Comments on: The UK is Insane http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/12/20/the-uk-is-insane/ Jeff Nolan's take on investment, innovation, entrepreneurship and the technology industry Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:44:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alastair Bathgate http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/12/20/the-uk-is-insane/comment-page-1/#comment-209502 Alastair Bathgate Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:48:15 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/12/20/the-uk-is-insane/#comment-209502 As ever, there is a balance to be found. There are already laws capable of prosecuting people using a mobile phone in such a way as to be causing a menace (which many do). We used to call this driving without due care and attention. But if a silly law can be dreamt up, the UK Labour Government can do it. The latest advice in the Highway Code (Rules and advice for drivers) is to pull over if the sun is in your eyes. I predict this will become law, rather than advice, in the near future... As ever, there is a balance to be found. There are already laws capable of prosecuting people using a mobile phone in such a way as to be causing a menace (which many do). We used to call this driving without due care and attention. But if a silly law can be dreamt up, the UK Labour Government can do it.
The latest advice in the Highway Code (Rules and advice for drivers) is to pull over if the sun is in your eyes. I predict this will become law, rather than advice, in the near future…

]]> By: Nigel Eccles http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/12/20/the-uk-is-insane/comment-page-1/#comment-208333 Nigel Eccles Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:14:21 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/12/20/the-uk-is-insane/#comment-208333 You think that's nutty, they banned chasing foxes while on horseback a couple of years ago! But surely on drinking legislation the US would be tough to beat on dumb laws. So at 18 you can be drafted to go fight for your country but you can't have a beer? What gives? You think that’s nutty, they banned chasing foxes while on horseback a couple of years ago!

But surely on drinking legislation the US would be tough to beat on dumb laws. So at 18 you can be drafted to go fight for your country but you can’t have a beer? What gives?

]]> By: Simon http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/12/20/the-uk-is-insane/comment-page-1/#comment-204475 Simon Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:44:04 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/12/20/the-uk-is-insane/#comment-204475 To a certain extent it is symptomatic of a government floundering for something to arrest the slide it has seen in the last few months. The logic being some sort of "law & order" initiative always goes down well with the public. Until it starts biting the public. To a certain extent it is symptomatic of a government floundering for something to arrest the slide it has seen in the last few months. The logic being some sort of “law & order” initiative always goes down well with the public. Until it starts biting the public.

]]> By: Jackie Danicki » I guess it beats indifference http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/12/20/the-uk-is-insane/comment-page-1/#comment-204339 Jackie Danicki » I guess it beats indifference Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:15:34 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/12/20/the-uk-is-insane/#comment-204339 [...] UK may be insane, but I still love it (while also spitting nails at 99.9999% of the legislation going through). I [...] [...] UK may be insane, but I still love it (while also spitting nails at 99.9999% of the legislation going through). I [...]

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