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From: ciampa@wivax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: life with cars - (nf)
Message-ID: <19618@wivax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 14-Jun-84 14:34:21 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 14 14:34:21 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 15-Jun-84 02:08:14 EDT
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Organization: Wang Institute, Tyngsboro, Ma.  01879
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Ah!!!! The missing turn signal.  I had an elderly gentleman
pass me on a turn and then take a quick right, no blinker
of course.  I found myself heading straight for the car with
no way out.  Just before the moment of impact, I dove sideways
off the bike and landed on the sidewalk, scratched and sore.
I looked up only to see my $500 Fuji laying underneath the
car.  The man got out of the car and examined his car with
me laying on the ground.  I hopped up and screamed "Where
the #$%^& was your blinker?!?!"  He said that he had it on,
but that was until the witnesses came and proved him wrong.
Needless to say, I threatened him with a lawsuit until he
decided to pay for the cost of the bicycle.  I did gain two
valuable lessons:  Make yourself visible (i.e. don't ride
to close to the side of the road), and make sure you wear
a helmet (I was not, but I had a *lucky* fall).

-- 
Robert A. Ciampa {apollo, cadmus, decvax, linus, masscomp}!wivax!ciampa
                  Wang Institute (617) 649-9731 x372