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From: fish@ihlpg.UUCP (Bob Fishell)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle,net.auto
Subject: Re: Broken Glass on Roads
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Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 17:50:20 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 23 17:50:20 1985
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> Since much of the broken glass that I see appears to be the result of
> accidents and fender benders (broken headlights) I would like to see
> a requirement that all parties in an accidents are responsible to ensure
> that ALL debris be cleaned up after the accident.

***     AC  T              YOUR     AGE ***

Most of the broken glass around here seems to be from benders of another
kind, namely, drunken teenagers throwing beer bottles out of car
windows.  I would like to see the local police make the little @#$%^&s
EAT it. As to cleaning up after accidents, it's pretty hard to clean
up after a wreck when you've got a concussion.  I think they could pay
the tow truck drivers a little extra to sweep up the debris, if they'd 
do it.

Tire savers seem to do a lot to prevent flats from broken glass.  I've
ridden right over bottle fragments (they make a very distinctive sound)
and kept right on going without incident.  I've only had two flats from
puncture in the last two years, one from a staple piercing the sidewall,
another from a rather large nail.  Sure, they squeal, but they do work.
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