Re: Walking in Wales.

W. D. Grey said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Dewi
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So you keep posting,

In a perfect world, people would have stopped to help, he might not
have got run over, he might not have got so drunk, he might not have
spent all his money getting [censored], could have done all that in his
home town etc in a perfect world.

At the place on the A465 where I saw the flowers laid it is not at all
unusual for traffic to be doing 70 or 80mph. In the dark even with
lights something in the road would take them by surprise.

I'm sure you're right, Bill, but nothing excuses the failure of the
drivers to stop.
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At the place on the A465 where I saw the flowers laid it is not at all
unusual for traffic to be doing 70 or 80mph. In the dark even with
lights something in the road would take them by surprise.

This is true. I plead guilty to having done 90 on several
occasions along that road. However, if I hit anything, which
I haven't yet, I would stop to investigate.
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nothing excuses the failure of the drivers to stop.

I agree.

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I'm not sure if I would stop. I like to think that I would, but I
reckon I would be scared [censored].

So would I, but I'd still stop.

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I'd be scared of losing my licence
for killing someone (even if I'd not stood a chance, as the driver, of
avoiding them) and I'd be scared of "the unknown" waiting in the dark.
This might sound pathetic but I think that is how I would feel.

I'd be scared of losing my licence as well; however I'd find
it even harder to live with myself if I failed to stop,
investigate and if necessary call for help.

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I think I would drive on, to a lit place,

But that could be miles away!

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and call 999 and say I had
just driven over something and I think it was a body. By the time the
police arrived I would probably be near hysterical.

I expect I probably would as well, but if I didn't stop and do
the right thing I would consider myself totally despicable and
my failure to be a caring, human being would haunt me for the
rest of my life. Regardless of any putative risk to me, I'd
stop. The converse doesn't bear thinking about.

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