Man of Honour
Too right!
pa - are you aged 97?
You must be 6 then if you're not willing to read the context of the post and what I was replying to.
Shame on you.
Too right!
pa - are you aged 97?
Not 6, just can't be arsed to read the rubbish you post.
ps - are you aged 97?
Well I can vouch that in 60 years of driving and being driven in any kind of motorised transport I have never needed a seat belt (up to yet) but I've been to A&E 5 times coming off my bicycle.
You won't read my reply or will change what I post so what's the point of replying until you grow up.
On private land?
Or are you assuming that he was driving without a seatbelt when this crash happened? If so, why? They were two different events on different days in different places.
Also, how do you know who crashed into who?
Who? Whom? No idea.
And there we have it. Cycling is dangerous amd should be banned before you kill yourself to death.
I can't disagree, my commute has changed so much that I hardly go where motorists are and the bits where I do I class myself as the lowest form of amoeba on the road and act accordingly.
I didn't used to and that's why I had lots of accidents but I've calmed down now.
Engineer Patrick said: “I came round the corner doing around 30mph and this toff was stood with his dogs, about six of them.
“I had to stop because they were in the middle of the road. He was waving his stick around and he hit the front of my car.
“I wound down the window and before I could say anything he shouted ‘Mind my dogs you ******* peasant.’ I couldn’t believe it.
“I was so furious I leapt out and shouted ‘I’m no ******* peasant. Who are you calling a peasant?’
Patrick said the tweed-clad gamekeeper, who was holding some dead pheasants, accused him of almost hitting his labradors and spaniels and waved a stick.
He added: “I said ‘Don’t threaten me, waving your stick around.’
“He replied ‘I don’t use weapons.’ I said ‘You must have used weapons to kill those birds’ and pointed at the pheasants.
“He then moved off the road and the dogs followed him so the way became clear again.
“I didn’t want anything to do with it so I turned my back to walk back to the car and heard someone shout ‘No! no!’
“The next thing I felt a heavy thud on the back of my head then this excruciating pain. This guy then started going ballistic.
“I turned round and he’d broken his stick on the side of my head. I could feel the blood trickling down my neck.
“But he just kept hitting me with the remainder of his stick like a man possessed.
“He smacked me on the left forearm, on the left wrist and round both of my shoulders.
“I was in shock. I kept saying ‘There’s no need for this.’ I told them I was going to the police.
“One of the other men said ‘There’s no need to ring police’. He kept saying sorry.
Patrick took a picture of the gamekeeper to show police. He added: “I knew they were in the wrong but I started taking pictures because who would believe me against a load of bluebloods?”
not a derail - agree .. but I think ignorance+invulnarability-of-youth maybe contributoryWithout wanting to derail the thread, I'll just say that you've hit the nail on the head: too majycyclistsroyals exhibit a massive sense of entitlement ..... most 15 seconds will be added to your journey time and your life will continuebe a lot less stressful.
How on Earth did a 97 year old manage to get his digger from Sandringham to Liverpool without crashing en-route or stopping for endless comfort stops?Travelodge Liverpool: Digger driver wrecks hotel reception (LINK)
Do you mean you never let anyone drive you anywhere ? .. alternatively, no emergency stops (eg for cyclists, before they pass under your wheels ) ?
And there we have it. Cycling is dangerous amd should be banned before you kill yourself to death.
Oh and again. Before anybody states that the difference is that people DUI are a danger to others rather than to themselves. This isn't really true. The person most likely to be injured or killed by a Drunk Driver are the driver himself and/or the passengers in his car. Like around 70% from what I have read. So the comparison is not that unreasonable a one.
if you wish to go down that route by all means go ahead but I'm afraid I won't be putting the kettle on for that one.
Sorry
I'm not sure that is a good argument, do you have a source for those figures? For example do they relate to the UK or say the US where drink driving is more popular and car use more essential on nights out etc... How current are they - are they recent figures or figures from a time when drink driving was more socially acceptable?
It is the impact on others, passengers within the car, other road users etc.. that provides a strong reason to ban drink driving even if they are in the minority as far as injuries and deaths are concerned as you claim. If it only ever affected the driver himself then I suspect we'd treat it far more leniently.
But as far as I have been able to discern. Mile for mile the risk of death/injury riding a bike is some 15 to 20 times greater than driving a car.
I will be paying special attention to any Range Rover's about to join the carriageway henceforth .... occasionally around Sandringham.In all seriousness. having to perform an emergency stop means that YOU have screwed up
I will be paying special attention to any Range Rover's about to join the carriageway henceforth .... occasionally around Sandringham.