XPost: or.general, or.politics   
   From: dhomuth1@comcast.net   
      
   On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:17:17 GMT, Lobby Dosser   
    wrote:   
      
   >Don Homuth  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Still and all, the Danger Factor doing that on a bicycle isn't as   
   >> great.  The sum mass of a bicycle and rider isn't capable of doing   
   >> quite as much damage.  I'd much rather have had a bicycle hit the   
   >> pickup than the Jeep.   
   >>   
   >   
   >Clearly you don't know what you're talking about.   
      
   Clearly that's what I'm talking about.   
      
   > If a driver is on a cell   
   >phone and drifts into another lane there could be a fair amount of property   
   >damage and minimal injuries. If a cyclist is talking on a cell phone and   
   >drifts into another lane the property damge is likely minimal, but the   
   >injury to the cyclist could be massive and possibly fatal.   
      
   Sorta what I said, idnit?   
      
   Do You need Something to bitch about today too?   
      
   It's sorta like drunk drivers.  If only They would be killed in the   
   ensuing accident, but more often than not, they survive.   
      
   I feel the same way about folks who are talking on cell phones as   
   well.  I wouldn't mind if they were killed off.  Darwin is supposed to   
   work like that, when it comes to Personal Stupidity.   
      
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