Re: City Cracks Down on Bike Couriers

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From: Kurt Hackenberg
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1997 00:00

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Ken Kifer <kenkifer@simplecom.net> writes:

>As he was picking the thorns out of his skin, a little old lady came
>out and started beating him with a broom.

[laughter]  Classic.

I heard a similar story many years ago.  A friend of a friend was
riding a bicycle along a highway, near an interchange.  A
tractor-trailer passed him, cut right to take an exit ramp -- and hit
him with the trailer wheels.  By then the trucker had realized his
mistake, jumped on the brakes, and locked the trailer wheels; the
bicyclist was pushed along in front of a wheel.  He got major "road
rash", of course, but was not run over -- which is a good thing.

Personally, I've had little trouble with truckers, or any pro's.
They're generally alert.  But those goddamn car drivers . . .

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From: kh@world.std.com (Kurt Hackenberg)
Subject: Re: City Cracks Down on Bike Couriers
Date: 1997/12/06
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