Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihlpg.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!bellcore!petrus!sabre!zeta!epsilon!gamma!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!ihlpg!fish From: fish@ihlpg.UUCP (Bob Fishell) Newsgroups: net.bicycle,net.auto Subject: Re: Broken Glass on Roads Message-ID: <1295@ihlpg.UUCP> Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 17:50:20 EDT Article-I.D.: ihlpg.1295 Posted: Mon Sep 23 17:50:20 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 27-Sep-85 07:14:50 EDT References: <377@ssc-bee.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 26 Xref: linus net.bicycle:1360 net.auto:7247 > Since much of the broken glass that I see appears to be the result of > accidents and fender benders (broken headlights) I would like to see > a requirement that all parties in an accidents are responsible to ensure > that ALL debris be cleaned up after the accident. *** AC T YOUR AGE *** Most of the broken glass around here seems to be from benders of another kind, namely, drunken teenagers throwing beer bottles out of car windows. I would like to see the local police make the little @#$%^&s EAT it. As to cleaning up after accidents, it's pretty hard to clean up after a wreck when you've got a concussion. I think they could pay the tow truck drivers a little extra to sweep up the debris, if they'd do it. Tire savers seem to do a lot to prevent flats from broken glass. I've ridden right over bottle fragments (they make a very distinctive sound) and kept right on going without incident. I've only had two flats from puncture in the last two years, one from a staple piercing the sidewall, another from a rather large nail. Sure, they squeal, but they do work. __ / \ \__/ Bob Fishell ihnp4!ihlpg!fish Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com