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From: maa@ssc-bee.UUCP (Mark A Allyn)
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Subject: Re: RE: Auto Insurance ($$$)
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Date: Thu, 19-Sep-85 09:43:59 EDT
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> >I feel so much better when I get to work in the morning after the
> >hour and a half's aerobic excercize.
> 
> Ask the two guys around my company how healthy riding bikes to work is...
> Both of them have been hit by cars. (one car even tried to hit my buddy
> several times!)

Rest assurred - I take all precautions I can. I have a generator light
set on my bike plus those battery operated running flashlights which can
strap onto your legs. I strap one onto each leg. By the time I am finished
I am lit up like a Christmas tree.

I set my commute route so that it goes through the least traffic; bypassing
busy area. 

I also adjust my commute time (I am on flexitime) so that I am offset from
the normal rush hour. I get up at about 0400 to 0500 to start out which 
means that I am IN THE OFFICE by at the latest 0630 when the commuting
hour is just beginning. Likewise I leave early in the afternoon ahead
of the afternoon rush.

I use a helmet, wool bicycling pants and long sleeve shirts at all times
in case something were to happen. I also CONSTANTLY use my hemet mounted
mirror to keep an eye on traffic.

Mark A. Allyn
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