Gross stupidity

Driving to work this morning on he M42 and from about a mile away
spotted a Police Range Rover pottering along in the left hand lane.

So I and everyone else moved over to the right (this was the dual bit
of the M42) and carried on at 70ish.

There was a green van in front of me and as we got closer to the
Police car I could see through his back windows that he was on the
phone. Not hands free but up against his ear.

I thought he'd drop it just as we went by the Police, but no, he
carried on. On came the blue lights and off he went to the hard
shoulder.

Now, to be honest I could really give a shit about people being on the
phone as long as they're in control, but this guy either didn't see
the Police car (how?) or didn't know they were doing something wrong.
In either case he's a fuckwit I really don't want in a car.

And this was on top of someone driving through the red light of a
pedestrian crossing right in front of me this morning and nearly
taking out a bunch of school kids.

 

Because he was distracted by his phone convo?

Darsy perchance?

 

heh. It as weird. Slow moving traffic (walking pace). Lights went
to amber as he crawled towards the crossing (he was the car in front
of me). Then red and people started crossing and he carried on
driving across the crossing.

 

ho ho ho.

I've never driven/rode through a red light at a pedestrian crossing.
The incident to which you refer, involved a pelican crossing.

 

So, in what way exactly is a pelican crossing not a pedestrian
crossing?

 

in no way. I meant it was a "zebra crossing", with no traffic lights.

And, the pedestrian only had one foot on the road, so **** them ;-)

 

Pelicans, zebras, they all look the same squashed flat. ;-)

 

Technically that's them smack bang in the right. If my driving instructor
was to be believed that's how a pedestrian is supposed to indicate that they
wish to cross and motorists are obliged to stop.

But bollox anyway

 

I want a penguin crossing

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They saw you coming?

 

The Antarctic equivalent of Welsh sheep?

Phil.

PS - You involved in the Antarctic Survey? My missus works for
NERC and is organising the next conference..

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It's them bloody jump jet pilots innit?

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066961/plotsummary ?

 

Ivan "The Terrible" Reid

<Snort>

 

Agreed.

My memory is weird - as soon as this thread triggered "Antartica" and
"penguin" in my head, I immediately remembered the title of the movie,
and the fact that John Hurt played the lead.

 

Cor - that group photo has more beards than the Hirsute
Hobbit Convention 6 months after the razor-blades ran out!

I'd fit right in. Although my beard would require a little bit of
growing to be really appropriate

Phil.

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"We got Beards."

Christ, it's like a ZZTop convention.

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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Dr Ivan D. Reid

**** me, did you have Paul Carmichael flown in specially for the
phorography, or was he just passing?

 

Paul is renowned for his poor photography skills

hth

 

No it's not.

I've said this before but its more like an Audience with Arthur Brown.