Re: The Road to Hell
- From: "Mad Mike" <diemens.quirito@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 19:07:17 +0000 (UTC)
The Road" <russiatrucking@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Mad Mike" <diemens.quirito@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
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>> aha... when you start to take account of the word "lorry" a strange
>> pattern begins to form. Also look out for the words "overturned",
>> "jacknifed" and "broken down".
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> Lorries have a better safety record than cars.
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> "Truck drivers are generally among the safest drivers on the road and have
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> Source . http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1238892.stm
You and the statistics dont take into account how many accidents they cause.
I reckon most accidents on the motorway are caused by lorries but they don't
take any stats on that. Only accidents i ever see are caused by lorries.
> If you don't see an accident, you might at least > see the inner two
> lanes choc-a-block with lorrries, foreign and domestic...
>> soon major roads will be renamed "lorryways".
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> Stop buying things then.
There are other methods of transporting goods... they just don't happen to
have been infiltrated by cheap labour to keep the costs and standards low.
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