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- Subject: Re: HELMETS
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.121903.12691@bnr.uk>
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 12:19:03 GMT
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- Dave Williams (dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us) wrote:
- :
- : -> Many studies and much personal testimony indicates that a primary
- : -> cause of motorcycle - automobile accidents result from poor
- : -> conspicuity of motorcycles.
- :
- : I was rather amused to find out that "poor conspicuity" has also been
- : a common reason given for wrecks involving marked police cars, fire
- : engines, and ambulances. Interestingly, the use of lights and/or siren
- : didn't appear to make much difference.
- :
- : The usual sworn statement of the citizen involved was, of course, "I
- : didn't SEE him..."
-
- Some bobbies were killed recently. They were on the hard-shoulder of the
- motorway, with all the lights on, including the American style nick-nick bar
- on the roof, full of flashing red and blue lights. A lorry ran into them at
- about 65 MPH and killed them. What the lorry was doing, driving on the
- hard-shoulder, I don't know. Perhaps another Brit-DoDer can enlighten me,
- but this serves as an example that existance is a risk, whatever the
- circumstances. Enjoy it while you can, "now" maybe all you have!
-
-
- Nick (the existentialistical Biker) MAG 73516 DoD 1069 Concise Oxford
-
-
- M'Lud.
-