scott wrote:

> Jeremy Clarkson once said that he wanted there to be a big spike on your 
> steering wheel rather than an airbag.

That sounds like something Clarkson would say...

>> Call me cynical, but I can't help feeling it's only a matter of time 
>> before some twat driving a Subaru Impreza comes along and starts 
>> trying to drive like it's a rally circuit... :-P
> 
> Well why not, if he can see there's nobody else about and he's not going 
> to harm anyone else - isn't that the whole point?

No - the point is that people who buy Subarus seem to think it's 
completely OK to drive that way no matter who else is on the road.

> It should be illegal to drive in a dangerous manner, not to fall foul of 
> some arbitrary rule someone has made up, but then that would mean actual 
> police needed rather than machines ;-)

Yeah, that's the one.

The *other* problem being that if everything is a judgement call, it's 
much harder to prosecute people. That's kinda why they made it 
explicitly illegal to use a mobile phone while driving - to make 
absolutely sure people know they WILL be prosecuted and they can't 
wriggle out of it.

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