tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post5668884386931086250..comments2024-01-12T00:24:35.544+01:00Comments on St Bloggie de Riviere: Road KillSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-87858390788148939632007-04-30T16:29:00.000+02:002007-04-30T16:29:00.000+02:00Sam, if that is the case then those wine lobbyists...Sam, if that is the case then those wine lobbyists can be considered party to manslaughter and should be dragged through the courts, not allowed to kick up any kind of stink. It makes me feel quite sick, and such behaviour is a total disgrace to this country.<BR/>If that isn't rapacious pursuit of commercial interests I don't know what is!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-33292688676543270392007-04-28T09:03:00.000+02:002007-04-28T09:03:00.000+02:00Sarah, I think it depends on the region. I think a...Sarah, I think it depends on the region. I think alcohol controls have been stepped up around Paris and certain parts of Brittany as well as in the east. A sales manager student of mine told me that the young salesmen he sees, drink water with their lunch (rather than apero + wine!) - habits are changing in the younger generationsElspethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385613621281021295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-2420126378780797982007-04-27T15:21:00.000+02:002007-04-27T15:21:00.000+02:00Blaming an inanimate tree for an accident is somew...Blaming an inanimate tree for an accident is somewhat bizarre. Moving cars just have to stay on the road, being driven sensibly.<BR/><BR/>It's not like trees suddenly dash out onto the road and catch you unawares. Drivers who have been pushing alchol limits cannot really blame trees for their woes.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-59176702912814927572007-04-27T15:06:00.000+02:002007-04-27T15:06:00.000+02:00> Speed is only one factor; alcohol is anotherYes....> <I>Speed is only one factor; alcohol is another</I><BR/><BR/>Yes. Then there are those wretched plane trees that Napoloen allegedly had planted every 10 metres along both sides of every highway in Frnace, to provide shade for his marching troops. When troops aren't marching, cars are getting wrapped around those trees.....expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369924104634464934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-68872133903563764282007-04-27T13:20:00.000+02:002007-04-27T13:20:00.000+02:00This might not be very politically correct to say,...This might not be very politically correct to say, but I think the wine lobbyists put a lot of pressure on the government. Wine consumption is already done, and if the police start doing more and more drunk driving controls, it will fall even more. You should have heard the stink they put up when many companies forbid their travelling salesmen to drink during lunch!<BR/><BR/>Also, like you said, it's combined with the idea of individualism, ie. "I can drink and drive if I want to, who's the government to tell me what to do?"Ksamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991667611234163617noreply@blogger.com