Grianane Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 http://www.manxradio.com/readNEwsItem.aspx?id=9236 to crash you generallly need to be driving too fast or in an inappropriate manner for the road or weather conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman8180 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 pointless thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feelslikeitshould Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 What? How can you possibly have a poll on whether to prosecute or not? Are we all supposed to head up there and carry out an investigation before deciding? Can we sentence him too? Let the police do their job, I see no reason at all to speculate on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambon Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 pointless thread Followed by a pointless response!!! There is no such thing as an accident. Someone is always to blame. Where there is blame there is a reason. The police as much as say this. Even they no longer call them accidents, they call them collisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grianane Posted September 5, 2007 Author Share Posted September 5, 2007 http://www.manxforums.com/forums/index.php...30&start=30 It links with this. The Police need to be proactive in prosecuting anything which results in rta's. Only that way will the idiots who race round the island be discouraged from doing so and needlessly killing innocent people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 http://www.manxradio.com/readNEwsItem.aspx?id=9236 to crash you generallly need to be driving too fast or in an inappropriate manner for the road or weather conditions. Who are you? CSI Douglas? pointless thread whatever.gif Seconded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grianane Posted September 5, 2007 Author Share Posted September 5, 2007 someone with an opinion who has seen too much carnage on the Mountain Road, too many innocent people killed by indiscriminate driving, and has been cut up too often by w*nkers on R plates thinks that bad driving should be prosecuted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feelslikeitshould Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 someone with an opinion who has seen too much carnage on the Mountain Road, too many innocent people killed by indiscriminate driving, and has been cut up too often by w*nkers on R plates thinks that bad driving should be prosecuted. Yes, when people break the law they should be held accountable and no-one disputes that fact but how can you be so sure that the guy in this case has broken the law? Besides which, you can't prosecute due to bad driving or most drives on the island would've been done by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grianane Posted September 5, 2007 Author Share Posted September 5, 2007 someone with an opinion who has seen too much carnage on the Mountain Road, too many innocent people killed by indiscriminate driving, and has been cut up too often by w*nkers on R plates thinks that bad driving should be prosecuted. Yes, when people break the law they should be held accountable and no-one disputes that fact but how can you be so sure that the guy in this case has broken the law? Besides which, you can't prosecute due to bad driving or most drives on the island would've been done by now. Correct, however driving carefully with consideration of speed limits, road conditions, weather, etc, and maintaining your vehicle generally avoids accidents, as such if you smash your car up on the mountain road for no explicable reason (oil spill, lightning strike, etc) shouldn't you expect to be prosecuted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilDDog Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 as such if you smash your car up on the mountain road for no explicable reason (oil spill, lightning strike, etc) shouldn't you expect to be prosecuted. Did you mean if someone leaves oil or diesel on the road and you come along and crash because of it you should be prosecuted, or do you mean that whoever leaves the oil spill should be prosecuted and if someone crashes because of a lightning strike they should be prosecuted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pragmatopian Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Yes, when people break the law they should be held accountable and no-one disputes that fact but how can you be so sure that the guy in this case has broken the law? Besides which, you can't prosecute due to bad driving or most drives on the island would've been done by now. Surely many road traffic offences fit under the broad heading 'bad driving'. They're not confined to speeding or drink driving. http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/Drive...ons/DG_10022425 (Can't find an IoM equivalent, but imagine there's a similar range of offences to the UK) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 I'm sure if any laws were broken, then charges will be made. As they're in posession of the facts, the police make that decision. For all you know, there may have been mechanical defects that caused the driver to lose control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 I'm sure if any laws were broken, then charges will be made. As they're in posession of the facts, the police make that decision. For all you know, there may have been mechanical defects that caused the driver to lose control. Or - what our prosecution mad friend might forget - there might have been another party involved, the driver might have taken evasive action because of another car, etc, etc, etc - leave it to the police to find out the facts and take the necessary actions. Just shouting PROSECUTE because you like the sound of it makes you look silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 someone with an opinion who has seen too much carnage on the Mountain Road, too many innocent people killed by indiscriminate driving, and has been cut up too often by w*nkers on R plates thinks that bad driving should be prosecuted. So much to say and yet so little sense attached to any of it. I have no idea where you are coming from with this thread. There has been an accident on the Mountain, you know absolutely none of the facts, there is a three line report on the BBC, nobody appears to have been injured. Maybe the driver was blinded by the sun? You have no idea of the facts at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumble Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 someone with an opinion who has seen too much carnage on the Mountain Road, too many innocent people killed by indiscriminate driving, and has been cut up too often by w*nkers on R plates thinks that bad driving should be prosecuted. I've got an opinion too - the last few times I've been over the Mountain Road I've made good, safe progress for a couple of miles, then had to slow to a crawl and trudge along behind half a dozen other timid souls stuck behind an imbecile who can't drive, who brakes from 35mph indiscriminately, hogs the road, flashes at people who overtake him/her, and would probably be the first to vote for a national speed limit because 'there's no need to rush'. Yes there is. I have things to do, people to see. If you can't maintain a reasonable speed on a derestricted road, find another route, or take lessons - you're a menace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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