Bastard!

[noggythenog]

Oh yeh Christo pussying out eh with that old "i was just luaghing at noggy" chestnut. :lol


Actually Red has a foccin point.....i was born in 82 and since then i've crashed once...Red nil.......probably going just fast enough to stay balanced while not going fast so fast that your stabilisers fall off eh Red :b .


My gripe is at the portrayed fear of this guy and his sleep apnea although nowhere in the story does it actually say why he fell asleep.....he was advised not to drive.....plus advice is far different to being ordered isnt it........plus another thing :grumble .....quite what type of this sleep apnea he had isnt described......i always thought that most folk with sleep apnea just stopped breathing "when" they fall asleep rather than just randomly falling asleep in the middle of the day with no warning...the fact that he had sleep apnea is irrelevant.....the fact that he had driven for too long, fatigued himself and subsequently fell asleep is fully relavent.


So i kinda think the news story is a little bit of bullshit panic about folk with medical conditions and in actual fact anybody can fall asleep at the wheel if they arent responsible.


And like i say these conditions make up such a small percentage of drivers whereby the old folk are a very large percentage and growing all the time in an ageing society.


While the old farts are a danger i dont totally blame them....like i say the system is out to get them and although it is responsible to hand in their keys they know fine well that honesty isnt always the best policy and because of that its all to easy to kid themselves that they are still fit to drive.