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Teen in Crash May Have Been Text Messaging
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| Nov 26, 2005
| Anon
Posted on 11/26/2005 11:15:52 AM PST by Pharmboy
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To: freedumb2003
You'd have to check out Mary's about page.
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posted on
11/26/2005 12:04:37 PM PST
by
andyk
(Fear my strategery of misunderestimation.)
To: freedumb2003
I didn't see a turtle story here"HELP ME MR. WIZARD, HELP"!
Does that help? ; )
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posted on
11/26/2005 12:06:57 PM PST
by
EGPWS
To: Blue Jays
Rest assured that bicyclists are far more concerned about motor vehicles than the other way around.As they should be. You can have flashing red lights and white strobe lights all over your bike, and someone will still run you over. Just like they do when they run into large trains sound ear piercing horns and firetrucks with a dozen lights flashing.
To: Pharmboy
If it had been a few years back the teenager would have been eligible for a medal. Oh! Wait I believe that was for older drivers.......
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posted on
11/26/2005 12:10:03 PM PST
by
the_daug
To: WasDougsLamb
----I wasn't so forgiving when a drunk killed my husband and baby boy and I NEVER will. It is hard to forgive someone who kills your family through sheer negligence A sad scenario to say the least.
Who could forgive someone who created such a life's decimation when common sense could have prevented it?
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posted on
11/26/2005 12:11:57 PM PST
by
EGPWS
To: freedumb2003
I didn't see a turtle story here Try more whiskey.
To: EGPWS
I used to LOVE that show!
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posted on
11/26/2005 12:14:14 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Let's tear down the observatory so we never get hit by a meteor again!)
To: Jigsaw John
What needs to happen is some of these cagers whose negligence results in death need to be put behind bars for many years.
That might be the "shot across the bow" that knocks some sense in senseless drivers.
To: Jigsaw John
You can have flashing red lights and white strobe lights all over your bike, and someone will still run you over. Just like they do when they run into large trains sound ear piercing horns and firetrucks with a dozen lights flashing.Then why risk traveling by bike on roads built for motorized vehicles with this understanding of such a risk in doing so?
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posted on
11/26/2005 12:14:43 PM PST
by
EGPWS
To: Jigsaw John
Hi Jigsaw John-
A motorist is absolutely at fault when they crash into the sides of trains and firetrucks. That is precisely my point, a portion of drivers are off in La-La Land while they're operating their vehicles.
Most of the bicycle enthusiasts that I see in my area are very good about wearing helmets and bright colors to make them easy to see for attentive motorists.
~ Blue Jays ~
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posted on
11/26/2005 12:14:55 PM PST
by
Blue Jays
(Rock Hard, Ride Free)
To: andyk; MaryFromMichigan
Thanks andy
Great story and wonderful pics Mary! :)
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posted on
11/26/2005 12:16:35 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Let's tear down the observatory so we never get hit by a meteor again!)
To: HitmanNY
Less unusual is a messy divorce, which is what was going on here. She managed to supress her glee...
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posted on
11/26/2005 12:17:42 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
(The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
To: EGPWS
Then why risk traveling by bike on roads built for motorized vehicles Ahem...
I think somebody has to re-read the drivers manual.
To: Pharmboy
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posted on
11/26/2005 12:19:00 PM PST
by
HitmanLV
(Listen to my demos for Savage Nation contest: http://www.geocities.com/mr_vinnie_vegas/index.html)
To: EGPWS; Balding_Eagle
Aside from the road haxards, just think of all those toxic fumes from car exhaust that these health nuts are inhaling deeply into their lungs.
Even smokers don't breathe in their smoke as deep as these bikers and runners do.
And I bet they're rabib anti smoking, to boot
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posted on
11/26/2005 12:20:41 PM PST
by
RedMonqey
(Life is hard. It's even harder when you're stupid.)
To: freedumb2003
I used to LOVE that show! You must be a graduate of "WATTSAMATTA U" in Frostbite Falls Minnesota! ; )
Yes, one of the greatest cartoons ever produced was "Rocky and Bullwinkle"!
Aesop's Fables was another good one.
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posted on
11/26/2005 12:20:45 PM PST
by
EGPWS
To: EGPWS; Balding_Eagle
Aside from the road hazards, just think of all those toxic fumes from car exhaust that these health nuts are inhaling deeply into their lungs.
Even smokers don't breathe in their smoke as deep as these bikers and runners do.
And I bet they're rabid anti smoking, to boot
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posted on
11/26/2005 12:21:01 PM PST
by
RedMonqey
(Life is hard. It's even harder when you're stupid.)
To: HitmanNY
...and his insurance was likely paid up and had not changed the beneficiary yet (prolly).
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posted on
11/26/2005 12:21:07 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
(The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
To: EGPWS
Hi EGPWS-
"...Why risk traveling by bike on roads built for motorized vehicles with this understanding of such a risk in doing so?..."
You strike me as simply being contrarian on this thread. The kid doing the text messaging while driving could have just as easily hit a pedestrian crossing the road or a disabled motorist changing a flat tire. Should they also not be allowed to be there?
Knock it off with the absurd "bicyclists shouldn't be on the road" arguement because it is a sophomoric attitude that is not based in reality. The immature kid was text messaging while driving when he hit a person who had every right to be on the road.
~ Blue Jays ~
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posted on
11/26/2005 12:22:37 PM PST
by
Blue Jays
(Rock Hard, Ride Free)
To: EGPWS
Don't forget Tom Slick, SuperChicken and other serious social observational Ward cartoons.
And don't loose all your money in LOST WAGES (B&C)
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posted on
11/26/2005 12:26:21 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Let's tear down the observatory so we never get hit by a meteor again!)
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