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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!news1.google.com!volia.net!news2.volia.net!feed-A.news.volia.net!news.telesweet.net!news.ett.com.ua!dedekind.zen.co.uk!zen.net.uk!hamilton.zen.co.uk!shaftesbury.zen.co.uk.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <72q4c51vadv6e6hrn4ge3h5i1mkhtovdbf@4ax.com> From: "Just zis Lie, you know?"  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Richard Madeley is not a very good journalist. Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:19:44 +0100 References:  Lines: 32 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 4.2/32.1118 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 090928-0, 28/09/2009), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Organization: Zen Internet NNTP-Posting-Host: 8271a83a.news.zen.co.uk X-Trace: DXC=HAg>hM0X>CF:67Bnok4Z\b5Zf:eQXVBEn wrote:

>Rather, it is proposed to create a legal presumption that a motorist >will bear the burden of proof to show that they were not at fault.

WHY should that be the case? That's yet another question that is never answered properly, because as ever the real answer is "To make things harder for motorists" (it's entirely obvious anyway, but the fact that Spindrift is in support of such legislation makes it even more so).

Road safety measures should be decided on the basis of what makes road users safer, not on the basis of what makes things harder for motorists (and no-one ever has the guts to admit to disagreeing with that). Those who prefer the latter method have blood on their hands, and the amount of blood increases every day that they continue to do so. I don't care how much you want cars to be vanquished from the roads, abusing road SAFETY legislation is not the way to do it. Please find another way to get cars off the road which doesn't involve killing people (and preferably doesn't involve blatant dishonesty either).

Why can't car-haters just try to persuade drivers in a civilised manner not to drive, instead of constantly trying to use road "safety" legislation and enforcement to get what they want by underhand means? What is it about a hatred of motorists which encourages such constant dishonesty and disregard for people's lives?