i think this will be my last email on this chain. <br><br>i don't even know if this person was hit by a car. i don't know what happened. that's why i wrote the email. i wanted to know if anyone had heard news on this fellow 4th st bridge cyclist's condition.<br>
<br>all i know is that his brain seeped out of his cracked skull, and it was there on the street when i rode by. <br><br>i didn't say anything about my safety standards. the implication may have been that i wish this person had been wearing a helmet. yes, and i even would go so far as to say that i hope <i>you</i> wish this person had been wearing a helmet. i wouldn't have seen his brain then, and that would have been better.<br>
<br>i hope this person makes it... but it didn't look so good. <br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Turtle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:turtle@thewiseturtle.com" target="_blank">turtle@thewiseturtle.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">My antagonism (which really started out as a very polite comment) is<br>
highly appropriate in this case. The cause of the crash is the<br>
problem, not the arbitrary wearing or not wearing of prohibitively<br>
expensive (for many) and possibly dangerous hats.<br>
<br>
I mean, if you're going to insinuate that the guy was not protecting<br>
himself to your personal standards, perhaps you should complain that<br>
he would have been fine if he'd been driving a car, instead of the<br>
bike. Or maybe he should have just taken the bus.<br>
<br>
My point is that if you want us all to be safe, pay attention to what<br>
actually causes crashes. Why were two vehicle drivers trying to be in<br>
the same place at the same time?<br>
<br>
Peace, Love, and Bicycles,<br>
<div><div></div><div>-Turil<br>
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