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"AC" wrote in message ... | "PG" wrote in - | berlin.de: | SNIP | | Oh that's so funny. Wherever you're from - and I doubt it's the UK - do | us all a favour and go back there. | | 'fraid to say that a spot of googling suggests that he is sadly from the | UK. Appeared in about '96 as , sprouting forth in his | inimitable style on pigeon shooting, bombing people, military history and | the like. A little more digging suggests he's a programmer, speaks Japanese | and even gives a contact address.... | And, surprise surprise.... drives a Ferrari. Still have a feeling he doesn't actually originate from the UK though, even if he lived there once. Pete |
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"Alex Heney" wrote in message ... | On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 08:05:14 +0100, "PG" wrote: | | snip | | This is why they're cracking down, moron. Accidents decreased by 30% in | the first month of operation. Coincidence, I suppose? And as for | fatalities, yes they've been too high in France. However in terms of the | total number of incidents per car on the road, the UK is well out in | front. | | | Indeed. The UK *is* well out in front, but not, I suspect, in the ay | you meant.. | | In terms of deaths & serious injuries per million vehicle kilometres ( | a much more useful measure than per car), the UK has had the fewest of | ALL countries where records are kept in each and every one of the last | 20+ years. Yes. I was referring to minor incidents, not resulting in death or serious injury, per road (vehicle) user. I've seen some surprising stats (lies, damned or otherwise, I don't know, I didn't collate them) that indicate as much. Pete |
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On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 11:58:41 +0100, "PG" wrote:
"Alex Heney" wrote in message .. . | On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 08:05:14 +0100, "PG" wrote: | | snip | | This is why they're cracking down, moron. Accidents decreased by 30% in | the first month of operation. Coincidence, I suppose? And as for | fatalities, yes they've been too high in France. However in terms of the | total number of incidents per car on the road, the UK is well out in | front. | | | Indeed. The UK *is* well out in front, but not, I suspect, in the ay | you meant.. | | In terms of deaths & serious injuries per million vehicle kilometres ( | a much more useful measure than per car), the UK has had the fewest of | ALL countries where records are kept in each and every one of the last | 20+ years. Yes. I was referring to minor incidents, not resulting in death or serious injury, per road (vehicle) user. I've seen some surprising stats (lies, damned or otherwise, I don't know, I didn't collate them) that indicate as much. OK. I haven't seen any figures on those, and I suspect they would not be very reliable, since there is no requirement to report them to anybody in most countries. I know that in this country (UK), you only have to tell the police if injury occurs, or if property has been damaged where the owner is not contactable at the scene. And while technically you are supposed to tell your insurance company about any incident, I don't imagine many people do unless they are making a claim. -- Alex Heney, Global Villager A committee has 6 or more legs and no brain. To reply by email, my address is aDOTjDOTheneyATbtinternetDOTcom |
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Ace wrote:
wrote: As soon as time allows I shall post a guide for foreign drivers speeding through France taking into account the recent changes. Do that. I'll post mine now: Rule 1. Have Swiss plates. That's all, folks... Excellent. Usefulness exceeded only by diplomatic plates. A not inconsiderable number of years back while living in Verbier . . . .a friend of mine . . . . . had diplomatic plates on his car and boy-O-boy did we have some fun with those. Proceed with caution when using Swiss driving licenses, however, there is reciprocity between France and Switzerland on driving license endorsement. |
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On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 14:42:11 +0000, funkraum
wrote: Proceed with caution when using Swiss driving licenses, however, there is reciprocity between France and Switzerland on driving license endorsement. Not sure how that could possibly work, as there's no concept of endorsement or points on a Swiss licence. -- Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club. |
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On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 09:53:48 +0100, Ace wrote:
On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 14:42:11 +0000, funkraum wrote: Proceed with caution when using Swiss driving licenses, however, there is reciprocity between France and Switzerland on driving license endorsement. Not sure how that could possibly work, as there's no concept of endorsement or points on a Swiss licence. Are you serious? How on earth do they cope then, if they cannot record and deal with repeated minor infringements? It seems crazy to have no way of imposing cumulative punishments potentially leading to a ban. -- Alex Heney, Global Villager "Keyboard? How quaint!" - Scotty To reply by email, my address is aDOTjDOTheneyATbtinternetDOTcom |
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On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 09:32:19 +0000 (UTC), Alex Heney
wrote: On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 09:53:48 +0100, Ace wrote: On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 14:42:11 +0000, funkraum wrote: Proceed with caution when using Swiss driving licenses, however, there is reciprocity between France and Switzerland on driving license endorsement. Not sure how that could possibly work, as there's no concept of endorsement or points on a Swiss licence. Are you serious? Yupp. How on earth do they cope then, if they cannot record and deal with repeated minor infringements? Who says they don't record them? Licenses and car registrations are all done by the police, independently in each canton, so it's quite easy for them. Not sure about cross-canton issues though. It seems crazy to have no way of imposing cumulative punishments potentially leading to a ban. I'm given to understand that persistant offenders may have their licences removed, but there are no hard & fast rules about this, as far as I know. -- Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club. |
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Alex Heney wrote:
It seems crazy to have no way of imposing cumulative punishments potentially leading to a ban. Are you related to Joe Stalin? -- 'Hog |
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Alex Heney wrote:
How on earth do they cope then, if they cannot record and deal with repeated minor infringements? They start with short bans straight away and suspended sentances for all but trivial speeding. At the trivial end they have fixed penalty fines sent to you. Pretty much the same in Germany in fact. It seems crazy to have no way of imposing cumulative punishments potentially leading to a ban. It would be :-) Ian |
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