The new law ..................

spider


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Message Posted:
06/11/2011 11:10

Do you think they have got the idea and some at least are trying ?



http://postimage.org/image/j05kb35rb/





Some things take a while before its understood. When will they also bring one out to clunk-click every trip.and child safety seats. most bring a child into this world and have no idea on keeping them SAFE !





Spider,X

cavalryman


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Message Posted:
06/11/2011 17:44

Just two guys and their girlfriends out for a ride.

mcstyler


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Message Posted:
06/11/2011 17:55

I see this guy all the time hes alright his name is asif he lives in rural alsancak.

Marion


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Message Posted:
06/11/2011 18:01

Rem,inds me of life in the south when I took a mattress to be re-stuffed. I was on the back, in front was the driver and the mattress was rolle dup in front of him. Ah, - heady days of no rules and regs, and we are still here to tell the tale - but the mattress is long gone.

Hippo


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Message Posted:
06/11/2011 18:25

Marion is now a mattress stuffer- well maybe a client?

Visitor


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Message Posted:
06/11/2011 18:53

Great photo I saw a similar scene in Malaysia. The guy had everything including a washing machine strapped to his back whilst riding his bike.



Spider - my only point is that there are other things that are important in keeping children safe. At least in Cyprus you don't have youngsters stabbing each other, no go town centres, huge numbers of unwanted teenage mothers and pregnancies and gang and youth crime. Some starting as young as 8.

By all means clung and click.

Giles


Joined: 16/08/2011
Posts: 256

Message Posted:
06/11/2011 19:12

Visitor, you must have lived in a particularly horrid area of the UK.....You poor bugger!!



PS, I think you had to Clunk before you clicked.

Visitor


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Message Posted:
06/11/2011 19:19

Giles I didn't say it was the UK ?

Giles


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Message Posted:
06/11/2011 19:21

Sad Sad person......Go on you know you want to admit it! Was it Guildford?

Visitor


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Message Posted:
06/11/2011 19:31

Giles. I did not mention the UK - obviously that is your connection, so you tell us as your so knowledgeable abt these neighbourhoods



I live in France.

Giles


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Message Posted:
06/11/2011 19:32

And France is that bad? Mon Dieu!

Visitor


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Message Posted:
06/11/2011 19:39

Yes some things are bad. My point however is that there is more to childcare and safety and Cypriots are

from my experience good parents.

Giles


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Message Posted:
06/11/2011 19:40

And you can see that from France?

Visitor


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Message Posted:
06/11/2011 19:41

Giles did you contribute to this article



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1257165/Britain-voted-worst-place-world-bring-children-Australia-best.html

Visitor


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Message Posted:
06/11/2011 19:42

Yes I am Psychic.

Giles


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Message Posted:
06/11/2011 19:44

Sorry, I thought we were discussing how good Cyprus is compared to that awful France. You did not want to talk about the UK.

Visitor


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Message Posted:
06/11/2011 19:50

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1542649/British-youngsters-get-worst-deal-says-UN.html



Well read this. You identified the UK not me, obviously you recognised the description I gave as your home.



France has problems too - Not as many. we have better trains, roads, lifestyle, food....etc

Giles


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Message Posted:
06/11/2011 19:52

My home is Cyprus, and this is a forum about Cyprus. Have you anything to add about about Cyprus?



(At least you admitted you were talking about the UK.)

spider


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Message Posted:
06/11/2011 19:56

Please the thread is about North Cyprus And the new Law !





<<< I have been told to show an interest !>>.





Its a must to keep children safe...And its a parents responsibility ! The parents here do NOT seem to think so.



Spider,X

hattikins


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Message Posted:
06/11/2011 20:03

I cannot understand how people who so obviously dote on their children don't see the need to keep them safe. My blood runs cold when I see them standing up in the centre of the car, walking about on the back seat or on the front of an adult on a motor scooter. Do the parents not realise the damage that could be done to their children if they collide with something, surely they must have that much common sense.

The Government here doesn't seem to have any problem in introducing new laws as and when they feel like it, admitted enforcing them is another thing, but surely they can see that the carnage on the roads must be dealt with.

Visitor


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Message Posted:
06/11/2011 20:08

Giles I suggest you read the thread. I was commenting on remarks made abt Cypriot/Turkish parenting and

safety issues. I tried to make the point that whilst I agree re seatbelts in many areas Cypriots are good parents. They do not have the social problems with young people that many countries like France, UK, US etc have. So my point was abt Cyprus.



Obviously you have struggled to follow the thread and instead have chosen to be nasty.



You raised the issue of UK and looking at the facts your right. For your info I am Cypriot. I have a home in the TRNC and my family live on the island.

Jeannie


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Message Posted:
06/11/2011 20:09

Agree with hattikins, message 20. I am appalled at the lack of safety/awareness each time we visit. Despite (I assume) some efforts on behalf of the government to try to improve road safety and driving in general, it seems to me to get worse, rather than better.



I have had a driving licence for well over 40 years in the UK and drive pretty much on a daily basis, but I wouldn't attempt to drive whilst in TRNC. Mys husband is a very good driver but I still feel as though we taking our lives in our hands each time we venture out in a car.

spider


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Message Posted:
06/11/2011 20:17

shocking to see but facts are facts.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7ICjWJivec





This sort of thing should never need to happen today...or here in North Cyprus.





Spider,X

hattikins


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Message Posted:
06/11/2011 20:27

A friend of ours was speaking with the man in charge of Road Safety, when she commented on the lack of Safety laws regarding children in cars his reply was " those parents are Turkish, not Turkish Cypriot ", what hope is there with that sort of attitude.

BizziLizzi


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Message Posted:
06/11/2011 23:50

Great picture - but what does it have to do with children - kids perhaps?



But I do wish people would stop trying to impose their idea of lifestyle on this country! If you like nanny (ooops! pun unintentional!) states why did you leave the UK?

Visitor


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Message Posted:
07/11/2011 00:37

hattikins message 24: A friend of mine was speaking to another friend who knew a person who spoke with a Brit who said that it is OK to beat your child with a broomstick.' what hope is there with that sort of attitude. '



Stop stereotyping people. One persons alleged view does not represent a whole community's view or values.

flowerfairy


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Message Posted:
07/11/2011 04:46

My only defense for these people is probably the fact that they earn very little money. I have met many families who struggle to put food on the table, let alone buy a car that has seatbelts. I wonder how many families have gone without a meal or two so that the father can buy a helmet to ride his bike to work legally.

When I was a child, our car didn't have seatbelts.

I know the roads are becoming, have become faster and more dangerous lately, but what can they do?

philbailey


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Message Posted:
07/11/2011 04:53

msg 27 then get a bus

no seatbelts



what about insurance?

hattikins


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Message Posted:
07/11/2011 10:54

Message 26



Stop stereotyping people. One persons alleged view does not represent a whole community's view or values.



Obviously one persons view doesn't represent the whole community but a remark like this is a little worrying.

For myself I find it unacceptable and irresponsible for anyone, whatever their nationality,to disregard the safety of their children, it appears that the only way to improve things is to educate people and then to introduce and enforce the laws, if that offends you the so be it.

hattikins


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Message Posted:
07/11/2011 10:58

Message 27



It would have to be a very old car not to have seat belts, the belts are there, people just don't use them, it's as stupid as those who ride their scooters/motor bikes while the crash helmet is left dangling from their wrist, it doesn't make any sense to me at all.

flowerfairy


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Message Posted:
07/11/2011 16:14

Hattikins, I'm not saying I agree with the no seatbelt/helmet law, but I feel for the poor people on this Island struggling to make a living.

I'm aware of many a bar person,builders helper that are living in tin shacks to enable them to send money home for their wives and children.