Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site ssc-bee.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ssc-bee!maa From: maa@ssc-bee.UUCP (Mark A Allyn) Newsgroups: net.auto,net.consumers,net.flame Subject: Re: RE: Auto Insurance ($$$) Message-ID: <376@ssc-bee.UUCP> Date: Thu, 19-Sep-85 09:43:59 EDT Article-I.D.: ssc-bee.376 Posted: Thu Sep 19 09:43:59 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 20-Sep-85 06:53:54 EDT References: <606@hou2g.UUCP> <849@abnji.UUCP> <367@ssc-bee.UUCP> <718@psivax.UUCP> Organization: Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA Lines: 27 Xref: watmath net.auto:8216 net.consumers:3012 net.flame:11980 > >I feel so much better when I get to work in the morning after the > >hour and a half's aerobic excercize. > > Ask the two guys around my company how healthy riding bikes to work is... > Both of them have been hit by cars. (one car even tried to hit my buddy > several times!) Rest assurred - I take all precautions I can. I have a generator light set on my bike plus those battery operated running flashlights which can strap onto your legs. I strap one onto each leg. By the time I am finished I am lit up like a Christmas tree. I set my commute route so that it goes through the least traffic; bypassing busy area. I also adjust my commute time (I am on flexitime) so that I am offset from the normal rush hour. I get up at about 0400 to 0500 to start out which means that I am IN THE OFFICE by at the latest 0630 when the commuting hour is just beginning. Likewise I leave early in the afternoon ahead of the afternoon rush. I use a helmet, wool bicycling pants and long sleeve shirts at all times in case something were to happen. I also CONSTANTLY use my hemet mounted mirror to keep an eye on traffic. Mark A. Allyn !uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ssc-bee!maa Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com