Accident - Chalky Road, Mile Oak

[British Bulldog]

I grew up in Lancing from age 2 to age 17 when i joined the army

My G/F from 13 through to 16 lived in Mile Oak

The poor kid probably was a chav (if you know what a chav means?)

Piss poor area made worse by the very inept council that ruled in the late 80s early 90s and has NEVER got any better

I have the misfortune of dealing with the great british unwashed council tenants every day at work

To be honest steward you appear to do that many things, see many things, know that many people and go so many places i'm surprised you find time to even get on the internet to tell us all about it.

 

[Easy 10]

I grew up in Mile Oak (Gorse Close, bottom of Thornhill Rise) and my parents still live there. Its certainly not some kind of chav ghetto around there - its very pleasant. The Downs and everthing.

 

[steward 433]

To be honest steward you appear to do that many things, see many things, know that many people and go so many places i'm surprised you find time to even get on the internet to tell us all about it.

Come live a week in my life if you can take the pace

 

[British Bulldog]

Come live a week in my life if you can take the pace

I'll bring a pair of wellies to wade through the bullshit shall I?

 

[British Bulldog]

Oy! Can everyone please stop referring to a poor kid who's lying in a hospital bed fighting for his life as a "chav".

He's someone's son. Sheesh!

Thats what I thought might be the important issue.

 

[vu1ture]

Come live a week in my life if you can take the pace

You spend all your life on here though.Oh and you bore the f*** out of me mr i've been there done that sort of bloke.You need to get out more.

 

[steward 433]

I'll bring a pair of wellies to wade through the bullshit shall I?

You won't need them

Why do you think it's not true? Is it because you have never done anything worthwhile in your life?

Look at my posts i haven't travelled much (outside my service) which is why i can't form an opinion on travel threads much

Cricket boring

The vast majority of my posts are about football thanks

 

[steward 433]

You spend all your life on here though.Oh and you bore the f*** out of me mr i've been there done that sort of bloke.You need to get out more.

And there is no way i can post from a laptop when i am out then??

I have NSC on all day whilst i am at work but tend not to post as much during the day

 

[vu1ture]

You won't need them

Why do you think it's not true? Is it because you have never done anything worthwhile in your life?

Look at my posts i haven't travelled much (outside my service) which is why i can't form an opinion on travel threads much

Cricket boring

The vast majority of my posts are about football thanks

But you try to form an opinion though,don't you reguardless?
You hate the thought of missing out on something or not being part of the NSC crewe.What mug becomes a steward

 

[Nemesis]

No wonder there's a 'How can we make NSC better?' thread. A topic about a 9 year old boy fighting for his life turns into a frigging slanging match.

 

[British Bulldog]

You won't need them

Why do you think it's not true? Is it because you have never done anything worthwhile in your life?

Look at my posts i haven't travelled much (outside my service) which is why i can't form an opinion on travel threads much

Cricket boring

The vast majority of my posts are about football thanks

The day I have to justify my life to an internet bullshitter like you is the day I give up on life.

 

[steward 433]

But you try to form an opinion though,don't you reguardless?
You hate the thought of missing out on something or not being part of the NSC crewe.What mug becomes a steward

Personal reasons

NSC if you hadn't noticed is all about peoples opinions, Have a reasonable debate. Not accuse people of bullshitting or bullying or racism etc

 

[steward 433]

The day I have to justify my life to an internet bullshitter like you is the day I give up on life.

Who said you had to justify it ??
BUT why accuse me of bullshitting when you know absolutely nothing about me

 

[Cpt. Spavil]

chav or not a young boy was hit today and i for one hope he makes a recovery

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

My partner lives in Mile Oak and whenever I drive round the Crescent there are at least 10 kids standing in the middle of the road playing football, one day even sitting on the road. If I was going more than 20 they would have been wiped out. WTF are the parents doing teaching these 4-8 year old that a road is a playground ?.

 

[Collar Feeler]

Who said you had to justify it ??
BUT why accuse me of bullshitting when you know absolutely nothing about me

Can't you 2 take your personal slagfest onto private messages, no-one else gives a toss.

 

[steward 433]

Can't you 2 take your personal slagfest onto private messages, no-one else gives a toss.

He is now on my ignore list.

Anymore news on the boys condition?

 

[Collar Feeler]

Critical on life support with a cracked skull and severe internal injuries. Not good but you'd be amazed at how a 9 year olds body can recover from such trauma, often much better and quicker than adults. Lets hope the poor little fella fights on to make a full recovery. Personally, incidents like this always make me take a step back and reflect on the important stuff in life.

 

[steward 433]

Critical on life support with a cracked skull and severe internal injuries. Not good but you'd be amazed at how a 9 year olds body can recover from such trauma, often much better and quicker than adults. Lets hope the poor little fella fights on to make a full recovery. Personally, incidents like this always make me take a step back and reflect on the important stuff in life.

Lets hope he is a little fighter and pulls through then

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Basically ... speed limits on urban roads are decided by parliament. The limit is 30 mph.

Variations from this can be approved by the highway authority, which - in the case of Chalky Road, Mile Oak - is Brighton & Hove City Council. But any variation (upwards or downwards) has to be justified by the road meeting certain technical criteria. 20 mph speed limits are basically required to be self-enforcing (ie accompanied by physical traffic calming measures that effectively reduce the speed of most traffic to something close to 20 mph). The police (and the public) have the right to comment on any proposals made by the highway authority, but it is the council that makes the final decision. The decision is enshrined in a Road Traffic Regulation Order that can be challenged in the courts if the highway authority has failed to comply with the legal procedures that must be followed before the Traffic Regulation Order was made.

In other words, it takes a long time to change a speed limit. And the wishes of local people cannot over-ride the legal obligation to complete the lengthy (and costly) legal procedures.

The government was apparently considering asking parliament to simplify the process of introducing 20mph limits in certain locations (eg in the vicinity of schools). But I'm not sure if that has happened yet.

Cheers for that! I have a concealed entrance, on a semi rural road about 30 metres from a hump backed bridge. Cars crossing the bridge cannot see my entrance until almost on top of it. The limit is set at 40mph, but some idiots exceed this considerably. I would like to get the limit reduced to 30mph. I spoke to the local police who said that statistically it would need a fatality in the vicinity of the bridge to get anything done, but I could consider getting a petition together.