Nuxx:D69288e2-5707-441f-89be-2ed438386030@l2g2000vba.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!l2g2000vba.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: alerting drivers to rear light failures Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:03:21 -0700 (PDT) References:   <7c198tF23t1qtU1@mid.individual.net>    Lines: 33 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 86.163.209.43 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1247558601 13269 127.0.0.1 (14 Jul 2009 08:03:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:03:21 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: l2g2000vba.googlegroups.com; posting-host=86.163.209.43; 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: 2648 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:831207

On Jul 14, 12:08=A0am, JNugent  wrote: > JNugent wrote: > > Simon Mason wrote: > > >> "Bod"  wrote in message > >>news:7c198tF23t1qtU1@mid.individual.net... > >>> Simon Mason wrote: > > >>>> "Adam Lea"  wrote in message > >>>>news:Xd-dnTqlvJxAQcTXnZ2dnUVZ8k6dnZ2d@bt.com... > >>>>> If you are cycling along and notice a car which has a rear > >>>>> light/brake light failed is it reasonable to politely alert the > >>>>> driver to it if safe and practical to do so, or would this be more > >>>>> likely than not to annoy them? > > >>>> I am always pointing out cars having front fog lights on and just > >>>> get two fingers, so probably not. > > >>> He said 'rear lights', not front fogs. > > >> The principle is the same. Pointing out that drivers are breaking the > >> law gets short shrift usually. > > > When the "pointing out" comes from a member of a group well-disposed > > towards laura norder when it doesn't suit them to be, is that really > > surprising? > > Hmmm... > > Should have been a "not" in that last bit, somewhere...

As ever, a very succinct - and accurate - way of describing so many here.