http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "...as any worse - than driving at 35mph in a 30mph zone..." en Sun, 31 May 2026 17:31:46 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4500#post-47732 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:35:19 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 47732@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I love that one - the speed limits should be increased to 80 on motorways because everyone goes at that speed anyway, so it's just legalising common practice.</p> <p>Getting boozed up and causing a breach of the peace at weekends is common practice now... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4500#post-47730 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:29:16 +0000 Smudge 47730@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Or how about "it's only <em>technically</em> stealing as the anti-shoplifting laws are widely disregarded"... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4500#post-47727 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:20:29 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 47727@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If I was to steal something of low value like a Mars Bar do you think I'd get away with the argument that I was an 'otherwise law-abiding shopper'...? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4500#post-47711 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:18:00 +0000 Smudge 47711@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Already penned an outraged email to the IAM this morning about an article which mentioned 80mph as "technically illegal". </p> <p>Both barrels...</p> <p>About an hour later got a reply thanking me for my valid comment and saying it had been passed on to the editor, (and mentioning a detail about my membership which I hadn't given, so they looked me up!) I shall read next months with interest! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4500#post-47708 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:52:01 +0000 Instography 47708@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well, only breaking it a little bit. A smidge. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4500#post-47701 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:35:16 +0000 kaputnik 47701@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We didn't think breaking the law was any more serious than breaking the law.</p> <p>QED </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4500#post-47693 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:09:45 +0000 chdot 47693@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>He said voicemail interception had been easy to do and that journalists would use it to "pry on things". "I don't think they necessarily thought of it as any worse - certainly at the beginning - than driving at 35mph in a 30mph zone."</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15850482" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15850482</a> </p>