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Dear Mervyn, Physics and biology are not arithmetic.If a slow moving truck rolls over a stationary motorbike,the rider and piliion would be as dead as a dodo.It is no consolation to them if their heads are intact.They may look pretty in the coffin.That's no use to the owner of that intact head. Traffic discipline--right of way,speed limit,traffic lights,one way streets,overtaking on the left,drunken driving,doped driving,juvenile riders/drivers--- is what needs attention.Just good roads,good laws and good cops wont do. Each one must do his or her part. See the police statistics...71% accidents due to rash driving,61% accidents on straight roads(41% of them on highways that constitute only5% of the road length in Goa.).It's no joke. No vehicle should be hired to an unlicenced driver/rider. No child below 18 years of age should be allowed to register a geared vehicle in his/her name.Hirers and parents who help violate the law should be prosecuted as abettors to the crime.The statistics of accidents will nosedive to single digits in a year. Any takers. Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mervyn Lobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 6:46 AM Joel D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The meeting vowed to strongly oppose any attempt to > > make use of helmets > > mandatory and expressed regret that the authorities > > instead of trying to > > fix the causes of accidents are merely trying to > > project a false theory that lives would be saved by > using helmets. > x x x > Folks, > A two second search of the web revealed the following: > > 1) Bicycling accidents are frequent and unavoidable, > and head injuries and death are likely to result from > these accidents. > > 2) Many cyclists have attested that a helmet saved > their lives and even have battered or broken helmets > to prove it. I stopped my search right here when I realised that > the author above was talking about accidents from > riding a BICYCLE. > Would anyone else agree with me that if one is riding > twice as fast on a motorbike, s/he would need at least > the same protection a bicyclist requires? > > Mervyn _________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca >
