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Thanks Mandy for posting and letting us know you're OK - It'll take a while but broken bones heal. I am so happy to read you're going to be OK. Thanks indeed to the man for stopping the truck.
That pushchair bike thing is the most awesome thing ever and if I ever have children I'm getting one.
I'm completely with Buffalo Bill on this issue. And the thing about a law making drivers automatically liable is twofold. firstly we don't have to guess at its effects. Lots of places have that law so we can go and find out the pros and cons. secondly it would make it much easier to get rogue drivers off the roads because they would have to prove there was no case, rather than the CPS having to prove there was one, so cases would be much more likely to go to court. It's a bit 'Code Napolean', but not without precedent in motoring law, viz: speeding tickets, not renewing tax, parking fines etc. We could extend it to make corporations responsible too.
I've been having a bit of a think, and seriously, just how much private car use is there in London? I think the message has got through. well over half, maybe 3/4s of the traffic is people driving for work - cabs, vans, minicabs, slightly posher minicabs - airport chauffeurs etc, trucks, buses. Are we fighting the wrong fight here, and missing a more appropriate one?