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| Thread ID: 104582 | 2009-11-01 21:19:00 | Cell phone vs Smoking | bk T (215) | PC World Chat |
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| 826268 | 2009-11-02 20:02:00 | I agree. Its a filthy practice. They should just keep the stinking things in their vehicles and empty the trays at their own homes. x2 |
convair (13650) | ||
| 826269 | 2009-11-02 20:07:00 | Does this apply to truckies using CBs? | Cato (6936) | ||
| 826270 | 2009-11-02 20:15:00 | I don't think the cycle couriers did any favours (improving the relationship between cyclists and motorists) for cyclists as a whole - everyone knows they're mad buggers. I think their bit will just reinforce the stereotype... They are a bunch of ******s, who ruin it for everyone else. Can you seriously be surprised if a guy like that gets crushed? He is begging for it. |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 826271 | 2009-11-02 20:47:00 | They are a bunch of ******s, who ruin it for everyone else. Can you seriously be surprised if a guy like that gets crushed? He is begging for it. As an ex-motorcycle courier (London and Auckland - 7 years, in the mid-eighties), I can understand the cycle courier when he talks about "the buzz" he gets from taking those daily risks. I don't think the courier is 'begging' to get crushed, but the way they ride certainly pushes up the likelihood... But I guess I'm older and wiser now (?? - maybe) and can see that those antics actually scare the motorists (which is what makes the motorist angry - same thing happens when motorists scare cyclists: the cyclists get angry). The cycle couriers are paid by the job, so it is in their financial interest to take those risks to get as many jobs done as possible in the shortest time. Interestingly, in Melbourne (I think) the courier companies changed the payment system for cycle couriers to an hourly rate and the risky behaviour dropped markedly. But I presume the service levels did too... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 826272 | 2009-11-02 20:56:00 | I could barely see the guy on TV. I definitely would not have seen him zipping through traffic, could you really blame someone if they ended up hurting him? But you would. There really has to be a limit to everything, whether it's for greed or for the buzz, if he ends up under a wheel, the guy behind the wheel will always be the bad guy. |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 826273 | 2009-11-02 21:00:00 | And some 40 cyclist came to grief in Southland yesterday presumably without the help of a motorist. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 826274 | 2009-11-02 21:11:00 | Following too closely hope they all get tickets except the pedallist at the front lol. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 826275 | 2009-11-02 21:56:00 | Smoking while doing anything isn't a clever idea. But then the exhaust from the cars isn't exactly good for us either. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 826276 | 2009-11-03 00:09:00 | Smoking while doing anything isn't a clever idea. But then the exhaust from the cars isn't exactly good for us either. What about smoking after sex? |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 826277 | 2009-11-03 00:20:00 | C'mon guys... the law now says you can't use a phone while driving. Please accept the fact. I must say that the roads were better to drive on while doing my school run this morning now that the idiots are not TEXTING while driving. So far, so good! :) Sorry bud, but I disagree with the phoning use ban, texting sure, after all, if you check the records you will find but 95% of ther phone accidents are from texting!, NOT speaking on a phone....otherwise the the whole point of Hands Free is invalid! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
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