dvenman wrote:What caught my eye - other than the 100mph bit - was this comment:
Casualty reduction officer Simon Carlisle said: "At 84-years-old you are unlikely to have the same responsive reactions to that of a younger driver and so the speed this driver was doing was extremely worrying.
"If he needed to make any sudden manoeuvre he would have been in trouble."
You beat me to it. Your reactions are obviously quicker than mine!
My reactions to this idiotic statement were:
Bl**dy cheek, Simon!
Simon, you have no idea whether this driver had any advanced driver training and was planning for hazards accordingly.
Simon, you have no idea of the prevailing conditions at the time. Was it dry? Was there little traffic about? Was there good visibility?
Simon, it seems you know little about driving.
Simon, just how old are you? Not very, I suspect. Probably less than 20 if the silliness of your statement is anything to go by.
Simon, the only factual comment that you can make about this occurance is that the speed was illegal. You are not able to say for certain that it was dangerous or that...
"the speed this driver was doing was extremely worrying."Simon, it seems that because you are so young, your keyboard/tweetering fingers reacted much more quickly than your brain, which is only to be expected, that's how most young people with quick reactions react when it comes to twittering/FaceBooking/keyboarding. So, your inane, knee jerk comments are no more than one would expect from a young person who reacts to a situation without first knowing the facts.
But, hey, what am I saying? Simon, you're a Casualty Reduction Officer, you're paid to say these sort of knee jerk things. It would be naive of me to expect you to say...
"sorry, I do not have the full facts of this case. The speed was illegal, for which the driver will be prosecuted. However, I can't comment on whether the speed was dangerous or whether the speed was worrying until I'm in full receipt of the facts of the case. I am unable to say whether or not the driver's age has any bearing upon this case."