On 18/01/2013 01:26, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 17/01/13 20:03, harry wrote:
On Jan 17, 10:16 am, fred wrote:
"Bridget Driscoll achieved notoriety by becoming the first pedestrian
to be killed in a car accident in the United Kingdom. Whilst visiting
the Crystal Palace in London on 17th August 1896, she was hit by an
automobile which was giving demonstration rides at a maximum speed of
4 mph. R.D."

Whats the point of these new 20mph city speed limits ? They obviously
need to be about 3mph

She probably never seen a motor car before.
And assumed that like a horse, it would stop.

Darwin rules. Horse accidents vastly exceeeded motor accidents for years
until the utter demise of the horse. Horses don't even have drum brakes
and a couple of tons of cart are hard to stop.

Th history of the motor vehicle is one of falling accident and death
rates from road traffic accidents.


Horses are also dangerous when stationary - horse kicks being a
significant danger. Poisson anyone?

--
Rod