mynamehere Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A 94 year old woman "strayed" onto Lordship Lane a > month back, no, oops, she needed to cross LSL at a > horrible, dangerous pedestrian crossing to get to > the church on the other side. A driver decided > they could completely judge her speed and manner > of crossing and didn't slow enough to avoid > hitting her, knocking her to the ground and > breaking her hip. A 94-year-old with a broken hip > in many instances is a death sentence. This > dangerous reckless act of stupid cruelty went > entirely unremarked after an initial posting on > this forum. This happens all the time with > drivers destroying millions of infrastructure in a > time of severe cut backs. Drivers causing > millions in injuries borne by the NHS which then > has to cut back on other services. And of course > drivers wrecking their own cars and the cars of > others. Well that's the great industry that gives > us economic growth. not. > I am mesmerised by the group of you that equate > the chaos badly driven and used vehicles cause > with the sometime inconsiderate and in some rare > instances dangerous use of bicycles. What further > astounds me is political response at all levels of > government which disproportionately favours cars > and their drivers because, again, of a completely > false equation of the motor industry and economic > health. Dangerous motorists are of course a problem but that isn't what this thread is about.