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From: ted@inmet.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Fri, 18-Oct-85 09:04:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 18 09:04:00 1985
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Nf-From: inmet!ted    Oct 18 09:04:00 1985


As someone who nearly got killed by one of those *ssholes last year,
(a dope in a truck decided to pull a U-turn across the flow of traffic
at 9am rush-hour -- after seeing me in his rearveiw no less!!!), I'm all
for the small thermonuclear missle launcher option for motorcycles.
  In the Boston area, these boneheaded people are TAUGHT to drive incorrectly
for example, the other day, I came up behind a "driver education" car who
was waiting to perform a left turnoff, he (or should I say, it) was positioned
diagonally across the right hand lane, with his wheels turned into the oncoming
traffic, and of course, no turn signal.  The "instructor" in the car was not 
saying a word, and appeared to feel nothing was wrong with the situation. 
Actually, the instructor looked as though he was biding his time until his shift
was over so he could start his drinking.
  The safest thing to remember when driving a motorcycle in the states is that
all those people are complete and blithering idiots with absolutely no 
perception of their environment, besides where the cigarette lighter is, or the
mirror for fixing their hair/makeup.  Stay as far away from them as humanly
possible, for the police are incapable of performing their job of keeping the
idiots off the road.  The jerk that hit me was stoned at the time, and I'll 
never get him to serve day one of jail time for his stupidity.  But, I'd ride
a bike again, that is if I did'nt have a brother who promised to rip my head
off if I get near another street bike.   I'm fortunate in that I was able to
retain all my parts, but that was only because I was a block from a hospital
(my foot was severed), but alot of people aren't so lucky.
  People need to have impressed upon them that they are handling a lethal
weapon, not just a means of transportation, and that driving a vehicle doesnt
mean you stick your brain in the glove box when the engine is started...

Sorry, I didn't mean to flame.  Be careful riding, there are alot of idiots
out there...