Another pavement motorist causes serious injuries.

Obviously no pavement cyclist could ever cause this much harm.

"Two teenage pedestrians have been injured after a car being driven by
an 87-year-old man mounted the pavement in Colchester.

The 16-year-old girls were in Head Street in Colchester, Essex, when
the car hit them before coming to a stop at a shop wall.

One girl was trapped between the car and the shop and is in a critical
condition in hospital. The other received grazes to her back."

Video...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12384919

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Doug gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

Obviously no pavement cyclist could ever cause this much harm.

"Two teenage pedestrians have been injured after a car being driven by
an 87-year-old man mounted the pavement in Colchester.

Oh, what a surprise. A very elderly driver. Again.

Perhaps driving licences should be dependent on tests of competence and
physical ability?

Doug wrote:
Obviously no pavement cyclist could ever cause this much harm.

"Two teenage pedestrians have been injured after a car being driven by
an 87-year-old man mounted the pavement in Colchester.

The 16-year-old girls were in Head Street in Colchester, Essex, when
the car hit them before coming to a stop at a shop wall.

One girl was trapped between the car and the shop and is in a critical
condition in hospital. The other received grazes to her back."

Video...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12384919

-- .
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A driving licence is a licence to kill.

Some one deliberately using the pavement deserves the title as in
pavement cyclists (who do it regularly) Only an idiot would use the
expression for some one on the pavement accidentally.

On Feb 8, 8:32*am, Adrian wrote:
Doug gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

Obviously no pavement cyclist could ever cause this much harm.

"Two teenage pedestrians have been injured after a car being driven by
an 87-year-old man mounted the pavement in Colchester.

Oh, what a surprise. A very elderly driver. Again.

Yes, both young and the old drivers seem to be more dangerous than
those in the middle. Do you think greater age restrictions on drivers
would help? Say driving restricted to between 25 - 50? This would
certainly get more cars off our dangerously overloaded roads and force
many out of their ridiculous car dependency into car-free lifestyle
changes.

Perhaps driving licences should be dependent on tests of competence and
physical ability?

Tests should be more frequent, say once per year, and include a
thorough medical exam. This would also create more jobs as an
additional benefit.

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In message , Adrian
writes
Doug gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

Obviously no pavement cyclist could ever cause this much harm.

"Two teenage pedestrians have been injured after a car being driven by
an 87-year-old man mounted the pavement in Colchester.

Oh, what a surprise. A very elderly driver. Again.

Perhaps driving licences should be dependent on tests of competence

I always thought they were!

and
physical ability?

As I'm sure you know, at 70, your licence to drive is dependent on you
being adequately capable of doing so. But you never know when a driver
(of anything) might suddenly be taken ill. Obviously, the risk of sudden
illness increases with age, but even 17 year olds can have heart
attacks.
--
Ian

Ian Jackson gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying:

Obviously no pavement cyclist could ever cause this much harm.

"Two teenage pedestrians have been injured after a car being driven by
an 87-year-old man mounted the pavement in Colchester.

Oh, what a surprise. A very elderly driver. Again.

Perhaps driving licences should be dependent on tests of competence

I always thought they were!

Ongoing. Not once off, 70 years ago.

and physical ability?

As I'm sure you know, at 70, your licence to drive is dependent on you
being adequately capable of doing so.

No, it isn't. It's dependent upon _your own opinion_ of your capability.

Doug gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

Obviously no pavement cyclist could ever cause this much harm.

"Two teenage pedestrians have been injured after a car being driven
by an 87-year-old man mounted the pavement in Colchester.

Oh, what a surprise. A very elderly driver. Again.

Yes, both young and the old drivers seem to be more dangerous than those
in the middle. Do you think greater age restrictions on drivers would
help? Say driving restricted to between 25 - 50?

No.

Regular retests, to prove ongoing competence.

Say one year after first pass, then two years later, then five years,
then every ten until age 70, then 75, 80, 83, 85, then every year.

This would certainly get more cars off our dangerously overloaded roads
and force many out of their ridiculous car dependency into car-free
lifestyle changes.

Thereby revealing your true agenda. You don't give the first flying ****
about road safety. You only want to adopt some *******isation of it as a
big stick with which to hit people who don't agree with you.

"Doug" wrote in message
...
On Feb 8, 8:32 am, Adrian wrote:
Doug gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

Obviously no pavement cyclist could ever cause this much harm.

"Two teenage pedestrians have been injured after a car being driven by
an 87-year-old man mounted the pavement in Colchester.

Oh, what a surprise. A very elderly driver. Again.


Yes, both young and the old drivers seem to be more dangerous than
those in the middle. Do you think greater age restrictions on drivers
would help? Say driving restricted to between 25 - 50? This would
certainly get more cars off our dangerously overloaded roads and force
many out of their ridiculous car dependency into car-free lifestyle
changes.

What the **** has it got to do with you, what people use their cars for?

Perhaps driving licences should be dependent on tests of competence

Maybe internet access should be similarly vetted, then we won't have to put
up with your ****e day after day. If ever there was a cyclist who needed an
urgent meeting with an 18-tonner, it's you.

On 08/02/2011 08:12, Doug wrote:
Obviously no pavement cyclist could ever cause this much harm.

I'm fairly sure nobdy here would call a cyclist who was taken ill and
leaves the road, ending up on the pavement a pavement cyclist.

Colin Bignell

Doug wrote:
Obviously no pavement cyclist could ever cause this much harm.

"Two teenage pedestrians have been injured after a car being driven by
an 87-year-old man mounted the pavement in Colchester.

The 16-year-old girls were in Head Street in Colchester, Essex, when
the car hit them before coming to a stop at a shop wall.

One girl was trapped between the car and the shop and is in a critical
condition in hospital. The other received grazes to her back."

You're right, Doug. There should be a law against a driver having a heart
attack at the wheel.