104mph cop keeps job -- The Simple Truth about Speeding from the Horse'sMouth

Andy Bonwick wrote

Mostly due to the railways having got nowhere to expand into and that no
amount of technology can replace the cash available from a shrinking
market.

Yebbut they are *entitled*. They probably had to inherit really hard to
get to where they were. The benefits should be theirs.

 

Because whatever he's cutting it with has fucked your brain.

 

Inefficient obviously

That has probably happened. Perhaps someone will come up with provable
examples.

For my part I believe closing down the large coastal coalmines has
certainly been at the expense of the country as a whole when looked
at long term. The action however had a more immediate effect of
wiping out whole swathes of industry located in an are where they had
a steady customer base. The result was a loss of management and
technical skills as those possessing them and young enough to do it
emigrated to other areas.

 

Thinking about that idea, it may have more merit than first glance. I
don't know if it could be implemented now though. If there were no
limits people might expect there to be someone tooling along, and be
more wary of their surroundings.

Do speed limits cause us to feel a false sense of security? If we're
in a 30/40 and everything's flowing steadily do we stop paying
attention? If we're not driving at our (individual) natural speed[1]
does that have an effect? Drive faster and you feel thrilled or scared
(depending on the degree of speed), drive slower and you feel bored or
fed up?

Getting rid of speed limits would force drivers to decide what speed
they think is safe. However, as the country's drivers (generally) only
know how to drive when there is a limit this might be hard to do. It
seems reasonable that some drivers would see the limit and as long as
they were below it they'd be "safe". Suddenly forcing them to take
responsibility for deciding what's safe could be a tall order when many
can't stick to the left hand lane on a motorway.



[1] i.e. the one we feel most comfortable driving at

 

Hence they are no longer referred to as accidents but as collisions

 

As someone who has investigated more accidents - both fatal and
non-fatal than I care to remember I agree 100%!

 

Anything I can't afford.

 

dormouse () gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

Erm, how about MG/Rover? 150,000 in 2002. OK, they're in the shit, but
that's hardly the nationalised BL's fault any more, 15-20 years later.

 

TVR and Caterham are hardly worth mentioning, yes they may make nice cars
(or kits) but they don't make very many and are hardly players on the world
stage.

MG and Rover, cropped up before and yes technically they are British owned,
a quick look at the books though establishes beyond any doubt whatsoever
that they are in so much debt to BWM, BMW can effectively pull the plug on
they any time they choose, effectively therefore they are still controlled
by BMW.

 

'sfunny, you'd think they would list this "asset" in their report and
accounts, wouldn't you?

Now, who do we suspect is right ... you or BMW?

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A debt BMW was required to provide as a condition of sale - so not a
debt under the control of BMW.

And if the debt isn't controlled by BMW, then neither is the debtor.



Cheers,
Euan
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You just moved the goalposts - into another field, in another county.
You posed a challenge, it was met. Now you can't accept the result.
Grow up or **** off, eh?

BTW, I believe the most successful British vehicle manufacturer to be
that now known as the London Taxi Company, the one that makes 80% of
the black cabs.

 

Based on knowledge of management practices. And they were right weren't
they?