jefnvk
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So, shifting is illegal then
Its a good thing I don't live in England. I drive at 70 with one hand on the wheel. And yes, do drive around corners with only one hand on the wheel, as I can't shift if I don't.
UK cops use £10,000 to bust a nurse eating an apple.
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So, shifting is illegal then
Its a good thing I don't live in England. I drive at 70 with one hand on the wheel. And yes, do drive around corners with only one hand on the wheel, as I can't shift if I don't.
Mr. James
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Yowza,
Did just that in South Africa a few years back. No problem at all. Except I kept running red lights because they were mounted on the "wrong" side of the street. Talk about YOWZA!!
Y'know, the article does not say she was cited for eating an apple. She was cited for not being in full control of her vehicle. Note they quote the defence at some length, but not a word of description from the prosecution as to how she was actually driving. Now, it's quite unthinkable the defendant might say "it wuzzunt me" if she were actually guilty.
Disgusting? Yes. Does this story tell us all the facts? Hardly.
Did just that in South Africa a few years back. No problem at all. Except I kept running red lights because they were mounted on the "wrong" side of the street. Talk about YOWZA!!
Y'know, the article does not say she was cited for eating an apple. She was cited for not being in full control of her vehicle. Note they quote the defence at some length, but not a word of description from the prosecution as to how she was actually driving. Now, it's quite unthinkable the defendant might say "it wuzzunt me" if she were actually guilty.
Disgusting? Yes. Does this story tell us all the facts? Hardly.
Standing Wolf
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As well it should be; eating an apple while driving, however, doesn't impress me as risky in the least.
hkOrion
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Quote:
"Most cars here are manual shift. We reckon automatics are for cripples and people who can't drive properly."
or maybe for people who eat apples in the mornings! last week I got passed by a lady eating with BOTH HANDS. where are the London cops when you need them...
hkOrion
"Most cars here are manual shift. We reckon automatics are for cripples and people who can't drive properly."
or maybe for people who eat apples in the mornings! last week I got passed by a lady eating with BOTH HANDS. where are the London cops when you need them...
hkOrion
And how many cops drive
with one hand on:
1. Their coffee;
2. The radio microphone;
3. The computer keyboard; or
4. Anything else NOT the steering wheel?
Just the sort of statist misuse of resources and abuse of power I'd expect from No - Longer - Great Britain. With the US working hard to catch up...
with one hand on:
1. Their coffee;
2. The radio microphone;
3. The computer keyboard; or
4. Anything else NOT the steering wheel?
Just the sort of statist misuse of resources and abuse of power I'd expect from No - Longer - Great Britain. With the US working hard to catch up...
brian roberts
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and the fun part is......
its getting like THAT over HERE!!!!
its getting like THAT over HERE!!!!
Don Gwinn
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Agricola, it's quite simply crazy to give people traffic tickets for doing something like eating an apple (or using a cell phone, for goodness' sake) when it didn't affect their driving.
The argument about the spending is really about whether they went totally crazy with their enforcement, not whether they were right or wrong. Having a law like that in the first place is inane.
The argument about the spending is really about whether they went totally crazy with their enforcement, not whether they were right or wrong. Having a law like that in the first place is inane.
Ryder
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I've seen a guy reading a book while he was driving. I cruised next to him for a couple blocks through town and he never looked up. I sure wouldn't try that and I think he deserved a ticket even if he did appear to be driving under control but I will glance at a map occasionally whilde moving. Unless there is a curve it's no big deal. A LOT trickier on a motorcycle though
Both hands on the wheel? Sounds like the English don't have power steering yet either.
I sure wouldn't try that and I think he deserved a ticket even if he did appear to be driving under control but I will glance at a map occasionally whilde moving. Unless there is a curve it's no big deal. A LOT trickier on a motorcycle though Both hands on the wheel?
Sounds like the English don't have power steering yet either.Flyboy
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They do, but it's built by Lucas.
--Flyboy, who loves his '72 MGB and his '61 MGA, and misses the '54 TF
beerslurpy
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When I was in the UK I saw an interesting COPS style show where they follow the cops around as they arrest drunks and gypsies (sorry, travellers) etc.
Anyway, this one guy is puttering around helmetless and drunk. He gives the cops all kinds of lip, starts to get violent, etc. They make a huge production about it, cuff him, book him etc. At the conclusion of this huge ordeal, he gets a small fine and a suspended license. It seemed so pointless. If the guy had been driving a articulated lorry* (hahaha I love that word) or something, I would have understood, but he was driving a scooter that probably weighed 50 lbs.
I would like to say somethign mean about the police for chasing a woman eating an apple, but US police have been known to do pettier and stupider things. As buffonish as the UK police may seem to me, I have to admit they dont have a reputation for doing Rodney King type activities or killing people offhand.
*semi truck/big rig/18 wheeler
ps- A riddle:
What was the only Lucas product that didnt suck?
They once made a vaccuum cleaner.
Anyway, this one guy is puttering around helmetless and drunk. He gives the cops all kinds of lip, starts to get violent, etc. They make a huge production about it, cuff him, book him etc. At the conclusion of this huge ordeal, he gets a small fine and a suspended license. It seemed so pointless. If the guy had been driving a articulated lorry* (hahaha I love that word) or something, I would have understood, but he was driving a scooter that probably weighed 50 lbs.
I would like to say somethign mean about the police for chasing a woman eating an apple, but US police have been known to do pettier and stupider things. As buffonish as the UK police may seem to me, I have to admit they dont have a reputation for doing Rodney King type activities or killing people offhand.
*semi truck/big rig/18 wheeler
ps- A riddle:
What was the only Lucas product that didnt suck?
They once made a vaccuum cleaner.
artherd
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Great, they have a ban on taking your hands off the wheel (to signal, and to shift...)
And we have (in CA and had federally) a ban on 'greater than 10 round' magazines. Well, I can stick 11 into any '10round' Glock mag I've ever ran into.
Put two and six together, and you get to roll anybody you damn well want to.
And we have (in CA and had federally) a ban on 'greater than 10 round' magazines. Well, I can stick 11 into any '10round' Glock mag I've ever ran into.
Put two and six together, and you get to roll anybody you damn well want to.
Cool Hand Luke 22:36
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I dunno, If you ride a motorcycle you might appreciate the efforts of the cops to crack down on distracted drivers.
If this woman turned in front of a biker because she was distracted by eating, rest assured she'd claim the biker came out of nowhere.
The article seems to deliberately overstate the costs of the stop.
If this woman turned in front of a biker because she was distracted by eating, rest assured she'd claim the biker came out of nowhere.
The article seems to deliberately overstate the costs of the stop.
I sometimes eat my breakfast, usually my lunch and sometimes my dinner behind the wheel. Drove drunk alot in my younger days, but never hit anyone or got pulled over. I still tend to be the "designated driver" at times...haha. I wonder what they do with drunk drivers in Big Brother England? Summary execution?
My dad used to have an old 48' Plymouth that he rebuilt. It had a nice hole in the floorboards for dropping beer cans. But that was in the days before $200 fines for littering.
I've road plenty of cycles. You have to watch what you're doing. A crackdown on distracted drivers....is that a joke or something. They're all distracted. If you ride a cycle you take your chances of getting splattered.
My dad used to have an old 48' Plymouth that he rebuilt. It had a nice hole in the floorboards for dropping beer cans. But that was in the days before $200 fines for littering.
I've road plenty of cycles. You have to watch what you're doing. A crackdown on distracted drivers....is that a joke or something. They're all distracted. If you ride a cycle you take your chances of getting splattered.
Cool Hand Luke 22:36
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Yes, motorcycle have alwyas been virtually invisible, but IMO It's worse nowadays than in the past due to the cell phones. I've had other drivers turn left in front of my JEEP because they're yaking on the cell phone, or watching videos on the LCD screen. Someday they'll bury another driver with a cell phone jammed into their right ear, and PEEJ impressed on their left.
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