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Mrs Penny Farthing
On uk.rec.motorcycles - Elly said:-
A curious court case involving a bicycle, a lady called Mrs Penny Farthing and flashing lights. http://comment.independent.co.uk/col...cle2145109.ece Positively Pythonesque. No, it's not April 1st ???? Is it? If this newspaper story is not entirely fabricated could that be the end of flashing lights on bicycles since it appears to give any motorist a defense for any night time (and why not day time too?) road crash? Of course the article is simply appaling in that it provides very little information, not even whether is it a criminal or civil case. |
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Mrs Penny Farthing
"Jan" wrote in message ... Firstly I would query whether Mr Sadam Hadiqi had a valid driver licence.and had any right to be driving a car. When a friend of mine was diagnosed as epileptic, her driving licence was given up. ( I'm sure she had to give it up rather than volunteer). Jan When my sister was diagnosed has having epilespy she had to give up her driving licence. She was not allowed to legally drive until she had a doctor confirm she had been fit free for at least three years. |
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Mrs Penny Farthing
On 14 Jan 2007 06:10:17 -0800, wrote:
On uk.rec.motorcycles - Elly said:- A curious court case involving a bicycle, a lady called Mrs Penny Farthing and flashing lights. http://comment.independent.co.uk/col...cle2145109.ece No, it's not April 1st ???? Is it? Miles Kington writes a humorous column, If this newspaper story is not entirely fabricated could that be the end of flashing lights on bicycles since it appears to give any motorist a defense for any night time (and why not day time too?) road crash? I would observe: 1: Epileptic seizure is normally only triggered at frequencies higher than bike lights flash (seizures at 10Hz or more). 2: Known epileptics should not be driving. 3: Motorists will come up with any old guff to try and evade responsibility for their incompetence (such as the periodic humorous insurance claim reports). Of course the article is simply appaling in that it provides very little information, not even whether is it a criminal or civil case. Or, more likely, whether it exists at all - it's a comic column. It is no more likely to have happened than the incidents recorded in strip cartoons. It isn't a news item. regards, Ian SMith -- |\ /| no .sig |o o| |/ \| |
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Mrs Penny Farthing
wrote on 14/01/2007 14:10 +0100:
On uk.rec.motorcycles - Elly said:- A curious court case involving a bicycle, a lady called Mrs Penny Farthing and flashing lights. http://comment.independent.co.uk/col...cle2145109.ece Positively Pythonesque. No, it's not April 1st ???? Is it? It is quite clearly humorous and not a real case. Quite what triggered its writing and what its purpose is I cannot guess though. -- Tony "...has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate..." Douglas Adams; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
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Mrs Penny Farthing
Ian Smith wrote:
On 14 Jan 2007 06:10:17 -0800, wrote: On uk.rec.motorcycles - Elly said:- Of course the article is simply appaling in that it provides very little information, not even whether is it a criminal or civil case. Or, more likely, whether it exists at all - it's a comic column. It is no more likely to have happened than the incidents recorded in strip cartoons. It isn't a news item. This reminds me of A.P. Herbert's "Misleading Cases" which were published in the form of law reports and, though absurd, were occasionally mistaken for actual cases and reported on in newspapers. -- Dave... |
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