How would you stop knife crime?

[RogerS]

and if I bumped into it to turn and walk away..

these days that would probably get you a knife in the back .... I've never gone looking for trouble in my life but if it finds me my inclination is to put it on its back asap where it cant do me any damage.

(most recently last october 4 little scrotes whacked up on blue wkd and lighter gas who tried to mug me in a tescos carpark - it took me all of 30 seconds to trash all four of them, which hopefully taught them a thing or two )

You're a man after my own heart! Way to go.

Is that a 'tsk tsk' I hear from the Trilbies?

 

[Digit]

ENGLISH! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Roy.

 

[Digit]

Is that a 'tsk tsk' I hear from the Trilbies?

No! Gasps of horror! :lol:

Roy.

 

[Wood3434]

Interesting topic I must say. Reading the Daily Record each day there is a stabbing story nearly every day now. There were 4 people dead just last weekend including a samurai sword attack in Glasgow. personally I'd never go for a night out in Glasgow as there have been too many stories of innocent people being murdered just for walking up the wrong street in Glasgow. The government needs to act quickly as there are far too many young lives being taken away due to the great increase in knife crime. So far the government have come up with the ideas of knife amnesty,increased jail sentences for people carrying knives and taking victims to the offenders to show what damage they have done.Now they have come up with instant jail sentences for knife carriers. They might aswell give everyone in the country a new knife in the post. There has to be harsh new laws brought in place for knife carriers to think twice. Capital punishment would be a good start.

 

[ronhayles]

digit...sounds like the devil has you top of its list. This...it was always the other drivers fault.... for how many accidents??? It would take a sleepy old judge to swallow that one. I'm grateful I didn,t have your parents!!! I've sixty odd years of driving without one single accident. Must be my motto of always looking forward, never backwards. Hope you're the forgiving type or St. Peter will black list you. Can't have accident prone saints in heaven. Do the Welsh go to heaven???

 

[Digit]

The other driver's insurances have paid out in every case Ron and I have a clean licence from 40yrs of driving. You haven't seen the local drivers!
One of the write offs was thus.
I was approaching a T junction and I was about 10 yds from its end when a very large tractor and trailer turned off the main road on my side.
Despite braking and trying to reverse the tractor passed clean over the bonnet.
He then drove off!
I kid you not!
I parked in front of the local Post Office and a chap backed into the slot in front of me, rammed me and just sat there.
I parked in a car par of at least one acre in size that was totally devoid of other vehicles, half an hour later the front bumper was on the deck.
My son reckons I should paint a target on my car.
I told him the locals manage well enough without one!

Roy.

 

[ronhayles]

if you are such a disaster with a car..what about your cabinet making...does the hinges fall off. I would have gotten out of your locality and emigrated, but having seen the drivers in New Zealand..perhaps it wouldn't be any better there. There has to be an explanation for your bad luck. any offers anyone!!!

 

[RogerS]

if you are such a disaster with a car..what about your cabinet making...does the hinges fall off. I would have gotten out of your locality and emigrated, but having seen the drivers in New Zealand..perhaps it wouldn't be any better there. There has to be an explanation for your bad luck. any offers anyone!!!

Well, I have a theory. Roy lives in Wales but he is English. Maybe the large St George's flag fluttering from the car aerial might have something to do with it? Just a guess, you understand..... :wink:

 

[Digit]

I know the reason al right.
Other drivers!
This morning I was faced with the driver of a 20cwt sleeper reversing down the main road towards me. Just up the road from me a new roundabout is being constructed, triple car pile up there yesterday.
One 93 old lady killed walking across the road in broad daylight without looking in the next village.
16 teenagers killed locally thus far this year, three motorcyclists killed and two seriously injured.
The only length of dual carriageway for miles has had a T junction sealed off with a temporary barrier to cut the death toll, locals claim the junction is 'dangerous' the police chief says it's the drivers. The barrier was pranged again yesterday.
A pond along the road from me has recently had a barrier fitted around it to keep the cars out.
The local breakers changed hand a couple of years back for a seven figure sum.
I have driven all over this country and never seen such poor driving standards as locally. Much of the cause is the fact that it is a popular retirement area with lousy public transport.
A local driving instructor says one of the biggest dangers is elderly ladies, their husbands have died and without public transport they decide to to drive and even after having been driven for so long they don't even know what to do with the pedals.
Cars not infrequently pass my home at well under 20mph with a terrified driver crouched over the wheel and leading a stream of irate drivers.
And they can't park either!
One lady driver passed my house last year on two wheel rims, when the police pulled her over she claimed she hadn't noticed anything wrong.
The local east European drivers also have a shocking record and seem to think that insurance is optional.
When I moved here the local courts opened one day per week, now it's three.
Anybody want to move here? :lol:
We have two paramedic ambulances station at local black spots permanently during daylight.

Roy.

 

[Digit]

And no Ron, the hinges haven't fallen off,... yet! :lol:

Roy.

 

[Digit]

Up date.
Had to go into town this afternoon for a pipe fitting as I'm updating my extractor system.
As I left the industrial estate I approached a T junction, and parked right up against the main road was a car. The lady driver was out and busy adjusting the child seat in the rear.
To pass her and turn either left or right required moving onto the wrong side of the road, thus blind siding any driver attempting to turn left onto the estate.
She was also blocking the entrance to the builder's yard.
Having left the town and joined the dual carriage way the car in front of me suddenly turned right across vehicles overtaking us and attempted to perform a U turn!
The first impact I had was leaving town one day I had to pass a parked vehicle illegally parked on my left. As I passed it a taxi that had been picking up a fare suddenly pulled across in front of me to turn into the supermarket car park.
As he did so I had a lovely view of the of the back of his head as he wasn't even looking in my direction.
After the impact I got out and approached his vehicle, whereupon he promptly wound the window up and locked the doors and grabbed his phone.
Some seconds later his boss rolled up, 'Do you accept responsibility!' There's his cab at 90 degrees to the kerb and all traffic stopped.
'No I bloody well don't!'
So he called the police.
Out come? His driver lost his license as he was apparently legally blind!!!!
Then he tried to blame me for damage to the other side of his car as well!!
Watch this space folks!!


Roy.

 

[big soft moose]

And you weren't arrested? Sounds like an outbreak of common sense locally.
Roy.

i definitely had an out break of common sense - i didnt bother calling the polis ! and didnt hang about to see if anyone else did

I doubt is boz, moz, tos, and foz reported it, and i didnt damage them badly anyway - just incapacitated them without causing lasting damage.

 

[Digit]

without causing lasting damage.

Pity! :lol:

Roy.