Drivers and their problems

David9694 wrote:

"Ah, medical episode, mind how you go sir". This whole "it was a medical episode" is starting to wear a bit thin for me.

PS This was back in June - good luck if you need hospital this week. 

https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/news/hertfordshire-news/a1m-crash...

Well the driver was found unconscious, so I'm inclined to believe it was a medical episode.

However, drivers should have their licences revoked if they suffer a medical episode until it's either diagnosed and rectified or they have a minimum time (a year or three) without any symptoms before they are allowed to drive again.

I think I'd find myself in urgent need of throwing a mop bucket full of VERY dirty water out the front door were I the caretaker of the village hall. After all, what idiot is gonna park there?

I guess that motorhome driver doesn't bother looking at the road signs when he's using his satnav, even then, I'm surprised they even made it into Mill Road in the first place, it's not exactly invitingly wide!

Even more seriously, this - is a 24yo footballer really a candidate for passing out without warning?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-66852585 

"Driver acquitted after couple's crash death in Glenrothes

A man has been acquitted of causing the deaths of a couple by driving dangerously.

Liam McWatt, 24, walked free from court after jurors found the case against him not proven.

Earlier in the trial, the court heard that Mr McWatt had lost control of his vehicle and crashed into Harry and Shirley Taggerty.

The driver told a police officer at the scene that he must have blacked out before the crash.

Mr McWatt of Glenrothes, Fife, was driving in his home town when he hit the couple, who were walking on the other side of the road.

He was the sole occupant of a Ford Fiesta which was westbound on the A911 just after 10:00 in the morning on 13 July, 2019.

The jury heard that Mr McWatt's car crossed the carriageway and struck Harry Taggerty, 61, and his wife Shirley, 58.

One eyewitness described how Mr Taggerty tried in vain to pull his wife out of the way of the car which was "careering" towards them at speed.

The witness described how the couple appeared to still be holding hands as the impact threw them into the air.

A police officer who witnessed the crash previously told the court how he had seen Mr McWatt's car mount a pavement and hit the couple who were sent "flying into the air".

He said that he went to their aid but saw "no signs of life". He then turned to Mr McWatt who told him he had blacked out.

Mr McWatt went on to enter a not guilty plea, telling the court during the trial that he could not remember the moments leading to the crash but that he had been feeling unwell in the days before the collision and that he had been sent home sick from work.

Prosecutors had alleged that Mr McWatt drove at excessive speed while using a mobile phone, then crossed the road into the path of oncoming traffic.

The jury was told he had not tested positive for alcohol, and there were no defects in his vehicle that could explain what happened.

After deliberating for two hours, the jury returned its verdict that Mr McWatt was not criminally responsible for the Taggertys' deaths."

Whether he was being truthful or not, he shouldn't be allowed to drive again.

If you black out and as a result of that, other people lose their lives, then you cannot be proven to be a safe driver and should never drive again.

David9694 wrote:

Monday - 8-9 getting great results with paint stripper - with Stacey

Tuesday - 2.45-3.45 How the Ben Hur chariot race was filmed - a live demo by film freak Ron Adams 

Wednesday 8-9 You and your tame seagull - interimediate class with the Herne Bay Seagull fanciers - all welcome 

Any seasider no that the tame seagull is no such thing and is merely awaiting the chance to eat your sausages or fish & chips as you glance elsewhere for a second or two; or your eyeballs, if you stay still long enough.

A greater blackback gull may even eat your children - whole - if you let it into the playroom in the hope that it'll agree to being a pet! I have noticed them eyeing-up bairns in prams as the mothers queue for an icecream at the beach kiosk. They eat puffins on the wing whole so could certainly manage a small dog or even a mid-sized cat, if they can avoid the claws and teeth. Them poor bairns are defenceless, though.

David9694 wrote:

Parking ‘chaos’ at Wingham Primary School as parents use neighbouring village hall

“This is private property, that’s the real point here. I would issue parking tickets and hire a parking company.”

However, one mother says she can’t see what the problem is and it’s the only safe choice.

“It’s a 30 minute window we need to use this car park. We aren’t there all day and I really don’t see the issue,” she says.

Hmm... heard something like that before somewhere?  Ah, "This does break (international) law in a specific and limited way ..."

So many drivers clearly think they have to absolute right to do whatever they want. The village hall committee could try locking the gates for a few weeks, people would soon find an alternative.

hutchdaddy wrote:

So many drivers clearly think they have to absolute right to do whatever they want. The village hall committee could try locking the gates for a few weeks, people would soon find an alternative.

Vast rights but no duties, especially to others. This is no equation on which to base a civil society. In the end, rights are only created by others following their duties to allow and enable them. And to not-enable them when the rights demanded consist largely of actions obliterating the rights of everyone else.

But oligarchies aren't concerned by civility but rather by dominance. There are the favoured few and the rest. Sometimes the rest can be fooled into thinking that they're one of the favoured by being given a sop-right, such as, "Feel free to drive like a maniac". 

These foolish drivists feel that their vast drivist rights are protected so vote eagerly for their masters, despite the fact that the drivists too are being gassed slowly to death and may easily be car-squashed as they step from the voting station or anywhere else.

Welcome to the Third World.