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 Knife Amnesty in UK, Some stuff they turned in |
 Jun 26 2006, 04:40 AM
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Manus Celer Dei  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 16,898 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802  |
In general I will respect your desire to end this discussion, but I have to say, at what point did you decide that this was no longer the responsibility of the people involved and had become the fault of the item itself? ~J |
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Jun 26 2006, 05:04 AM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
Has anyone ever considered that the biggest cause of automobile accidents and negligent crashes is the failure of the agencies responsible for road safety to impliment a functional gridguide system. The technology that would allow cars to drive themselves along a road with imbeded magnetic markers has existed for more than a decade. The technology for a car to judge the speed and distance of antother vehicle and adjust ts own spped accordingly is even older.
The fact that people still have to drive their own automobiles is an utter failure of all persons involved in road construction and safety. Countless lives could have been saved if automatic driving were implimented on a wide scale. |
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Jun 26 2006, 05:06 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,213 Joined: 10-March 02 From: Back from the abyss. Member No.: 2,316 |
Have I ever said it wasnt the persons fault? The cell phone its self isnt making the person drive badly. But it certainly facilitates bad driving. Much like knives dont make people kill other people, but they certainly make it easier for people to do it. Placing blame on inanimate objects is pretty stupid.
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Jun 26 2006, 01:04 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957 |
Texas, at least in the DFW area, has a lot of places like that. There's even places where unmanned radar stations tell you the speed limit in giant numbers, and your exact speed in giant numbers right under it. Almost nobody ever slows down at them, despite it being an area where there are lots of police. It's an odds game. If there are 500 drivers passing through during the hour you're driving to work, and only 20 of those get tickets it's very easy to just assume it won't happen to you, or that you'll be able to slow down enough once you actually see the officer or your radar detector pings. Sure, having the signs in place probably does slow some people down, but it's a far cry from preventing speeding from happening. |
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