spindrift Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 I've called someone a speedophile to their face. Nothing happened. I was quite disappointed actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnailyBoy Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Call someone a speedophile to their face spindrift and see what happens. Pssst.....it's nothing to do with Paedophile -phile , -ophile (-philes plural) (-ophiles plural )-phile or -ophile occurs in words which refer to someone who has a very strong liking for people or things of a particular kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 No, it isn't. One can exceed the limit whilst driving safely and competently. The fact that you cannot, or will not, obey the law, is a sign of incompetence in and of itself, regardless of the rest of your driving. As you say, almost everyone (or actually everyone) will occasionally slide over the limit by a few mph, but that's irrelevant to the argument about whether people doing so should be punished. If somebody breaks the law, that doesn't make the law wrong; it makes him wrong, so pay up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Any of the speedophiles care to defend this? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1303899/Driver-fined-just-400-brutally-attacking-neighbour-asked-slow-down.html You are a demented idiot Spindrift. Why would anybody defend a brutal attack? Wow, a socialist review reader linking to the Mail. They will quote the Daily Mail as and when it suits them and their agenda, the rest of the time it's the Daily Fail and any of it's millions in readership are moronic scum they hold below contempt. Just another example of their rank hypocrisy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 And another: Attacked dog walker speaks out A DOG walker from Stroud was punched in the face by a van driver after she asked him to slow down. Sharon Waite, 45, suffered a swollen nose, bruises and black eye in the horrific attack. Mrs Waite hopes that by going public it will help police track down the culprit. http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/news/Attacked-dog-walker-speaks/article-228014-detail/article.html Scratch a speedophile, get a psychopath. Give it a rest Spinny. Trawling the net for examples of bad driving (happened to be speeding too) and violent motorists and holding them up as examples of the normal motorist that exceeds the speed limit doesn't wash. I'm sure you buy into it 100% but you're fooling yourself. I could trawl the net and probably come up with many examples of dangerous cycling and use it as a strawman for the norm of cyclists as you are doing, but ultimately it adds nothing to the argument as it wouldn't be representative of the majority of cyclists, just as your citations bear no representation of normal motorists, even those that exceed the speed limits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 The fact that you cannot, or will not, obey the law, is a sign of incompetence in and of itself, regardless of the rest of your driving. As you say, almost everyone (or actually everyone) will occasionally slide over the limit by a few mph, but that's irrelevant to the argument about whether people doing so should be punished. If somebody breaks the law, that doesn't make the law wrong; it makes him wrong, so pay up. I'm as happy for you to think that as I am with my driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 I'm as happy for you to think that as I am with my driving. Which brings up another tangential point; the worst drivers are usually the ones who think they're good drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Which brings up another tangential point; the worst drivers are usually the ones who think they're good drivers. You're not far wrong HeadingNorth. The worst ones are those claiming to be the Mother Teresa's of the road, because they consume their energy on the critiscism of others but cannot recognise or accept their own flaws. Not to mention middle lane hoggers and those that drive at 40mph in 60mph zones in fine weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Which brings up another tangential point; the worst drivers are usually the ones who think they're good drivers. Very true. SnailyBoy/Auto98uk/Spindrift - take note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 You're not far wrong HeadingNorth. The worst ones are those claiming to be the Mother Teresa's of the road. Worse still are those who think they can be good drivers while not following the Highway Code or the legal speed limits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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