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From: Conor on 14 Mar 2010 10:34 On 14/03/2010 14:01, furnessvale wrote: > Perhaps other factors are improving but phone use is stopping an even > more dramatic improvement in KSI figures. Rubbish. There comes a point where it is impossible to make any meaningful improvements without making changes that make the task impossible or too prohibitively expensive to do. -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
From: furnessvale on 14 Mar 2010 11:48 On Mar 14, 2:34�pm, Conor <co...(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > On 14/03/2010 14:01, furnessvale wrote: > > > Perhaps other factors are improving but phone use is stopping an even > > more dramatic improvement in KSI figures. > > Rubbish. There comes a point where it is impossible to make any > meaningful improvements without making changes that make the task > impossible or too prohibitively expensive to do. > So your considered opinion is that the use of a hand held mobile phone while driving has no effect whatsoever on the concentration of that driver to the primary task in hand. That would explain the huge number of stone lorry drivers I see on the A6 using their phones on the MT return trip making multiple calls to book the next best profitable loaded trip. George
From: Peter Hill on 14 Mar 2010 12:14 On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:46:36 -0000, "Rob" <rsvptorob-newsREMOVE(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >Mr. Benn wrote: >|| >http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1257809/Record-number-motorists-prosecuted-driving-using-mobile-phones.html >|| >|| When are people going to get the message? > >What message? that motorists are nothing more than a permanent reliable >revenue stream for the exchequer? >Anyone who's been driving long enough will have already got that. Anyone that's been driving long enough but hasn't learnt how not to contribute to the exchequer is too stupid to hold a licence. -- Peter Hill Spamtrap reply domain as per NNTP-Posting-Host in header Can of worms - what every fisherman wants. Can of worms - what every PC owner gets!
From: Vicko Zoomba on 14 Mar 2010 12:21 On 14 Mar, 13:36, Conor <co...(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > On 14/03/2010 13:25, oldMaxim wrote: > > > ...why's this a stupid law?? > > Because the governments own official statistics prove it is a nonsense. > The figures for KSI have decreased over the last decade, meanwhile the > number of those using a mobile phone have increased exponentially even > in the years the KSI figures have reached record lows. All of this is > occurring as the total billion km travelled per year and number of > registered cars keeps on climbing. So as a percentage, the risk factor > drops off a cliff to the point that it is statistically insignificant. > > Yes it isn't clever and neither are a lot of other things people do > whilst driving but the figures prove that it isn't the death dealer the > government would like you to believe. It is merely something else the > govt can use as a revenue generator. > > -- My thoughts entirely. McK.
From: Mr. Benn on 14 Mar 2010 13:45
"Vicko Zoomba" <vicko_zoomba(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:74d1e35e-ecb4-47fe-a73e-70b9c6380696(a)19g2000yqu.googlegroups.com... > On 14 Mar, 13:36, Conor <co...(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: >> On 14/03/2010 13:25, oldMaxim wrote: >> >> > ...why's this a stupid law?? >> >> Because the governments own official statistics prove it is a nonsense. >> The figures for KSI have decreased over the last decade, meanwhile the >> number of those using a mobile phone have increased exponentially even >> in the years the KSI figures have reached record lows. All of this is >> occurring as the total billion km travelled per year and number of >> registered cars keeps on climbing. So as a percentage, the risk factor >> drops off a cliff to the point that it is statistically insignificant. >> >> Yes it isn't clever and neither are a lot of other things people do >> whilst driving but the figures prove that it isn't the death dealer the >> government would like you to believe. It is merely something else the >> govt can use as a revenue generator. >> >> -- > > My thoughts entirely. > > McK. Tests by scientists at the Transport Research Laboratory said drivers on mobiles had slower reaction times and stopping times than those under the influence of alcohol. But you know much better. Why don't you contact the TRL to let them know. |