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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Something is wrong! |
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 18:14
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| I'm vistaed's better half... I just wanted to respond to previous posts... Sorry, don't have my own login details though if all the posts are like this I'd rather not subscribe! _______________________ Erm, guys, my partner has just come home really quite frustrated at being called a liar because of... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Something is wrong! |
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 16:29
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| My dad drives a BMW, so the make of car is not the issue!!! It is not a fairy tale, as you so nicley put it. Why are you being so dismissive? I don't understand? The fact is that because of the spacing of the speed bumps used in this area of Birmingham (they are of the three humps across the road va... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Something is wrong! |
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 14:58
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| I live in inner city Birmingham, Corsa’s are a white man's car round here you only get 'respect' if your drive far eastern car's or BMW's. A ford, Vauxhall, Volkswagen just don’t cut it! So it's supped up Civics’, and the real bane of my life, Subra Impreza's. The MBW in question was a rather nice, ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Something is wrong! |
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 09:11
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| Late last year a male cyclist was hit and killed by a car on a road near where I live in Birmingham. It turns out the female driver had no insurance or licence. Yesterday she received a £950 fine and a 2.5 year driving ban with £150 costs. Now, that does not seem quite right to me, it does not send ... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: global-getting-slightly-hotter |
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Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:20
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| ummm... I include below some references regarding my statement regarding funding by the oil lobby. But also ask: What has the green movement got to gain? What has the oil lobby got to gain? And who really has the greatest personal vested interest in winning this argument? And before it is pointed ou... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: global-getting-slightly-hotter |
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Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 09:57
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| That does lessen my worries, but what are those alternatives? |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: global-getting-slightly-hotter |
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Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 09:52
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| Ohh, regarding the initial post and the channel 4 programme. I do believe that the scientists the film maker brought together are not what you would call impartial. Their work is funded, in sometimes convoluted means, by the oil lobby. Now, do you really trust what they have to say? |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: global-getting-slightly-hotter |
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Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 09:41
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| All very interesting… I’m sure a crunch will come some time and it will not be an environmental catastrophe. Industry, and the economy relies on massive energy reserves. Once upon time we used coal to heat water and produce steam to power industrial machines. Then we became wise and discovered the v... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Pro, con or just not interested? |
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 16:00
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| Seems big T has dragged me to this place...cheers BT. My point about the titanic is that I see speed cameras as just one issue contributing to our dangerous roads. As such I support this campaign. But it is only one issue among many, it is a single deckchair. Surly we need to critically understand h... |
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