quilp Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Lol... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 22 minutes ago, Manx17 said: Very sad and tragic for the lady and her family. The island is not what it once was and maybe more CTV and speed cameras are needed. I’ve seen the police are now looking for camera footage around the Pulrose area. I have to say the police worked really well and fast to arrest people. But I feel they have been let down. It must be so hard for the family. Agree. There shouldn’t be a need for CCTV but times have changed, so have the scrotes and real down right bad un’s. Look at the newspaper and you will see time and time again, left off with probation, a fine which the taxpayers pay through benefits. Some are not employable so will be on benefits for eternity. If someone wants to speed they will, no amount of signs will change that - speed cameras might and eventually a ban might change behaviour. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, 2112 said: Agree. There shouldn’t be a need for CCTV but times have changed, so have the scrotes and real down right bad un’s. Look at the newspaper and you will see time and time again, left off with probation, a fine which the taxpayers pay through benefits. Some are not employable so will be on benefits for eternity. If someone wants to speed they will, no amount of signs will change that - speed cameras might and eventually a ban might change behaviour. Sadly, that hasn't worked... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOR Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Manx17 said: Very sad and tragic for the lady and her family. The island is not what it once was and maybe more CTV and speed cameras are needed. I’ve seen the police are now looking for camera footage around the Pulrose area. I have to say the police worked really well and fast to arrest people. But I feel they have been let down. It must be so hard for the family. Really? In 1981 a young man down south was hit by a car between Ballakillowey and Ballafesson. And dragged much of the way apparently. Hit and run. No one was ever charged. (oh, and if you know anything about this, the Manx rumour mill was wrong, but that is by the way). Not so long ago a neighbour was sitting in the front room when the window was shattered as a coach wing mirror came crashing through it. The coach had just hit some nearby scaffolding. The (professional) driver carried on. He was luckily found but said he didn't notice anything, despite one hell of a bang and driving all the way to Castletown from Douglas with no nearside mirror. No charge. Yep, the island is er, not what it was. Edited March 23, 2022 by AOR 4 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Flint Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 2 hours ago, Manx17 said: Very sad and tragic for the lady and her family. The island is not what it once was and maybe more CTV and speed cameras are needed. I’ve seen the police are now looking for camera footage around the Pulrose area. I have to say the police worked really well and fast to arrest people. But I feel they have been let down. It must be so hard for the family. The Isle of Man has not changed. Road safety isn’t markedly improving due to a decision to do nothing meaningful with the road safety strategy. mark Newey is good SIO. I have every confidence he will solve this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Johnson Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Derek Flint said: The Isle of Man has not changed. Road safety isn’t markedly improving due to a decision to do nothing meaningful with the road safety strategy. mark Newey is good SIO. I have every confidence he will solve this. Road safety is not a thing here Derek as you well know. I canont for the life of me understand why the local politicos don't push it but they must be getting leaned on by the CS/ PS? There are bugger all speed traps and blatantly obvious places (Or as were known and signed as Accident Black Spots) where a speed limit would help are farmed out to UK consultants to do reports but no speed limits are introduced. The islands roads are as near Mad Max as it it possible to be without the Mohican hairstyle. Edited March 23, 2022 by Boris Johnson 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringy Rose Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 3 hours ago, Manx17 said: speed cameras are needed Speed cameras don't stop drunk and drug drivers. And on the adjacent island they've been used to replace the traffic police who *do* stop drunk and drug drivers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOR Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 (edited) 59 minutes ago, offshoremanxman said: Crime of the century 😂 Could well have been. And a near miss for a shard of double glazing through my neighbour's head, who was sat on the settee under the window. And the driver didn't even stop to check what damage he had caused. Oh, and you don't happen to have been a particular car driver down south do you, 40 years ago. Your attitude sounds like the type. Edited March 23, 2022 by AOR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah 01 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 49 minutes ago, Boris Johnson said: The islands roads are as near Mad Max as it it possible to be without the Mohican hairstyle. What absolute sensationalist tripe! 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Derek Flint said: The Isle of Man has not changed. Road safety isn’t markedly improving due to a decision to do nothing meaningful with the road safety strategy. mark Newey is good SIO. I have every confidence he will solve this. My guess would be that a member of the public called this in. Ordinarily, plod on the island couldn't find their arse cheeks with both hands. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 What's an SIO? (serious incident officer?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 The Islands roads are not too bad at all, ( until you visit a Body Shop)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOR Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, offshoremanxman said: What attitude is that? The fact I don’t get totally bent out of shape about a broken window over 10 years ago like it should be something constantly repeated on Crimewatch? Your attitude is defensive, and you're using ridiculous exaggeration to denigrate my points and to big yourself up. The two incidents I quoted were in response to a declaration that "the Island isn't what it once was". Suggesting some sort of wonderful but apocryphal community spirit I suppose. Edited March 23, 2022 by AOR 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Ship Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 41 minutes ago, doc.fixit said: What's an SIO? (serious incident officer?). Senior investigating officer. You should watch more TV. (If you'd watched Line of duty you'd have known CI, OCG, WTF, and ZYX as well, but you'd have been bloody disappointed at the revelation as to the identity of "H"... ) 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Ship Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, AOR said: Your attitude is defensive, and you're using ridiculous exaggeration to denigrate my points and to big yourself up. The two incidents I quoted were in response to a declaration that "the Island isn't what it once was". Suggesting some sort of wonderful but apocryphal community spirit I suppose. I'd have to say that when I read the two posts to the effect that the Island isn't what it once was, my immediate thought was of the hit and run you mentioned from 40 (is it really that long?) years ago. It beggars belief that on a place as small as the IoM, where everybody knows everybody else's business, that nobody was ever prosecuted. It was - and still is - a disgrace. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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