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Ian W
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On 2004-03-27 11:54:21 +0000, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
<[email protected]> said:
> On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 11:27:58 +0000 (UTC), Ian W
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> <[email protected]>:
>
>> If you look on Transportt 2000's website they point out
>> that UK car accidents kill so many people that it's like
>> having a Paddington rail crash twice a week. But we
>> ignore it. Might it be that it's more 'spread out'?
>
> I think it's more that the Padidngton crash was "them" not
> ensuring safety, whereas dangerous driving is about "them"
> trying to stop us getting to work on time. The fact that
> most of the delays are caused by traffic not speed limits
> seems not to have occurred to those concerned. Or if ti
> has, they also consider traffic to be due to "them" not
> building more roads.
Good points.
Incidentally, for the benefit of those advocating better
driver training as a panacea to our problems, I've just
popped into town where I saw a car go through a red light,
stop in a box junction, and then almost hit a pedestrian,
just so it could get to the back of stationary a queue of
cars as quickly as possible. My point? It proudly
displayed the owner's Institute of Advanced Motorists
badges all over it...
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<[email protected]> said:
> On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 11:27:58 +0000 (UTC), Ian W
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> <[email protected]>:
>
>> If you look on Transportt 2000's website they point out
>> that UK car accidents kill so many people that it's like
>> having a Paddington rail crash twice a week. But we
>> ignore it. Might it be that it's more 'spread out'?
>
> I think it's more that the Padidngton crash was "them" not
> ensuring safety, whereas dangerous driving is about "them"
> trying to stop us getting to work on time. The fact that
> most of the delays are caused by traffic not speed limits
> seems not to have occurred to those concerned. Or if ti
> has, they also consider traffic to be due to "them" not
> building more roads.
Good points.
Incidentally, for the benefit of those advocating better
driver training as a panacea to our problems, I've just
popped into town where I saw a car go through a red light,
stop in a box junction, and then almost hit a pedestrian,
just so it could get to the back of stationary a queue of
cars as quickly as possible. My point? It proudly
displayed the owner's Institute of Advanced Motorists
badges all over it...
--
www.drianwalker.com
Remove the nice brown paste in my signature if you
want to reply!