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Turin Machine
Just sitting here at Turin Towers watching my zero hours slaves manicuring my rolling acres with nail scissors and it occurred to me, I haven't seen any police patrols out lately stopping drivers to test them, have you? And why? When drink driving has become so anti social (along with not wearing seat belts) why has the same not applied to using mobiles? And come to that speeding? Just seems odd that we can reduce our risk level by applying common sense in some things but not others. Odd that.
What driving restrictions would you lot most like to see enforced, given that the boys in blue can't do everything? Answers on a postcard please. Political rants will go on the fire unopened!
On the edge
With the cuts in Police budgets we seem to have survived reasonably well. I'm not convinced that random Police checks do very much at all. Far better to use a combination, using the latest portable technology. Can all be achieved in the existing budget.
SirWilliam
The stock in trade response is to " educate " people as to why they should not speed , drink , use mobiles etc . Once some erudite lacky has stood before a camera and uttered a few niceties on the matter all is well . Simples .
Biker1
QUOTE (SirWilliam @ Dec 20 2017, 04:22 PM) *
The stock in trade response is to " educate " people as to why they should not speed , drink , use mobiles etc .

They could start with our MP!! laugh.gif laugh.gif
Ironic that he's the one campaigning for a "safer" A34 after the accidents on that road caused by mobile phone use! rolleyes.gif
je suis Charlie
QUOTE (Biker1 @ Dec 20 2017, 04:04 PM) *
They could start with our MP!! laugh.gif laugh.gif
Ironic that he's the one campaigning for a "safer" A34 after the accidents on that road caused by mobile phone use! rolleyes.gif

I agree! Headlines should read "Beleaguered Tory part MP paint bullseye on own forehead". What a dufus.
SirWilliam
QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Dec 20 2017, 04:51 PM) *
I agree! Headlines should read "Beleaguered Tory part MP paint bullseye on own forehead". What a dufus.


Would loved to have been a fly in the googles of the motorcycle cop who pulled Beynon over for using his phone in the traffic queue .
" Scuse me Sir but are you aware it as offence to use a mobile device whilst in charge of a motor vehicle ?".
" Of course officer I am an MP ".
"An M what Sir ?
" P man P .
" No need to get personal Sir , I am going to issue you with a statuary summons to attend a magistrates court ".
" Drive carefully now " . tongue.gif

newres
QUOTE (SirWilliam @ Dec 20 2017, 07:00 PM) *
Would loved to have been a fly in the googles of the motorcycle cop who pulled Beynon over for using his phone in the traffic queue .
" Scuse me Sir but are you aware it as offence to use a mobile device whilst in charge of a motor vehicle ?".
" Of course officer I am an MP ".
"An M what Sir ?
" P man P .
" No need to get personal Sir , I am going to issue you with a statuary summons to attend a magistrates court ".
" Drive carefully now " . tongue.gif

Didn't the idiot say he thought it was allowed because he was going slowly?
Turin Machine
QUOTE (newres @ Dec 20 2017, 07:02 PM) *
Didn't the idiot say he thought it was allowed because he was going slowly?

Thinking too slowly! I hope they DNA'd him. It's this sort of thing that makes everyone upset, I mean for sky pixies sake! angry.gif angry.gif
TallDarkAndHandsome
QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Dec 20 2017, 07:07 PM) *
Thinking too slowly! I hope they DNA'd him. It's this sort of thing that makes everyone upset, I mean for sky pixies sake! angry.gif angry.gif


Wonder if he'll be claiming expenses for all the taxi rides.....😂
SirWilliam
QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Dec 20 2017, 07:23 PM) *
Wonder if he'll be claiming expenses for all the taxi rides.....😂


Of course , after all he was elected by the sane members of the great unwashed and therefore entitled to be treated accordingly .
I wouldn't mind so much if he held his hand up and admitted to being an f ing idiot but oh no , we get the " man in my position " grovelling as though somehow he is different to the rest of us .
Maybe he is . wink.gif wink.gif
TallDarkAndHandsome
QUOTE (SirWilliam @ Dec 20 2017, 09:00 PM) *
Of course , after all he was elected by the sane members of the great unwashed and therefore entitled to be treated accordingly .
I wouldn't mind so much if he held his hand up and admitted to being an f ing idiot but oh no , we get the " man in my position " grovelling as though somehow he is different to the rest of us .
Maybe he is . wink.gif wink.gif


He is. Silver spoon. Family fortune. Owns half of West Berkshire. Never been impressed since the days when he was in charge of fisheries and couldn't name the fish.😂
On the edge
QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Dec 20 2017, 09:27 PM) *
He is. Silver spoon. Family fortune. Owns half of West Berkshire. Never been impressed since the days when he was in charge of fisheries and couldn't name the fish.😂


Err, what do we want him to be doing? Boasting about how profitable his business is, what a big expensive car and boat he's got, and the resort he spent his holiday? That's the Tory way, so I can understand the gripes laugh.gif

For us little people, it could have been a blessing in disguise. Having to rely on public transport to get about in West Berkshire might just have graphically demonstrated the dire state it's reached to him personally. Somehow I doubt it; if you are well heeled enough to regard the cost of taxi's or private hire cars as a minor irritation, it's not going to be much of a lesson, let alone deterrent. Again, no surprise, that's the Tory way!

Cognosco
QUOTE (On the edge @ Dec 21 2017, 11:07 AM) *
Err, what do we want him to be doing? Boasting about how profitable his business is, what a big expensive car and boat he's got, and the resort he spent his holiday? That's the Tory way, so I can understand the gripes laugh.gif

For us little people, it could have been a blessing in disguise. Having to rely on public transport to get about in West Berkshire might just have graphically demonstrated the dire state it's reached to him personally. Somehow I doubt it; if you are well heeled enough to regard the cost of taxi's or private hire cars as a minor irritation, it's not going to be much of a lesson, let alone deterrent. Again, no surprise, that's the Tory way!


"Loads a money" fakers. People who need to brag about how much money they are worth, how important a job they have, how big a business they have etc. are usually the Walter Mitty types! Nearest they have got to a life afloat is probably on the boating lake in Viccy park and as for holidays, Butlins at Skeggy for 10 days.

Still it keeps them amused and whilst day dreaming on this forum they are not causing havoc elsewhere are they! rolleyes.gif

Seasons Greetings to all!
je suis Charlie
QUOTE (Cognosco @ Dec 21 2017, 11:42 AM) *
"Loads a money" fakers. People who need to brag about how much money they are worth, how important a job they have, how big a business they have etc. are usually the Walter Mitty types! Nearest they have got to a life afloat is probably on the boating lake in Viccy park and as for holidays, Butlins at Skeggy for 10 days.

Still it keeps them amused and whilst day dreaming on this forum they are not causing havoc elsewhere are they! rolleyes.gif

Seasons Greetings to all!

I've never boasted, merely stated, usually when provoked or simply when asked. Unlike others who openly flaunt their lefty credentials. Jealousy howeveris a green eyed god.
Andy Capp
QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Dec 21 2017, 12:58 PM) *
I've never boasted, merely stated, usually when provoked or simply when asked. Unlike others who openly flaunt their lefty credentials. Jealousy howeveris a green eyed god.

That might be how you see things, but the truth is well documented in this forum.
je suis Charlie
QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Dec 21 2017, 04:20 PM) *
That might be how you see things, but the truth is well documented in this forum.

It may be for you you little ******. I'm proud of what I've got, jealous retards don't understand having pride in ones achievements. Probably because you've got nothing to be proud of.
Turin Machine
Sigh! So much for a Christmas truce. So no football match in no man's land then. Chingle wells. dry.gif
Cognosco
QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Dec 21 2017, 04:30 PM) *
It may be for you you little ******. I'm proud of what I've got, jealous retards don't understand having pride in ones achievements. Probably because you've got nothing to be proud of.


Having, supposedly, a large wedge a large boat and I expect lots of bling on display is probably not too much to be proud of is it? Most of the better achievements in my opinion have been made by people who have had very little material gains and certainly do not brag about it on a small provincial newspaper forum! Still it's a free world still, at the moment so crack on. rolleyes.gif
On the edge
QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Dec 21 2017, 04:30 PM) *
It may be for you you little ******. I'm proud of what I've got, jealous retards don't understand having pride in ones achievements. Probably because you've got nothing to be proud of.


I'm sure you are very proud of your possessions, but it doesn't mean anyone else is desperate for the same thing.

The old chap who lives next to my Aunt has no car, a little semi, doesn't have holidays. Spends his time working for a disability charity - who recently gave him a long service award. Has had his paintings displayed at the Royal Acadamy and is a concert level pianist; still called. I doubt if you'd be jealous of these achievements.
nerc
Mr Beynon made a mistake and has made and has accepted the consequences also he has said he is sorry.

If it had been a non-know local person would you all have made such a fuss?.

We all make mistakes and that should be the end of the story.

How about praising him for some of the good things he has done.
TallDarkAndHandsome
QUOTE (nerc @ Dec 21 2017, 07:10 PM) *
Mr Beynon made a mistake and has made and has accepted the consequences also he has said he is sorry.

If it had been a non-know local person would you all have made such a fuss?.

We all make mistakes and that should be the end of the story.

How about praising him for some of the good things he has done.


Are you his wife? Or a member of his team?😂
Biker1
QUOTE (nerc @ Dec 21 2017, 08:10 PM) *
Mr Beynon made a mistake and has made and has accepted the consequences also he has said he is sorry.

If it had been a non-know local person would you all have made such a fuss?.

We all make mistakes and that should be the end of the story.

Because he is a senior MP and a member of the government who are (should be) leading this country. there fore he should be setting and example to us all.
For an MP to have ignorance of the law in inexcusable.
Using a mobile phone whist driving kills people and he, of all people who is campaigning for a "safer" A34 should be fully aware of this.
It is irrelevant that he was in slow traffic. Bad practice spreads like a cancer and people seeing him doing this would think it's OK for them to copy.
The driver of the lorry that killed three people this year made a mistake and both their family and himself will not see the end of the story for the rest of their lives.

QUOTE (nerc @ Dec 21 2017, 08:10 PM) *
How about praising him for some of the good things he has done.

Difficult for me personally to find being anti-bloodsports, but irrelevant in this case anyway.
je suis Charlie
QUOTE (Biker1 @ Dec 21 2017, 07:28 PM) *
Because he is a senior MP and a member of the government who are (should be) leading this country. there fore he should be setting and example to us all.
For an MP to have ignorance of the law in inexcusable.
Using a mobile phone whist driving kills people and he, of all people who is campaigning for a "safer" A34 should be fully aware of this.
It is irrelevant that he was in slow traffic. Bad practice spreads like a cancer and people seeing him doing this would think it's OK for them to copy.
The driver of the lorry that killed three people this year made a mistake and both their family and himself will not see the end of the story for the rest of their lives.


Difficult for me personally to find being anti-bloodsports, but irrelevant in this case anyway.

Agree with all that.
TallDarkAndHandsome
QUOTE (je suis Charlie @ Dec 21 2017, 07:56 PM) *
Agree with all that.

And me. I do hope he does not claim expenses for taxis in the next 6 months. Won't look good for one of the richest landowners in West Berkshire. Bit like campaigning to stay in the EU when you directly benefit from the CAP.
Strafin
Just to add in, he put his hands up after he had been tried and convicted. He was rather weasly with his excuses before then.
SirWilliam
Despite the furore little doubt he will have a jolly xmas and a have a good "larf" with his cronies over Scotland's finest . The Tories will never learn and , in the interests of balance , neither will Labour . A champagne socialist is as bad as a condescending millionaire who pays lip service to the plight of the needy .
Whichever box dear reader that you feel best fits your position...............Merry xmas.
On the edge
QUOTE (SirWilliam @ Dec 22 2017, 11:38 AM) *
Despite the furore little doubt he will have a jolly xmas and a have a good "larf" with his cronies over Scotland's finest . The Tories will never learn and , in the interests of balance , neither will Labour . A champagne socialist is as bad as a condescending millionaire who pays lip service to the plight of the needy .
Whichever box dear reader that you feel best fits your position...............Merry xmas.


Ach; that's the turkey well and truly stuffed Sir William! Can the last one out switch the lights off?
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