[ale] cars

[drifter]

I have been driving for more than 45 years and have easily
driven more than 1.5 million miles. Driven everything from
mopeds to large trucks. 
I have been involved in only two accidents; both times I was
rear ended while stopped at a stop light.
My point is no matter how safe you are as a driver, sometimes
you can't avoid being hit by idiots. So keep your insurance paid up
and be CERTAIN to have an "uninsured motorist" rider on the policy.
:)
One lesson I taught both of my kids was to always hit any critter
smaller than a full grown bull head on -- don't try to swerve, you'll
just hit the damn oak tree. Doing that with a modern car is one thing --
with a light-weight bicycle is another thing entirely, which is why I
am not about to second guess Charles for trying to miss the stupid
dog. :)

Sean

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On Friday 12 February 2010 10:15:50 Preston Boyington wrote:
> Charles Shapiro wrote:
> > OTOH, there is the view that the best safety improvement you could
> > make to a car is a six-inch spike comin' out of the steering wheel
> > pointed at the driver's chest. It would certainly improve **my** odds
> > of survival in most cases.
> 
> not quite the same thing, but recently this is what riding my motorcycle
> has felt like:
> 
> cold, slick roads + 3" contact patch on tires + 170+hp = THROTTLE
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