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    Read it. Pay attention.

    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10696130

    There's no such thing as an accident. Someone will have screwed up somewhere.
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    Very timely, James!
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    But I AM 10 foot tall annn...hang on...
    Ooops. Just checked...about 5ft 10in.
    As you were.
    And a good call, Jim. There are very few accidents.
    Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?

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    Every accident has a cause.
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    Respect to that dude, I spent 20 years doing a similar job and can really relate to his words. There is far to much tragedy and bad driving on our roads.
    Oh bugger

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    "It doesn't matter how good you think you are - 98 per cent of crashes are caused by drivers... People still have the view that crashes are accidents. There is no such thing as an accident ... It's not an act of God."


    This guys sounds like a cross between Katman and me. Good stuff. And he's a motorcyclist to boot.
    And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.

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    Sounds like a nice guy...
    Quote Originally Posted by Stu Kearns View Post
    98 per cent of crashes are caused by drivers.
    but that's a strange statement for a guy from that background to make.

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    Every accident has a cause.
    Every accident has multiple causes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by riffer View Post
    "It doesn't matter how good you think you are - 98 per cent of crashes are caused by drivers... People still have the view that crashes are accidents. There is no such thing as an accident ... It's not an act of God."


    This guys sounds like a cross between Katman and me. Good stuff. And he's a motorcyclist to boot.
    I'm afraid I've got problems with most of that.

    An accident is an inadvertent incident, nobody plans them. It’s patent nonsense to say there’s no such thing. You might mean that all accidents are preventable, (yet another modern safety industry slogan) but that’s also nonsense.

    I’ll let the rest slide, my ice is melting. Can we agree that most unfortunate incidences are really really regrettable and leave it at that?
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    Quote Originally Posted by riffer View Post
    This guys sounds like a cross between Katman and me. Good stuff. And he's a motorcyclist to boot.
    If I'm still in another 25 years time someone shoot me.

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    No doubt the guys seen it all and one has to feel for him but our lawmakers and co surely do nothing to help surely,i am well tired of the endless bullshit re drink driving, you only have to look at the bullshit sentences handed out to repeat offenders to come to the conclusion that they really dont give a shit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Katman View Post
    If I'm still in another 25 years time someone shoot me.
    We could just shoot you now and save you 25 years of
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kickaha View Post
    We could just shoot you now and save you 25 years of
    I've forwarded that post on to the police.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Katman View Post
    I've forwarded that post on to the police.
    Sweet,ive nothing to worry bout then
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    Et tu, Brute?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Katman View Post
    I've forwarded that post on to the police.
    As if Scumdog will do anything about it
    "If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."


    Quote Originally Posted by scracha View Post
    Even BP would shy away from cleaning up a sidecar oil spill.
    Quote Originally Posted by Warren Zevon
    Send Lawyers, guns and money, the shit has hit the fan

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