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From: Dave Plowman on 9 Jun 2010 06:19 In article <lc2dnceMrqQpo5LRnZ2dnUVZ8uudnZ2d(a)bt.com>, Brimstone <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > However, the more I think about it, I'd have no real trouble parking > > up legally to go to the loo anywhere I can think of. Would likely > > cost, though. What cab drivers appear to want is to park free outside > > any loo regardless of any congestion it might cause. > > > Would the prospect of being fined reduce the need for a driver to > relieve him/her self, and. how does payment of a fine reduce congestion? By your reckoning the possibility of a parking fine doesn't deter 'illegal' parking? Cab drivers must be a strange lot. I can manage several hours without being forced to go to the loo, and I'm quite old. Perhaps they need a better diet? -- *Don't byte off more than you can view * Dave Plowman dave(a)davesound.co.uk London SW 12
From: Brimstone on 9 Jun 2010 06:45 "Dave Plowman" <dave(a)davesound.co.uk> wrote in message news:51249f1be0dave(a)davenoise.co.uk... > In article <lc2dnceMrqQpo5LRnZ2dnUVZ8uudnZ2d(a)bt.com>, > Brimstone <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> > However, the more I think about it, I'd have no real trouble parking >> > up legally to go to the loo anywhere I can think of. Would likely >> > cost, though. What cab drivers appear to want is to park free outside >> > any loo regardless of any congestion it might cause. >> > >> Would the prospect of being fined reduce the need for a driver to >> relieve him/her self, and. how does payment of a fine reduce congestion? > > By your reckoning the possibility of a parking fine doesn't deter > 'illegal' parking? > > Cab drivers must be a strange lot. I can manage several hours without > being forced to go to the loo, and I'm quite old. Perhaps they need a > better diet? > So now it's wrong for someone to be "caught short"?
From: Brimstone on 9 Jun 2010 06:48 "NM" <nik.morgan(a)mac.com> wrote in message news:1f1ffa24-9468-4064-9c5a-bd2a1cd6ca0e(a)i31g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... > I used to do that and leave my dog, a very ugly large mongrel, > guarding the open doors of the van, a duty he took very seriously, I was at a gathering one day when a friend's dog, who took his guarding duties equally seriously, climbed into a van for a doss. The vehicle's owner was quite put out that this strange dog wouldn't let him in. :-)
From: Dave Plowman on 9 Jun 2010 06:56 In article <ErudnUKQEp927ZLRnZ2dnUVZ8n-dnZ2d(a)bt.com>, Brimstone <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > "Dave Plowman" <dave(a)davesound.co.uk> wrote in message > news:51249f1be0dave(a)davenoise.co.uk... > > In article <lc2dnceMrqQpo5LRnZ2dnUVZ8uudnZ2d(a)bt.com>, > > Brimstone <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > However, the more I think about it, I'd have no real trouble parking > >> > up legally to go to the loo anywhere I can think of. Would likely > >> > cost, though. What cab drivers appear to want is to park free outside > >> > any loo regardless of any congestion it might cause. > >> > > >> Would the prospect of being fined reduce the need for a driver to > >> relieve him/her self, and. how does payment of a fine reduce congestion? > > > > By your reckoning the possibility of a parking fine doesn't deter > > 'illegal' parking? > > > > Cab drivers must be a strange lot. I can manage several hours without > > being forced to go to the loo, and I'm quite old. Perhaps they need a > > better diet? > > > So now it's wrong for someone to be "caught short"? Of course not. And if you got a parking ticket while using a loo under these conditions it would likely be waved, if you wrote in and explained. But that's a very different matter from giving one type of road user carte blanch to park anywhere they like. Which in practice is what would happen with many cab drivers. Who already consider themselves above the law. Rather like cyclists ignoring red lights. Etc. -- *I will always cherish the initial misconceptions I had about you Dave Plowman dave(a)davesound.co.uk London SW 12
From: Brimstone on 9 Jun 2010 09:00
"Dave Plowman" <dave(a)davesound.co.uk> wrote in message news:5124a283addave(a)davenoise.co.uk... > In article <ErudnUKQEp927ZLRnZ2dnUVZ8n-dnZ2d(a)bt.com>, > Brimstone <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> "Dave Plowman" <dave(a)davesound.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:51249f1be0dave(a)davenoise.co.uk... >> > In article <lc2dnceMrqQpo5LRnZ2dnUVZ8uudnZ2d(a)bt.com>, >> > Brimstone <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> > However, the more I think about it, I'd have no real trouble parking >> >> > up legally to go to the loo anywhere I can think of. Would likely >> >> > cost, though. What cab drivers appear to want is to park free >> >> > outside >> >> > any loo regardless of any congestion it might cause. >> >> > >> >> Would the prospect of being fined reduce the need for a driver to >> >> relieve him/her self, and. how does payment of a fine reduce >> >> congestion? >> > >> > By your reckoning the possibility of a parking fine doesn't deter >> > 'illegal' parking? >> > >> > Cab drivers must be a strange lot. I can manage several hours without >> > being forced to go to the loo, and I'm quite old. Perhaps they need a >> > better diet? >> > >> So now it's wrong for someone to be "caught short"? > > Of course not. And if you got a parking ticket while using a loo under > these conditions it would likely be waved, if you wrote in and explained. > > But that's a very different matter from giving one type of road user > carte blanch to park anywhere they like. Why would cab drivers park anywhere they didn't need to? If they're stationary they're not earning money. > Which in practice is what would > happen with many cab drivers. Who already consider themselves above the > law. Rather like cyclists ignoring red lights. Etc. > I've never seen a cab driver acting outside the law, have you? |