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From: Halmyre on 31 May 2010 09:44
On 31 May, 14:23, Squashme <squas...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On 31 May, 11:41, JNugent <J...(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote:
>
> > Squashme wrote:
> > > I wonder what his speed was?
> > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/10196236.stm
> > > Expect the unexpected. Not even London, either.
>
> > I thought there was going to be a video.
>
> > I've stopped from 30 several times when a child has run out into the road.
> > And I mean stopped, not just swerved around him.
>
> Well done you! And at 20mph you'd probably not have been able to stop,
> I'll bet.

Why would he be unable to stop from 20 if he could stop from 30?

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Halmyre
From: JNugent on 31 May 2010 10:12
Halmyre wrote:
> On 31 May, 14:23, Squashme <squas...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 31 May, 11:41, JNugent <J...(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Squashme wrote:
>>>> I wonder what his speed was?
>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/10196236.stm
>>>> Expect the unexpected. Not even London, either.
>>> I thought there was going to be a video.
>>> I've stopped from 30 several times when a child has run out into the road.
>>> And I mean stopped, not just swerved around him.
>> Well done you! And at 20mph you'd probably not have been able to stop,
>> I'll bet.
>
> Why would he be unable to stop from 20 if he could stop from 30?

Don't ask him awkward questions.

The pubs have been open since 10:00.
From: Squashme on 31 May 2010 11:23
On 31 May, 14:44, Halmyre <flashgordonreced...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 31 May, 14:23, Squashme <squas...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 31 May, 11:41, JNugent <J...(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote:
>
> > > Squashme wrote:
> > > > I wonder what his speed was?
> > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/10196236.stm
> > > > Expect the unexpected. Not even London, either.
>
> > > I thought there was going to be a video.
>
> > > I've stopped from 30 several times when a child has run out into the road.
> > > And I mean stopped, not just swerved around him.
>
> > Well done you! And at 20mph you'd probably not have been able to stop,
> > I'll bet.
>
> Why would he be unable to stop from 20 if he could stop from 30?
>

Because 30 is a most holy number and 30mph is an inalienable right for
motorists. Force them to go lower than 30 and disorder will loom.

"Take but 30mph away, untune that string,
And, hark, what discord follows!"

Apparently motorists would not be able to accelerate out of trouble,
and chaos and misrule will come again. And Gog and Magog. And we'll
all be sorry.

From: Squashme on 31 May 2010 11:25
On 31 May, 15:12, JNugent <J...(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote:
> Halmyre wrote:
> > On 31 May, 14:23, Squashme <squas...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 31 May, 11:41, JNugent <J...(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote:
>
> >>> Squashme wrote:
> >>>> I wonder what his speed was?
> >>>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/10196236.stm
> >>>> Expect the unexpected. Not even London, either.
> >>> I thought there was going to be a video.
> >>> I've stopped from 30 several times when a child has run out into the road.
> >>> And I mean stopped, not just swerved around him.
> >> Well done you! And at 20mph you'd probably not have been able to stop,
> >> I'll bet.
>
> > Why would he be unable to stop from 20 if he could stop from 30?
>
> Don't ask him awkward questions.
>
> The pubs have been open since 10:00.

And you got yourself thrown out before 3pm?
From: Ian Dalziel on 31 May 2010 13:03
On Mon, 31 May 2010 08:23:16 -0700 (PDT), Squashme
<squashme(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>On 31 May, 14:44, Halmyre <flashgordonreced...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On 31 May, 14:23, Squashme <squas...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > On 31 May, 11:41, JNugent <J...(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote:
>>
>> > > Squashme wrote:
>> > > > I wonder what his speed was?
>> > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/10196236.stm
>> > > > Expect the unexpected. Not even London, either.
>>
>> > > I thought there was going to be a video.
>>
>> > > I've stopped from 30 several times when a child has run out into the road.
>> > > And I mean stopped, not just swerved around him.
>>
>> > Well done you! And at 20mph you'd probably not have been able to stop,
>> > I'll bet.
>>
>> Why would he be unable to stop from 20 if he could stop from 30?
>>
>
>Because 30 is a most holy number and 30mph is an inalienable right for
>motorists. Force them to go lower than 30 and disorder will loom.
>
>"Take but 30mph away, untune that string,
>And, hark, what discord follows!"
>
>Apparently motorists would not be able to accelerate out of trouble,
>and chaos and misrule will come again. And Gog and Magog. And we'll
>all be sorry.

You have to travel at 30mph because if you hit a child at 30 mph it
will be all right.

It's 30 for a reason, you know.

--

Ian D
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