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On Wed, 14 May 2008, Andy Leighton wrote:
> On Wed, 14 May 2008 19:40:43 +0100, Cynic wrote:
> > On Wed, 14 May 2008 11:07:50 -0700 (PDT), Jon
> > wrote:
> >
> >>In this country there is no law saying that either peds. or cyclists
> >>should "get out of the way" of other traffic.
> >
> > You are gravely mistaken. There are definitely laws that dictate that
> > cyclists and pedestrians should get out of the way of cars and trucks.
> > Laws that Parliament is powerless to change.
>
> Name those laws then. Also Parliament has the power to change any law -
> although that may be a difficult task for some laws.
I assume that:
1: he is being an arse
2: he is referring to the 'laws of physics'
You could possibly argue that pedestrians should get out of the way of
trucks if you were an absolute anarchist, but he clearly isn't - he's
not proposing absolute 'might is right' on the roads - he wants
motorised traffic to remain on a predictable side of the road, and
does not seem to suggest that HGVs should be permitted to shunt cars
out of their way.
regards, Ian SMith
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