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Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!news.wiretrip.org!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!pe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk!blueyonder!pe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk!blueyonder!cyclone02.ams!cyclone01.ams.highwinds-media.com!cyclone03.ams.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf02.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe17.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: _  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Wait like the rest of us Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:04:30 +0000 References:  <6rcancFj6baU1@mid.individual.net>  <3qv1l45b5tinu86rqnlsd0etrldm7hbk6j@4ax.com>             Lines: 50 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Windows/20081105) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <gitbfi$tm$1@energise.enta.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.21.204.127 X-Complaints-To: http://netreport.virginmedia.com X-Trace: newsfe17.ams2 1230123892 82.21.204.127 (Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:04:52 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:04:52 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Bytes: 3817 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:681876

Light of Aria wrote: > >>> >> Well fortunately I live in a more enlightened county, and I think my >> locals would file your 'complaint' straight into the circular >> receptacle designed for such missives. Of course, the very fact that >> you *can* make a complaint highlights yet another key differentiator >> between bikes and cars - we carry a unique identifier, and so its >> possible for people to complain about poor behaviour so drivers will >> obey the law. Bikers, on the other hand, ignore all rules with >> impunity, since the poor pedestrian they just mowed down can give >> nothing more than "he had jeans on" to identify the culprit. >> > > > Rant snip. > Eh? You haven't snipped a word of my post, so is that 'no rant at all' then? :)

> Blatantly unture, since I and many of us do comply with the law at all > times. Simillarly, none of us have ever injured anyone else or damaged > anything else. > Are you suggesting motorists dont comply with the law at all times? Or that all motorists have injured someone? > > If you are concerned about law and order in your locality, do as I do: > Lead a community safety programme, work on things such as Neighbourhood > Watch, and participate in the affairs of your local council, county > council, Police, schools, and public facilities. > Heh, you have *no* idea how closely linked I am to the very bodies you mention! > >>> If it were a matter of injury, I have far worse people for you to >>> deal with than the Police: My solicitor. >>> >> I'd be fascinated to see under what liability your solicitor proposes >> to extract recompense. If you cant maintain stability on your >> contraption thats entirely your own responsibility :) > > > The County Courts thankfully think differently. > > The last motorist idiot who actually caused a break in one of my toes > received a large legal bill enforced by the County Courts. > You got a payout from a random passing motorist because you couldn't balance your machine? Wow, I'm impressed.