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- From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
- Subject: Re: HELMETS
- Message-ID: <1edptvINN8l1@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 16:10:39 GMT
- References: <1992Nov18.121615.3330@cs.hw.ac.uk>
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- In article 3330@cs.hw.ac.uk, geirs@cs.hw.ac.uk (Geir Solvang) writes:
- >But why on earth would anyone *NOT* wear a helmet.
- >If you are not wearing a helemet at all, you
- >must really be an complete and utter idiot! In general I consider
- >people riding without a helmet not to be a REAL biker.
-
- Many studies and much personal testimony indicates that a primary cause
- of motorcycle - automobile accidents result from poor conspicuity of
- motorcycles.
-
- So why on Earth would anyone *NOT* wear a neon orange vest with lime
- green reflective stripes. If you are not wearing neon clothing at all,
- you must really be a complete and utter idiot! In general I consider
- people riding without reflective stickers not to be a REAL biker.
-
- Makes sense, huh, Geir?
-
- ---
- 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...
-