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I have been told by a very good friend of mine who also happens to be a Traffic Officer that small plastic "coke type" bottle are being filled with harmful and corrosive substances such as paint-stripper, brake fluid and battery acid then left in the road for unsuspecting motorists to run over. The outcome of this will be obvious to any serious motorist. There has been 5 reported cases this week in the area my pal works in and the Police suspect its a bunch of kids who are off school this week. This is not a wind up or a late April fool, its genuine and credible information from a very reliable source so be very wary of running over anything in the road.
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I always try to avoid running over anything, even if it looks harmless.
Ran over a cardboard box once that turned out to be a breezeblock standing on its edge in the middle of the road through a small Sussex town. Driving a Land Rover fortunately, but both offside rims were dented.
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After following drivers who delight in running through each and every puddle over several miles, you have to wonder! Perhaps every driver should first pass a cycling or motorcycling proficiency test. Then, no longer so divorced from reality, they might remember look at the road, as well as the state of their make-up/satnav/text message. Modified because the original was unintentionally abrasive!
Edited by nortones2 on 04/04/2008 at 21:10
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I make a point of running over nothing other than stupid kids larking about during the school holidays, thus sustaining only blood stains on the bodywork that wash off easily.
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This does not surprise me in the slightest.
Just shows what mentality we are now dealing with.
These retarded, neolithic - so called children? What are their off spring going to be like eh?
Frightening thought....
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some years ago my brother was a passenger in a car coming home from a night out....they pulled up to remove a bicycle frame that was in the middle of the road , and it had been liberally smeared with dog muck.. poor sod had to finish the journey with his hands out of the car window
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The perps must have more money than sense. During my childhood there was barely enough money for food, and certainly none to throw into the road. If they're caught they should be made to live under 1930/1940 conditions for a few months. That would teach them the value of money.
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"neolithic"
Wouldn't they be throwing stones?
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I always try to avoid running over anything even if it looks harmless.
Me too.
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When I read the heading 'Stupid Kids' I thought it would refer to the habit of walking out into the road without looking causing traffic to slow or come to a halt. A friend only mentioned it to me last Saturday as it had been done purely for nuisance value. The kids went back the other way after she had passed. Makes me think does anyone ever get done for jay walking? I have only ever seen one person warned for this. Although they had crossed when the red man was showing there were no vehicles coming from either direction so it seemed OTT considering the many things that seem to be ignored.
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OO err!
When I was (much) younger, we used to put some water and bicarb (IIRC) in these new-fangled plastic bottles, screw the cap down tight, and place it under the wheels of parked lorries.
The resulting bang when the lorry moved away was most rewarding.
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I have to confess to chucking snails in front of cars when I was abut six. Sorry L'escargot
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I have to confess to chucking snails in front of cars when I was abut six.
I'm pretty sure there's a provision in the Town Police Clauses Act specifically dealing with gastropod-throwing.
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In designated streets only between the hours of darkness and then not on a Sunday, Christmas and Good Friday.
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I'm pretty sure there's a provision in the Town Police Clauses Act specifically dealing with gastropod-throwing.
Oddly enough, a sub-clause in clause 28, reads:
Town Police Clauses Act 1847
28 Penalty on persons committing any of the offences herein named:
Every person who throws or lays down any stones, coals, slate, shells, lime,
bricks, timber, iron, or other materials (except building materials so inclosed as to
prevent mischief to passengers):
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I think you'll find the shell has to be unoccupied*, and I was below the age of criminal responsibility. My gastropod chucking came to premature end when I discovered it didn't impress my blue eyed blonde neighbour of similar age.
*Displaced residential occupier is the wording in the Act.
Edited by Pugugly on 05/04/2008 at 13:16
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I have to confess to chucking snails in front of cars when I was abut six. Sorry L'escargot
No need to apologise Pugugly. As I've said many times in the past, I'd much sooner someone was taking the mickey than pretending I didn't exist. If you just ignored me then I would be crestfallen. Ostentatious, moi?
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What would be more worrying is when there are pedestrians near by and they get a face full of paint stripper! If I found somebody doing this I'd be pretty angry.
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How long would a plastic bottle survive with battery acid in it ? (innit)
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How long would a plastic bottle survive with battery acid in it ? (innit)
I don't know! (dunno) same with caustic soda, paint stripper and cellulose thinners - some come in plastic and other are in glass bottles.
My car battery is plastic. I know it is not the same grade as a pop bottle, but it is plastic still? Innit?!
I guess it is the strength of the chemical within as opposed to the grade of the plastic?
Edited by Tron on 05/04/2008 at 14:33
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I guess it is the strength of the chemical within as opposed to the grade of the plastic?
Bit of both perchance?
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In the distant past, there was a documentary on Radio 4 about people who never learned to drive, a certain G Brown being the best known (why learn to drive while we supply a chauffeur ?)
One of the other contributors was an 'ecowarrior' who believed every animal roadkill was a deliberate crime on the part of the motorist (either they were driving too poorly to avoid the animal, or deliberately targetted it, either way, they were at fault) so he picked up animal carcasses and replaced them back in the road with a brick or broken glass bottle inside them.
I have no doubt he believed in what he was trying to do.......
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