Moans and Pet Hates

[thenry]

Travels on the trains at times It was eventful returning home on the train. First I just miss the tube, the next one was cancelled so I was waiting around. Then some trains to Brighton were cancelled (fastest route home) so I get on the amended train getting off at East Croydon to catch a connection to Crawley. Normally I arrive on platform 3 and departure on 3, very easy but not today. I arrive on platform 3 then get told to go to platform 2 to then be told while the train was pulling into the station to go back to platform 3. Plus the fact you can't even hear the announcements clearly when trains are pulling in and out of the station.

Originally Posted by Mr K

And fatalities are down, which surely is the main thing. https://www.theguardian.com/world/ar...t-figures-show

Well if nothing is moving, thats not a surprise.

Also, unless you put the limit back up, and fatalities go up again, you cant really prove they are related.

[Taf]

Originally Posted by Russ

They have not been cherry-picked. Just because they go against your narrative there’s no need say such silly things

The police were asked to provide data and they asked "What data? How do you want it collated?

Accident reports between pedestrians and riders/drivers have many criteria on what boxes to tick, including:

Lack of attention / loss of concentration of a pedestrian.
Lack of attention / loss of concentration of a rider/driver.
Excessive speed with relation to set limits or conditions.
Alcohol, drug and/or prescription use of a pedestrian.
Alcohol, drug and/or prescription use of a rider/driver.

"With regard to pedestrian casualties, ‘pedestrian failed to look properly’ with ‘pedestrian careless, reckless or in a hurry’ were named as factors in 4,100 casualty collisions – 23% of the overall total.

‘Pedestrian crossing road masked by stationary or parked vehicle’ with ‘pedestrian failed to look properly’ accounted for 1,961 casualties (11%).

‘Pedestrian failed to judge vehicle’s path or speed’ with ‘pedestrian careless, reckless or in a hurry’ caused 1,204 casualties (7%), while ‘pedestrian crossing road masked by stationary or parked vehicle’ with ‘pedestrian careless, reckless or in a hurry’ was responsible for 1,013 casualties (6%)."

https://roadsafetygb.org.uk/news/iam...n-safety-4565/

[Russ]

All the while ignoring drivers being at fault? I wonder why…

Seems indeed like cherry-picking.

Drivers (cars) are supposed to be on the road, pedestrians generally are not.
There are exceptions of course, like a proper pedestrian crossing for example.
So I would think its unusual that a pedestrian getting hit on the road is the drivers fault.

Speeding of course is driver error, but even a speeding car cannot hit a pedestrian if they are not on the road in the first place.

[Russ]

Pedestrians on the roads are classed as vulnerable users. Vehicle drivers have to be aware at all times of hazards, that’s why the most common conviction in RTAs are “driving without due care and attention”. As unfair as this may seem, it’s the driver’s responsibility to prevent collisions with pedestrians.

And keep in mind colliding with pedestrians is only a percentage of RTAs. Plenty of other scenarios have contributed to the drop in accidents since the reduction to 20 mph.

Is it annoying that roads we drove 30mph on for decades are one we now have to go slower on? Absolutely but the stats don’t lie and they’re certainly not cherry picked.

[Dude111]

Im stuck on this stupid MAC LAPTOP while I get my computer fixed and the stupid chrome browser got smaller,its not fuil width of my screen and when it is,the bar dissapears at the top!!




EDIT:

I got it... I kept clicking that green circle on the top left and I pressed return while doing it and it went full screen.....

[Stephen]

Nothing wrong with the browser. You just don't know how to use a mac.

[Dude111]

Yea I suppose so buddy.......

[peanut]

Sausages with this weird gelatine skin on. Wanted to make some sausage rolls and tried to take them out of their skins but was impossible to do. Just wrong, why mess with them?

[Dude111]

I like getting Pancakes and Sausage at Mcdonalds

[Mr K]

Why did I ever tell Mrs K how to get Classic FM from the tv ? This has blocked my xmas viewing...
All too religious for my liking. I'm not letting the son of God spoil my Christmas!

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Mr K

Why did I ever tell Mrs K how to get Classic FM from the tv ? This has blocked my xmas viewing...
All too religious for my liking. I'm not letting the son of God spoil my Christmas!

Why not? the son of a toolmaker has spoiled everyone else's

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by papa smurf

Why not? the son of a toolmaker has spoiled everyone else's

I wouldn't let a fiver a week get you down mate. Chances are they'd only waste it on a lottery ticket, m&s latte, or another mojito in their sunshine winter escape.

[tweetiepooh]

Originally Posted by Mr K

Why did I ever tell Mrs K how to get Classic FM from the tv ? This has blocked my xmas viewing...
All too religious for my liking. I'm not letting the son of God spoil my Christmas!

Jesus was so "religious" that when His parents lost Him the last place they looked was the temple.