From: George W. Frost on

"Michael" <mickpc(a)bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> Diesel Damo wrote:
>> On Jun 9, 11:20 am, Stuart Naylor <n...(a)none.invalid> wrote:
>>> The sort that has the sun in their eyes?
>>
>> Didn't this happen some time between 1 and 2 pm? Why was he looking up
>> at the sky and not at the road?
>>
> Thats what I heard after the crash, 3pm, maybe this time of year, but not
> between 1 and 2.
> Mick C

1.30 pm


From: Noddy on

"Michael" <mickpc(a)bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> You would have to bring disabled people into the argument Noddy, tell me
> are you against every minority group in Australia, or do you have
> everyone?

I believe in practicing equal opportunity hatred.

--
Regards,
Noddy.


From: jonz on

"Michael" <mickpc(a)bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> Noddy wrote:
>> "jonz" <series11(a)landy> wrote in message
>> news:466b828d$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au...
>>
>>> yeeehaaaaa, lookout now........... its noddy and the lyncheroos.
>>> watch as they run roughshod over the judicial system, haul this bloke
>>> from his hospital bed, and hang him from his own bullbar.......cold
>>> drinks and sausage sangers will be on sale, fun for all....
>>
>> You were born a retard, weren't you?
>>
>> I mean, you couldn't get this good at it if you practiced 10 hours a day
>> for 60 years.

ooooooh, nasty, you unhappy little man :^))
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Noddy.
> You would have to bring disabled people into the argument Noddy, tell me
> are you against every minority group in Australia, or do you have
> everyone?



> Mick C


From: veritas on
Daryl Walford wrote:
> There are many "alternatives" that can prevent a repeat of last
> Tuesday's crash, better roads, better management of road transport which
> may be as simple as paying drivers a lot more so there won't be a driver
> shortage which causes people to work excess hours and we can put more
> freight onto trains but none of those measures will completely eliminate
> the possibility of it happening again.
> As I said previously even the very best drivers can have momentary
> lapses in concentration and thats all it takes.


AMEN!
From: George W. Frost on

"Blue Heeler" <woof(a)bark.net> wrote in message
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> Noddy wrote:
>
>>
>> > Maybe you would be better off thinking of the family's of the
>> > victims and preventing it from happening again instead of
>> > condemning the driver with no information.
>>
>> Again, the truck driver has been charged with culpable driving. He
>> was charged very quickly after the event which, to me at least, would
>> indicate that the cops think it's a fairly open & shut case. He's
>> also likely to face 10 more charges of the same thing.
>>
>> The difficult part in all of this for him if it goes to trial will be
>> finding a juror who doesn't think he's as guilty as sin.
>>
>
> The fact that he was clearly responsible for the accident has nothing
> to do with a determination of criminal responsibility.
>
> The task of the court in selecting a jury is to ensure that jury
> members understand the difference.
>
> It's then the task of the defence to persuade that jury that in fact he
> is not criminally responsible - and in the case of the defence they
> need only reach a "balance of probabilities" level of persuasion.
>
> Conversely it's the task of the prosecution to establish criminal
> responsibility to the higher standard of "beyond reasonable doubt".
>
> Interesting thing on ABC radio in Brisbane last week, the presenter
> (Kelly Higgins-Devine) had her sister on the phone - sister apparently
> hit a train on exactly the same crossing a couple of years back - but
> in her case it was a goods train and her 4wd bounced back from the low
> carriage it hit.
>

Just shows how stupid that women drivers in 4WD vehicles are