dennis@home wrote:


"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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John Williamson wrote:
charles wrote:
In article , ARWadsworth
wrote:
Dave Liquorice wrote:

(*) Around seven people *a day* are killed in UK road "accidents". If
virtually anything else under the control of people killed that many
there would be an out cry.

How many of those 7 are killed by speeding motorists in a village?

I had a friend who was killed by a motorist who knocked him off his
bike. I had multiple fractures in one arm when I was knocked off my
bike.

Were the motorists speeding as your post implies? And if so, were
they prosecuted for it as well as dangerous driving?

Forty years ago, a friend of mine was killed while he was cycling to
school. The car hit him from behind at *below the speed limit*, and
he was hit so hard that his skull came through his face.

/Irony As the car wasn't speeding, the driver must have been driving
safely, yes? Irony/

I witnessed a fatal accident as a kid when a rather senile old dear
walked straight in front of a car. Doing less than 30mph.

Hmm..
I have had a couple of senile old dears walk out in front of me while I
was doing 40 mph.
However I saw them and took avoiding action.
Senile old dears don't usually move very fast so you have plenty of time
to see them and do something about it.

Not if its 15 feet in front of you. She was standing on te kerb IIRC and
took three steps into the road .. the guy smoked his styres but he still
hit her at maybe 12 mph

She did a cartwheel - I remember her knickers on display, and broke her
neck. I remember the blood coming out of her nose and ears.

Bit strange for a 12 year old boy, really.



They aren't like the cyclists that shoot across the road from walkways
and places like that.

They are just as bad.

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To people who know too much, it is a sad fact
that they know how little is really possible -
and how hard it is to achieve it.