of such contrived derogatory terms extremely >> distasteful/ >> >> >> I suppose that you think yourself clever. >> -- > Medway Handymong is extremely abusive and deserves all the derogatory > terms inflicted upon him. He appears to enjoy such exchanges, what gives > you the right to make judgments? > > He has as much right as you have, to offer his view/s. Bod |