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01-06-2005, 04:59 PM

Wayne Pein wrote:
>
> Bicycling while intoxicated is actually not illegal here
in NC. It is
> specifically exempted from impaired driving laws.
>
Wouldn't you just love to know what legislator's personal
saga lies behind this particular exemption?

01-06-2005, 04:59 PM

Wayne Pein wrote:
>
> Bicycling while intoxicated is actually not illegal here
in NC. It is
> specifically exempted from impaired driving laws.
>
Wouldn't you just love to know what legislator's personal
saga lies behind this particular exemption?

01-06-2005, 04:59 PM

Wayne Pein wrote:
>
> Bicycling while intoxicated is actually not illegal here
in NC. It is
> specifically exempted from impaired driving laws.
>
Wouldn't you just love to know what legislator's personal
saga lies behind this particular exemption?

01-06-2005, 06:24 PM

John Everett wrote:

>
>
> When I saw the Subject line in the OPs article I thought it was going
> to refer to an incident I was involved in. Last fall my girlfriend
> Julie and I were on a Sierra Club outing to ride the Katy Trail in
> Missouri.
>
> On Saturday, October 16, twelve participants (plus the driver) were
> in a 15 passenger van (plus a trailer full of bikes and gear)
> traveling from St. Charles, Missouri to Clinton, Missouri when we were
> involved in a nasty accident west of Sedalia. I just suffered bumps
> and bruises, but Julie had two broken ribs.
>
> Of the 13 people, two were hospitalized for a few days...

In other words, the author of that article should be saying "You should
be scared stiff of motoring."

Why not write and tell him?

--
--------------------+
Frank Krygowski [To reply, remove rodent and vegetable dot com,
replace with cc.ysu dot edu]

01-06-2005, 06:24 PM

John Everett wrote:

>
>
> When I saw the Subject line in the OPs article I thought it was going
> to refer to an incident I was involved in. Last fall my girlfriend
> Julie and I were on a Sierra Club outing to ride the Katy Trail in
> Missouri.
>
> On Saturday, October 16, twelve participants (plus the driver) were
> in a 15 passenger van (plus a trailer full of bikes and gear)
> traveling from St. Charles, Missouri to Clinton, Missouri when we were
> involved in a nasty accident west of Sedalia. I just suffered bumps
> and bruises, but Julie had two broken ribs.
>
> Of the 13 people, two were hospitalized for a few days...

In other words, the author of that article should be saying "You should
be scared stiff of motoring."

Why not write and tell him?

--
--------------------+
Frank Krygowski [To reply, remove rodent and vegetable dot com,
replace with cc.ysu dot edu]

01-06-2005, 06:24 PM

John Everett wrote:

>
>
> When I saw the Subject line in the OPs article I thought it was going
> to refer to an incident I was involved in. Last fall my girlfriend
> Julie and I were on a Sierra Club outing to ride the Katy Trail in
> Missouri.
>
> On Saturday, October 16, twelve participants (plus the driver) were
> in a 15 passenger van (plus a trailer full of bikes and gear)
> traveling from St. Charles, Missouri to Clinton, Missouri when we were
> involved in a nasty accident west of Sedalia. I just suffered bumps
> and bruises, but Julie had two broken ribs.
>
> Of the 13 people, two were hospitalized for a few days...

In other words, the author of that article should be saying "You should
be scared stiff of motoring."

Why not write and tell him?

--
--------------------+
Frank Krygowski [To reply, remove rodent and vegetable dot com,
replace with cc.ysu dot edu]

01-06-2005, 06:24 PM

John Everett wrote:

>
>
> When I saw the Subject line in the OPs article I thought it was going
> to refer to an incident I was involved in. Last fall my girlfriend
> Julie and I were on a Sierra Club outing to ride the Katy Trail in
> Missouri.
>
> On Saturday, October 16, twelve participants (plus the driver) were
> in a 15 passenger van (plus a trailer full of bikes and gear)
> traveling from St. Charles, Missouri to Clinton, Missouri when we were
> involved in a nasty accident west of Sedalia. I just suffered bumps
> and bruises, but Julie had two broken ribs.
>
> Of the 13 people, two were hospitalized for a few days...

In other words, the author of that article should be saying "You should
be scared stiff of motoring."

Why not write and tell him?

--
--------------------+
Frank Krygowski [To reply, remove rodent and vegetable dot com,
replace with cc.ysu dot edu]

01-06-2005, 08:12 PM

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 18:59:12 -0600, "Mike Kruger" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>Wayne Pein wrote:
>>
>> Bicycling while intoxicated is actually not illegal here
>in NC. It is
>> specifically exempted from impaired driving laws.
>>
>Wouldn't you just love to know what legislator's personal
>saga lies behind this particular exemption?

How about "it's nobody's business if you want to kill yourself."

Good to know there's at least one state where people know they're electing a
legislature, not a freeking nanny.

Ron

01-06-2005, 08:12 PM

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 18:59:12 -0600, "Mike Kruger" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>Wayne Pein wrote:
>>
>> Bicycling while intoxicated is actually not illegal here
>in NC. It is
>> specifically exempted from impaired driving laws.
>>
>Wouldn't you just love to know what legislator's personal
>saga lies behind this particular exemption?

How about "it's nobody's business if you want to kill yourself."

Good to know there's at least one state where people know they're electing a
legislature, not a freeking nanny.

Ron

01-06-2005, 08:12 PM

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 18:59:12 -0600, "Mike Kruger" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>Wayne Pein wrote:
>>
>> Bicycling while intoxicated is actually not illegal here
>in NC. It is
>> specifically exempted from impaired driving laws.
>>
>Wouldn't you just love to know what legislator's personal
>saga lies behind this particular exemption?

How about "it's nobody's business if you want to kill yourself."

Good to know there's at least one state where people know they're electing a
legislature, not a freeking nanny.

Ron