"beck and call"? Actually, the percentage of people extradited at UK request is slightly higher than that of the US. Maybe do a little research before spouting off. This took me about 30 seconds to find.
The UK home office has a FOI answer for 2007–2014
US Requests
41 requests to extradite UK Citizens from the UK, of which 28 were agreed.
21 requests to extradite USA Citizens from the UK, of which 12 were agreed.
UK Requests
25 requests to extradite UK Citizens from the USA, of which 20 were agreed.
8 requests to extradite USA Citizens from the USA, of which 5 were agreed.
"The US has no pretense of having any interest in justice in this or any other case and those Americans involved in American "justice" or are calling for his deportation are revenge-obsessed hate-filled spew-spawn."
Really? Would it be okay with you if I hacked into the British system, and you couldn't do anything about it because I've got irritable bowel syndrome? It's really quite ridiculous. I'm not arguing that the US doesn't have shitty medical in it's prisons. I'm arguing that if this guy did the crime, he should be brought to trial either there or here. Just for the record...
Extraditions on both sides have been fairly even.
US Requests - 64% agreed
41 requests to extradite UK Citizens from the UK, of which 28 were agreed.
21 requests to extradite USA Citizens from the UK, of which 12 were agreed.
UK Requests - 75% agreed
25 requests to extradite UK Citizens from the USA, of which 20 were agreed.
8 requests to extradite USA Citizens from the USA, of which 5 were agreed.
The argument isn't even about that. It's claiming that he wouldn't get sufficient medical help, which I'm not sure I would argue against. That said, this SOB also shouldn't be let free after hacking military systems just because of that. It would give any UK citizen with a hair lip a free pass.
So, if a Brit has antibiotic-resistant eczema, this basically gives them a free pass to hack into another country's military systems? Yeah, I get that the US penal system sucks, but this act should not go unpunished.
I have. Friends that I hadn't seen in 40+ years because we'd lost touch. Oh, and how did we find each other? Um, Facebook. Now, yeah you can find old friends other ways, but I've had several that have eluded me. Folks with common names, and little social media footprint. I've found others by just being a member of specific groups on FB. People in those groups post interesting photos, stories, etc., but aren't always folks that I'm interested in socializing otherwise. My own HOA has a useful group, and while some of my neighbors are dicks, they post useful information.
At first, I thought you were trying to be funny...sigh. This is a serious problem, and by the way, morphine doesn't work the same on everyone...it's a DNA thing. One I had to go through with my ex-wife for nearly a year because she got several months into the first round of treatment, and hated the medication. When you screw up, you have to move to a different med, and start all over.
Yeah Cedric, after 43 years of driving, including six on the Autobahns, winning an auto cross, and never having had an accident, I must be one shit driver. My reactions must suck since I got that 2nd degree black belt, and pilots license, but those were a couple decades ago.
No Cedric, swerving is often the wrong thing to do, and I provided links from GEICO and others to that same point in the related article. So, suck it.
Yes, you likely would have seen her much earlier than what the video showed, and I would have reacted the same as you, slamming on the brakes (not swerving, which can get you killed).
GP - "From what I saw on the video, it was only about..." Human eyes would detect this much earlier live than the video shows. This is pointed out a few times here, and in the next article.
Parent - "Average reaction time to visual stimulus is about a quarter of a second." You clearly googled something like "human reaction time", and that is the answer. However, in tests of driving, response time is typically much longer http://copradar.com/redlight/f...
"It is common practice for accident reconstructionists simply to use a standard reaction time number, such as 1.5 seconds, when analyzing a case." http://www.visualexpert.com/Re...
Technically, blame lies in three places. 1. The idiot pedestrian, not watching for traffic, not wearing reflective gear at night, no lights, crossing outside of a crosswalk. 2. The Uber system flat out failed. 3. The "driver", who wasn't doing the job she was supposed to be doing, and instead playing with her cell phone.
Any one of those could, and should, have avoided the problem.
Because many limits are set at 85% (look it up) what people typically drive on that road. In many other areas, they are arbitrarily set. 10 mph over is very frequently still a safe number in normal conditions. What's safe for one vehicle could get you killed in another. I have a sports car and a Jeep in my garage, and drive them very differently.
"Speed limits are set according to fixed rules that have been set by carefully examining statistics and the theoretical capabilities of cars and drivers."
That is some serious bullshit. If it were true, there would be little need to change limits as often as they do around here. Many smalltowns purposely set up speed trap areas for revenue. In other places the 85th percentile rule is used...that has zip to do with the theoretical capabilities of cars and drivers. And in other areas, various elected officials simply decide what they think is a safe number...we have a nearby down with a four lane divided road, and a 25mph limit set because they want people to go to the stores along it...anywhere else, it would be 40-45mph.
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Nobel prizes are not awarded posthumously. Hell of a way to go though
Nit... ...unless death has occurred after the announcement of the Nobel Prize.
"beck and call"? Actually, the percentage of people extradited at UK request is slightly higher than that of the US. Maybe do a little research before spouting off. This took me about 30 seconds to find.
The UK home office has a FOI answer for 2007–2014
US Requests
41 requests to extradite UK Citizens from the UK, of which 28 were agreed.
21 requests to extradite USA Citizens from the UK, of which 12 were agreed.
UK Requests
25 requests to extradite UK Citizens from the USA, of which 20 were agreed.
8 requests to extradite USA Citizens from the USA, of which 5 were agreed.
"The Americans aren't interested in justice, they're interested in revenge. "
Now you're just trolling.
"The US has no pretense of having any interest in justice in this or any other case and those Americans involved in American "justice" or are calling for his deportation are revenge-obsessed hate-filled spew-spawn."
Really? Would it be okay with you if I hacked into the British system, and you couldn't do anything about it because I've got irritable bowel syndrome? It's really quite ridiculous. I'm not arguing that the US doesn't have shitty medical in it's prisons. I'm arguing that if this guy did the crime, he should be brought to trial either there or here. Just for the record...
Extraditions on both sides have been fairly even.
US Requests - 64% agreed
41 requests to extradite UK Citizens from the UK, of which 28 were agreed.
21 requests to extradite USA Citizens from the UK, of which 12 were agreed.
UK Requests - 75% agreed
25 requests to extradite UK Citizens from the USA, of which 20 were agreed.
8 requests to extradite USA Citizens from the USA, of which 5 were agreed.
"Even Russia and Iran have better prisons"
Worse based on what? Links?
Here's one for you.
https://www.theguardian.com/so...
The argument isn't even about that. It's claiming that he wouldn't get sufficient medical help, which I'm not sure I would argue against. That said, this SOB also shouldn't be let free after hacking military systems just because of that. It would give any UK citizen with a hair lip a free pass.
Bullshit...
US Requests
41 requests to extradite UK Citizens from the UK, of which 28 were agreed.
21 requests to extradite USA Citizens from the UK, of which 12 were agreed.
UK Requests
25 requests to extradite UK Citizens from the USA, of which 20 were agreed.
8 requests to extradite USA Citizens from the USA, of which 5 were agreed.
So, if a Brit has antibiotic-resistant eczema, this basically gives them a free pass to hack into another country's military systems? Yeah, I get that the US penal system sucks, but this act should not go unpunished.
I have. Friends that I hadn't seen in 40+ years because we'd lost touch. Oh, and how did we find each other? Um, Facebook. Now, yeah you can find old friends other ways, but I've had several that have eluded me. Folks with common names, and little social media footprint. I've found others by just being a member of specific groups on FB. People in those groups post interesting photos, stories, etc., but aren't always folks that I'm interested in socializing otherwise. My own HOA has a useful group, and while some of my neighbors are dicks, they post useful information.
Only those who choose to be users.
Not true. My wife, who has no real social media presence, has been tagged in photos on FB by friends. Our privacy laws in the US suck.
It's not a US thing. I'm salaried, but frequently get compensated for extra hours. Most likely because this time is billable to our customers.
My kingdom for a mod up to the parent.
So, we are now going to require ID for this, but not to vote, right? Got it.
At first, I thought you were trying to be funny...sigh. This is a serious problem, and by the way, morphine doesn't work the same on everyone...it's a DNA thing. One I had to go through with my ex-wife for nearly a year because she got several months into the first round of treatment, and hated the medication. When you screw up, you have to move to a different med, and start all over.
Oh, because typically we beat up grammar Nazis too :-P
Absolutely agreed.
Yeah Cedric, after 43 years of driving, including six on the Autobahns, winning an auto cross, and never having had an accident, I must be one shit driver. My reactions must suck since I got that 2nd degree black belt, and pilots license, but those were a couple decades ago.
No Cedric, swerving is often the wrong thing to do, and I provided links from GEICO and others to that same point in the related article. So, suck it.
Yes, you likely would have seen her much earlier than what the video showed, and I would have reacted the same as you, slamming on the brakes (not swerving, which can get you killed).
Both parent and GP are wrong.
GP - "From what I saw on the video, it was only about ..."
Human eyes would detect this much earlier live than the video shows. This is pointed out a few times here, and in the next article.
Parent - "Average reaction time to visual stimulus is about a quarter of a second."
You clearly googled something like "human reaction time", and that is the answer. However, in tests of driving, response time is typically much longer
http://copradar.com/redlight/f...
"It is common practice for accident reconstructionists simply to use a standard reaction time number, such as 1.5 seconds, when analyzing a case."
http://www.visualexpert.com/Re...
You mean technically she is at fault.
Technically, blame lies in three places.
1. The idiot pedestrian, not watching for traffic, not wearing reflective gear at night, no lights, crossing outside of a crosswalk.
2. The Uber system flat out failed.
3. The "driver", who wasn't doing the job she was supposed to be doing, and instead playing with her cell phone.
Any one of those could, and should, have avoided the problem.
https://cleantechnica.com/2016...
Swerving is often the wrong thing to do...see my post above.
Because many limits are set at 85% (look it up) what people typically drive on that road. In many other areas, they are arbitrarily set. 10 mph over is very frequently still a safe number in normal conditions. What's safe for one vehicle could get you killed in another. I have a sports car and a Jeep in my garage, and drive them very differently.
"Speed limits are set according to fixed rules that have been set by carefully examining statistics and the theoretical capabilities of cars and drivers."
That is some serious bullshit. If it were true, there would be little need to change limits as often as they do around here. Many smalltowns purposely set up speed trap areas for revenue. In other places the 85th percentile rule is used...that has zip to do with the theoretical capabilities of cars and drivers. And in other areas, various elected officials simply decide what they think is a safe number...we have a nearby down with a four lane divided road, and a 25mph limit set because they want people to go to the stores along it...anywhere else, it would be 40-45mph.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/s...
It's what any good driving school would teach. Let me google that for you...
Mentioned toward the end of the video...
https://www.geico.com/more/dri...
https://www.dmv.org/how-to-gui...
#6...
https://www.usatoday.com/story...