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Cyclists are a Perverted Pestulance [Times Article 18/02]
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Cyclists are a Perverted Pestulance [Times Article 18/02]
mae wedi ysgrifennu:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFr...005150,00.html Yawn. Nothing new here, though I did like "A couple of weeks ago I received in the post a photograph of my car and a £60 fine, because I had strayed unwittingly into a bus lane at 7pm. That was nothing to the £320 I accrued in fines after mistakenly parking just outside the residents' parking bay in my own street, then going on holiday for a week." To me this translates as "I drive without due care and attention and park like a f**kwit." which is quite an admission for such an otherwise indignant piece. In other news: "the country's first dog camera has been installed at a cost of £10,000 in a street blighted by crap." It's just a revenue raising exercise, of course, to screw money out of otherwise law-abiding dog owners. -- Rob |
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Cyclists are a Perverted Pestulance [Times Article 18/02]
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:34:44 -0000, Robert Bruce wrote:
mae wedi ysgrifennu: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFr...005150,00.html Yawn. Nothing new here, though I did like "A couple of weeks ago I received in the post a photograph of my car and a £60 fine, because I had strayed unwittingly into a bus lane at 7pm. That was nothing to the £320 I accrued in fines after mistakenly parking just outside the residents' parking bay in my own street, then going on holiday for a week." To me this translates as "I drive without due care and attention and park like a f**kwit." which is quite an admission for such an otherwise indignant piece. My sentiment exactly although I couldn't find the words to express it. -- Michael MacClancy Random putdown - "He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." -Oscar Wilde www.macclancy.demon.co.uk www.macclancy.co.uk |
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Cyclists are a Perverted Pestulance [Times Article 18/02]
Yawn. Nothing new here, though I did like
"A couple of weeks ago I received in the post a photograph of my car and a £60 fine, because I had strayed unwittingly into a bus lane at 7pm. That was nothing to the £320 I accrued in fines after mistakenly parking just outside the residents' parking bay in my own street, then going on holiday for a week." To me this translates as "I drive without due care and attention and park like a f**kwit." which is quite an admission for such an otherwise indignant piece. Indeed. In my letter to the Times in response (which I doubt will be published)... "Sirs "Save us from the cycle of menace" Times 18:02:2004 The way Damian (name related to the devil - how apt) Whitworth rants about cyclists, you'd think that it was cyclists responsible for the 3500 people killed annually on UK roads and also for the tens of thousands more who are injured each year, as stated in official figures. I do not condone the breaking of the law by any road user, but I have news for Whitworth; it's not the cyclists doing all the killing and injuring, it's the motorists. Whitworth moans because he received a fine for not being alert enough whilst in control of a significant mass of motorised metal on our roads. He strayed into a bus lane. Wake up Whitworth; you were at fault, so stop blaming others for your own lack of concentration. Be a man and accept your fine instead of moaning like a toddler having a temper tantrum. The Times is so openly anti-cyclist these days, articles that appear are more suited to the kind that appear in the tabloids rather than the kind of balanced reporting that should be expected of the broadsheets. But what the heck, never let the facts or the truth get in the way of a good old journalistic rant producing drivel. Perhaps you should be moving Whitworth over to the Sun newspaper as his talents seem to lie more in that direction, rather than on the Times. Yours faithfully" Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o* *l.c**$*$om$$ |
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Cyclists are a Perverted Pestulance [Times Article 18/02]
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:58:34 +0000, dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers
wrote: Indeed. In my letter to the Times in response (which I doubt will be published)... Nor will be mine, I'm afraid... ----------- Dear Sirs, while I understand -or hope- that the moronic tones of Mr. Whitworth's article ("Save us from the cycle menace", 18/02/2004) are little more than a provocation, I would like to point out that an authoritative paper like the Times could do much better than publish the opinionated drivel of a self-admitted idiot motoraholic - one who can't even see whether he's driving on the correct lane or parking in the right spot. Apart from his very personal opinion that, since he dislikes cycling, whoever uses a cycle must have some kind of mental problem, he simply brings anecdotal evidence of the "fact" that cyclists are dangerous to pedestrians. Any cyclist could bring far more detailed evidence of how dangerous motorists are - and could someone ask him how many pedestrians have been killed or injured in London by cyclists, and how many by motorists? Since you're at it, you could ask him for another article on the benefits of passive smoking, and perhaps one on the undeniable scientific basis of astrology. I'm sure he knows someone whose personal astrologist always gets it right. Eugenio Mastroviti P.S. One can't help but wonder, if this person strayed "unwittingly" into a well-visible bus lane, can we really be sure he won't stray (unwittingly, of course) into a family of 5, or something like that? I mean, Mr. Whitworth, if you live anywere near Finchley, please let me know what model of car you "drive" - and I use the term in the loosest possible way. ------------- Eugenio -- Q: How many right-to-lifers does it take to change a light bulb? A: Two. One to screw it in and one to say that light started when the screwing began. |
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Cyclists are a Perverted Pestulance [Times Article 18/02]
Nor will be mine, I'm afraid...
Pity, it's a good one :-) What gets me about the original article is the fact the guy admits to being an effectively p*sspoor driver who can't park properly and isn't aware of being in a bus lane (like they are *so* narrow, *so* uncommon and *so* unmarked...), gets fined and fumes over the supposed unfairness of being caught out being an idiot and *possibly* a danger to others by having doing a "Please Miss, but what those nasty people over there are doing is much worse than what I did! So why did I have to be told off!" complete with a metaphoric stamping of feet and pouting of lower lip. If he acted like an adult & accepted that what he did was wrong and got on with it without moaning about being caught, I may have has some respect for him - people do make mistakes - as it is, I have none. Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o* *l.c**$*$om$$ |
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Cyclists are a Perverted Pestulance [Times Article 18/02]
Eugenio Mastroviti wrote:
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:58:34 +0000, dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers wrote: Indeed. In my letter to the Times in response (which I doubt will be published)... Nor will be mine, I'm afraid... Good response. These kind of articles may be very amusing for editors to commission... like Kilroy's piece about Arabs and they all have a grain of truth in them but they don't do anything for good relations between road users. Instead drivers will think its alright to abuse cyclists even more than they do already. |
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Cyclists are a Perverted Pestulance [Times Article 18/02]
David Off wrote:
These kind of articles may be very amusing for editors to commission... like Kilroy's piece about Arabs and they all have a grain of truth in them but they don't do anything for good relations between road users. Instead drivers will think its alright to abuse cyclists even more than they do already. the article, in case the red mist that came before your eyes obscured your view of it, was primarily about the actions of a secetion of the cycling community who DO put PEDESTRIANS at risk by their unreasonable behaviour. Vent your spleen by all means, but 'tis best directed at the tw*ts on bikes who I regularly come across as either pedestrian or cyclist. pk |
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Cyclists are a Perverted Pestulance [Times Article 18/02]
"£320 fine for ...... wearing professional cycling gear in a built-up area"
The writer needs introducing to the PSF, we already have our own self regulating fashion police ! Articles such as this make me smile. -- The Reply & From email addresses are checked rarely. http://www.mseries.freeserve.co.uk |
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Cyclists are a Perverted Pestulance [Times Article 18/02]
"Robert Bruce" wrote in message ... mae wedi ysgrifennu: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFr...005150,00.html Yawn. Nothing new here, though I did like "A couple of weeks ago I received in the post a photograph of my car and a £60 fine, because I had strayed unwittingly into a bus lane at 7pm. That was nothing to the £320 I accrued in fines after mistakenly parking just outside the residents' parking bay in my own street, then going on holiday for a week." To me this translates as "I drive without due care and attention and park like a f**kwit." which is quite an admission for such an otherwise indignant piece. The writer is clearly stupid. Only a stupid person would be paying such a high rate of Stupidity Tax :~) T |
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