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Yes; I suppose old age and computer illiteracy do have benefits for the community!

Odd that that sort of thing never happened before modern technology was loosed upon us for our convenience and insecurity.

You are due for deportation from Trumpistan, I take it? ' I recall some kids at my Primary school stumping around in calipers. The "iron lung' was quite common in hospitals. After the polio vaccine came in we wee toughies used to brag that it didn't hurt. In the 1960s parents used to keep...

You are quite welcome to die from any virus you care to in defence of Trumpistannian civilisation. Don't expect a medal. Ditto Rickcb63 et alia. Just beware of sprinkling sea-salt on your food; it is full of microchips so that the ELITES can gain control of your very thoughts let alone your...

I have a similar device; it's called a mechanical speedometer and in addition two working eyes as well as a right foot that can sense how much pressure I have put on the accelerator pedal. At one time cars had such poor sound-proofing that I could the judge the speed of the engine in the gear I...

Some basic human behaviour. Not paying attention can kill anybody even when the car driver is travelling at 20kph; and indeed less. Have you ever ridden a bicycle in heavy traffic? Yes; momentum, F=mv. I have studied physics to University level. Greater speeds do not mean more accidents as that...

Which speed limit do you refer to 40kph, 50kph, 60kph, 70kph, 80 kph or 100kph and 110kph? Hitting things due to not paying attention and thus stopping abruptly is the cause of all motor accidents and injuries in Australia. If you want safety then don't import large bulky vehicles such as SUVs...

Undeveloped countries? Carelessness and inattention by drivers and predestrians and the use of small motorcycles with a family of five sitting on a motorcycle made for two, or adaptations such as the "skylabs" in Mindanao, created from a small motorcycle and carrying thee of four on the seat...

"But I think they should have engaged in discussion and debate at visible scientific levels. People are not stupid, though you may never convince the true conspiracy theorist, or the true antivaxxer." asI suggetsed Agreed. Yes, and any research project would contain biases, as you say, but...

Buy an old car, of pre-electronic vintage. Get worn-out bits replaced, and do anything else yourself to keep down costs. Most of that stuff is undoing nuts and bolts in the correct order and taking bits off systematically and cleaning them as you go, and putting them back with new gaskets etc...

No doubt. But it is INATTENTION that causes the accident in the first place. OK so have someone walk ahead with a red flag, limiting speed to 4mph as in the good old days, if it is speed that kills. or import cars with engines that turn out 6 horsepower at peak revs. Why import cars that can...

And you may still kill someone through complacency and carelessness. The correct use of your eyes and anticipation will do more to prevent accidents than gadgets on the dashboard that restrict speeding , or speed cameras by the roadside. A former friend of mine spent six weeks in hospital...

My bad; I'll get done for spinning too quickly!! Approximately 8000 furlongs per hour. OK.

Cathy?????????

Prostate cancer afflicts 1 in 6, from what I have read, Australian men by around 3 score years and ten, and after installing itself in the prostate it gets into bones. If that is the state then it may be held dormant by chemotherapy and testosterorone-reducing pills and injections, but...

No; carelessness, arrogance and stupidity are what kill and maim . Try riding a motor-bike and you will learn that very quickly. It is stopping suddenly that kills.

Carelessness is what kills. The Earth spins about its axis at 25 000 kph or something of that order and I ain' t dead yet. Stopping abruptly is what kills as your momentum takes you through the windscreen, and that is caused by carelessness.

We disagree about the Covid vaccine, but I would endorse your comment about the rest. PR Chinese "social credit" is on the way

"These cameras have been a financial boon for the local government, raking in over $10 million in fines revenue." Someone has to pay for the Liberal State Governmnet's freebie handout of $750 000 000 to the AFL for that monstrous footie stadium!

Ho hum.....modern cars!