Re: Riding at night: a strategy for survival?

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.