Spot the career criminal - video and rant.

[Vaud]

768 said:

even a won't somebody think of the children! Enjoy your clichéd strawman.

I disagree.

I'm a spirited driver, but my attitude to risk and perceptions has shifted since becoming a parent.

That said, i've always been careful around 30 and 40 zones as I remember what I was like when I was a kid - a bit irresponsible around traffic and "indestructible".

[768]

Sounds more like you agree with the cliché than disagree that there was one.

[Vaud]

768 said:

Sounds more like you agree with the cliché than disagree that there was one.

I think it is a well considered phrase, that has been hijacked and then over-used to the extent that it has lost it's real meaning.

[singlecoil]

768 said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Devil2575 said:

...I don't know of the OP has children, but one of the things that really gave me an appreciation of the importance of not speeding in built up areas is when my kids started crossing the road with me. Speeding cars make this so much more difficult and hazardous.

But...but...but...errr....scameras, ummm....Big Brother, nanny state, war on the motorist. And.....err...revenue generation.
Lots of other buzzwords and clichés.

Except I can't see that anyone's mentioned big brother, nanny state, war on the motorist...

There's been a lot of similar threads here over the years...

[roofer]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I think the phrase is "couldn't pour p1ss out of a boot without instructions on the heal." Or so my old gran used to say.

I see your long distance anonymous courage, along with the rest of the tank top brigade grows Wonder. Crack on laddie, crack on.

[Devil2575]

768 said:

Sounds more like you agree with the cliché than disagree that there was one.

You know sometimes it might just be valid. You could just as easily replace it with "stop being a selfish ahole and think about your impact on other people"

Speeding in a built up area has nothing whatsoever to do with being a keen driver and everything to do with being a tt.

[768]

Devil2575 said:

You know sometimes it might just be valid.

No, it's a logical fallacy that substitutes emotion for reason.

[Devil2575]

roofer said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I think the phrase is "couldn't pour p1ss out of a boot without instructions on the heal." Or so my old gran used to say.

I see your long distance anonymous courage, along with the rest of the tank top brigade grows Wonder. Crack on laddie, crack on.

I think you need to stop being such a keyboard warrior and calm down.

[Devil2575]

768 said:

Devil2575 said:

You know sometimes it might just be valid.

No, it's a logical fallacy that substitutes emotion for reason.

Not in this context. It is only a fallacy if it isn't based on a reasoned argument. I never actually said it, I said that speeding motorists make crossing the road harder when you have small children. This is a fact.

[768]

Yeah, ok.

[roofer]

Devil2575 said:

I think you need to stop being such a keyboard warrior and calm down.

Ok tough bloke, crack on with your pals...

[Vaud]

768 said:

Yeah, ok.

It is a fact. HTH. How do faster moving cars make it easier at crossings?

[singlecoil]

Various people have been banned from this forum in the past. Quite often they come back with a new user name. I think there may be an example on this thread.

[Vaud]

singlecoil said:

Various people have been banned from this forum in the past. Quite often they come back with a new user name. I think there may be an example on this thread.

Funnily enough, I was thinking the same...

[768]

Not I.

[roofer]

Vaud said:

Funnily enough, I was thinking the same...

Strangely likeminded...who'd a thunk it !

[Devil2575]

roofer said:

Devil2575 said:

I think you need to stop being such a keyboard warrior and calm down.

Ok tough bloke, crack on with your pals...

I've never claimed to be a tough bloke, unlike you, from behind the safety of your keyboard.

Edited by Devil2575 on Saturday 1st October 07:56

[Devil2575]

Vaud said:

768 said:

Yeah, ok.

It is a fact. HTH. How do faster moving cars make it easier at crossings?

Quite.

[OldGermanHeaps]

Op if you feel so strongly about it why didn't you just do a runner at the time?

[55palfers]

A bit of me is with the OP.

The penalty does seem harsh for a minor lapse of concentration perhaps. Maybe his first offence in n 100,000 miles of driving?

...especially when you see those "Police, Camera, Action" type TV programmes where serial shoplifters, known career scrotes, drug pushers, etc., get let off with yet another caution.