XPost: or.general, or.politics   
   From: lobby.dosser.mapson@verizon.net   
      
   Don Homuth  wrote:   
      
   > 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?   
      
   No, you were yapping about a cyclist rear ending you.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)