EM wrote:
Basingwerk in a Judge Dredd moment wrote:
Basically, we want less of this speeding malarkey in our towns, villages and bendy A-roads.
So is that it then? Just slow down and everything will be OK? What about this then? <PHOTO OF POTENTIAL SPEEDER BEHIND> Is it OK to drive past the speed cameras tailgating the car in front in a 4x4 at 35+ while on the phone?
EM wrote:
I would of course been able to drive a little faster and leave the 4x4 behind - but that would have put me over the limit! Which one of us would present the greater danger?[ /quote]
That scum bag, tailgating yobbo was worse, who would have been speeding too had you not managed to hold the stinking pig back.
Suspect Ern's tailgater - was too engrossed in the conversation to realise.
Unfortunately - people get away with the mobile phone abuse in some areas because they know they can - basically
They try it here .. people told us about it.. We get less telling us about it now.. cos w went out and pulled more
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Well done, EM! My Mojo is “Never Speed Up” – that is exactly what these ugly road slobs want you to do. They just can’t stand to see someone driving calmly and relaxed. I give them 5 mph penalty automatically, and then another one too to teach them a lesson.
Basingmate.. sigh..
We have been through this one before...
You do NOT teach lessons to others on the road .. tis another form of "road rage"
By all means - ease off and create a space for village idiot to move into ... assist his overtake as better to have him in front where you can keep your distance than have him being a pest behind.
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EM wrote:
Government approval (in the form of licencing of product) was given to THALIDOMIDE, and it is STILL used, but failure to recognise the problem left hundreds subjected to terrible defects.
I don’t know much about that. Thalidomide has chirality, which might affect the way it works. In any case, thalidomide is a good treatment for leprosy. You can give it to ¾ of the population (young girls, blokes and older ladies) because they don’t get pregnant!
But at the time - this was hailed as a wonder drug as it cured persistent nausea in pregnancy. As I understand from al the press stuff - and many of these victims - my age group.
My own mother was prescribed this drug .. luckily she did not even get to the chemist as her grandfather suffered a stroke and she just forgot about it... She was persistently sick - especially when expecting my sister....
Apparently - she threw up even after sucking a siucky sweet! Yet - bless her - carried us all to term stoically - and despite her sickenss - apparently her body absorbed the goodness in the food before she was sick - we were all
She says her doctor at the time was reluctant to prescribe as "the drug was new and he did not know enough about it - only the reports per the journals"
Asked Wildy about it .... she says that in the past - licencing was a less stringent than now.
But in any case - the analogy does seem to serve as a warning that we cannot make rash judgements based on short tests and a few stats....and build a whole far ranging policy around this.
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