tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post4464028830043153361..comments2024-02-06T07:57:54.467+00:00Comments on underdogs bite upwards: Looking for directions.Leg-ironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-75956582471769360862009-12-31T01:58:16.391+00:002009-12-31T01:58:16.391+00:00"On the phone-and-driving ban, I am in that q..."On the phone-and-driving ban, I am in that quantum state of being simultaneously for and against it..."<br /><br />Exactly my feelings. I am certain that driving whilst speaking on a mobile is dangerous (most people can't even walk down the street safely while on a mobile), but don't see why the old law doesn't cover it.Trooper Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01505221473081871071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-5535287269465186102009-12-29T01:40:45.624+00:002009-12-29T01:40:45.624+00:00Now there's an idea Gareth, I will.
LI, I tho...Now there's an idea Gareth, I will.<br /><br />LI, I thought that may just stir something within you, which I see it has done. Well done!subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-79911166546657020322009-12-28T16:14:53.025+00:002009-12-28T16:14:53.025+00:00Mark W - it applies to everything these days. Add ...Mark W - it applies to everything these days. Add up the percentage of deaths caused by smoking, drinking, obesity and so on, and we're all dead now. So are a lot more people than are currently alive. They must be adding in figures from another planet.<br /><br /><br />Subrosa - I note that article has one comment, from an antismoker, with the usual format. 'I've never met you and never will but your smoking offends me anyway'.<br /><br />There's a rant building up on that subject. A big one.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-91017255600624565572009-12-28T12:37:48.636+00:002009-12-28T12:37:48.636+00:00I've only seen two instances of satnav induced...I've only seen two instances of satnav induced inattention. Both were pillocks looking at the screen not where they were going - presumably reprogramming the satnav on the fly. This is an issue of wrong priorities by those drivers not the fault of satnav. They could just as easily have been rummaging around for a cd, trying to put the heater on, etc, etc.<br /><br />With a Parliament filled to the gills with failed solicitors is it any wonder the answer to any issue is always 'More Law'. It's a simple world they live in. Law = Good. More Law = Better. The notions of bad law or too much law never enters their minds.<br /><br />Biggest distraction on the roads? All the superflous signs, bollards and information they throw at us.<br /><br />Think about satnav like this - it is a nanny. Just like the nanny state it gives people an endless stream of instructions. There are a minority of people who have followed those instructions off cliffs or into rivers. There are lorry drivers who blindly follow the instructions into narrow roads they then get stuck in. I therefore deduce that nannying is dangerous because it makes people switch their brains off. They take far less responsibility for their own actions. Less nannying, pronto!<br /><br />Subrosa - Get a ring bound atlas then there is no crack.(Though everywhere I want to go still tends to be on the edge of a page.)Garethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-18752209444565604502009-12-28T12:15:45.596+00:002009-12-28T12:15:45.596+00:00Completely off topic but I see the Adam Smith Inst...Completely off topic but I see the Adam Smith Institute has come on your side:<br /><br />http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/justice-and-civil-liberties/quit-kit--200912284636/<br /><br />I wouldn't need a sat nav if the map producers didn't ensure every destination of mine was exactly in the crack of the book.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-65668984296705749292009-12-28T10:43:31.852+00:002009-12-28T10:43:31.852+00:00I think Angry Exile nails it, if you add together ...I think Angry Exile nails it, if you add together all % of accidents ascribed to all the things on his list, we're getting close to explaining two or three hundred per cent of all accidents.<br /><br />(Much as I hate to admit it, short-skirted wenches do distract me. So I can see a coalition of feminists, Muslims and road safety campaigners coming up with a solution to that!)Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-38776580005148849632009-12-28T07:51:56.571+00:002009-12-28T07:51:56.571+00:0078% of crashes caused by inattention? But... but.....78% of crashes caused by inattention? But... but... but... but I thought that all crashes were caused by speeding. Well, apart from the ones caused by people who had a drink the night before or sparked up a fag, obviously. Now they're telling us that a substantial majority of crashes are down to twats who don't pay attention to what's going on around them? Surely not.Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-21805366578640178432009-12-28T07:03:50.736+00:002009-12-28T07:03:50.736+00:00Ah, but the wonderful Galileo satnavs will solve t...Ah, but the wonderful Galileo satnavs will solve the problem of crashing. It's only the evil US GPS system that makes people crashAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com