On 20 Sep, 08:40, Doug riseup.net> wrote:
> On 20 Sep, 08:23, "Graculus" hotmail.co.uk>
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>> "Doug" riseup.net> wrote in message
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>> On 19 Sep, 07:53, "Graculus"
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>>> "Doug" riseup.net> wrote in message
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>>> "пїЅ People in busy roads more likely to be ill, says study
>>> пїЅ 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?
Read that case yet, Gollum?