PP> many fatalities or injuries are caused by this habit, but I do know of
 PP> one fatality about 12 years ago while I was an 
 PP> undergrad at Sonoma State
 PP> in California - a young and promising athlete was on the way to SSU,
 PP> cycling against traffic and swerved out to avoid a 
 PP> truck she apparently
 PP> assume was about to make a right turn - it didn't 
 PP> and she hit it head on
 PP> - I read this in our university paper and in the local paper. It's
 PP> something I often tell to others... but then humans have this
 PP> "wonderful" ability of self-denial " it won't happen to me..."
Crying shame, isn't it? I mean, simple physics tells me that I'd rather be 
hit from behind, with the lower impact velocity, then head-on, anytime. 
Besides, if it's my time to go, I'd just as soon not know what hit me 
grin!).
Dave
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