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In article <mcampbel.725384025@eola.cs.ucf.edu>, mcampbel@cs.ucf.edu (Mike Campbell ) writes:
|> I'm getting the feeling I was misunderstood a bit.  (And I apologize if that
|> is the case)

Me too.

|> I did not mean to imply that the mirrors or door handles offered any sort of
|> protection to the arms when hanging out, nor that arms never got mangled.

I only added the remark about protection (or not) by mirrors as a
"by-the-by".

|> What I meant was that if the roads were SO narrow as to put fear into the
|> whole UK society over hanging their arms out the window, then the incidence
|> of missing mirrors would be higher.  

As a whole, UK society does not suffer from fear and trembling about
arm-loss in motor cars.  I tried to make this clear.  I have a father
who tries hard to instill this sort of stress into society, but on the
whole, he's rather unsuccessful.  Even I have to be reminded (by him)
of the need to be frightened each time I drive with him on a hot day.

I'm inclined to think that this sub-thread has gone further than its
original import justified.  Sorry about that, folks (I started it ;-).
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