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Re: WIFE SPEEDS TO SAVE STRICKEN HUSBAND: BICYCLIST EXPENDABLE

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From: The Airman
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 17:36
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Actually no I did not.

What I said still stands.

Thanks for informing me.

"Dave Vandervies" <dj3vande@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote in message 
news:d9held$hoe$1@rumours.uwaterloo.ca...
> In article <n3Wue.3216$hV5.2352@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com>,
> The Airman <airman@mn.rr.com> wrote:
>>Well - the cyclist learned their lesson - and paid with their life.  Maybe
>>if the driver could see the bicyclist at night, this may have been 
>>avoided.
>
> Did you read the original article?  I mean, the whole thing, including
> the part where it listed what the driver got charged with?  How, exactly,
> is being visible at night going to stop you from being hit by a drunk
> moron driving a stolen vehicle when she goes through a red light?
>
> No matter how visible you are, you still won't be seen by somebody who
> doesn't look.
>
>
> dave
>
> -- 
> Dave Vandervies                         dj3vande@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
> (As a degenerate case, sleeping on the keyboard counts as "play" for
> these purposes.)
>                                       --Chris Dollin in comp.lang.c 
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