From: George W. Frost on 10 Jun 2007 20:54 "Michael" <mickpc(a)bigpond.com> wrote in message news:wKOai.11386$wH4.10162(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > Diesel Damo wrote: >> On Jun 9, 11:20 am, Stuart Naylor <n...(a)none.invalid> wrote: >>> The sort that has the sun in their eyes? >> >> Didn't this happen some time between 1 and 2 pm? Why was he looking up >> at the sky and not at the road? >> > Thats what I heard after the crash, 3pm, maybe this time of year, but not > between 1 and 2. > Mick C 1.30 pm
From: Noddy on 10 Jun 2007 22:45 "Michael" <mickpc(a)bigpond.com> wrote in message news:NXTai.11519$wH4.9785(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > 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 11 Jun 2007 00:11 "Michael" <mickpc(a)bigpond.com> wrote in message news:NXTai.11519$wH4.9785(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > 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 11 Jun 2007 01:53 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 11 Jun 2007 02:48
"Blue Heeler" <woof(a)bark.net> wrote in message news:5d3dfgF3369mmU1(a)mid.individual.net... > 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 |