Nuxx:Bbc07ff9-a977-46ae-a015-efd39cfd059f@x5g2000yqk.googlegroups.com

Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!x5g2000yqk.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Traffic lights to have blind spot mirrors fitted Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:49:43 -0700 (PDT) References: <79rjm6F1shrufU1@mid.individual.net> Lines: 14 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.156.150.242 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1245260984 20569 127.0.0.1 (17 Jun 2009 17:49:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:49:44 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: x5g2000yqk.googlegroups.com; posting-host=81.156.150.242; posting-account=7_6kYAkAAABD6HrjM0VxehwvZOKMxm4g User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.11) Gecko/2009060215 Firefox/3.0.11 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Bytes: 1863 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:710393

On Jun 17, 8:18=A0am, Matt B  wrote: > "Mirrors that reveal cyclists and pedestrians hidden in a lorry=92s blind > spot will be attached to traffic lights in an attempt to prevent > hundreds of deaths and serious injuries." > >  > > Will this example of lateral thinking improve road safety, or will "risk > compensation" ensure that they don't?

I see we've had the usual reaction to this from the URC faithful: "If it doesn't restrict or punish motorists somehow then it's not a proper road safety measure, end of discussion". Ridiculous.