This one asks more questions than it answers

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article
_id=504711&in_page_id=1770

Oh well, Darwinism, then.

 

Exactly. It would depend what rank her father plied from. Assuming they
know who the father is of course.

 

According to the Daily Mail article linked to up there somewhere:

"The 28 year-old driver was later arrested but *tested negative* for
drink and drugs and was released without charge, pending further
investigations."

 

I sent this to the Editor of Mailonline...

"Why have you reported that "It is against the law for children under 13 to
ride them even on private land"?

I can find no other reference to this under UK law.

There appears to be no age restriction as long as it is with the landowners
permission.

Please provide your reference source or amend the on-line article."

They have now amended the article and are quoting
"A spokesman for road safety charity Brake, said: "Under no circumstances
should a child be riding one of these vehicles on a road - whether as a
driver or passenger.
"Even with permission to use the machines on private land, children
shouldn't be put in control of them - the sheer power and speed of them is
dangerous wherever they are used." "

which is, of course, their opinion not the law.

 

Well, the first half is certainly the law.

The second half is bollocks.

 

Er .... this is the Daily Mail remember.

 

Her Dad's fault. No argument. Maybe not for the collision, but
*definitely* for her being there in the first place.

 

Difficult to resist requests from daughters is my general experience[1].
His abilities at basic child protection in potentially hazardous
situations may well be brought into question though. Especially
considering the resale value of a good one.



[1] I have nearly 55 daughter years under me belt I just worked out.

 

Quite. The BBC news has just said that she and her brother were both
on quad bikes following their father in his car along a country lane.

 

Given that kids well under 13 ride MX bikes and quads at MX tracks,
I'd agree.

 

Of course it was his bloody fault. He put her in a position where
that accident could happen. He shouldn't have put her in that
position.

I'm all for letting kids do risky things, but that was bloody stupid.

I actually feel sorry for the woman driving the other Rangie. Pissed
or not, she's also been put in a position by that father's crap
parenting that she shouldn't have been in.

 

Women shoudn't be allowed to use anything more technical than a potato
peeler

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older

Quote from Mrs WUN:

"In Essex? Surely the driver should have seen the white shell-suit?"

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single"
Norton 850 Commando Kawasaki GTR1400

 

steve auvache says...

Same here.

--
Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Niged-out)
Suzuki SV650 K3 (For sale - email for details)
Honda CBR600 F-W trackbike
Yamaha SR250 SpazzTrakka
Suzuki GSX-R750L
Suzkui TS50X x2

 

62 here, and 57 son years. I see a faint pattern emerging, but then
again, I don't count, cos I'm new.
<lapses into a Bill Bailey type reverie>

 

One got a new bike and the other a digital camera and
a "Mummy make me better" doll, you cheeky ****.

 

If it was a two-lane road, he was a lame-brained ****, but afaics, it
was only a single-track road and he probably thought the risk was
acceptable. Which leaves me wondering just how fast the woman in the
Rangey was going, and how the **** she didn't see kids on quads.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"A scone and tea at half past three
Makes the day a little brighter
Keep your cakes and fancy tarts
And stick them up your shiter."

 

She didn't see them because they were behind another Range Rover with
its headlights on.

 

Was it at night? Did the quads have lights?[/QUOTE]

Which bit of 7pm did you miss in the report ?

 

And this mornings paper says she was released without charge