| Re: New York wants to outlaw iPods for cyclers!?!?
On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 07:09:58 -0600, "BobT"
<robertleetaylorRe@MoveThisCox.net> wrote:
>"Gorgeous George" <gorgeous.georgey@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:1171106831.734099.195910@p10g2000cwp.googleg roups.com...
>> WTF is this...
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/2mea2m
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>My libertarian streak makes me think this is a bad law, however anyone that
>wears earphones playing music while cycling on a road shared with other
>vehicles is quite foolish.
>
>A modest proposal: Perhaps there should be a law that requires anyone
>injured while engaging in this particularly stupid activity should only get
>medical treatment if they pay for it themselves. This would achieve the
>goal of protecting the public at large from this person's poor judgement but
>would not infringe on individual freedom with the only goal of "protecting
>people from themselves".
>
>Please do not respond unless you agree with me.
>
>Ready, set, and go.
>
>BobT
>
I spend at least 1:10 each way. I can't be alone that long with my
thoughts. Mostly I don't listen to music, I listen to talk radio for
the most part. It isn't usually loud enough to drown out anything
nearby.
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