The Commisariat is at it again.
Discussion
A Scotsman said:
It reminds me of the old Soviet Union.
People that win points (and points mean prizes of course) will be made " A Hero of the Motoring Revolution" and entitled to an extra bag of potatoes per month once they retire when they're 85.
People that win points (and points mean prizes of course) will be made " A Hero of the Motoring Revolution" and entitled to an extra bag of potatoes per month once they retire when they're 85.
These people either don't realise (or more likely don't care) how much of a drain on a country's PRODUCTIVE economy all this central bureaucracy/administration is.
We NEED some central functions - police being an obvious one. And we SHOULD have some others (welfare-state related such as education, pension and health - all could be provided privately but this would disadvantage the poor and otherwise incapable - SOME of whom are poor through no fault of their own).
But stuff like this is just pure Orwell - and IMHO anyone suggesting it should be shot through the kneecaps, then if they STILL suggest it shot through the head as irredeemably stupid. Retrospective sterilisation for such people is also a good idea...
Rawwr said:
Parrot of Doom said:
"“If you live in a village with one street which people go through really quickly and have a kid with a propensity to run through the gate, you might quite like a speed camera.”"
Yeah, and you might want to keep your fanny closed until you can properly educate and look after what plops out of it, you stupid cow.
TVR Moneypit said:
grgrgray said:
Rawwr said:
Parrot of Doom said:
"“If you live in a village with one street which people go through really quickly and have a kid with a propensity to run through the gate, you might quite like a speed camera.”"
Yeah, and you might want to keep your fanny closed until you can properly educate and look after what plops out of it, you stupid cow.I too grew up, along with about 15 of my mates, on a suburben road that folk used to, and still do drive along at 40mph+. If I got caught mucking around on the road by my parents or neighbors, I'd get a tannin of my mum, and an even being pasting off my dad when he came home.
Not once do I recall myself, or any of my mates getting run over or killed to death. Likely because from a very young age I was taught the green cross code, (Tufty Club anyone?), and if I did follow it I'd get beaten black and blue, litterally. That seemed to work.
However, if you feel that it would be better to install a speed camera to teach your kids road safety, instead of doing the job yourself, then I wish you look.
My boys stop, look, listen and cross the road to the letter of the tufty club but accidents happen and children can be distracted and there are disabled kids out their who aint got the sense you clearly had knocked into you.
grgrgray said:
TVR Moneypit said:
grgrgray said:
Rawwr said:
Parrot of Doom said:
"“If you live in a village with one street which people go through really quickly and have a kid with a propensity to run through the gate, you might quite like a speed camera.”"
Yeah, and you might want to keep your fanny closed until you can properly educate and look after what plops out of it, you stupid cow.I too grew up, along with about 15 of my mates, on a suburben road that folk used to, and still do drive along at 40mph+. If I got caught mucking around on the road by my parents or neighbors, I'd get a tannin of my mum, and an even being pasting off my dad when he came home.
Not once do I recall myself, or any of my mates getting run over or killed to death. Likely because from a very young age I was taught the green cross code, (Tufty Club anyone?), and if I did follow it I'd get beaten black and blue, litterally. That seemed to work.
However, if you feel that it would be better to install a speed camera to teach your kids road safety, instead of doing the job yourself, then I wish you look.
My boys stop, look, listen and cross the road to the letter of the tufty club but accidents happen and children can be distracted and there are disabled kids out their who aint got the sense you clearly had knocked into you.
I agree with both of you by the way...
TVR Moneypit said:
grgrgray said:
Rawwr said:
Parrot of Doom said:
"“If you live in a village with one street which people go through really quickly and have a kid with a propensity to run through the gate, you might quite like a speed camera.”"
Yeah, and you might want to keep your fanny closed until you can properly educate and look after what plops out of it, you stupid cow.I too grew up, along with about 15 of my mates, on a suburben road that folk used to, and still do drive along at 40mph+. If I got caught mucking around on the road by my parents or neighbors, I'd get a tannin off my mum, and an even bigger pasting off my dad when he came home.
Not once do I recall myself, or any of my mates getting run over or killed to death. Likely because from a very young age I was taught the green cross code, (Tufty Club anyone?), and if I didn't follow it I'd get beaten black and blue, litterally. That seemed to work.
However, if you feel that it would be better to install a speed camera to teach your kids road safety, instead of doing the job yourself, then I wish you luck.
edited because of awfull spelling and grammer
Edited by TVR Moneypit on Friday 31st December 14:47
grgrgray said:
accidents happen and children can be distracted and there are disabled kids out their who aint got the sense you clearly had knocked into you.
And what percentage of all kids are disabled ?3% 5% 7% ?
The vast majority of kids aren't disabled, I suspect.
In reality, untrained kids and roads don't mix and
I'd very much prefer drivers looking out their
windows and doing some hazard management than
having to check their speedos against some Goverment
set numbers every few seconds.
You can't measure safe driving in miles per hour and
the subtitle of this website is "speed matters".
Anyway, driving fast saves time, which saves life.
dcb said:
grgrgray said:
accidents happen and children can be distracted and there are disabled kids out their who aint got the sense you clearly had knocked into you.
And what percentage of all kids are disabled ?3% 5% 7% ?
The vast majority of kids aren't disabled, I suspect.
In reality, untrained kids and roads don't mix and
I'd very much prefer drivers looking out their
windows and doing some hazard management than
having to check their speedos against some Goverment
set numbers every few seconds.
You can't measure safe driving in miles per hour and
the subtitle of this website is "speed matters".
Anyway, driving fast saves time, which saves life.
Given the reasoning above, then people would be bouncing off bonnets here there and everywhere FFS. Maybe disabled people/children have more about them than some people think
Bonefish Blues said:
10 million people in the UK: http://www.efd.org.uk/media-centre/facts-and-figur...
Given the reasoning above, then people would be bouncing off bonnets here there and everywhere FFS. Maybe disabled people/children have more about them than some people think
1) What bGiven the reasoning above, then people would be bouncing off bonnets here there and everywhere FFS. Maybe disabled people/children have more about them than some people think
ks. Can I be an ethnic minority then please?!?2) Agreed. "Disabled" is still perceived very badly by a lot of people who should know better - the word itself has a stigma attached to it.
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