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Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?

by ComandanteBanana <nolionnoproblem@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > May 2, 2008 at 10:50 AM

On May 2, 12:38=A0pm, Gunner <gun...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Fri, 02 May 2008 11:43:53 +0200, Jon Bendtsen <no...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
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> >Rod Speed wrote:
> >> Gunner <gun...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>> On Fri, 02 May 2008 07:11:21 +0200, Jon Bendtsen <no...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>> wrote:
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> >>>> ComandanteBanana wrote:
> >>>>> On May 1, 3:45 pm, Jon Bendtsen <no...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>>>>> ComandanteBanana wrote:
> >>>>>>> Nothing new about it: The little furry mammals developed that
> >>>>>>> strategy to survive among the dinosaurs (which is why we are
> >>>>>>> here)...
> >>>>>>> Anyway, now my next door neighbor wants to ride at midnight...
> >>>>>>> And he ain't one of those crazy bums on a Huffy. He even bought
a
> >>>>>>> vest with blinking lights (DUI drivers and SUV drivers chatting
> >>>>>>> on the cell
> >>>>>> He could get a dynamo hub and some lights. The best dynamo
> >>>>>> hub should be SON from Schmidt, but it's rather expensive.
> >>>>>> The front and rear light could be from Busch + Muller, but
> >>>>>> schmidt has a real nice LED light comming real soon now(tm).
>
> >>>>>> See:
> >>>>>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/schmidt.asp
> >>>>>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://www.bumm.de/index-e.html
> >>>>>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://www.nabendynamo.de/english/index.html
>
> >>>>>> JonB
> >>>>> All those lights are nice so you can see, but to be seen all you
> >>>>> need is that blinking vest. I guess.
> >>>> Probably other people can see all those lights as well.
>
> >>> Unless some drunk decides you are an intersection.
>
> >>> Ever wonder why cops get killed more than anyone else in traffic
> >>> collisons?
>
> >>> Drunks zone in on the fla****ng yellow or red lights in the back
window=

> >>> of a patrol car, like moths to a flame.
>
> >> Nope, because they spend a lot more time at well above the legal
speed =
limit.
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> >Thats right. Further more cops spend alot more time on the
> >roads than other people do, all that increases the chance
> >of getting involved in a car accident.
>
> I forgot to point out to you and Rod, that based on your criteria,
> truckers should have the highest fatality rates of all.
>
> Wouldnt that be correct? =A0 They spend far far more time on the road
> than anyone
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Truckers are the best (and perhaps only good) drivers in America. They
undergo the training we all should be having.
 




 24 Posts in Topic:
Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
ComandanteBanana <noli  2008-05-01 09:43:49 
Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
Jon Bendtsen <noone@[E  2008-05-01 21:45:04 
Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
ComandanteBanana <noli  2008-05-01 13:27:39 
Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
Jon Bendtsen <noone@[E  2008-05-02 07:11:21 
Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
Gunner <gunner@[EMAIL   2008-05-02 02:28:49 
Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
"Rod Speed" <  2008-05-02 19:37:50 
Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
Jon Bendtsen <noone@[E  2008-05-02 11:43:53 
Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
Gunner <gunner@[EMAIL   2008-05-02 09:36:49 
Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
Gunner <gunner@[EMAIL   2008-05-02 09:38:32 
Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
Jon Bendtsen <noone@[E  2008-05-02 20:42:29 
Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
Tom Sherman <sunsetss0  2008-05-02 22:09:38 
Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
"Rod Speed" <  2008-05-03 06:02:23 
Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
Gunner <gunner@[EMAIL   2008-05-02 09:36:03 
Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
"Rod Speed" <  2008-05-03 06:04:54 
Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
Bob Brock <bbrock@[EMA  2008-05-02 16:29:19 
Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
nick hull <nhull@[EMAI  2008-05-02 08:22:22 
Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
Gunner <gunner@[EMAIL   2008-05-02 02:26:29 
Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
ComandanteBanana <noli  2008-05-02 05:28:48 
Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
DougC <dcimper@[EMAIL   2008-05-02 09:30:50 
Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
ComandanteBanana <noli  2008-05-02 10:50:49 
Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
Tom Sherman <sunsetss0  2008-05-02 22:08:10 
Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
Gunner Asch <gunner@[E  2008-05-03 15:40:46 
Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
ComandanteBanana <noli  2008-05-04 07:59:17 
Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
Tom Sherman <sunsetss0  2008-05-04 10:17:58 

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