If you stay on the pavement..
If you stay on the pavement..
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hertsbiker

Original Poster:

6,443 posts

300 months

Sunday 6th February 2005
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..then it doesn't matter if the car is doing 30 or 40. Why do we keep hearing about the motorist being at fault, and having to take *full* responsibility for the safety of everyone else?

We need an Ad campaign along the lines of the "at 30 mph... bla bla... at 40moh bla", but worded;-

"At 30mph, a pavement user has 0% chance of dying in a RTA, and at 40mph, the risk is the same. Pedestrians, use the Green Cross Code!"

When did it go wrong?

medicineman

1,822 posts

266 months

Sunday 6th February 2005
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Good point but we need to mark peds up so we can fine them.

nonegreen

7,803 posts

299 months

Sunday 6th February 2005
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hertsbiker said:
..then it doesn't matter if the car is doing 30 or 40. Why do we keep hearing about the motorist being at fault, and having to take *full* responsibility for the safety of everyone else?

We need an Ad campaign along the lines of the "at 30 mph... bla bla... at 40moh bla", but worded;-

"At 30mph, a pavement user has 0% chance of dying in a RTA, and at 40mph, the risk is the same. Pedestrians, use the Green Cross Code!"

When did it go wrong?


No thats not right What we need is a little kid saying. At 30mph if u wander willy nilly about you will get killed, so they put speed humps in.

And now my grandad is dead cos the ambulance was delayed when he collapsed, all because pedestrians didn't care (tears and teddybear)

Commit it to memory, Stupidity Kills fade to picture of David Begg.

DeltaFox

3,839 posts

261 months

Sunday 6th February 2005
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medicineman said:
Good point but we need to mark peds up so we can fine them.


Great idea..tattoo the idiots with a number, preferably machine readable from 1000 yards! Thatd teach em!

xxxxxxrich

188 posts

274 months

Sunday 6th February 2005
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DeltaFox said:

medicineman said:
Good point but we need to mark peds up so we can fine them.



Great idea..tattoo the idiots with a number, preferably machine readable from 1000 yards! Thatd teach em!
Tattoo a barcode on the back of their necks then them parking attendants can scan them in and issue them with tickets....

parrot of doom

23,075 posts

263 months

Monday 7th February 2005
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I'd love to edit that video of the car skidding and hitting the child to say 'If little Timmy hadn't been running into the road without looking, he'd still be alive today'

tim.tonal

2,049 posts

262 months

Monday 7th February 2005
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Charley says: "Bring back the Green Cross man and the Tufty Club!"

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

284 months

Monday 7th February 2005
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nonegreen said:
Commit it to memory, Stupidity Kills fade to picture of David Begg.....


.......spidding along on his moontin bike