Just bonkers

lifes2short

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Could have been a halogen work lamp, that's what caused the Windsor castle fire.

that's more likely, careless trade possibly, wonder what the average French person thinks about all these wealthy people donating hundreds of millions for a building when there's unemployment poverty etc, is it over a billion now?
 

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whilst i'm not a fan of cyclists I do feel for this guy, wtf was the judge thinking with the ruling, fooking outrageous to get blamed when the silly cow was in a world of her own when crossing the road, cyclist should have prosecuted her. If I were a cyclist I think I would defo have insurance in place now, cant cost that much surely?

 

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I am a cyclist and that really p!sses me off!!.............. My wife has just got her car back from the garage needing a new back bumper. She was the front car in a 3 car accident. She was stopped at a set of traffic lights with an elderly couple behind her when a car came at a decent pace and crashed into the couple (who had the handbrake on) and pushed them into the back of my wife. They went to hospital with minor injuries (thank god). The girl later admitted she was on her mobile!!!
 

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the electric vehicle thing often makes me wonder if we will see more of this thing with ev's and idiots engrossed in their phones, I know the new law as of 1st July states sounders up to 13mph, but what about at 14mph plus and when we are all ev'ed up?
 

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People waking in the street glued to they phone screens drives me mad - they get in the way all the time especially on the underground.
I thinks it’s somewhere like Japan they are fitting strip lights in the road at crossings so that people don’t have to look up to see the crossing lights - completely bonkers !
 

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I picked a book up yesterday , I opened it with my eyes 1/2 closed but it was ok it was a stamp album
 

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I thinks it’s somewhere like Japan they are fitting strip lights in the road at crossings so that people don’t have to look up to see the crossing lights - completely bonkers !
bugger me is that right, now that is truly bonkers!!!!
 

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that's simply ridiculous, I note it's on a trial period, lets hope it's scrapped. The younger generation is gonna have so many problems as they get older with hunched backs, neck/eyesight problems and repetitive strain injuries not to mention getting run over by bikes and ev's
 

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would of thought something like that would have a modern spec distribution/consumer board with rcbo's/rcd protection, unless it was an ancient consumer board
We've got a lovely vintage 6 way Wylex consumer unit in perfect condition, just like the day it was fitted in 1985!.. even has Its original HRC fuses.
It's never ever given any problem's, unlike my old 3200GT!

Dave
 

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whilst i'm not a fan of cyclists I do feel for this guy, wtf was the judge thinking with the ruling, fooking outrageous to get blamed when the silly cow was in a world of her own when crossing the road, cyclist should have prosecuted her. If I were a cyclist I think I would defo have insurance in place now, cant cost that much surely?


This is a consequence of the ruling last year that the chap who killed someone that walked out in front of his bike was to blame. The circumstances were quite different in that case as we was riding a bike with no brakes that shouldn't really have been on the road. This seems to have been taken as a precedent though and now cyclists will need to be insured or travel at walking speed.

The question has to be what does the judge think is a reasonable speed for a cyclist to travel at? If a pedestrian walks out in front of a car without looking can they sue the car driver?

It needs to be appealed and overturned. At this point the chap has nothing to lose as he's going to go bankrupt anyway.
 

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that's simply ridiculous, I note it's on a trial period, lets hope it's scrapped. The younger generation is gonna have so many problems as they get older with hunched backs, neck/eyesight problems and repetitive strain injuries not to mention getting run over by bikes and ev's
No no, this is a good idea... so long as the ground lights show the opposite colour to the proper ones.
 

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This is a consequence of the ruling last year that the chap who killed someone that walked out in front of his bike was to blame. The circumstances were quite different in that case as we was riding a bike with no brakes that shouldn't really have been on the road. This seems to have been taken as a precedent though and now cyclists will need to be insured or travel at walking speed.

I don't think this is strictly true. The Judge, as I understand it, found them equally culpable, but crucially, the pedestrian was the only one to make a claim. There was no claim for the cyclist to be upheld.....

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