Essexyellows
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No but you can legislate on the knowledge its out there.
Disagree. Stupid people do stupid things be they illegal or not.
No but you can legislate on the knowledge its out there.
So why do we need any laws if the sensible do the right thing and the stupid don't and you can't do anything about it?Disagree. Stupid people do stupid things be they illegal or not.
Disagree. Stupid people do stupid things be they illegal or not.
And what of seatbelts?
TBH I don’t think it really matter which political party were in government during this pandemic they would also make similar mistakes. So if Labour or the LibDem were in power you can guarantee the Tories a long with ( more than likely ) the LibDems would criticise the Labour Party.It's obvious that people push the limits and bend the rules, something the government should already know.
If people bend the rules after the first lockdown, it's obvious they will do so again after the second one.
People with your attitude are allowing this government to get away with some shockingly poor decisions. Government are there to govern, not to abdicate ok responsibility when things go wrong.
Edit: Had it been a Labour government making the exact same decisions, you'd have been all over them.
Seatbelts & drink driving.
Do sensible people use common sense and put a seatbelt on? Yes
Do sensible people use common sense and not drive after a few drinks? Yes
Do stupid people still drink & drive? Yes.
Do stupid people still not wear seatbelts? Yes.
It's truly amazing how many people instantly turned from stupid to sensible the day the seat belt law came in.Seatbelts & drink driving.
Do sensible people use common sense and put a seatbelt on? Yes
Do sensible people use common sense and not drive after a few drinks? Yes
Do stupid people still drink & drive? Yes.
Do stupid people still not wear seatbelts? Yes.
...and there was no change in public attitudes when the laws changed?
It's truly amazing how many people instantly turned from stupid to sensible the day the seat belt law came in.
It's truly amazing how many people instantly turned from stupid to sensible the day the seat belt law came in.
You're wrong and you know it which is why you keep side stepping the point.About the only thing that changed is that folk thought "I might get caught".... same as any other illegal act.
Since then the fines have increased and there is talk of points on the licence for not wearing them............. because stupid people still don`t!
See above.
It`s against the law to speed, it`s against the law to use a mobile in your hand, it`s against the law to drive dangerously....... yet every day stupid people do and get caught.
Sensible people stick to the speed limit, don`t use a phone .......... because that is "common sense".
You're wrong and you know it which is why you keep side stepping the point.
About the only thing that changed is that folk thought "I might get caught".... same as any other illegal act.
Since then the fines have increased and there is talk of points on the licence for not wearing them............. because stupid people still don`t!
See above.
It`s against the law to speed, it`s against the law to use a mobile in your hand, it`s against the law to drive dangerously....... yet every day stupid people do and get caught.
Sensible people stick to the speed limit, don`t use a phone .......... because that is "common sense".
Interesting that you describe it as 'a ricket', compared to 'being flexible and adaptable' when Johnson does the same...Anyway... back to Covid....... Angela M seems to have dropped a ricket.
Coronavirus: Germany's Merkel reverses plans for Easter lockdown
Chancellor Angela Merkel describes the proposed five-day lockdown over Easter as a "mistake".www.bbc.co.uk
TBH I don’t think it really matter which political party were in government during this pandemic they would also make similar mistakes. So if Labour or the LibDem were in power you can guarantee the Tories a long with ( more than likely ) the LibDems would criticise the Labour Party.
It hasn’t been great the handling of the pandemic it also doesn’t help with idiots attending large gatherings we’ve the spread of the virus could be far greater than if they had abided by the guidelines.
Tragically this virus will be here for years and people will have to change.
My wife and I want to go to to Malta late July for our 60th, we were supposed to be going on a cruise to celebrate but that wasn’t a starter so we had to change our booking which cost me £100. So while people still want to be idiots and go out no masks no vaccination and no social distancing, then I’m afraid there will still be deaths and restrictions could still come and go and with a 3rd wave now hitting some parts of Europe I’m afraid that’s going to hit the U.K. and a possibility of a further lockdown.
So I think recriminations and enquires should take place when things have quietened down.
I`m right..... sensible people, applying common sense don`t break the law.
It`s not difficult to work out.
Interesting that you describe it as 'a ricket', compared to 'being flexible and adaptable' when Johnson does the same...