Rod, at 00:10 on Feb 12 1997, you wrote to Paul Edwards...

RG> As a bike rider, my greatest fear isn't when I'm riding, but 
RG> when I'm stopped at traffic lights and there's a car behind 
RG> me. This is when I'm most vulnerable.  If the cars brakes 
RG> don't work, and ploughs into me I'm totally rooted.. Either 
RG> run over by the car itself, or pushed into the oncoming 
RG> traffic... neither is very nice.

FWIW, that is PRECISELY how my ex-wife's brother was killed in 1968.

Regards, Bill

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