Gunner <gunner@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Fri, 2 May 2008 19:37:50 +1000, "Rod Speed"
> <rod.speed.aaa@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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.
> So thats why they get hit from the rear.
They dont always get hit from the rear.
And those that do get hit when the car is stationary, are usually
OUTSIDE the car, in one of the most dangerous situations around,
in which they are in FAR more often than the average car driver is too.
> Fascinating
Pathetic, actually.
> Gunner, ex-leo
Just ex.
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