Re: 110mph in a 30mph zone!!

On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:31:47 -0000, "Peter Hucker" <none@xxxxxxxx>
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On Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:33:09 -0000, Ed Chilada <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:38:14 -0000, "Peter Hucker" <none@xxxxxxxx>
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On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:56:33 -0000, Ed Chilada <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:23:36 -0000, "Peter Hucker" <none@xxxxxxxx>
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On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:05:21 -0000, Ed Chilada <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:11:15 -0000, "Peter Hucker" <none@xxxxxxxx>
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On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:16:24 -0000, Ed Chilada <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Children on leashes perhaps?

Why not? You can in fact get reins for toddlers.

Toddlers, sure, but all children on leashes in an attempt to
relinquish drivers from their responsibilities of driving at a
sensible speed when there are pedestrians around?

Can't you just for once acknowledge that driving a car is a huge
responsibility and privilege and act accordingly?

Children should be kept on a leash until they are clever enough to know what a road is.

I'm sure that the majority of children killed on the roads know full
well what a road is, and the same goes for adults too. Should everyone
be on a leash, just so you don't have to take some grown-up
responsibility for the speeds at which you drive your car? I don't
think you've thought this through..

Why do you want drivers to take responsibility for others stupidity?

Because that's the kind of mature responsibility you're supposed to
adopt when you're given a driving licence. You ought to have a
recognition of the damage your car can do and handle it accordingly.

Maturity is overrated.

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How old are you incidentally? Got kids of your own?



You do and don't try to kid me or yourself that you wouldn't. For a
start, on an emotional level, you'll care about killing someone.

Only if it was my fault.

Don't try to kid yourself that this is true. It wouldn't be. Try and
ask anyone who's injured someone and was entirely without blame and
ask them how shitty they've felt about it. Besides, to some degree it
is always your fault because there's always factors that you were in
control of that would have changed the severity of outcome or even the
chances of the accident happening at all.

I'm a lot more evil than you think.

LOL, I can't think of many adjectives for you mate, but evil wouldn't
be one of them. Evil implies a higher level of intelligence and
reasoning than I credit you with.

Nonsense. Evil can be carried out at many levels.

I imagine you've established a new low level then, one which is
indistinguishable from naivety or plain idiocy. Evil implies a higher
level of intelligence and reasoning than I credit you with.

No, that's "cunning".

LOL! I can't think of many adjectives for you mate, but cunning
certainly wouldn't be one of them. It implies a higher level of
intelligence and reasoning than I credit you with.



I don't tend to drive expensive cars.

I don't care how much your car costs, are you happy to pay for the
damages or the cost of a replacement? Especially if you believe that
you were 100% not at fault?

If I wasn't at fault, why would I end up paying?

Oh my, you're so naive it's almost cute. Let's give you an example:

Kid runs out into the road. You can't stop because you're speeding.
You hit the kid and injure or kill him. Your bonnet gets dented and
your lights get smashed as you break his legs. Your windscreen gets
smashed as you crack his skull.

Now then, who's going to pay for those repairs? Good luck submitting
your bill to the parents. How do you see that going?

If kids are going to be that careless, they need third party insurance.

But they don't. So, dragging the question back into the *real* world -
y'know, the one you're driving around in - who's going to pay for
those repairs? Good luck submitting your bill to the parents. How do
you see that going?

Anyway I can't see me hitting someone hard enough to create that much damage.

You've hit them hard enough to kill them. Whatever level of damage you
want to claim that there would or wouldn't be - there would be some
damage at least. So - who's going to pay for those repairs? You happy
about that?

I don't tend to look after how my car looks.

So if you get panels all dented because you run a kid over, you're not
going to mind and you won't bother getting them repaired?


As long as it goes and passes the MOT.

If you take out a headlight lens or even just the number plate, your
car isn't going to pass its MOT. So, I'll ask you again:

Whatever level of damage you want to claim that there would or
wouldn't be - there would be some damage at least. So - who's going to
pay for those repairs? The dead child? His parents? You? You happy
about that? Good luck submitting your bill to the parents. How do you
see that going?

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