Agreed, the point needs to be made each time. But I doubt that a coroner would be willing to do it, nor any politican brave enough. The opposition parties get great mileage out of railing against the government over road deaths, I doubt they would rather criticise those who actually cause the accidents in the first place. Bertie has come out today and made a fairly meek plea for all motorists to 'drive carefully' in light of the 5 deaths in Donegal on Saturday morning.ClubMan said:Ultimately the driver was to blame and the passengers were also culpable. This is probably the case in many other accidents. It would be better if this was stated clearly rather than pussy footing around the issue for fear of offending the next of kin or being seen to be harsh or whatever.
bond-007 said:Do you remember an epidose of the simpsons where they had to bring in a new police chief that would enforce the laws?
I wouldn't consider a thread on AAM to be 'pressure'. If you really want to bring pressure to bear, you'll need to up the stakes considerably.macnas said:So, Rainyday, the newspapers are wasting their time reporting on how that the laws are being broken. Surely it puts pressure on the powers-that-be to act! You know they only react to pressure.
CCOVICH said:I don't think that dead drunk drivers have ever been criticised in a coroner's court for causing the deaths of others.
ClubMan said:Ultimately the driver was to blame and the passengers were also culpable. This is probably the case in many other accidents. It would be better if this was stated clearly rather than pussy footing around the issue for fear of offending the next of kin or being seen to be harsh or whatever.
ophelia said:In France the excuse that the light bulb must have 'just blown', is not an offence, but it is an offence if you don't have a set of spare bulbs in your car to rectify the matter immediately if stopped by the the police. The same should be introduced here.
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