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Forum: General Chat Topic: Is Paul Smith the Richard Dawkins of road safety ? |
| George Painter |
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 18:50
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[quote="bogush"][quote="suck_my_tailpipe"]Get help.[/quote]
Such a wonderfully well reasoned riposte, sucky.
Interesting to see what kind of post will arouse you from your slumbers under whichever nuclear free zone you dwell.[/quote]
Did you take this sound advice Bogush? |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Rail to road conversion |
| George Painter |
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 16:11
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Replies: 125
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| The biggest crime of the last century was probably Marples, whose wife owned Marples-Ridgeway of motorway construction fame, closed the Great Central Railway (GC). A line built to continental loading guage capable of taking millions of polluting lorry miles off the roads around London. This was buil... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Rail to road conversion |
| George Painter |
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 15:58
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| "Huh.....We have several alternatives to Oil.....Hydrogen for example. Brazil also uses Alcohol as an alternative...both are limitless in availability. All the major motor manufacturers and some governments are investing in Hydrogen technology and infrastructure. Within the next 10-15 years motoring... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Rail to road conversion |
| George Painter |
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 13:07
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| "Can anyone tell me why it wouldn't be good in this case?" Yes - if for instance the oil dries up we have no alternative. Or the true cost of the war in Iraq is borne by the beneficiries - the motorist. Pollution levels in the inner cities would rise as cleaning up is unprofitable - why fit cats whe... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Rail to road conversion |
| George Painter |
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 10:24
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| Simply - I'll dig out the figures later but road provision is not the entire social cost of roads. One tiny example - parking provision. A house with a drive costs at least 10K more than one without. On-street parking spaces work out at about that figure as do workplace parking places. Another speed... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Rail to road conversion |
| George Painter |
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 10:18
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| Good figures Peter and certainly reflect my recent experience. The trains are improving at a vast rate and can now get things right most of the time. I rarely finish a journey any more than 10 minutes behind predicted times and the service from Nottingham to London is superb - at #12 each return inc... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Rail to road conversion |
| George Painter |
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 10:01
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| No form of transport makes a profit in the UK. The roads are very heavily subsidised as are airports and to a lesser extent rail. If we were to go down the road of insisting on short-term profit from everything then schools, hospitals and overseas aid would have to be cancelled. We would soon degene... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Rail to road conversion |
| George Painter |
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 00:45
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| [quote="bogush"][But don't you think that it would be an even greater shame if a legacy of that selfishness were left for our ancestors in the form of a destroyed road network (and a 19th Century one at that!), particularly as [i]current[/i] circumstances see us requiring one[/quote] It's ... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Rail to road conversion |
| George Painter |
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 20:54
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| :twisted: Amongst the reams of diatribe posted by Bogush he invited you to visit his site - its your duty. I must warn you that if you disagree with him he'll not ban you, just your computer. Like guns don't kill computers don't post! If you do get there you'll find a lot of pro-gun lobbying which i... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Rail to road conversion |
| George Painter |
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 18:19
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| If you are going to do some objective research into railways vs motorways from a safety point of view I will be most interested in the results Paul. However, I think the following must be taken into account. Tresspassers and suicide deaths should be taken out for both. The deaths at Heck and Reading... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Help a confused new user please... |
| George Painter |
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Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 09:37
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| Not if you take out the suicides from BOTH sets and then re-distribute the rail deaths caused by road vehicles into the road statistics. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Help a confused new user please... |
| George Painter |
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Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 00:42
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Replies: 27
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My memory's quite clear John.
Those were the days eh? - EX-cop.... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Icy weather driving |
| George Painter |
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Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 00:27
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Replies: 11
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"The UK hasn't had a proper winter for a good few years now. "
Due to global warming?
And one of the main contributers is..... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Help a confused new user please... |
| George Painter |
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 21:29
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| http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/s/141/141219_grandma_killed_in_mway_crash.html http://www.nottinghameveningpost.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=133965&command=displayContent&sourceNode=133948&contentPK=11547192&moduleName=InternalSearch&keyword=road%20crash&formname=sideb... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Icy weather driving |
| George Painter |
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 21:02
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| "Snow on the road doesn't seem to lead to this behaviour which makes me think that people are just dim and don't realise black & shiny road in temps below zero = ice rather than wet bits! How do we educate the numpties about adverse weather when clearly they have no interest in modifying their b... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Help a confused new user please... |
| George Painter |
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 19:25
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Replies: 27
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"Doesn't say that you have been banned, does it Georgeda? "
Not Me just my computer.
May I remind you that computers do not post messages - just as guns don't kill people.  |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Help a confused new user please... |
| George Painter |
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 19:22
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| Yep And should or should not cars, land rovers, trailers etc stay off the railway tracks? - Just as trains stay off motorways - a deal? Please refresh my memory as to how many car passengers have been killed on the M1 in the second half of the last century. It's easy to remember how many rail passen... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Help a confused new user please... |
| George Painter |
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 18:07
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| There is only one question worthy of reply amongst your usual diatribe of rubbish Bogush which includes the assertation thet we'd all be safer if we all carried more guns!!!! You forgot to mention that cars purify the air and if it weren't for the motorist we'd all be suffering severe global climate... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Help a confused new user please... |
| George Painter |
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 14:31
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It's surprising how many boy-racers, contributors to this forum and Bogush's are also gun collectors and supporters isn't it John.
It's a long time since those days in Coventry.......Been in touch with any of the lads lately? |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Help a confused new user please... |
| George Painter |
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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 22:59
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Replies: 27
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Hello John - Yes I've got plenty of places to play. thank you.
Hows the armoury? |
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