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| tigerbrew | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 08/11/2011 | | Posts | : | 100 | | Location | : | Bridlington, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 30 Nov 2011 - 19:21 Post title : A Message That Needs Populating | | | A powerful message that needs to be highly publicised:
Father-of-three Stephen Rawlinson, 26, was told: "Even the time to text eight characters is the time it takes to kill a man."
Judge Jonathan Rose said the distracted motorist's "arrogance" cost married factory worker Nigel Earnshaw his life.
The 58-year-old was riding his Honda 125cc bike to start a nightshift when Rawlinson's Ford Focus ploughed into him at a roundabout in Saltaire, West Yorks.
Mr Earnshaw was rushed to hospital with a smashed ankle and died 18 days later from deep vein thrombosis.
Rawlinson failed to see the bike — and thought the sound of the collision was children throwing stones at his car.
He denied he had been using his mobile. But Bradford Crown Court heard cops found a text he sent to his gran — whom he had been driving to pick up.
It said he would be there soon. The dad, of Bradford, was convicted of causing death by dangerous driving.
Judge Rose told him: "There was an arrogance in your driving. You were driving too fast. You wiped out the machine and the man who was upon it."
Rawlinson got three years' jail, a four-year driving ban and must retake his test.
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| feduke | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 11/08/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,441 | | Location | : | Daytona Beach, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 30 Nov 2011 - 20:29 Post title : Re: A Message That Needs Populating (Re: tigerbrew) | | | Were I the judge I would sentence him to 3 years also, but in the electric chair which we still proudly have for such idiots.
During Daytona Bike Week this year I watched a BMW rider cruise down Route US 1 in heavy car, truck and bike traffic texting as he went along. If there had been any way to get to him (forget it during bike week traffic) I would have kicked his bike over.
| I'm a secondhand vegetarian. Cows eat grass. I eat cows.
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 30 Nov 2011 - 21:48 Post title : Re: A Message That Needs Populating (Re: feduke) | | | I nearly got swiped off my bike by a copper holding his mic to his head while pulling into my lane. I would have stopped for a word but he put his blues on and sped off.
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| tigerbrew | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 08/11/2011 | | Posts | : | 100 | | Location | : | Bridlington, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 30 Nov 2011 - 21:53 Post title : Re: A Message That Needs Populating (Re: mat1600) | | | I see a female most mornings as I drive to work coming toward me and she always has her eys down in her lap instead of on the road.
One morning she had the wheels of her Range Rover (Chealsea Tractor) on my side of the road and suddenly saw me and veared back to her own side.
I intend to take her registration number (license plate) and make a complaint to the police as soon as I can obtain all of the number.
I just fear that one morning I won't make it to work cos I'm burried in a Range Rover. . . . . . . and I drive a VW van to work not my tigger.
| That that is, is. That that is not, is not. Is not that so?.
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 30 Nov 2011 - 21:57 Post title : Re: A Message That Needs Populating (Re: tigerbrew) | | | Steve - mate - you need to start going a different way. If you don't get to work and brew that beer, WTF am I going to drink in the Telegraph. Don't be selfish and think of your mates - its going to be hard work carting you to the brewery with a knackered leg.
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| feduke | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 11/08/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,441 | | Location | : | Daytona Beach, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 01 Dec 2011 - 01:48 Post title : Re: A Message That Needs Populating (Re: tigerbrew) | | |
If it happens most mornings in the same area why don't you just ask the police to follow you and you can point out the vehicle. We would be glad to do that here.
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 01 Dec 2011 - 08:50 Post title : Re: A Message That Needs Populating (Re: feduke) | | | 
This is Brid police we are talking about. I went in to report a car break-in, and they said I couldn't report it cos it wasn't mine
It was a long story after that and many complaints.
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| mjgt | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 16/09/2011 | | Posts | : | 2,201 | | Location | : | North Somerset, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 01 Dec 2011 - 14:30 Post title : Re: A Message That Needs Populating (Re: tigerbrew) | | |
tigerbrew wrote:
A powerful message that needs to be highly publicised:
Father-of-three Stephen Rawlinson, 26, was told: "Even the time to text eight characters is the time it takes to kill a man."
Judge Jonathan Rose said the distracted motorist's "arrogance" cost married factory worker Nigel Earnshaw his life.
The 58-year-old was riding his Honda 125cc bike to start a nightshift when Rawlinson's Ford Focus ploughed into him at a roundabout in Saltaire, West Yorks.
Mr Earnshaw was rushed to hospital with a smashed ankle and died 18 days later from deep vein thrombosis.
Rawlinson failed to see the bike ? and thought the sound of the collision was children throwing stones at his car.
He denied he had been using his mobile. But Bradford Crown Court heard cops found a text he sent to his gran ? whom he had been driving to pick up.
It said he would be there soon. The dad, of Bradford, was convicted of causing death by dangerous driving.
Judge Rose told him: "There was an arrogance in your driving. You were driving too fast. You wiped out the machine and the man who was upon it."
Rawlinson got three years' jail, a four-year driving ban and must retake his test.
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That will turn into 18months, and it's still called justice.
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| feduke | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 11/08/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,441 | | Location | : | Daytona Beach, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 01 Dec 2011 - 16:29 Post title : Re: A Message That Needs Populating (Re: mat1600) | | |
mat1600 wrote:
This is Brid police we are talking about. |
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Bird Police? Whazzat?
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| mjgt | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 16/09/2011 | | Posts | : | 2,201 | | Location | : | North Somerset, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 01 Dec 2011 - 16:43 Post title : Re: A Message That Needs Populating (Re: feduke) | | |
feduke wrote:
mat1600 wrote:
This is Brid police we are talking about. |
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Bird Police? Whazzat? |
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When Mat says "brid police" he means the police from Bridlington, his local rozzers (police).
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| feduke | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 11/08/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,441 | | Location | : | Daytona Beach, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 01 Dec 2011 - 17:03 Post title : Re: A Message That Needs Populating (Re: mjgt) | | | Thank you mjgt! Why don't we have all these neat words and sayings to confuse you? 
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| mjgt | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 16/09/2011 | | Posts | : | 2,201 | | Location | : | North Somerset, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 01 Dec 2011 - 17:17 Post title : Re: A Message That Needs Populating (Re: feduke) | | | Thats cos none of you speak english, like wot we do.
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| feduke | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 11/08/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,441 | | Location | : | Daytona Beach, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 01 Dec 2011 - 18:34 Post title : Re: A Message That Needs Populating (Re: mjgt) | | | You know, I noticed that the first time I ran into a Cockney in a pub. The first time I went to Scotland I flew into Edinburgh and had the nicest taxi driver in the world. All the way from the airport to the George Hotel he gave me a running commentary on every landmark and I think the history of the city since its inception. I didn't understand one God damned word the man said.
And then there's Wales.................
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 02 Dec 2011 - 00:08 Post title : Re: A Message That Needs Populating (Re: feduke) | | |
feduke wrote:
You know, I noticed that the first time I ran into a Cockney in a pub. The first time I went to Scotland I flew into Edinburgh and had the nicest taxi driver in the world. All the way from the airport to the George Hotel he gave me a running commentary on every landmark and I think the history of the city since its inception. I didn't understand one God damned word the man said.
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Great for biking. But crap beer. ... Nice place to be.
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