Bike bans from national parks ...

The last time I posted on modern western society's changing attitude to
death (in 2002, perhaps), Simian responded with, 'you don't half post a lot
of crap' or something.

It's comforting that my views are generally five to ten years ahead of the
rest of you. Who knows, come 2012, 'Palestinians' will be regarded as the
lying, murdering bastards that they in fact are.

D.

 

Disagree. Road deaths have been a political issue for decades, or they
wouldn't have started tightening the legislative ratchet as far back
as they did.

See above. 'Back then' was when they started doing something about it.
Speed limits, breathalysers, etc etc

 

Disagree. Road deaths have been a political issue for decades, or they
wouldn't have started tightening the legislative ratchet as far back
as they did.

See above. 'Back then' was when they started doing something about it.
Speed limits, breathalysers, etc etc

 

"It is believed the rider of the sports bike failed to take a corner
and crossed into the path of a group of bikers – some on Harley
Davidsons – travelling in the opposite direction."

 

Thanks for that. Put into words what's been eating at me for a few days.
I think I may go and sit by myself for a bit.


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I find it hard to believe that a politician would deliberately
introduce a measure in the expectation of widespread civil
disobedience, actually. And the safety programme goes *way* further
back than that.

This is true.

 

Breathing, walking, talking, chewing gum..

Phil

 

I'd blame the Irresponsible Generation but as I am a part of it I dance
a happy little dance. I've had my fun thanks and you kids can pay for
it.

 

Believe it, Pakistan today, the invasion of Cambodia 40 years ago,
Westminster back in the days of the poll tax. And the connection
between HMG making plans to actively join merkainia in Vietnam which
caused every police station in this green and pleasant land to be fitted
with armoured glass back in the 70's. Although it may well be that the
politicians in question chose to believe their advisors when given wring
advice.

 

I blame Arthur Edsell.
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And what's wrong with being immolated in a fireball anyway eh?

Phil

 

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Or you might have changed your views on them, yet again. A five year
cycle seems about right.

 

Plus, there really is little room to disagree with the famous line that
those who seek power, are the very ones who should be prevented from
holding it (I paraphrase).

D.

 

It most certainly did back then, and it still does - have a look at the
average standard of driving.

It's that, but then again they probably /do/ signal that you're at the
limit. But the limit's so high that by the time you get there, Joe
Average Driver is way out of his depth and simply *won't* be able to
anything about it.

The brakes are better, as is the handling but the laws of physics
haven't changed. And I'd say that if a modern fast-ish car lets go,
you've got a lot less time to catch it than you would've had in an
older car that reaches its limits sooner.

There's that as well. Plus with all the gizmos you don't have to have
the same level of skill you would've needed twenty years ago, just to
keep the car on the road at the kind of speed a lot of people are now
dozing at.

One of the guys I work with owns a Maserati - he thinks it's mostly
undriveable with the traction control off. I doubt that, but I'd say
that it's hard work to do so.

Oh so true. And the 'more vehicles on the road' would also suggest that
you've got less time to react before you hit something.

 

Fair enough. Like I implied, cars really aren't my province.

 

Eh? Why?

That's not been my experience. No one's asked me when I'm going to stop
riding *that I remember* in over 20 years (and only then because I'd had
a significant accident.)

 

Hence my surprise.

Memory loss, innit?

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"****-nuggett"

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