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   From: bowman@erewhon.com   
      
   On 10/27/2015 06:57 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:   
   > Opens interesting line of thought. What do people   
   > (foolishly) do because they are over reliant on   
   > technology? Driving the winding mountain roads is   
   > one.   
   >   
   > Plenty other examples, I'd guess.   
      
   There have been studies that suggest motorcyclists wearing helmet take   
   more chances and perhaps are involved in more accidents. Personally I   
   know when I wear a helmet I feel more isolated and 'safer' than when my   
   beard is blowing in the wind. And that isn't even technology. Traction   
   and stability control is spreading to bikes and may be mandated sometime   
   in the future. That should prove interesting. I may even be senile   
   enough to dive into a corner at a speed well above my competence if I   
   think electronics will make everything okay. Or I may have just decided   
   a pine tree at 120 mph was preferable to a one way trip to Sunny Acres   
   Assisted Living Facility. Never can tell.   
      
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