Pedestrians should wear hi-vis (or so a lawyer thinks)

[summerdays]

"A lawyer nicknamed ‘Mr Loophole’ who has helped a string of celebrity clients avoid being convicted of motoring offences says that pedestrians should have to wear high-visibility clothing at night."

http://road.cc/content/news/120591-...clothing-says-mr-loophole-lawyer-who-defended

I have one question (ok two) for Mr Loophole..... "Was your client wearing hi-vis?", and if not what was he going to do once he had got out of his car?

 

[Beebo]

What a total shitbag! There appears to be no thought given to the fact that if the driver had been paying attention he wouldnt have hit him.
BTW his client pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention.
I guess this is what we call UK car culture @GrumpyGregry

 

[GrumpyGregry]

What a total ****bag! There appears to be no thought given to the fact that if the driver had been paying attention he wouldnt have hit him.
BTW his client pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention.
I guess this is what we call UK car culture @GrumpyGregry

Yep.

and the true demonstration of how embedded that culture is comes from the lack of universal derision his idiocy has attracted.

 

[Ganymede]

When I was a primary school child in the late 60s we were given reflective strips to attach to our coats for when we were walking home. A government initiative. Of course we all walked in those days, plus we had the weird hour-not-going-back-in-winter thing so the morning walk to school was in the dark as well. Possibly as a result of that I am always aware of my visibility as a pedestrian when walking on roads with no pavement - it's pitch black where I live and I'm extra vigilant if I find myself coming home in the dark with subfusc clothing. But kitting all peds out in hi-viz seems nonsense to me.

 

[spen666]

Yep.

and the true demonstration of how embedded that culture is comes from the lack of universal derision his idiocy has attracted.

Imagine if he had said it was a rape victims fault for wearing short skirt etc.

The PC brigade would have been out in force, but as you say nothing mentioned about this

 

[Ganymede]

"The Manchester-based lawyer acquired his nickname, which he has trademarked," (my italics)

The man's a waste of skin.

 

[spen666]

[QUOTE 3115972, member: 45"]Despite what Mr Loophole said, the poor man wasn't invisible. The driver wasn't paying proper attention.

And lawyers look up to this bloke.[/QUOTE]

Do they?

Well, I'm a lawyer and I for one do not look up to him

 

[spen666]

[QUOTE 3115990, member: 45"]You've defended him on here in the past.[/QUOTE]
What has that got to do with looking up to him?

i've defended rapists, murderers, paedophiles etc

I would do so again, it doesn't mean I look up to them

 

[mr messy]

For safety ban black and grey cars, bmw drivers, animals, blind bends and tunnels, off camber anything and make jaywalking a crime. If we wrapped all in bubbles and hi-vis'd everyone/thing and everywhere in the name of safety would we be able to see danger? Would there be any danger to see?
Think how stylish we cyclists would look, all in black (only to be visible of course), in our soon to be fully "hi-vis" world

 

[spen666]

[QUOTE 3116026, member: 45"]I didn't say you did. I said you've defended him on here in the past.

What does defending criminals have to do with your view of Mr Loophole?[/QUOTE]



you carry on being the forum clown

 

[spen666]

[QUOTE 3116043, member: 45"]Interesting that you make that slight in response to a post of me mirroring your presentation.

Back on topic please...[/QUOTE]
Says the man who drags the thread off topic by making totally false and unsubstantiated allegations that I look up to the lawyer in this thread's op

Pot

kettle.....

 

[spen666]

[QUOTE 3116064, member: 45"]I didn't.

Back on topic...[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE 3115972, member: 45"]Despite what Mr Loophole said, the poor man wasn't invisible. The driver wasn't paying proper attention.

And lawyers look up to this bloke.[/QUOTE]


Hmmm..........


Layers look up to this bloke?

I am a lawyer

Hmmm.......




Case closed

 

[PK99]

[QUOTE 3116091, member: 45"]Considering your enthusiasm to pull apart statements you're not doing well with mine. All lawyers? Some lawyers? Or are you talking about cake layers?

If two lawyers look up to this man, then my statement is correct.

Now do give it up.[/QUOTE]

use of the term 'lawyers' without qualification implies lawyers as a class. if you meant some lawyers you should have said so.

 

[Cubist]

Can we do Ramblers next please?

 

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