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- From: Dale.Lamont@f321.n632.z3.fidonet.org (Dale Lamont)
- Newsgroups: misc.emerg-services
- Subject: Re: Driving habits.
- Message-ID: <725793925.AA28777@remote.halcyon.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 20:32:00 -0800
- Sender: UUCP@remote.halcyon.com
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- Steve,
-
- >
- >I can see how I missed the point, I naturally assumed you meant
- driving
- >appliances, not POV's, as no state of Australia has LAS laws for
- private
- >vehicles.
- >
- No worries I do it all the time, thats why I usualy ask the auther
- if I am getting what he/she means.
-
-
- >The law in NSW still doesn't stop the driver with getting charged, if
- there
- >is gross negligence then the law will carry - however there's a case
- which
- >went to court yesterday in NSW about the fatal accident involving one
- of
- >our pumpers late last year, it left the road and overturned, killing
- the
- >Station Officer, the driver was charged with negligent driving, it
- went to
- >court yesterday and he was found not guilty. That should be the end of
- it,
- >but the police have a nasty habit of laying a charge of "drive in a
- manner
- >dangerous" when a neg driving charge is dismissed.
- >
- Its good to see that he got a far break, its just a pitty the Police
- get nasty when things don't go thier way.
-
-
- Hope you have a good Christmas and an uneventful one.
-
- CYL............
-
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