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09-20-2003, 06:13 AM

"Isn't bicycling too dangerous?"

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09-20-2003, 10:50 AM

"Garrison Hilliard" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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> "Isn't bicycling too dangerous?"
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A person driving a car in the same place and time would've met the same
fate as he was traveling northbound while the drunk driver was traveling
southbound in his lane.

09-20-2003, 12:35 PM

Sat, 20 Sep 2003 18:50:50 GMT,
<ek1bb.424$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].prodigy.com >, "she is pissed"
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>"Garrison Hilliard" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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>> "Isn't bicycling too dangerous?"
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> A person driving a car in the same place and time would've met the same
>fate as he was traveling northbound while the drunk driver was traveling
>southbound in his lane.

fukq

"It's pretty obvious that a head-on collision at 50 mph is more
survivable within a steel frame and protected by seat belts and air
bags. However, bicyclists rarely have these kinds of collisions."
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zk

09-21-2003, 07:26 AM

Zoot Katz wrote:
> Sat, 20 Sep 2003 18:50:50 GMT,
> <ek1bb.424$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].prodigy.com >, "she is pissed"
> <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
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>> "Garrison Hilliard" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
>> news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]...
>>> "Isn't bicycling too dangerous?"
>>>
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>>
>> A person driving a car in the same place and time would've met
>> the same fate as he was traveling northbound while the drunk driver
>> was traveling southbound in his lane.
>
> fukq
>
>
> "It's pretty obvious that a head-on collision at 50 mph is more
> survivable within a steel frame and protected by seat belts and air
> bags. However, bicyclists rarely have these kinds of collisions."

Note the rarely, not never, rarely.

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09-21-2003, 12:43 PM

she is pissed wrote:
> A person driving a car in the same place and time would've met the same
> fate as he was traveling northbound while the drunk driver was traveling
> southbound in his lane.

Not necessarily. We don't know the speed of the drunk driver and we wouldn't
know the speed of a north bound driver. Also, most cars made in the last decade
or so have crumple zones and air bags and these have saved lives in quite a few
head on collisions. It probably would have been bad but maybe not fatal. The
drunk driver would have probably been hurt.

--Bill Davidson
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