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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: DougDoug Date: Sep 20, 2008 00:40
On 20 Sep, 08:23, "Graculus" hotmail.co.uk>
wrote:> "Doug" riseup.net> wrote in message
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> news:026a35f8-b4ca-45a9-b7ba-2bc7afbf0e72@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> On 19 Sep, 07:53, "Graculus" hotmail.co.uk>
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>>> "Doug" riseup.net> wrote in message>
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>> "· People in busy roads more likely to be ill, says study
>> · Lack of traffic promotes sense of community
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>> Oh look, 3 _new_ threads in just over 10 minutes, and not even all on
>> topic.
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>> How about some follow-up to all the bilge you started yesterday, including
>> responding to the feedback to your own point of 'something should be done
>> about texting while driving'? You seem to have gone all quiet when it was
>> pointed out that something has been done.
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> You are quite wrong as usual. I pointed out that punishments for
> killer motorists are far too lenient so something is not being done.
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> Which was not the point you initially brought up. You started the thread by
> saying should be done about texting while driving. It was pointed out that
> it's illegal. That was nothing to do with killer motorists, as the story you
> quoted was about research, and nothing to do with road deaths. So you
> changed the point, and claimed that it was responding to the question of
> what the "something" is. Remember, sending a text is not the same as mowing
> someone down.
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> So, once again, what do you think should be done about people who text while
> driving, considering that it's already illegal?
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Since texting while driving puts lives in danger it has everything to
do with killer motorists. The penalties for texting while driving are
ludicrously light, as are most penalties for dangerous motorists.
Presumably you don't consider that deliberately putting lives at risk
on our roads is at all serious?
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