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I assume the risk for pedalcyclists will undergo a similar increase. Maybe I should drive to work next week? :) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071103/ap_on_sc/time_change_accidents Study ties time shift, pedestrian deaths By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer Fri Nov 2, 10:35 PM ET WASHINGTON - After clocks are turned back this weekend, pedestrians walking during the evening rush hour are nearly three times more likely to be struck and killed by cars than before the time change, two scientists calculate. Ending daylight saving time translates into about 37 more U.S. pedestrian deaths around 6 p.m. in November compared to October, the researchers report. Their study of risk to pedestrians is preliminary but confirms previous findings of higher deaths after clocks are set back in fall. It's not the darkness itself, but the adjustment to earlier nighttime that's the killer, said professors Paul Fischbeck and David Gerard, both of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. > I assume the risk for pedalcyclists will undergo a similar increase. > Maybe I should drive to work next week? :) [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > that's the killer, said professors Paul Fischbeck and David Gerard, > both of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. No - the killer is the reckless driver who hits the pedestrian. On Nov 3, 10:43 pm, Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS <beta...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > I assume the risk for pedalcyclists will undergo a similar increase. > > Maybe I should drive to work next week? :) [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Well, if the damn driver would use the lights, and the damn pedestrian wouldn't jack around at night wearing dark crap, there wouldn't be a problem, would there? Was your fatal accident 3 1/2 - odd years ago a result of exceeding the posted speed limit? > > I assume the risk for pedalcyclists will undergo a similar increase. > > Maybe I should drive to work next week? :) [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > No - the killer is the reckless driver who hits the pedestrian. What if you can't see the person?  Signature"Throw me that lipstick, darling, I wanna redo my stigmata." +-Jennifer Saunders, "Absolutely Fabulous" >> > I assume the risk for pedalcyclists will undergo a similar increase. >> > Maybe I should drive to work next week? :) [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> >What if you can't see the person? What, as if they were an african american, wearing all black, and crossing where there isn't ample lighting? Of course; it's STILL the driver's fault! LOL. Signature"Speeders And Drunk Drivers Are MURDERERS" brags of it's homosexuallity: the guys at the bath-house stopped laughing at my 3 inch weenie. : http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.autos.driving/msg/168e8e621dd649fb?hl=en "Speeders And Drunk Drivers Are MURDERERS" brags of it's ability to operate a vehicle: I must be doing something right to go 3 1/2 years without a fatal crash. : http://groups.google.com/group/misc.transport.road/msg/a376114ee8a61824?hl=en > >> > I assume the risk for pedalcyclists will undergo a similar increase. > >> > Maybe I should drive to work next week? :) [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > crossing where there isn't ample lighting? Of course; it's STILL the > driver's fault! LOL. I was out test driving my bike last night. I would get off the road at the slightest hint of a car. And would get on the sidewalk as soon as it existed. I saw someone else riding a bike. No lights, a weird black and white coat on that was sort of impossible to see in the day or night camouflage driving right in the lane with his back to the oncoming cars. If that person got hit, would you blame the driver? Signature"Throw me that lipstick, darling, I wanna redo my stigmata." +-Jennifer Saunders, "Absolutely Fabulous" >> >> > I assume the risk for pedalcyclists will undergo a similar increase. >> >> > Maybe I should drive to work next week? :) [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] >camouflage driving right in the lane with his back to the oncoming cars. >If that person got hit, would you blame the driver? Not in the least, and that type of incident is fairly common in my area. I've even seen idiots, er, pedestains walking down the road in the direction of traffic, in the lane closest to the median! It's hard to get choked up when retards kill themselves. Signature"Speeders And Drunk Drivers Are MURDERERS" brags of it's homosexuallity: the guys at the bath-house stopped laughing at my 3 inch weenie. : http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.autos.driving/msg/168e8e621dd649fb?hl=en "Speeders And Drunk Drivers Are MURDERERS" brags of it's ability to operate a vehicle: I must be doing something right to go 3 1/2 years without a fatal crash. : http://groups.google.com/group/misc.transport.road/msg/a376114ee8a61824?hl=en >> I assume the risk for pedalcyclists will undergo a similar increase. >> Maybe I should drive to work next week? :) [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >No - the killer is the reckless driver who hits the pedestrian. No, the killer is the idiot pedestrain who steps into the road way without being aware if oncoming traffic has stopped. Fortunately they kill themselves. Coming back from lunch the other day, three of my coworkers stepped out into traffic because they had the light, but they failed to make sure no oncoming traffic was approaching. I laughed my a.s off as each of them leaped back onto the sidewalk to avoid the incompetent driver who failed to yield right of way. By the way, have you ever driven a car faster than the posted speed limit? Signature"Speeders And Drunk Drivers Are MURDERERS" brags of it's homosexuallity: the guys at the bath-house stopped laughing at my 3 inch weenie. : http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.autos.driving/msg/168e8e621dd649fb?hl=en "Speeders And Drunk Drivers Are MURDERERS" brags of it's ability to operate a vehicle: I must be doing something right to go 3 1/2 years without a fatal crash. : http://groups.google.com/group/misc.transport.road/msg/a376114ee8a61824?hl=en On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:40:36 -0500, "Murderous Speeding Drunken Distracted Driver (Hector Goldstein)" <drunk_and_distracted@the_wheel.com> wrote: >Coming back from lunch the other day, three of my coworkers stepped >out into traffic because they had the light, but they failed to make >sure no oncoming traffic was approaching. I laughed my a.s off as each >of them leaped back onto the sidewalk Wow, you must be a fun guy to work with... >On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:40:36 -0500, "Murderous Speeding Drunken >Distracted Driver (Hector Goldstein)" [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Wow, you must be a fun guy to work with... Evidently; as lunch time rolls around, they come looking for me, and not vice versa. :-) Signature"Speeders And Drunk Drivers Are MURDERERS" brags of it's homosexuallity: the guys at the bath-house stopped laughing at my 3 inch weenie. : http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.autos.driving/msg/168e8e621dd649fb?hl=en "Speeders And Drunk Drivers Are MURDERERS" brags of it's ability to operate a vehicle: I must be doing something right to go 3 1/2 years without a fatal crash. : http://groups.google.com/group/misc.transport.road/msg/a376114ee8a61824?hl=en SFB spewed: > No - the killer is the reckless driver who hits the pedestrian. Is that who you killed about (now) 4.5 years ago?? Signature"Oh yeah. Well i've gone 3 1/2 years without a fatal crash so i must be doing something right." --Laura Bush murdered her boyfriend/laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE/ Speeders And Drunk Drivers Are Murderers (SADDAM), 9/24/2006 Ref: http://tinyurl.com/qdotr Msg ID: ivadh2t9kd05ilrgdercft8iuvcls6r5op@4ax.com Scott in SoCal: > I assume the risk for pedalcyclists will undergo a similar increase. > Maybe I should drive to work next week? :) [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > that's the killer, said professors Paul Fischbeck and David Gerard, > both of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Looks like I had better do my pedalcycling in the morning now???? Nah.... I've been riding late evening to night all summer. Why change now? -- F ools & B umbling I diots > Nah.... I've been riding late evening to night all summer. Why change > now? Well, I'm changing my riding time to early afternoon just because I can't stand having to deal with deer while riding at dusk ;) Not only that, but it's getting a bit colder as well (though I know that doesn't really apply to your location) :) >Scott in SoCal: >> I assume the risk for pedalcyclists will undergo a similar increase. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >Nah.... I've been riding late evening to night all summer. Why change >now? Just keep an eye out for those old rust bucket sedans with the sandpaper covered tars. Signature"Speeders And Drunk Drivers Are MURDERERS" brags of it's homosexuallity: the guys at the bath-house stopped laughing at my 3 inch weenie. : http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.autos.driving/msg/168e8e621dd649fb?hl=en "Speeders And Drunk Drivers Are MURDERERS" brags of it's ability to operate a vehicle: I must be doing something right to go 3 1/2 years without a fatal crash. : http://groups.google.com/group/misc.transport.road/msg/a376114ee8a61824?hl=en |
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