Tom Crispin wrote:
On Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:24:45 +0100, Matt B
wrote:

Another case of a regulation which does little to improve anyone's
safety against those who are the real danger, but which
inconveniences, burdens and removes innocent and harmless pleasures
from the majority of "normal", safe, conscientious and generally
law-abiding citizens.

Motoring cannot be considered a 'safe' activity. Not only to
motorists kill themselves be the score every year, but they also kill
dozens of pedestrians and cyclists.

I seem to recall that motoring is the biggest single cause of
unnatural death in the UK.

According to this article it is heart and circulatory disease, killing about
208,000 people per year.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/25...t-attacks.html

I must admit I am unsure why this is classed as unnatural death, but if if
is, then motor vehicle deaths pale into insignificance by comparison.

The bad thing about motor vehicle incidents is that it is often not the
perpetrator that bears the brunt of their stupidity, but some innocent third
party.