> On Aug 24, 9:21 am, Speedgazebo gmail.com> wrote:

>> On Aug 24, 8:54 am, FCS my-deja.com> wrote:
>>

>>> On Aug 23, 6:44 pm, "Fred X" himki.net> wrote:

>>

>>>> On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:13:52 +0100, allan tracy

>>

>>>> hotmail.com> wrote:

>>>>> A major air disaster then suddenly every minor aircraft technical
>>>>> difficulty starts making the headlines.

>>

>>>>> This is very much non-news.

>>
>> I have read this entire post several times now, and haven't a clue
>> what it's all about.

>
> Perhaps you could consult an ordained minister on
> that one.
>

>> If the point is that wet roads are slippery and Taxi drivers are
>> gits, then it is probably a ginge.

>
> No, the OP suggested that we should have a scheme
> analogous to ATC for ALL road users at ALL times
> under ALL conditions.
>
> It's unworkable.
>
> Otherwise, no, all taxi drivers are not gits and wet
> roads are not, of themselves, slippery. I'm uncertain
> how you concluded this from the post itself.
>
> That you might expect those who make their living
> using the road to know and understand conditions
> in which road surfaces are rather more hazardous is
> one thing, and the chameleonic nature of social niceties
> is another--after all would you let someone who just
> boasted total ignorance about cars reverse yours round
> a corner? - but the logistics of providing an official equivalent
> of ATC, even for taxi and bus drivers is unworkable
> in the extreme.