Pedestrian injured in hit and run incident(Doug Mode)
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From: Squashme on 24 Jun 2010 08:15 On 24 June, 11:31, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Squashme <squas...(a)gmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they > were saying: > > >>news:88gmlfFrphU1(a)mid.individual.net...>http:// > > www.thamesvalley.police.uk/newsevents/newsevents-pressreleases... > > > > > > >> People who do this kind of thing should be very severely punished. > >http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/3242048/Zebra-crossing-road-deaths- > treble.html > > > "Low fines, the reluctance of motorists to stop and, in some cases, lax > > design could be behind the rising death and injury toll, it is feared. > > > "We live in a society where everyone is in a rush and one where people > > see the chances of getting caught as minimal," said Andrew Howard, head > > of road safety at the AA." > > Yes, it's almost certainly the motorist's fault here... > > You cretin. Just providing the usual necessary balance. Inert coy U.
From: Adrian on 24 Jun 2010 08:20 Squashme <squashme(a)gmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> >> People who do this kind of thing should be very severely punished. >> > "Low fines, the reluctance of motorists to stop and, in some cases, >> > lax design could be behind the rising death and injury toll, it is >> > feared. >> > >> > "We live in a society where everyone is in a rush and one where >> > people see the chances of getting caught as minimal," said Andrew >> > Howard, head of road safety at the AA." >> Yes, it's almost certainly the motorist's fault here... >> >> You cretin. > Just providing the usual necessary balance. It's certainly true that there seems to be an unwritten rule that says at least one muppet needs to post a reply that shows that they haven't actually bothered to read the article even in passing - but that had already been met by NM.
From: mileburner on 24 Jun 2010 09:09 Derek C wrote: > The chances of getting caught are particularly minimal for cyclists, > because they have no registration plates. The logic does not follow. If they had registration plates, someone would still need to make a note of the number. How often do any witnesses note the make or model if the bike? This is usually quite clearly displayed on the frame of the bike and would narrow any suspect down quite considerably. But no one seems to bother or it happens so quickly that they don't have time to take notice. On the same basis, registration plates are pretty useless for tracing hit and run drivers too.
From: GT on 24 Jun 2010 09:09 "Squashme" <squashme(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:01b4b8ad-d747-42d0-bad8-e28ecee2202e(a)s9g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... > On 24 June, 11:31, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Squashme <squas...(a)gmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they >> were saying: >> >> >>news:88gmlfFrphU1(a)mid.individual.net...>http:// >> >> www.thamesvalley.police.uk/newsevents/newsevents-pressreleases... >> >> >> People who do this kind of thing should be very severely punished. >> >http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/3242048/Zebra-crossing-road-deaths- >> treble.html >> >> > "Low fines, the reluctance of motorists to stop and, in some cases, lax >> > design could be behind the rising death and injury toll, it is feared. >> >> > "We live in a society where everyone is in a rush and one where people >> > see the chances of getting caught as minimal," said Andrew Howard, head >> > of road safety at the AA." >> >> Yes, it's almost certainly the motorist's fault here... >> >> You cretin. > > Just providing the usual necessary balance. Your 'necessary balance' also states, "The AA believes that around 1,000 zebra crossings have vanished completely from the UK in recent years". Did they vanish over night, or were they being used at the time perhaps?
From: Adrian on 24 Jun 2010 09:17
"mileburner" <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > How often do any witnesses note the make or model if the > bike? This is usually quite clearly displayed on the frame of the bike > and would narrow any suspect down quite considerably. Is it clearly displayed, front and rear, in letters 80mm x 50mm in a deliberately clear font in a deliberately high-contrast colour scheme? |