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Why can't motorists slow down?
On 16/08/2012 14:42, Squashme wrote:
On Aug 16, 11:30 am, Tony Dragon wrote: On 16/08/2012 08:13, Doug wrote: On Aug 16, 7:40 am, "Dr Zoidberg" wrote: "Squashme" wrote in message ... "Most pedestrian crashes involve a forward moving car (as opposed to buses and other vehicles with a vertical hood/bonnet). Because most vehicles are cars going forwards. In such a crash, a standing or walking pedestrian is struck and accelerated to the speed of the car and then continues forward as the car brakes to a halt. Although the pedestrian is impacted twice, first by the car and then by the ground, most of the fatal injuries occur due to the interaction with the car. ... Yes, quite possibly. It's likely that when a large metal object hits a person, the person will be hurt. Most pedestrian deaths occur due to the traumatic brain injury resulting from the hard impact of the head against the stiff hood or windshield. In addition, although usually non-fatal, injuries to the lower limb (usually to the knee joint and long bones) are the most common cause of disability due to pedestrian crashes." (Wikipedia) Yes, that seems likely too. That's why there are now rules about leaving a minimum gap between bonnet and engine - to make it softer. There are also companies developing external airbags and in time these will become common features like internal ones. Your point? I wonder why the car-drivers are unable to stop? Usually because someone made a mistake, possibly more than one. Do they care? I would have thought so, yes. But why cannot they be stopped from killing people? Is the mere use of a car on a public road a virtual licence to kill people? So they care if they kill someone. Big deal! At least they are alive to care, unlike their vulnerable victim road user. Why isn't there a mandatory prison sentence for anyone who kills with their car, regardless of the circumstances? Because that would, to say the least, be unfair, but such things have never concerned you. And the roads are otherwise such fair and just environments. They are - but not completely. Motorists generally take priority over sponging cyclists, but not always. -- Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton, of Lancaster University, wrote in an interim assessment of the Understanding Walking and Cycling study. "For them, cycling is a bit embarrassing, they fail to see its purpose, and have no interest in integrating it into their lives, certainly on a regular basis." |
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Why can't motorists slow down?
"Dave - Cyclists VOR" wrote in message ... On 16/08/2012 08:13, Doug wrote: On Aug 16, 7:40 am, "Dr Zoidberg" wrote: "Squashme" wrote in message ... "Most pedestrian crashes involve a forward moving car (as opposed to buses and other vehicles with a vertical hood/bonnet). Because most vehicles are cars going forwards. In such a crash, a standing or walking pedestrian is struck and accelerated to the speed of the car and then continues forward as the car brakes to a halt. Although the pedestrian is impacted twice, first by the car and then by the ground, most of the fatal injuries occur due to the interaction with the car. ... Yes, quite possibly. It's likely that when a large metal object hits a person, the person will be hurt. Most pedestrian deaths occur due to the traumatic brain injury resulting from the hard impact of the head against the stiff hood or windshield. In addition, although usually non-fatal, injuries to the lower limb (usually to the knee joint and long bones) are the most common cause of disability due to pedestrian crashes." (Wikipedia) Yes, that seems likely too. That's why there are now rules about leaving a minimum gap between bonnet and engine - to make it softer. There are also companies developing external airbags and in time these will become common features like internal ones. Your point? I wonder why the car-drivers are unable to stop? Usually because someone made a mistake, possibly more than one. Do they care? I would have thought so, yes. But why cannot they be stopped from killing people? Is the mere use of a car on a public road a virtual licence to kill people? So they care if they kill someone. Big deal! At least they are alive to care, unlike their vulnerable victim road user. Why isn't there a mandatory prison sentence for anyone who kills with their car, regardless of the circumstances? Because English law wasn't written by brain dead halfwits like you? No it is written by brain dead halfwits like you! |
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Why can't motorists slow down?
On 19/08/2012 18:12, Alan Holmes wrote:
"Dave - Cyclists VOR" wrote in message ... On 16/08/2012 08:13, Doug wrote: On Aug 16, 7:40 am, "Dr Zoidberg" wrote: "Squashme" wrote in message ... "Most pedestrian crashes involve a forward moving car (as opposed to buses and other vehicles with a vertical hood/bonnet). Because most vehicles are cars going forwards. In such a crash, a standing or walking pedestrian is struck and accelerated to the speed of the car and then continues forward as the car brakes to a halt. Although the pedestrian is impacted twice, first by the car and then by the ground, most of the fatal injuries occur due to the interaction with the car. ... Yes, quite possibly. It's likely that when a large metal object hits a person, the person will be hurt. Most pedestrian deaths occur due to the traumatic brain injury resulting from the hard impact of the head against the stiff hood or windshield. In addition, although usually non-fatal, injuries to the lower limb (usually to the knee joint and long bones) are the most common cause of disability due to pedestrian crashes." (Wikipedia) Yes, that seems likely too. That's why there are now rules about leaving a minimum gap between bonnet and engine - to make it softer. There are also companies developing external airbags and in time these will become common features like internal ones. Your point? I wonder why the car-drivers are unable to stop? Usually because someone made a mistake, possibly more than one. Do they care? I would have thought so, yes. But why cannot they be stopped from killing people? Is the mere use of a car on a public road a virtual licence to kill people? So they care if they kill someone. Big deal! At least they are alive to care, unlike their vulnerable victim road user. Why isn't there a mandatory prison sentence for anyone who kills with their car, regardless of the circumstances? Because English law wasn't written by brain dead halfwits like you? No it is written by brain dead halfwits like you! So which particular laws did I write halfwit? I must have forgotten doing that. -- Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton, of Lancaster University, wrote in an interim assessment of the Understanding Walking and Cycling study. "For them, cycling is a bit embarrassing, they fail to see its purpose, and have no interest in integrating it into their lives, certainly on a regular basis." |
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Why can't motorists slow down?
"Dave - Cyclists VOR" wrote in message ... On 19/08/2012 18:12, Alan Holmes wrote: "Dave - Cyclists VOR" wrote in message ... On 16/08/2012 08:13, Doug wrote: On Aug 16, 7:40 am, "Dr Zoidberg" wrote: "Squashme" wrote in message ... "Most pedestrian crashes involve a forward moving car (as opposed to buses and other vehicles with a vertical hood/bonnet). Because most vehicles are cars going forwards. In such a crash, a standing or walking pedestrian is struck and accelerated to the speed of the car and then continues forward as the car brakes to a halt. Although the pedestrian is impacted twice, first by the car and then by the ground, most of the fatal injuries occur due to the interaction with the car. ... Yes, quite possibly. It's likely that when a large metal object hits a person, the person will be hurt. Most pedestrian deaths occur due to the traumatic brain injury resulting from the hard impact of the head against the stiff hood or windshield. In addition, although usually non-fatal, injuries to the lower limb (usually to the knee joint and long bones) are the most common cause of disability due to pedestrian crashes." (Wikipedia) Yes, that seems likely too. That's why there are now rules about leaving a minimum gap between bonnet and engine - to make it softer. There are also companies developing external airbags and in time these will become common features like internal ones. Your point? I wonder why the car-drivers are unable to stop? Usually because someone made a mistake, possibly more than one. Do they care? I would have thought so, yes. But why cannot they be stopped from killing people? Is the mere use of a car on a public road a virtual licence to kill people? So they care if they kill someone. Big deal! At least they are alive to care, unlike their vulnerable victim road user. Why isn't there a mandatory prison sentence for anyone who kills with their car, regardless of the circumstances? Because English law wasn't written by brain dead halfwits like you? No it is written by brain dead halfwits like you! So which particular laws did I write halfwit? I must have forgotten doing that. The one about cyclists not being permited on the road! |
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