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Beware of the cars and MADD
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donquijote1954 - 06 Jun 2007 23:53 GMT Well, I was considering dropping such an exciting sport such as biking in order to survive. See, it's stupid to face the beast. Case in point is the recent hit and run (so common in America) in which the victim faced the bloody predator. Well, she was run over and dragged for several miles. It can only makes me nervous to ride a bike and get on the way of such beasts...
Luckily though I found a way around it, other than walking everywhere or catch the noisy buses. I always wondered what was the secret to the longevity of the drunks (I knew it wasn't alcohol), and looked, almost with envy, at their leasure riding of cruising bikes with baskets. Well, drunks aren't stupid. They ride bikes on the sidewalks, which kind of hints at their longevity. So I decided to buy a cruiser of my own and install a couple of those huge baskets. Voila! This is paradise! Only problem may be the pedestrians, but, hey, it's a jungle out there...
So now here I am riding my cool cruiser, without having to face the beast out there. The drunks are also honest. They tell you, "Boy, beware of the cars and MADD"...
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James Prine - 07 Jun 2007 02:40 GMT > Well, I was considering dropping such an exciting sport such as biking > in order to survive. See, it's stupid to face the beast. Case in point > is the recent hit and run (so common in America) in which the victim > faced the bloody predator. Well, she was run over and dragged for > several miles. It can only makes me nervous to ride a bike and get on > the way of such beasts... Where have you been?
Federal Law in the U.S. requires all motorcycles to be equipped with a Corbomite Mark V Personal Safety Shield since 2005 (mandatory retrofit kits are readily available). This device is activated upon a 5g impact and if the device detects that the motorcyclist is fatally injured, it instantly detonates with a yield of approx. .778 kilotons, thereby delivering instant "street justice" to hit-and-runners and nearby rubberneckers.
Blazing Laser - 07 Jun 2007 02:45 GMT >Where have you been? > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >thereby delivering instant "street justice" to hit-and-runners and >nearby rubberneckers. Wow! I'd like to see -that- on America's Funniest Videos!
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Scott en Aztlán - 07 Jun 2007 05:08 GMT Blazing Laser said in rec.autos.driving:
>>Where have you been? >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Wow! I'd like to see -that- on America's Funniest Videos! This is Tranya - I hope you relish it as much as I.
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donquijote1954 - 07 Jun 2007 18:31 GMT --don't forget the bell and the handlebar streamers --
True, they are very important. With the bell I can scare the hell out of pedestrians. Sort of getting back for all those who blasted the horn at me.
My bike is very cool, kind of a Harley with pedals. It's a long crank forward design that accommodates my height while being low. And I already got the thongs and the hat.
PS: Should I get the bottle holder too? Would MADD try to hunt me there too?
Clark F Morris - 07 Jun 2007 20:01 GMT >--don't forget the bell >and the handlebar streamers -- [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >PS: Should I get the bottle holder too? Would MADD try to hunt me >there too? In other words you are being the SUV of the sidewalk and pseudo king of the jungle when legally you have no right there.
Keith Schiffner - 08 Jun 2007 03:23 GMT >>--don't forget the bell >>and the handlebar streamers -- [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > In other words you are being the SUV of the sidewalk and pseudo king > of the jungle when legally you have no right there. Yet I am of the brethren. For I ride a motorcycle and above the law, morals, ethics and public decency. I would just as soon allow a DWI live as allow a mini-van exist...yet mouth breathing NASCAR loving troglodytes insist that both occur. Surely it's a eugenics experiment run amok...or better yet it's no experiment and we are killing off those with the genes that perpetuate these kinds of act. I can only hope it is so, for until mandatory safety equipment is banned our species future is in question.
Oh and just to make the left happy. f.ck THE MAN!
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BrianNZ - 08 Jun 2007 03:25 GMT >>> --don't forget the bell >>> and the handlebar streamers -- [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > kinds of act. I can only hope it is so, for until mandatory safety equipment is > banned our species future is in question. An 8" spike in the centre of the steering wheel should help people think about consequences.......
> Oh and just to make the left happy. f.ck THE MAN! (backing into the corner)....which man?
Keith Schiffner - 08 Jun 2007 03:55 GMT >>>> --don't forget the bell >>>> and the handlebar streamers -- [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > An 8" spike in the centre of the steering wheel should help people think about > consequences....... Out spec there comrade. It is a 12" spike, detachable and projected with TORPEX. Gives it that meaningful kick IYKWIM.
>> Oh and just to make the left happy. f.ck THE MAN! > > (backing into the corner)....which man? The MAN man...here have another glass of Kool-Aid you guess which pitcher it came out of. ;^)
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donquijote1954 - 08 Jun 2007 20:15 GMT > On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 10:31:24 -0700, donquijote1954 > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > In other words you are being the SUV of the sidewalk and pseudo king > of the jungle when legally you have no right there.- Reluctantly. They push me there. Remember is better to be predator than prey.
donquijote1954 - 08 Jun 2007 20:37 GMT --The sober guy talking on the phone in his SUV isn't five years in arrears on his child support for six children.--
Everybody picks on the drunk because he's the one with the bad image. Lawyers, teachers, and soccer moms, who recklessly drive oversized vehicles, are part of the system, and thus part of the hypocrisy.
Brent P - 07 Jun 2007 18:47 GMT > This is Tranya - I hope you relish it as much as I. Do you know Landru? Are you of the body?
donquijote1954 - 07 Jun 2007 18:49 GMT --Newman riding Elaine's bike
Ring-ring, gangway!--
Well, not a terrorist the way SUVs are, just enough noise for them to be alert to what's going on in the jungle. (I may use the opportunity to hand them a flyer.) But, no, I won't be able to cause death and mayhem...
Have you noticed that monkeys are noisy?
donquijote1954 - 07 Jun 2007 18:27 GMT > >Where have you been? > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Wow! I'd like to see -that- on America's Funniest Videos! No, that got to be shown on Myth Busters.
John David Galt - 15 Jun 2007 08:06 GMT > Wow! I'd like to see -that- on America's Funniest Videos! Too late, it's already appeared on Country Fried Home Videos. :-)
Scott M. Kozel - 07 Jun 2007 03:22 GMT > > Well, I was considering dropping such an exciting sport such as biking > > in order to survive. See, it's stupid to face the beast. Case in point [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > thereby delivering instant "street justice" to hit-and-runners and > nearby rubberneckers. It delivers a blinding flash of light and then a mushroom cloud.
Keith Schiffner - 07 Jun 2007 04:59 GMT >> Well, I was considering dropping such an exciting sport such as biking >> in order to survive. See, it's stupid to face the beast. Case in point [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > thereby delivering instant "street justice" to hit-and-runners and > nearby rubberneckers. And at my page I will show you how to increase that yield to 20 megatons.
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Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS - 07 Jun 2007 03:34 GMT > Well, I was considering dropping such an exciting sport such as biking > in order to survive. See, it's stupid to face the beast. Case in point > is the recent hit and run (so common in America) in which the victim > faced the bloody predator. Well, she was run over and dragged for > several miles. It can only makes me nervous to ride a bike and get on > the way of such beasts... Was the girl at fault? And if not, what was done to the driver.?
donquijote1954 - 07 Jun 2007 18:30 GMT On Jun 6, 10:34 pm, Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS <xeton2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Well, I was considering dropping such an exciting sport such as biking > > in order to survive. See, it's stupid to face the beast. Case in point [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Was the girl at fault? And if not, what was done to the driver.? That's major news. Just do a Google News search.
They caught the guy already in the airplane ready to go to the Middle East or something.
donquijote1954 - 07 Jun 2007 19:10 GMT OK, I'm getting real mad and I got this question for MADD:
WHO'S MORE DANGEROUS, A DRUNK MAN ON A BIKE, OR A SOBER MAN, PHONE IN HAND, IN AN SUV?
Just curious...
mark - 07 Jun 2007 20:43 GMT > OK, I'm getting real mad and I got this question for MADD: > > WHO'S MORE DANGEROUS, A DRUNK MAN ON A BIKE, OR A SOBER MAN, PHONE IN > HAND, IN AN SUV? > > Just curious... first hand experience
sober man, in Chevy suburban, yakking on cellphone, and not paying attention
February 1997.
I was in right lane of 4 lane street, suburban comes up fast behind me, cuts in sharp after pass, and CREAMS a young lady sitting at a red light..
he tried to stop..... just wasn't fast enough
young ladys car was driveable....
suburban had to be towed off, his radiator took a green pee in the street.
and YES. I pulled over in a parking lot, and made sure the accident report reflected wreckles driving of suburban before crash.
young lady worked close by, and was on her way back from lunch, I called her office, and let them know she would be late.... her supervisor sent me a thank you note for taking the time to stop and help her, she was 19 or so, driving daddys car, and it was her first wreck
Road Glidin' Don - 08 Jun 2007 07:42 GMT <snip>
Why don't you cross-posting bicycling pukes keep your weighty discussions to your own newsgroup?
(at least leave rec.motorcycles out)
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