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- From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
- Subject: Re: Saturday night COPS on FOX
- Date: 17 Nov 1992 15:17:00 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
- Lines: 29
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- Message-ID: <1eb2dcINN8bb@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>
- References: <1992Nov17.033630.5630@tcsi.com>
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- In article 5630@tcsi.com, markk@tcs.com (Mark Kromer) writes:
- >
- >"Say on a per mile basis someone is five times (I don't know the actual
- >figure and would appreciate it if anyone knows) as likely to be killed
- >on a motorcycle than in a car. That means that every 5 miles you
- >travel in your car is as risky as one mile on a motorcycle. Now, do
- >you even give a second thought to loading your children into a car and
- >driving off somewhere? Do you weigh the importance of the trip
- >against the threat to your life and the lives of your children?"
- >
- >"I thought not." (end of argument)
-
- Boloney. That never ended any argument *I* ever had.
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- "But if you get in an accident in a car, you're more protected."
-
- "But a car can't fall over."
-
- "But a car has windshield wipers (really! somebody said that!)"
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- "But my brother's friend's girlfriend's aunt knows somebody who *died*
- on a motorcycle!"
-
- ---
- Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,
- Ed.Green@East.Sun.COM |and I showed him a picture of you. I said,
- DoD #0111 (919)460-8302 |"Go on, get to know her, you'll like her!"
- (The Grateful Dead) --> |It seemed like the least I could do...
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