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"Driver mounted the footpath and drove through a crowd of pedestrians"
Luckily there were no cyclists in the way this time. but it just shows
how dangerous even pavements can be. Those who cycle on pavements for their own safety please take note. "Pedestrian struck by car fleeing police in Londonderry A woman has been taken to hospial after being struck by a car which drove into a crowd outside a Londonderry bar. The woman was flung into the air as the driver of the car fled from police. A police spokesperson said officers had stopped a silver Volkswagon in the Water Street area at about 0215 BST on Saturday. The vehicle accelerated away before police could question the occupants. The car's escape route was blocked by other traffic and as officers again approached the vehicle the driver mounted the footpath and drove through a crowd of pedestrians. The police later found the car on fire in the Lislane area at about 0330 BST. The woman was taken to hospital for examination and released a short time later with injuries which are described as superficial." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11373049 -- . UK Radical Campaigns. http://www.zing.icom43.net A driving licence is a licence to use a weapon. |
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"Driver mounted the footpath and drove through a crowd of pedestrians"
On Sep 21, 6:47*am, Doug wrote:
Luckily there were no cyclists in the way this time. So OT then, but it just shows how dangerous even pavements can be. Don't cycle on pavements. Those who cycle on pavements for their own safety please take note. Good idea, keep to the roads "Pedestrian struck by car fleeing police in Londonderry So not a normal driver then. A woman has been taken to hospial after being struck by a car which drove into a crowd outside a Londonderry bar. The woman was flung into the air as the driver of the car fled from police. A police spokesperson said officers had stopped a silver Volkswagon in the Water Street area at about 0215 BST on Saturday. The vehicle accelerated away before police could question the occupants. The car's escape route was blocked by other traffic and as officers again approached the vehicle the driver mounted the footpath and drove through a crowd of pedestrians. The police later found the car on fire in the Lislane area at about 0330 BST. The woman was taken to hospital for examination and released a short time later with injuries which are described as superficial." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11373049 UK Radical Campaigns.http://www.zing.icom43.net A driving licence is a licence to drive |
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"Driver mounted the footpath and drove through a crowd of pedestrians"
On 21 Sep, 06:53, Marie wrote:
On Sep 21, 6:47*am, Doug wrote: Luckily there were no cyclists in the way this time. So OT then, No because drivers pose a serious threat to all cyclists. Why are you trying to suppress the fact? *but it just shows how dangerous even pavements can be. Don't cycle on pavements. Those who cycle on pavements for their own safety please take note. Good idea, keep to the roads And make roads much safer for cyclists instead. "Pedestrian struck by car fleeing police in Londonderry So not a normal driver then. They all seem 'abnormal' to me because they drive too fast and too dangerously, as well as congesting and polluting with little regard for human welfare or the environment. A woman has been taken to hospial after being struck by a car which drove into a crowd outside a Londonderry bar. The woman was flung into the air as the driver of the car fled from police. A police spokesperson said officers had stopped a silver Volkswagon in the Water Street area at about 0215 BST on Saturday. The vehicle accelerated away before police could question the occupants. The car's escape route was blocked by other traffic and as officers again approached the vehicle the driver mounted the footpath and drove through a crowd of pedestrians. The police later found the car on fire in the Lislane area at about 0330 BST. The woman was taken to hospital for examination and released a short time later with injuries which are described as superficial." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11373049 UK Radical Campaigns. http://www.zing.icom43.net A driving licence is a licence to kill. |
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"Driver mounted the footpath and drove through a crowd of pedestrians"
On Sep 21, 7:27*am, Doug wrote:
On 21 Sep, 06:53, Marie wrote: On Sep 21, 6:47*am, Doug wrote: Luckily there were no cyclists in the way this time. So OT then, No because drivers pose a serious threat to all cyclists. Why are you trying to suppress the fact? I'm not, but your post was OT *but it just shows how dangerous even pavements can be. Don't cycle on pavements. Those who cycle on pavements for their own safety please take note. Good idea, keep to the roads And make roads much safer for cyclists instead. So if cyclists don't cycle on pavements, the roads will be safer? "Pedestrian struck by car fleeing police in Londonderry So not a normal driver then. They all seem 'abnormal' to me because they drive too fast and too dangerously, as well as congesting and polluting with little regard for human welfare or the environment. So only you see them as normal drivers. A woman has been taken to hospial after being struck by a car which drove into a crowd outside a Londonderry bar. The woman was flung into the air as the driver of the car fled from police. A police spokesperson said officers had stopped a silver Volkswagon in the Water Street area at about 0215 BST on Saturday. The vehicle accelerated away before police could question the occupants. The car's escape route was blocked by other traffic and as officers again approached the vehicle the driver mounted the footpath and drove through a crowd of pedestrians. The police later found the car on fire in the Lislane area at about 0330 BST. The woman was taken to hospital for examination and released a short time later with injuries which are described as superficial." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11373049 UK Radical Campaigns. http://www.zing.icom43.net A driving licence is a licence to drive |
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"Driver mounted the footpath and drove through a crowd of pedestrians"
On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:53:31 -0700 (PDT) someone who may be Marie
wrote this:- So not a normal driver then. It's mildly amusing. Any behaviour "antisocial" by any cyclist is claimed to be representative of all cyclists, while any "antisocial" behaviour by a motorist is dismissed as being not representative. "Secondly, the underlying unpredictability of cyclists’ behaviour was seen by drivers as stemming from the attitudes and limited competence of the cyclists themselves, rather than from the difficulty of the situations that cyclists are often forced to face on the road (i.e. drivers made a dispositional rather than a situational attribution). Despite their own evident difficulties in knowing how to respond, drivers never attributed these difficulties to their own attitudes or competencies, nor did they do so in relation to other drivers (i.e. they made a situational attribution about their own and other drivers’ behaviour). This pattern of assignment of responsibility is characteristic of how people perceive the behaviour of those they consider to be part of the same social group as themselves, versus those seen as part of a different social group (see Pettigrew, 1979). In other words, drivers saw cyclists as an ‘out group’, and blamed them accordingly for what was seen as negative behaviour, whilst exonerating members of the ‘in group’, namely themselves and other drivers." That and much more is from TRL549. -- David Hansen, Edinburgh I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000...#pt3-pb3-l1g54 |
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"Driver mounted the footpath and drove through a crowd of pedestrians"
Doug wrote:
Luckily there were no cyclists in the way this time. The woman was taken to hospital for examination and released a short time later with injuries which are described as superficial." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11373049 Another OT post, by your own admission. so a car ploughed through pedestrians and yet only one woman received superficial injury? I would call that a triumph for modern car design, ride your pushbike through a crowd and see how many people would be hurt by all the sticky out bits. |
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"Driver mounted the footpath and drove through a crowd ofpedestrians"
On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:47:41 -0700, Doug wrote:
Luckily there were no cyclists in the way this time. but it just shows God, you are *so* ****ing boring. OT as well. -- toodle-pip! Seymour |
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"Driver mounted the footpath and drove through a crowd of pedestrians"
On 21/09/2010 06:47, Doug wrote:
Luckily there were no cyclists in the way this time. but it just shows how dangerous even pavements can be. Those who cycle on pavements for their own safety please take note. "Pedestrian struck by car fleeing police in Londonderry A woman has been taken to hospial after being struck by a car which drove into a crowd outside a Londonderry bar. The woman was flung into the air as the driver of the car fled from police. A police spokesperson said officers had stopped a silver Volkswagon in the Water Street area at about 0215 BST on Saturday. The vehicle accelerated away before police could question the occupants. The car's escape route was blocked by other traffic and as officers again approached the vehicle the driver mounted the footpath and drove through a crowd of pedestrians. The police later found the car on fire in the Lislane area at about 0330 BST. The woman was taken to hospital for examination and released a short time later with injuries which are described as superficial." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11373049 -- . UK Radical Campaigns. http://www.zing.icom43.net A driving licence is a licence to use a weapon. If there were no cyclists involved then why post it to a cycling NG? Should you not be posting it tu UK driving or uk legal? -- Tony Dragon |
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"Driver mounted the footpath and drove through a crowd of pedestrians"
On 21/09/2010 11:38, Seymour Bush wrote:
On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:47:41 -0700, Doug wrote: Luckily there were no cyclists in the way this time. but it just shows God, you are *so* ****ing boring. OT as well. Look... Doug is quite right to be concerned. It's high time that veering from the carriageway onto the footway and ploughing through a crowd of pedestrians was outlawed and made an offence. |
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