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A friend was once given a biopsy by a sleep-deprived junior doctor.
They needed a sample of his colon, so inserted the long bendy jaws-on-the-end thingy, located the suspect area and... he shot through the ceiling. Doctor had forgotten to administer any anaesthetic.

What was your ouchiest moment?

(, Thu 29 Jul 2010, 17:29)
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When the system is set up so that cycling is as safe as driving a car (ie Holland) I think you'll see cyclists behaving better. I should stress again that I personally only jump red lights if there's no one crossing. And on the subject of it being the fucking law... actually lets not get started about car drivers whingeing about speed cameras.
(, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 10:33, 2 replies)
I concur about speed cameras.
You are still wrong to jump red lights at any point, though - people crossing or no - just as it's not right to kill people with no dependents, steal stuff from the rich, or abuse people because they're poor.
(, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 10:36, closed)
sure thing jesus

(, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 10:48, closed)
Oh you naughty, rebellious scamp, you!

(, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 10:58, closed)

*runs away giggling*
(, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 11:00, closed)
ANYONE jumping red lights
is committing an offence. Big deal, not a problem you might think. We all stretch the yellows and we all do 32 on that long straight bit near work.

BUT red lights are there to establish a safe traffic flow. If you follow the system, you CANNOT crash or hurt anyone (or if you do, it's the fault of the council who set up the timing). Not just "it lowers the risk" like speed cameras are supposed to do. You cannot crash. Which means that blind people can cross the road at the beeps with no risk. Drivers can set off on a green light and know that no-one's going to smack into the side of them coming out of the arm of the junction.

Jumping red lights is so, so much more dangerous than speeding that it's horrifying that you two-wheeled types are so keen on it.

Saying that, watching two red-light jumping cyclists run into one another was the funniest thing I've ever seen.
(, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 14:09, closed)
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