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Hurrah, I'd like to see more of this:
url:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/wales/south_east/5277958.stm I was struck by the comment that: "in Gwent last year there were 47 deaths and the police consider only three of those to be related to speed - the rest is driver error." How is speed not driver error, then? -- Danny Colyer URL:http://www.colyer.plus.com/danny/ "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine |
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"Danny Colyer" wrote in message ... Hurrah, I'd like to see more of this: url:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/wales/south_east/5277958.stm Lo-res.... how quaint. Hi-res version a bit difficult to see?? ;-) joking aside, what a good idea. How on earth can anyone who can't pass the sight requirement not be aware of things being a little difficult? It's either a terminal lack of self- awareness, laziness, vanity or meanness in the extreme (for they must either not know they need (new) glasses, not be arsed to so anything about it, think they'd ruin their good looks, or not value their life sufficiently). After a period of awareness raising, bring on the prosecutions. |
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"Budstaff" wrote in message ... "Danny Colyer" wrote in message ... Hurrah, I'd like to see more of this: url:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/wales/south_east/5277958.stm Lo-res.... how quaint. Hi-res version a bit difficult to see?? ;-) joking aside, what a good idea. How on earth can anyone who can't pass the sight requirement not be aware of things being a little difficult? It's either a terminal lack of self- awareness, laziness, vanity or meanness in the extreme (for they must either not know they need (new) glasses, not be arsed to so anything about it, think they'd ruin their good looks, or not value their life sufficiently). After a period of awareness raising, bring on the prosecutions. I am sure that many people do not realise how their eyesight changes. In older folk it can happen unexpectedly -- well the changes take place slowly but the perception is only noticed after a lapse of time! This year during my long tour I suddenly realised that I could see better ( long distance) without my bifocals than with them. I knew I was due for my annual eye test in August and I realised that my eye sight had undergone a real change. So I am wearing a new set of drastically different "specs" now with a second pair specifically for cycling with "reactolite" lenses. Bu the decision point isn't cut and dried. And it applies to cyclists as well as motorists! -- Trevor A Panther In South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. www.tapan.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk |
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Budstaff wrote:
joking aside, what a good idea. How on earth can anyone who can't pass the sight requirement not be aware of things being a little difficult? It's either a terminal lack of self- awareness, laziness, vanity or meanness in the extreme ... or the other option: folk who don't need glasses generally have no idea what those of us with glasses can see. Don't lump me in with the self-denying blind bats or I'll start on you for red-light-jumping and pavement-granny-bothering. I am borderline for the driving test without glasses. Without my glasses I have trouble with teletext from 15', or small town names on dual carriageway signs until its nearly too late to respond. And thats it. I can see how a white football is spinning 30 yards away, use my serious camera, be a SCUBA instructor, work all day at a computer etc. Friends try my glasses & come away with head spinning assuming I can't see (because my prescription is mostly astigmas, i.e. localised deformations of the eyeball), but I've had 210,000 hours of practise. I can drive without glasses if needed, though I'd rather have them (and my ABS), especially at night. After a period of awareness raising, bring on the prosecutions. agree with this bit though. |
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Danny Colyer wrote:
Hurrah, I'd like to see more of this: url:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/wales/south_east/5277958.stm No excuse for SMIDSY! I was struck by the comment that: "in Gwent last year there were 47 deaths and the police consider only three of those to be related to speed - the rest is driver error." How is speed not driver error, then? Excessive speed for the situation clearly _is_ driver error - I guess their point is that most accidents are caused by mistakes other than going too fast. I don't like the statement either. If you're going to separate out speeding, which is a very clear example of driver error, it seems wrong to lump everything else together, which could include driving while drunk - a very different type of error. -- Stevie D \\\\\ ///// Bringing dating agencies to the \\\\\\\__X__/////// common hedgehog since 2001 - "HedgeHugs" ___\\\\\\\'/ \'///////_____________________________________________ |
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Excessive speed for the situation clearly _is_ driver error - I guess their point is that most accidents are caused by mistakes other than going too fast. Of course if you are going fast enough to have a serious accident when you make an error then speed is part of the problem at least.It is always a factor in an an accident, except those where parked cars are hit by meteors. Perhaps they mean that there were 4 cases in which they could not avoid noting that there was proof or admission of speeding over the limit. Sounds like there may be a culture of speed excusers in that in that force.Or the doctor is quoting selectively in order to mislead.That could never happen could it? TerryJ |
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Budstaff wrote:
How on earth can anyone who can't pass the sight requirement not be aware of things being a little difficult? You'd be amazed.y son was born with retinal colobomas, which means he has large blindspots in both eyes (in photos he has 'white eye' rather than 'red eye' as there are no light-sensitive cells in the colobomas). But you'd never guess from watching him. It's amazing what the brain can do with very little information. So perhaps it's not surprising that people whose vision is deteriorating don't always notice straight away. |
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"Simon Bennett" typed
Budstaff wrote: How on earth can anyone who can't pass the sight requirement not be aware of things being a little difficult? You'd be amazed.y son was born with retinal colobomas, which means he has large blindspots in both eyes (in photos he has 'white eye' rather than 'red eye' as there are no light-sensitive cells in the colobomas). But you'd never guess from watching him. It's amazing what the brain can do with very little information. So perhaps it's not surprising that people whose vision is deteriorating don't always notice straight away. Indeed. There's a difference between vision and perception and the ability to notice a cyclist at 10 metres may relate rather poorly to the ability to read a number plate at 25 metres. I should imagine your son may have some difficulty with the printed page but seems like any other lad on the football field. -- Helen D. Vecht: Edgware. |
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Danny Colyer wrote: Hurrah, I'd like to see more of this: url:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/wales/south_east/5277958.stm I was struck by the comment that: "in Gwent last year there were 47 deaths and the police consider only three of those to be related to speed - the rest is driver error." How is speed not driver error, then? -- Danny Colyer URL:http://www.colyer.plus.com/danny/ "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine May because the police see speeding as a deliberate act as opposed to an actual error of judgment. And therefore treat speeding as an act of possible criminal intent and not an accident. HA! Made myself laugh. Laters, Marz |
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