Gun I completely agree with you. But in some ways that it why speed limits are so important.

My nephew by marriage ran out in front of a car because he saw friends across the street. The family walked together frequently and his Aunt was actually a road safety officer and was with him at the time. The car driver could do nothing - he hit the boy. The family were told there was a (slim) possiblity that he would not regain the use of his legs or more likely would always walk with a limp. The driver was driving UNDER the speeed limit and was cleared of all blame by the Police and by the family, who accepted completely that it was the boy's fault.

He recovered without a limp, but I think in the end he bounced back quicker than the driver, who will always have to live with the memory and sensation of hitting a ten year old boy and watching him fly up into the air. The only positive is thanks to the fact he was observing the speed limit, he does not have to live with a death on his conscience which he could have done nothing to prevent.

Even the best educated children are still children, and there are plenty of people out there who are not the best educated to start with. I'm not demonising anyone behind the wheel, my rant about mothers is more about hypocrisy than anything. There are some right eejits out there on both sides.

no,no,no..... THEEEESE are Kerbs:

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image..._ap203body.jpg

You don't know the Kurds. You don't know their ways.

(Picture is a red x)

You don't know the turds, or what they weigh.


(Picture is a jubilant Kurd)

curb is American, kerb is British.

I have no idea which version the Canucks and Aussies prefer, but when used as a verb, curb is universal.

Since both are correct, I'll stick with KERB on the sidewalk and hope American speakers will CURB their laughter ;)

You'd prolly have to boil one of those several hours to get it tender enough to eat. Sailcat is now redefined.

Do I get a choice between this and the topless women promoting traffic safety in Demark?

They stole my idea!

those wacky Danes.

Suggestible drivers might be programmed into running real children over, like with post hypnotic suggestion. Most people drive in a highly suggestible kind of trance anyway, so who knows what effect this could have on people.

HA!

Hi Bono!

You know, every time you clap your hands, a child in Africa dies.

;)

Postcards from the Edge!

Not Edge, Bono!

Fake speed bumps are much more effective than fake children. The child painted on the road is most definitely going to cause a crash, particularly from someone unfamiliar with the area.

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