On Fri, 2 May 2008 10:50:49 -0700 (PDT), ComandanteBanana
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>On May 2, 12:38 pm, Gunner <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Fri, 02 May 2008 11:43:53 +0200, Jon Bendtsen <[email protected]>
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>> >Rod Speed wrote:
>> >> Gunner <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>> On Fri, 02 May 2008 07:11:21 +0200, Jon Bendtsen <[email protected]>
>> >>> wrote:
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>> >>>> ComandanteBanana wrote:
>> >>>>> On May 1, 3:45 pm, Jon Bendtsen <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>>>>> ComandanteBanana wrote:
>> >>>>>>> Nothing new about it: The little furry mammals developed that
>> >>>>>>> strategy to survive among the dinosaurs (which is why we are
>> >>>>>>> here)...
>> >>>>>>> Anyway, now my next door neighbor wants to ride at midnight...
>> >>>>>>> And he ain't one of those crazy bums on a Huffy. He even bought a
>> >>>>>>> vest with blinking lights (DUI drivers and SUV drivers chatting
>> >>>>>>> on the cell
>> >>>>>> He could get a dynamo hub and some lights. The best dynamo
>> >>>>>> hub should be SON from Schmidt, but it's rather expensive.
>> >>>>>> The front and rear light could be from Busch + Muller, but
>> >>>>>> schmidt has a real nice LED light comming real soon now(tm).
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>> >>>>>> See:
>> >>>>>> http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/schmidt.asp
>> >>>>>> http://www.bumm.de/index-e.html
>> >>>>>> http://www.nabendynamo.de/english/index.html
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>> >>>>>> JonB
>> >>>>> All those lights are nice so you can see, but to be seen all you
>> >>>>> need is that blinking vest. I guess.
>> >>>> Probably other people can see all those lights as well.
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>> >>> Unless some drunk decides you are an intersection.
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>> >>> Ever wonder why cops get killed more than anyone else in traffic
>> >>> collisons?
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>> >>> Drunks zone in on the flashing yellow or red lights in the back window
>> >>> of a patrol car, like moths to a flame.
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>> >> Nope, because they spend a lot more time at well above the legal speed limit.
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>> >Thats right. Further more cops spend alot more time on the
>> >roads than other people do, all that increases the chance
>> >of getting involved in a car accident.
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>> I forgot to point out to you and Rod, that based on your criteria,
>> truckers should have the highest fatality rates of all.
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>> Wouldnt that be correct? They spend far far more time on the road
>> than anyone
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>Truckers are the best (and perhaps only good) drivers in America. They
>undergo the training we all should be having.
Heads up...Truckers get mostly OJT. On the Job Training. They undergo
a certification program to get their DLs....and thats just about all.
Here in California, there are a ton of truck driving schools, mostly
run by east Indians..often times Sihks. Those schools are designed
to teach one to pass the driving test for a Class 1.
Everything else comes with OJT.
Been there, done that. Got the Class 1 (with Hazmat indorsement)
though I dont drive big rigs anymore
I drive about 65,000 miles a year in my job as a self employed machine
tool repair tech (CNC lathes etc etc). Ive had a drivers license
since 1967. Most of my driving is Central. California down to the
Mexican border.
Ive had 2 moving violations in those 40 yrs. One for crossing over the
double yellow lines into the car pool lane (to avoid being sideswiped
by a buffoon on a cell phone, and the other for failure to stop at a
red light, when my brake lines exploded on a car Id not 30 minutes
before purchased. The previous owner had replaced the rusted out brake
lines with plain copper tubing. The mustang I T-boned in that
interection was the first and only motor vehicle accident Ive ever had
as well (knock on wood)
Ive drive 50,000 lbs of explosives over Whitehorse Pass, etc etc etc,
drilling rigs down Grocers Grade and so forth.
Nearly all OJT.
Gunner
Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional,
illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an
unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the
proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.
