If you receive a text message whilst you are driving, you should pull over and stop the vehicle if you want to read it. That should be the case. In New Jersey, a man reading an incoming text whilst driving swerved onto the other lane and hit a motorcyclist and his passenger. They both sustained serious injury which resulted in both having their left legs amputated. They subsequently brought a lawsuit against the offending driver and their lawyer also included the person who was initially texting the driver. Surely the offending driver has the moral obligation to pull over and read the text(s) The sender, if it were me would assume that proper precautions had been taken and that it was safe to continue texting.
The judge will give his ruling on May 25th. I will be very interested in the outcome, which, if the judge finds that the initial texter is also liable, would set a dangerous precedent.
Watch this space.
Wednesday 9 May 2012
The Proposed Internet Spying Bill, etc.
I see that Hilary Clinton is in India for "friendly" discussions with the Indian leader. Rubbish. She has been sent to bully the Indian government into imposing sanctions on Iran because they are making a non existent nuclear weapon. If I was the Indian leader, I would be telling her to go away and bother someone else. It will be interesting to see what transpires.
Today in the UK parliament the Queen (parasite) will give her usual speech to mark the opening of another session of parliament. I have read that it will contain sections on job creation and investment. So did the last speech and unemployment has risen and the UK is back in recession. The thing about this speech that really bothers me and it should bother everyone who uses the internet, is the bill to allow the UK security services to monitor all, yes ALL internet activity. Whether you are looking for cheap car insurance or booking a holiday and even researching your family tree, you will be spied on. Not only that, but a record will be kept of each individuals activity. This is a step too far in the war against non existent terrorism. This has nothing to do with keeping us safe and everything to do with keeping us in check. It is all about control. personally I will go on criticising our government in any way I see fit using language I see fit. I don't care what happens. Cameron is using the Queen to sanitise this invasion of our privacy because if it is an old woman who is telling the nation that we need to be spied on then maybe we will accept it. Not me. To be fair to Cameron, when has he ever been fair to us? he is just carrying on the work Blair and Brown started. This is a license to spy and people will only realise this when their neighbours start disappearing in the middle of the night. You might think that I am overreacting, but it is actually happening in China right now.
I see that yet another underwear bomber has been caught. This time however the CIA have said that he is a double agent and he was carrying a new type of bomb, one that contains no metallic objects and also that it is almost undetectable. I smell the bovine excrement in this one. Yet another CIA patsy who will be hung out to dry.
I will say this one last thing and I say it to David Cameron. If you are looking for terrorists to arrest then why have you not arrested Tony Blair for the murder of UK troops and innocent Iraqi civilians, and, oh yes, the suspicious death of Dr. David Kelly. Just a thought David if you find yourself with a bit of spare time.
Today in the UK parliament the Queen (parasite) will give her usual speech to mark the opening of another session of parliament. I have read that it will contain sections on job creation and investment. So did the last speech and unemployment has risen and the UK is back in recession. The thing about this speech that really bothers me and it should bother everyone who uses the internet, is the bill to allow the UK security services to monitor all, yes ALL internet activity. Whether you are looking for cheap car insurance or booking a holiday and even researching your family tree, you will be spied on. Not only that, but a record will be kept of each individuals activity. This is a step too far in the war against non existent terrorism. This has nothing to do with keeping us safe and everything to do with keeping us in check. It is all about control. personally I will go on criticising our government in any way I see fit using language I see fit. I don't care what happens. Cameron is using the Queen to sanitise this invasion of our privacy because if it is an old woman who is telling the nation that we need to be spied on then maybe we will accept it. Not me. To be fair to Cameron, when has he ever been fair to us? he is just carrying on the work Blair and Brown started. This is a license to spy and people will only realise this when their neighbours start disappearing in the middle of the night. You might think that I am overreacting, but it is actually happening in China right now.
I see that yet another underwear bomber has been caught. This time however the CIA have said that he is a double agent and he was carrying a new type of bomb, one that contains no metallic objects and also that it is almost undetectable. I smell the bovine excrement in this one. Yet another CIA patsy who will be hung out to dry.
I will say this one last thing and I say it to David Cameron. If you are looking for terrorists to arrest then why have you not arrested Tony Blair for the murder of UK troops and innocent Iraqi civilians, and, oh yes, the suspicious death of Dr. David Kelly. Just a thought David if you find yourself with a bit of spare time.
Tuesday 8 May 2012
France, UK, Olympic rip off.
It was good to see that the French voters finally managed to get rid of that obnoxious little man Sarkozy. He was unable to to disprove the allegations that Col. Gaddafi had funded his initial election campaign, and it was significant that Sarkozy was one of the most vociferous in getting Gaddafi executed, sorry, murdered. Now that he is no longer in power, I hope that Mr. Hollande will hold a public enquiry into Sarkozy's election campaign.
Cameron and Clegg have come out and said that they will reaffirm the coalitions vows. Does this constitute a civil partnership, and therefore bigamy, as they are both married already? I jest, of course.
I noticed that the Americans have thwarted an attempt, or should I say another attempt to smuggle a bomb hidden in a passengers underwear onto a plane. It was a set up on Christmas day in 2009, and I have suspicions that it is a set up now. This bomb did not contain metal and so would not have been detected. What about the scanners? The CIA stepped in and apprehended the would be bomber. Have the CIA agents got x-ray vision? I await further developments with interest.
The test event at London's Olympic stadium highlighted some worries for spectators attending the real thing. Food and drink prices were reported to be excessively high. For instance, a 500ml bottle of water will cost £1.60 and a basic lunch will cost as much as £40. No drink will be allowed to be taken into the events and, food will be allowed, but not an excessive amount. Spectators will be allowed to take empty bottles in to the stadium and fill them up with water for free. Rip off prices, I think you will agree. There will be airport style security at the events and armed troops will be on the streets in and around the venues. All in all, a pretty intimidating atmosphere. Thankfully, I will not be attending.
The turnout of voters at last Thursday's UK local elections was very low, in fact the majority of eligible voters did not bother to cast their vote. Ed Miliband, today commented that we face a crisis in politics due to the disillusionment of the electorate. I think he got it wrong. The politicians face a crisis. The reason that people do not vote is because they see that it makes no difference who or which party you vote for, everything carries on as before. The three big parties have the same policies and tell the same lies about what they are going to do to benefit the people of this country. There is never any benefit for the people, there is only benefit for the rich minority and British soldiers are still fighting and dying in illegal and unnecessary foreign wars. The population of the UK are being backed into a corner and very soon there will be a tipping point and when that is reached, who knows what will happen. I have an idea, but voicing it is probably illegal, and as our internet activity is being illegally monitored, it would not be prudent to mention the word riots. Oops.
That's all I have for now.
Cameron and Clegg have come out and said that they will reaffirm the coalitions vows. Does this constitute a civil partnership, and therefore bigamy, as they are both married already? I jest, of course.
I noticed that the Americans have thwarted an attempt, or should I say another attempt to smuggle a bomb hidden in a passengers underwear onto a plane. It was a set up on Christmas day in 2009, and I have suspicions that it is a set up now. This bomb did not contain metal and so would not have been detected. What about the scanners? The CIA stepped in and apprehended the would be bomber. Have the CIA agents got x-ray vision? I await further developments with interest.
The test event at London's Olympic stadium highlighted some worries for spectators attending the real thing. Food and drink prices were reported to be excessively high. For instance, a 500ml bottle of water will cost £1.60 and a basic lunch will cost as much as £40. No drink will be allowed to be taken into the events and, food will be allowed, but not an excessive amount. Spectators will be allowed to take empty bottles in to the stadium and fill them up with water for free. Rip off prices, I think you will agree. There will be airport style security at the events and armed troops will be on the streets in and around the venues. All in all, a pretty intimidating atmosphere. Thankfully, I will not be attending.
The turnout of voters at last Thursday's UK local elections was very low, in fact the majority of eligible voters did not bother to cast their vote. Ed Miliband, today commented that we face a crisis in politics due to the disillusionment of the electorate. I think he got it wrong. The politicians face a crisis. The reason that people do not vote is because they see that it makes no difference who or which party you vote for, everything carries on as before. The three big parties have the same policies and tell the same lies about what they are going to do to benefit the people of this country. There is never any benefit for the people, there is only benefit for the rich minority and British soldiers are still fighting and dying in illegal and unnecessary foreign wars. The population of the UK are being backed into a corner and very soon there will be a tipping point and when that is reached, who knows what will happen. I have an idea, but voicing it is probably illegal, and as our internet activity is being illegally monitored, it would not be prudent to mention the word riots. Oops.
That's all I have for now.
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