Okay it's offical Cyclists are bigger wankers than Car drivers

[mutz]

True.

[The PIT]

Mutz the copper pulled me over cos he was in a bad mood. It 's also fact that if you brake in front of a copper when over the limit they always pull you.

[mutz]

Well, mood or no mood, if they've got goods on you, you are done.

Unless of course, you can brighten their mood.

I got stopped once at about four in the morning by a state trooper for speeding way, way over the limit on an empty wide highway.

I rolled the window down and there stood the biggest black guy I have ever seen. When he leaned on the window frame the whole car sagged to the left.

He said "Doan usually botha folks this taim ov tha moanin, but when someboda whip pass me so fast it rock ma cah, ah gotta do somfin! Bin chasin you a good ten mile. Glad you let off da gas."

The guy was so huge, his statement so jolly, I started laughing. He started chuckling, then laughing. We both laughed our heads off.

"Ok", he said, "Get outa heyah. Next taim, watch out! Might not be me."

[Wombat]

Originally posted by The PIT
Mutz the copper pulled me over cos he was in a bad mood. It 's also fact that if you brake in front of a copper when over the limit they always pull you.

That's why I just throw it into neutral as soon as I see him up ahead.

[High_Jumbllama]

Or just ease up on the gas.

[Wombat]

Yeah, but I lose speed faster in neutral.

[THE_Editor]

Exhaust brakes ... (Truckers will know what I mean)

[dave m]

Just for KvH

"You want the proof, you can't handle the proof"

Just misquoting Jack Nicholson a bit

Here's my croc, I summarise from what I found on Medline after your comment:

The common finding of the following 3 studies is that children younger than 11 have difficulty developing safe road-crossing strategies. They cover several aspects: choosing a safe place to cross (1) (young children only perceive danger in objects [e.g. cars] not situations [e.g. hills, bends etc]), judging safety to cross (2) (young children base their decision on perceived gap and do not account for vehicle speed) and their inability to develop predictive road-crossing strategies( 3) (young children process information relatively slowly).

(1) Ampofo-Boateng K, Thomson JA. Children's perception of safety and danger on the road. Br J Psychol 1991; 82: 487–505.
(2) Connelly ML, Conaglen HM, Parsonson BS, Isler RB. Child pedestrians' crossing gap thresholds. Accid Anal Prev 1998; 30: 443–53.
(3) Whitebread D, Neilson K. The contribution of visual search strategies to the development of pedestrian skills by 4-11 year-old children. Br J Educ Psychol 2000; 70: 539–57.

please feel free to research further...

Dave

[The PIT]

Dave I think you're proving my point that there should be stronger emphasis on teaching children how to cross the road properly. If theres a crossing close by use it don't dive across the road.

[cjolley]

Originally posted by The PIT
...there should be stronger emphasis on teaching children how to cross the road...

And Byock could teach it!
chuck

[Byock]

Hmmm, I could use a change in Career.

[dave m]

Absolutely PIT, I hope I was reinforcing that message. Kids don't know how to cross the road and it should be higher up the national curriculum than SATs tests.


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