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From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org>
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Subject: Re: connected lights
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 08:01:53 -0500
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On 9/12/2024 8:57 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
> On 9/12/2024 8:50 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>> On 9/12/2024 6:45 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>>> On 9/12/2024 5:40 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:13:42 -0400, Frank Krygowski
>>>> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Understood. Your near-default point is "Everyone's 
>>>>> decision is correct."
>>>>>
>>>>> My frequent point is "You don't need to go to extremes 
>>>>> to be safe,
>>>>> especially on a bike."
>>>>
>>>> My frequent point is that safe is a subjective evaluation.
>>>>
>>>> I feel safe on a bicycle sidepath, you don't.
>>>
>>> You feel safe on a bicycle sidepath only if you've got a 
>>> handgun ready to draw and fire within a second or two.
>>>
>>
>> Correct. Suits his situation, in his personal evaluation.
>>
>> As always, when seconds matter, 911 is just twenty minutes 
>> away.
> 
> "His situation" is shared by many other path users. I'm 
> betting he's the only one so afraid as to never ride without 
> his gun.
> 

Maybe not for those previously mugged.

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Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
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