SchadenfreudeThere's nothing like administering first aid to cyclist who has just spanged into the back of a milk float when you have tears of laughter running down your face. The world is just one long episode of You've Been Framed - when have you laughed at the misfortune of others?
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 17 Dec 2009, 12:05)
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?"You don't even need to be driving. If you pull over but don't switch the engine off, you're still liable."
Is that really true? I'd heard someone say it, but thought it was bollocks.
Bloody hell, that's a bit shite... If I ever get someone try to phone me when I'm on my way home from work and I pull into a side street, I don't always turn the engine off.
Edit: Well, I will now, obviously.
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Mike Fishcake teamfishcake.co.uk - better than your mum's face, Mon 21 Dec 2009, 15:40,
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Yup, it's true.Much like many of this particular regime's things-which-are-illegal-anyway-but-we-want-to-make-more-money-from-fines laws.
While I agree that driving whilst using a phone should be classed as "without due care and attention" I actually applaud people who do it* -- since they are just as safe, according to our government, as someone pulled up at the side of the road to make or take a call.
*I don't really, but I feel a certain ambivalence at times.
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