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Roundabouts and other driving pet peeves

Bada-Bing! said:
More onus needs to put be on the delivery companies to check then.
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100%. But as it stands, they benefit from abusing the riders, and restaurants.

I've never understood how it's taken off tbh, restaurants get screwed, riders earn **** money, receiver is rarely happy...
 
Bada-Bing! said:
I think I have got deliveroo once/twice. Never again. It’s just for lazy peeps imo. They got the order wrong, it was cold and got fewer chips (ordered fish and chips).
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I've had it twice, both times I was on call, called in to man a project and didnt have time or organisation to have food with me...

Mcdonalds once, and kebab once.

Both times turned up cold, drink sweat on the food, seemed slimey, and like you it felt like the fries were barely half full.

Never again. When I have the very rare takeaway now, mostly Indian or Chinese, I drive to the restaurant and bring it back piping hot!
 
Bada-Bing! said:
I think I have got deliveroo once/twice. Never again. It's just for lazy peeps imo. They got the order wrong, it was cold and got fewer chips (ordered fish and chips).
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As a taxi driver 25+ years ago, we sometimes had good requests for the lazy b'stards. One time it was a MacDonalds to a house in the middle of bloody nowhere in the country 10 miles out of town. They just complained it was cold.
 
Bada-Bing! said:
But:

www.bbc.co.uk

No plans to change passenger rules for new young drivers a 'major oversight', AA says

Government plans to overhaul driving laws do not include graduated licences for new drivers, despite calls for their introduction.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
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This is the justification from the article:

"Asked why graduated licences had not been included, she told BBC Breakfast: "We feel it could potentially overly target younger drivers and unfairly discriminate against them, particularly those who are young parents, young carers, for those who are working, for example."

The point is it does target younger drivers as the statistics show they are one of the most "at risk" groups from being involved in serious car accidents, so why would policy not be included to target them?
 
odw26 said:
This is the justification from the article:

"Asked why graduated licences had not been included, she told BBC Breakfast: "We feel it could potentially overly target younger drivers and unfairly discriminate against them, particularly those who are young parents, young carers, for those who are working, for example."

The point is it does target younger drivers as the statistics show they are one of the most "at risk" groups from being involved in serious car accidents, so why would policy not be included to target them?
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Being cynical target the group least likely to vote for you, or change there vote in protest.

I think eye checks should be compulsory for every driver but definitely for over 70's

I'm going to guess there are also less over 70's actually driving so easier to implement. I don't have the stats but I'm sure i heard today younger new drivers more likely to have accidents partly due to being less risk adverse.
 
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They are completely giving up any responsibility protecting young drivers' lives and putting the onus on that group, when clearly they are more likely to take risks and die.

They hide behind let's do more "Think" driving campaigns on this and we'll continue to monitor the position. Of course that's not going to work.

And how many "Think" campaigns do you see for mobile phone use whilst driving? And the evidence behind it increasing risks of accidents.
 
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How would the graduated licenses be enforceable? Randomly pull over young looking people who have other young looking people in the car? I get young people are the highest risk but the practical implications of this seem to just be giving the police the power to harass younger people together in a car for doing something that fundamentally isn't illegal except in a very small window.
 
Ragey Erasmus said:
How would the graduated licenses be enforceable?
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Yes, ‘fraid so. It’s effective in other countries and enforced. See Canada, Australia.
Ragey Erasmus said:
Randomly pull over young looking people who have other young looking people in the car?
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It’s not just about randomly pulling them over.
Ragey Erasmus said:
I get young people are the highest risk but the practical implications of this seem to just be giving the police the power to harass younger people together in a car for doing something that fundamentally isn't illegal except in a very small window.
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But it’s not a reason not to do so. Especially when young lives are at stake and there’s clear evidence that they are at higher risk. Isn’t the Govt.’s duty of care to save lives?

Parents of victims have been crying out for something to be done. But it falls on deaf ears again.
 

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