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From: pchan@mnetor.UUCP (Peter Chan)
Newsgroups: net.auto,net.cycle
Subject: Re: Motorcycles driving between lanes -- legal?
Message-ID: <2319@mnetor.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 4-Oct-85 10:26:16 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct  4 10:26:16 1985
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Reply-To: pchan@mnetor.UUCP (Peter Chan)
Organization: Computer X (CANADA) Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Summary: 

In article <762@rduxb.UUCP> daw1@rduxb.UUCP (WILLIAMS) writes:
>> -------
>> Some people deliberately try to kill motorcyclists who do this.  I heard
>> one story about someone whose truck-driver friend has deliberately
>> killed or injured more than one slot-riding motorcyclist...  
>

It actually happened to me once, although I didn't hit them intentionally.
It was my first time driving in Europe during a visit.
Not very familiar with the ways in downtown (they called it 
"Centerville", I think) Paris, I hesitated at a stop light (in the left-most 
lane) finally, I made up my mind to make a left hand turn. However, there was
a biker, with his girlfriend, trying to past me in the left, the opposite
lane. The next thing I saw was watching 2 persons flying in front of my
eyes. The guy wasn't too hurt but the girl was injured pretty badly.
The police came, despite of all the communication problems, I finally
gave them my address and phone number in Canada. I have never received
any mail or call from them. Perhaps my insurance with the rental company
took car of it, perhaps they figured out it wasn't my fault.

Although I will not intentionally hit those bikers, I have no sympathy
with them. If they want to play nasty and if they are hurt, nobody is to
blame but themself.

Peter Chan