Police excuse, so it's official!

Local rag has a story about an off-duty Lincs Police
Inspector who killed a father of 2 when he ploughed into
the back of his stationery car, was convicted of Dangerous
Driving and sentenced to 36 weeks in the slammer.

His appeal is based upon the argument that 'expert
evidence' should have been allowed at his trial which said
that he
"may have experienced a phenomenon known as 'Inattentional
Blindness' - when people genuinely look out but still do
not spot hazards"


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Looks like Rab C Nesbit.

R C Nesbit wrote:

> Police excuse, so it's official!
>
> Local rag has a story about an off-duty Lincs Police
> Inspector who killed a father of 2 when he ploughed into
> the back of his stationery car, was convicted of Dangerous
> Driving and sentenced to 36 weeks in the slammer.
>
> His appeal is based upon the argument that 'expert
> evidence' should have been allowed at his trial which said
> that he
> "may have experienced a phenomenon known as 'Inattentional
> Blindness' - when people genuinely look out but still do
> not spot hazards"

What a **** of a copper is all i can think of right now, other than you
say local, where exactly do you mean?

--
Donnie
"**** the world, it's time to fight back"

Lambretta Series 2 186cc "The Shitter"
Lambretta LD 175cc "The Chopper" SOLD and all the cash went on a telly!
Honda CB500R "Look out, Donnie's about!"

"Donnie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:xn0hety9b277rei001
@news.eternal-september.org:

> R C Nesbit wrote:
>
>> Police excuse, so it's official!
>>
>> Local rag has a story about an off-duty ********Lincs******* Police
>> Inspector who killed a father of 2 when he ploughed into
>> the back of his stationery car, was convicted of Dangerous
>> Driving and sentenced to 36 weeks in the slammer.
>>
>> His appeal is based upon the argument that 'expert
>> evidence' should have been allowed at his trial which said
>> that he
>> "may have experienced a phenomenon known as 'Inattentional
>> Blindness' - when people genuinely look out but still do
>> not spot hazards"
>
> What a **** of a copper is all i can think of right now, other than you
> say local, where exactly do you mean?
>

Lincs are not just sausages with extra sage

--
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BMW R1150GS

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember R C Nesbit <(E-Mail Removed)> saying
something like:

>His appeal is based upon the argument that 'expert
>evidence' should have been allowed at his trial which said
>that he
>"may have experienced a phenomenon known as 'Inattentional
>Blindness' - when people genuinely look out but still do
>not spot hazards"

Strangley, I had just that kind of thing today, as I came down my road I
saw a pair of cyclists coming up. I moved over but was slightly
disturbed to find in retrospect I didn't reduce my speed any. There was
plenty of room and they probably didn't think anything of it, but it's
something I usually do on this road.

Donnie spoke:
> > His appeal is based upon the argument that 'expert
> > evidence' should have been allowed at his trial which said
> > that he
> > "may have experienced a phenomenon known as 'Inattentional
> > Blindness' - when people genuinely look out but still do
> > not spot hazards"
>
> What a **** of a copper is all i can think of right now, other than you
> say local, where exactly do you mean?


The poor chap is trying to save his job!
If he went down he would loose it!

This is Lincs plod here - you know, the ones who are just one step behind
Brundstrom in their 'think of the children' attitude towards road safety
and devil-span motorcyclists!

He was probably too busy keeping an eye out for the hidden speed cameras
that litter the county.

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FJ1200, CCM130 Benelli Cabriolet (gone)
Looks like Rab C Nesbit.

On 01/06/2011 01:52, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> drugs began to take hold. I remember R C Nesbit<(E-Mail Removed)> saying
> something like:
>
>> His appeal is based upon the argument that 'expert
>> evidence' should have been allowed at his trial which said
>> that he
>> "may have experienced a phenomenon known as 'Inattentional
>> Blindness' - when people genuinely look out but still do
>> not spot hazards"
>
> Strangley, I had just that kind of thing today, as I came down my road I
> saw a pair of cyclists coming up. I moved over but was slightly
> disturbed to find in retrospect I didn't reduce my speed any. There was
> plenty of room and they probably didn't think anything of it, but it's
> something I usually do on this road.

A couple of weeks ago I was driving at night, with a slight drizzle, and
ahead of me was a cyclist who had only a flashing red light, not a solid
light as required. I found that I had no way of properly judging the
distance and came very close to taking him very roughly from behind.

On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:52:08 +0100, Charlie <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>A couple of weeks ago I was driving at night, with a slight drizzle, and
>ahead of me was a cyclist who had only a flashing red light, not a solid
>light as required. I found that I had no way of properly judging the
>distance and came very close to taking him very roughly from behind.

Some advocates of flashing reds actually feel that this confusion is a
good thing, on the basis that if drivers aren't certain of what
they're seeing, they'll tend to slow down.

Not a view to which I subscribe, and while flashing reds may be OK in
town where there's generally ambient light, so the message is just "I
am here", on country roads I'd always want a solid red to give some
perspective, in an "I'm occupying space on the road" way.

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> drugs began to take hold. I remember R C Nesbit <(E-Mail Removed)> saying
> something like:
>
> > His appeal is based upon the argument that 'expert
> > evidence' should have been allowed at his trial which said
> > that he
> > "may have experienced a phenomenon known as 'Inattentional
> > Blindness' - when people genuinely look out but still do
> > not spot hazards"
>
> Strangley, I had just that kind of thing today, as I came down my
> road I saw a pair of cyclists coming up. I moved over but was slightly
> disturbed to find in retrospect I didn't reduce my speed any. There
> was plenty of room and they probably didn't think anything of it, but
> it's something I usually do on this road.

Im confused now. Im assuming it was 2 way traffic, you were on your
side and they were on theirs? Plenty of room like you say, so why would
you slow down in the first place?

--
Donnie
"**** the world, it's time to fight back"

Lambretta Series 2 186cc "The Shitter"
Lambretta LD 175cc "The Chopper" SOLD and all the cash went on a telly!
Honda CB500R "Look out, Donnie's about!"

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Donnie" <(E-Mail Removed)>
saying something like:

>Im confused now. Im assuming it was 2 way traffic, you were on your
>side and they were on theirs? Plenty of room like you say, so why would
>you slow down in the first place?

'Cos the road's barely wider than single-track. About a track anna half,
in fact.

"Grimly Curmudgeon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> drugs began to take hold. I remember R C Nesbit <(E-Mail Removed)> saying
> something like:
>
>>His appeal is based upon the argument that 'expert
>>evidence' should have been allowed at his trial which said
>>that he
>>"may have experienced a phenomenon known as 'Inattentional
>>Blindness' - when people genuinely look out but still do
>>not spot hazards"
>
> Strangley, I had just that kind of thing today, as I came down my road I
> saw a pair of cyclists coming up. I moved over but was slightly
> disturbed to find in retrospect I didn't reduce my speed any. There was
> plenty of room and they probably didn't think anything of it, but it's
> something I usually do on this road.

I did it coming home on the bike (familiar road thing?). I looked past the
cars I intended overtaking, pulled out into the "wrong" side of the road and
then I saw the car coming towards me. [1] I barely got back onto my on side
of the road.

[1] I say "saw" but I actually screamed like a teenage girl at a ****ing
Take That concert.

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Beav