They've all got earphones listening to music or plugged into a mobile phone for chat, news, whatever. Far too busy to be looking at or hearing what's going around them or under their nose. I'm always amaze when I see films of traffic in London in the early 60s - so little traffic there was space between vehicles. You could see what was going on then and had time to react and also be courteous to other road users.
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"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Afternoon all. IMHO everyone who uses a public road should be identifiable, number plate, ID badge kinda thing and pay for 3rd party insurance. Cars , bicycles, horses, mobility scooters , the lot. If they don't like it, or want it , tough, don't use a public highway.
I read recently about a head master who wanted all bikes at his school to be fitted with a number plate because there had been so many complaints about reckless riding by kids on the way to and from school. Needless to say the 'cycling lobby' started screaming blue murder about infringing their civil liberties etc. With that lot it's all about their 'rights' and never about their 'responsibilities'.
Not just bikes. I think I told the story of a friend who had a horse cause £1,000 worth of damage and the rider just said " it was spooked" as if that absolved her of all responsibilty .
I would think they don't hesitate to insure the horse for damage/injuries to it, vet's bills etc so surely it could be extended to cover damage caused.
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I would think they don't hesitate to insure the horse for damage/injuries to it, vet's bills etc so surely it could be extended to cover damage caused.
That too Jenny, I nearly got plowed down, been to Chelsea Flower Show, almost back to Victoria station, green man,red light, I was half way across the road, all the cars had stopped, then it was a bloke in his 50s on a bike, just missed me, I said red light and pointed, he carried on ranting and swearing at me into the distance. Love your comments. I always swore I would never have a mobile phone, but when we moved here, there was no landline, because the original occupants had died the previous year, I walked to the local phone box, it was emergency calls only, they have now removed it. Some years before that when I made purchases Tesco and I had a Littlewoods account, they would demand a mobile phone number, my eldest son (my computer whizz kid) said put in zeros or nines, then that stopped working, I would ring and place my order, explain I didnt have a mobile phone. Then my kids said I could put theirs. Trying to find a call box was a nightmare, then often you would be on hold for 15 minutes, costing a fortune.We moved here in the winter, it was snowing, once we had the landline, I did get a basic Nokia, because I had a 50 mile commute, charged it up, put it in the car. Never gave anyone the number, even my friends didnt know I had one. My Husband still hasnt got one. About 4 years ago, was forced to learn to text. My youngest daughter and her then boyfriend had gone abroad, I was staying at hers looking after the kids, grandaughter was ill, I rang the school, answer machine left a message, they didnt get it, they had my mobile number, but had rung my landline 40 miles away, then my daughter in Portugal who obviously was worried sick, said not to ring as it cost a fortune for her, could I text, so I sat on the landline with no 1 son, giving step by step idiots guide to texting, when they came back boyfriend took the micky, I worked on a hyper acute stroke unit, I wasnt stupid. She has no landline, kids have asthma and croup, can need acute care very quickly, so it is esential there.
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I just do two days now and I can walk to work. I think I'm a bit scared to jump entirely into the third age