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| Author: | Müs [ Tue May 21, 2013 8:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Some people's children. |
http://road.cc/content/news/84212-norwi ... on-cyclist /sigh |
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| Author: | Aizle [ Tue May 21, 2013 9:03 pm ] |
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What a retard. |
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| Author: | Diamondeye [ Tue May 21, 2013 9:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Some people's children. |
I'm sure if the police act on this they're somehow violating someone's rights. After all, if we allow the police to seek people who hit-and-run bike riders based on Tweets, the entire Constitution is at risk. Tyranny! (Yes, I'm trolling. Suck it down. I'm also drunk) |
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| Author: | Khross [ Tue May 21, 2013 9:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Some people's children. |
Diamondeye wrote: (Yes, I'm trolling. Suck it down. I'm also drunk) That explains the sudden increase in lucidity.
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| Author: | Diamondeye [ Tue May 21, 2013 9:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Some people's children. |
Khross wrote: Diamondeye wrote: (Yes, I'm trolling. Suck it down. I'm also drunk) That explains the sudden increase in lucidity.YOU **** KNOW IT!!! |
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| Author: | Raell [ Tue May 21, 2013 9:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Some people's children. |
Diamondeye wrote: I'm sure if the police act on this they're somehow violating someone's rights. After all, if we allow the police to seek people who hit-and-run bike riders based on Tweets, the entire Constitution is at risk. Tyranny! (Yes, I'm trolling. Suck it down. I'm also drunk) It is a fun time to post. |
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| Author: | Rorinthas [ Wed May 22, 2013 6:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Some people's children. |
We don't have to go solely on the tweet. We have the cyclist who can hopefully describe the car and/or its driver. |
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| Author: | Talya [ Wed May 22, 2013 8:09 am ] |
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It's sad that I fault her less for the hit-and-run than I do for tweeting about it afterward. Criminality is far more forgivable than idiocy. Edit: Perhaps she'd knock fewer cyclists off their bikes if she'd not tweet while driving 95 mph. |
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| Author: | shuyung [ Wed May 22, 2013 8:46 am ] |
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The better course of action would have been to put it in reverse and run over the cyclist again, and then not say anything on twitter. |
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| Author: | Talya [ Wed May 22, 2013 8:50 am ] |
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shuyung wrote: The better course of action would have been to put it in reverse and run over the cyclist again, and then not say anything on twitter. I know, right? |
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| Author: | Uncle Fester [ Wed May 22, 2013 9:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Some people's children. |
Judging by the actions of the cyclists in the Philadelphia area, they deep down really want to be run over. |
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| Author: | Kaffis Mark V [ Wed May 22, 2013 10:16 am ] |
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I'm as big an advocate for cyclist rights and share the road initiatives as most you'll find, but the thing that's really most distrubing about that tweet is that she thinks she has more right to the road because of some "road tax" she thinks he's not paying. |
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| Author: | TheRiov [ Wed May 22, 2013 10:19 am ] |
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the article is from England, not sure what their road taxes are |
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| Author: | DFK! [ Wed May 22, 2013 10:23 am ] |
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TheRiov wrote: the article is from England, not sure what their road taxes are In that case, she probably is paying several automobile-based taxes the cyclist isn't, assuming the cyclist also doesn't own a car. |
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| Author: | Uncle Fester [ Wed May 22, 2013 11:18 am ] |
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Kaffis Mark V wrote: I'm as big an advocate for cyclist rights and share the road initiatives as most you'll find, but the thing that's really most distrubing about that tweet is that she thinks she has more right to the road because of some "road tax" she thinks he's not paying. Let the Bears pay the Bear Tax! I pay the Homer tax. Dad that's the Homeowners tax. |
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| Author: | Kaffis Mark V [ Wed May 22, 2013 11:30 am ] |
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TheRiov wrote: the article is from England, not sure what their road taxes are Um, is it? There are several Norwiches in New England, and the article refers to pictures she's taken of her speedometer at 95 mph. In any event, the article explicitly says there are no road taxes, that roads (wherever this incident occurred, thanks, sloppy reporting) are paid for out of general taxation. |
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| Author: | DFK! [ Wed May 22, 2013 11:33 am ] |
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Kaffis Mark V wrote: TheRiov wrote: the article is from England, not sure what their road taxes are Um, is it? There are several Norwiches in New England, and the article refers to pictures she's taken of her speedometer at 95 mph. The Brits still use MPH. |
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| Author: | Corolinth [ Wed May 22, 2013 11:33 am ] |
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England uses miles. It is their unit, after all. |
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| Author: | Kaffis Mark V [ Wed May 22, 2013 11:38 am ] |
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Bah, I thought they'd converted to metric by now. The article actually ends up being pretty geographically confused, by my reading. The accident describes the cyclist riding on the left and being hit by an oncoming car (implying that the car was driving on the right). Then, the cyclist uses metres, windscreen, and bonnet conversationally, just in case it wasn't confusing enough, yet. |
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| Author: | Corolinth [ Wed May 22, 2013 12:18 pm ] |
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Metre rather than meter should've been your first clue! |
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| Author: | Müs [ Wed May 22, 2013 1:30 pm ] |
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Its England. And there, like here, there's no such thing as "Road Tax". |
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| Author: | DFK! [ Wed May 22, 2013 1:47 pm ] |
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http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/advice/road-tax-guide/ |
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| Author: | Müs [ Wed May 22, 2013 2:54 pm ] |
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DFK! wrote: http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/advice/road-tax-guide/ Quote: Vehicle Excise Duty Its not a tax for road usage. They're paid for by local VAT and other sales/property taxes. http://ipayroadtax.com/ |
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| Author: | TheRiov [ Wed May 22, 2013 2:55 pm ] |
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but its specifically called 'road tax' and its not paid by bike users. |
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| Author: | Müs [ Wed May 22, 2013 2:56 pm ] |
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TheRiov wrote: but its specifically called 'road tax' and its not paid by bike users. 1. Its based on carbon emissions. 2. Many cyclists also have vehicles and pay Vehicle Excise Duty. 3. Read the article I linked FFS. |
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