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Bristol named the worst city for dangerous driving in the UK
(Image courtesy of Anna Pickard https://www.flickr.com/photos/90973553@N00)
Bristol has been named the worst city for dangerous driving in the UK.
A study by the Compensation Experts revealed that out of the whole of the UK, Bristol roads have the most dangerous drivers followed by London, Cardiff, and Leeds.
More than 2,000 UK drivers were surveyed to find out which cities are home to the most dangerous drivers in the country.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-named-worst-city-dangerous-5864648
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- john_smith 0 sec ago
The numbers you linked to relate to pedestrians. What about the other road users?
- Cyclo1964 7 min 24 sec ago
I guess the scary thing is the outlier's that bring the average up and then take into account where I live the limit is 30 so add 10 mph to those...
- stonojnr 9 min 30 sec ago
Yes, even if it just encouraged drivers to leave only 1m, not 1.5m, that's still probably 40-50cms more than most of us get, and I'd be totally ok...
- ROOTminus1 11 min 49 sec ago
He can see the same pictures as us, right? I'm guessing it's a chicken-and-egg situation; can't fix the road till the avalanche risk is cleared,...
- john_smith 40 min 17 sec ago
Why are you so damned rude? What is your problem exactly?
- David9694 1 hour 28 min ago
We’re on about things that happen only occasionally, like crashes involving bikes planes and trains - things that happen wholesale like anything to...
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- hairyairey 4 hours 36 min ago
Brackets around "killed by her boyfriend" I think makes it more readable. There's just too much going on in this sentence.
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Another completely worthless survey dependent upon what people say.
IAF I think all surveys are dependent upon what people say. I think that's kind of how they work
Sorry to be a spoilsport but we've been asked to remove the squirrel pic by its owner. If we can stick to royalty-free squirrels in future that'd be grand...
Dagnammit! I'm surprised that hasn't happened more often.
Strangely, that was just a link to their copy of the image (as opposed to downloading it and then uploading it here), but I'm not trying to rob them of any squirrel-related proceeds.
Prepared to donate to your legal fund for your impending lawsuit !
'Twas fair use, m'lud, and the aforementioned image is freely available on t'interwebs.
(I'm surprised they didn't just ask for an attribution so they could use the free advertising)
Just added in a Creative Commons image.
Also, my apologies to Geert Weggen/Fine Art America for previously using this: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/red-squirrels-sitting-in-an-camping-bus-with-canoe-geert-weggen.html
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Well, you know, I do what I can
Its you, so I have to ask, but IS THAT REAL??
It's as real as you want it to be.
If you're not squeamish, then have a look at this: http://cookingwithserena.com/canned-squirrel/
And you'd be surprised what you can find down the local store
OMG I can't unsee it!
This just sounds like an excuse for squirrel exploitation to me.
Exactly how many hazelnuts were they demanding for its use anyway?
The statistics are based on driver answers to a questionnaire, so we can extrapolate that Remainers are considerably more honest and less delusional than Leavers. Just throwing it out there.
Nigel brings in irrelevant subject.
No surprise there.
He is looking to have a discussion about something else other than dangerous driving.
Tedious
So Nigel is implying that there is a causal link of some kind between cr@p driving and whether you think that Brexit was the political and economic equivalent of putting a shotgun in your mouth? Really odd...
Pretty sure there's no reason involved in that claim at all.
100% consistent with shit stirring.
You get more troll points if you can get people to argue against you as if your lies are true.
Nigel's grasp of falsehood is on show here. Leeds voted Remain by 50.3 to 49.7. Cardiff was 60-40 and Bristol 62-38. None of those three make the top 10.
I just had a quick look at the Compensation Experts article: https://the-compensation-experts.co.uk/revealed-the-top-10-uk-cities-for-dangerous-driving/
Let's face it - I suspect that if you stopped a random group of drivers in Bristol, far more of them would fail a drugs test than an alcohol/breath test...
I daresay that you're right, though that's to be expected as drugs can stay in your system for a lot longer than alcohol.
Alcohol is a drug don't forget, and in spite of being legal one of the more dangerous to the individual and more damaging and costly to society.
The stats should be based on nips and cameras adjusted for road types and speeds.
Well, they apparently have problems seeing/avoiding three foot tall orange plastic 'wands' with reflective stuff on them. It's no wonder that they have problems seeing other vehicles (presumably not orange, and with less reflective stuff).
I'm getting a bit conflicted over the Bristol numbers.
As this is a self-reported poll, it means that 92.5% of Bristolian responders were being honest about phone use etc., but it also mentions that only 13% admitted to going over the speed limit which means that they're not being that honest after all.
Yes - it would be more interesting to see the other end of the scale - where are the most dishonest drivers. They're probably the most dangerous - overconfidence breeding complacency and all that.