Gunner <gunner@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Fri, 02 May 2008 11:43:53 +0200, Jon Bendtsen <noone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
>> Rod Speed wrote:
>>> Gunner <gunner@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 02 May 2008 07:11:21 +0200, Jon Bendtsen
>>>> <noone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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:
>>>>>>> http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/schmidt.asp
>>>>>>> http://www.bumm.de/index-e.html
>>>>>>> http://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.
>>
>> 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.
Nope, because they are inside vehicles which have a hell of a lot higher
weight that
what they run into, and are way higher up than the poor sucker in the car
is too.
> Wouldnt that be correct?
Nope.
> They spend far far more time on the road than anyone
But there is much more involved than just time on the road.
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