How selfish are people nowadays

[Jack-Arb aka Tiago Sinclair-Julio.]

Hi guys,

 

I have experience on the road both in Portugal and here in the UK. What I have to say is that between both countries theres so many differences. When I first started driving here one of the first things I noticed was how friendly drivers are here, always letting you out of a junctions and those sort of things!

 

Driving wise people here are so much more carefull, down a main road its rare seeing crazy overtakings and dangerous manouvers.

In Portugal they drive so badly, its common to see crazy overtakings, there are so many accidents on the roads, most people have lost friends or family in car crash's. I cant really remember any figures but I wouldn't be suprized if we were the worst drivers in Europe.

 

Unfortunatly its changing here, people are so impatient always in a rush it seems.

 

Jack

[David Humphries]

Hi guys,

 

I have experience on the road both in Portugal and here in the UK.

Unfortunatly its changing here, people are so impatient always in a rush it seems.

 

Jack

 

 

 

It's always good to get balance on these things.

Good post Tiago

 

 

 

 

Road Casualties

Pedestrian deaths at 40 year low

 

 

 

People killed in road accidents, Great Britain

 

In 2005, 671 pedestrians were killed in road accidents in Great Britain, this was 21 per cent of all deaths from road accidents, the lowest total for over 40 years.

 

The total number of deaths in road accidents fell slightly by 1 per cent to 3,201 in 2005 from 3,221 in 2004. However, the number of fatalities has remained fairly constant over the last ten years.

 

Just over half (52 per cent) of people killed in road accidents in 2005 were car users. Pedal cyclists and two-wheeled motor vehicle users represented 5 and 18 per cent of those killed respectively. Occupants of buses, coaches, goods and other vehicles accounted for the remaining 4 per cent of road deaths.

 

The total number of road casualties of all severities fell by 3 per cent between 2004 and 2005 to approximately 271,000 in Great Britain. This compares with an annual average of approximately 320,000 for the years 1994-98 and 324,000 in 1984.

 

The decline in the casualty rate, which takes into account the volume of traffic on the roads, has been much steeper. In 1964 there were 240 casualties per 100 million vehicle kilometres. By 2005 this had declined to 55 per 100 million vehicle kilometres.

 

The United Kingdom has a very good record for road safety compared with most other EU countries. In 2004 it had one of the lowest road death rates in the EU, at 5.6 per 100,000 population. The UK rate was also lower than the rates for other industrialised nations such as Japan (6.96 per 100,000 population), and substantially lower than that of Australia (8.15) and the United States (14.66).

 

 

 

 

 

Source: Department for Transport

 

Road casualty statistics for 2005 were published in Road Casualties Great Britain Main Results 2005 on 26th June 2006. The publication is available via the link on the right hand side.

 

Note:

The statistics refer to personal injury accidents on public roads (including footways) which became known to the police.

 

 

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=1208

 

 

 

 

 

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[Mesterh]

I know quite a few coppers, two of them firearms officers, one of them was involved in the menezes shooting.

 

Speak to any "decent" copper (and you'll find their are plenty about) and you will be told a tale of severe frsutration that they can't get out and do proper coppering because of paperwork and red tape.

 

You stop someone in the street, to search you have to fill in a long form and give them a receipt then fill in paperwork at the nick.

 

There are many decent copper out there that want to do a good job but can't....... and that is from someone who did nine month in Armley prison for beating up two of them

 

I'll explain....

 

I witnessed them beating up on a two lads, so instead of just witnessing what I had seen, daft arse Dean give them both a crack and asked them how they liked being punched, it ended up with about 8 police cars attending and all hell breaking loose, it also resulted in threats to me for months after, they even came out in civvies mob handed looking for me.

 

I never got chance to plead my case or say what happened as my barrister said if you plead not guilty and get found guilty you are looking at 3 years.

 

I am one of these that will help anyone and hate to see people getting hurt or bullied, it can go against you sometimes though.

 

I actually got away from the scene and was arrested 2 weeks later when they found out who I was. When I was being escorted by the custody seargent through the underground tunnel to the courts, he congratulated me and said I had made a lot of coppers in that nick happy, it was well known that these two coppers liked to dish it out and it's about time they got their comupance.

 

I was beginning to feel really bad up until that point and his comment made it all worthwhile, if you can look at it that way.

 

Sounds like those coppers where a right pair of bent buggers, but how where you sure that the lads didnt deserve a good kicking? I would have probably waded in and pinned em done while the coppers leathered them

[Dean Lofthouse]

Sounds like those coppers where a right pair of bent buggers, but how where you sure that the lads didnt deserve a good kicking? I would have probably waded in and pinned em done while the coppers leathered them

 

I was close enough to hear and see exactly what was being said and done. The cops had pulled over these lads for sounding their horn and then accused them of nicking bikes because they had an old rusty bike frame in the back of the truck, when they asked the lads to get out of the truck they then dragged them onto the floor and then rammed one of thems head into the side of the truck as he was getting up.

 

I honestly couldn't believe what I was witnessing and our lass (god bless her) was with me again.

 

It only happens to us

[andythesquirel]

I was close enough to hear and see exactly what was being said and done. The cops had pulled over these lads for sounding their horn and then accused them of nicking bikes because they had an old rusty bike frame in the back of the truck, when they asked the lads to get out of the truck they then dragged them onto the floor and then rammed one of thems head into the side of the truck as he was getting up.

 

I honestly couldn't believe what I was witnessing and our lass (god bless her) was with me again.

 

It only happens to us

 

Careful Dean. You'll put people off attending the climbing get together.

[skyhuck]

Careful Dean. You'll put people off attending the climbing get together.

 

LOL!!!!!!!!!!I'd love to see some hoodies try some thing when there are 20 plus hairy assed tree men about

[Mesterh]

I was close enough to hear and see exactly what was being said and done. The cops had pulled over these lads for sounding their horn and then accused them of nicking bikes because they had an old rusty bike frame in the back of the truck, when they asked the lads to get out of the truck they then dragged them onto the floor and then rammed one of thems head into the side of the truck as he was getting up.

 

I honestly couldn't believe what I was witnessing and our lass (god bless her) was with me again.

 

It only happens to us

 

Sounds like you did the right thing there then

[Dean Lofthouse]

Careful Dean. You'll put people off attending the climbing get together.

 

Lol, I think I'll start wearing lucky charms