Fri Sep 5 15:04:24 1997 - Message No. 1387
From: Katsanos Phoebus

Subject: Re: SHIT!


At 12:12 рм 5/9/1997 +0200, you wrote:

>So what happened? Did she get the car back? Does Phoebus know? Actually, I
>don't think she did.
>
I think in this case the nuns got their car back.

However i must say again the reason why i am against such laws.

It is not how harsh a law is, it is the hypocricy before it.

Imagine that you drive in a big city, at night, you want to turn right and
your bike falls in a rubber barier, at the middle of the road with a height
like the sidewalks.
 What do you do?
I bet you fall and very likely you get injured!

Imagine you go on a straight road again at night and at its end lies a big
caterpilar and 2 meters before that 4 rusted barrels and a dusty sign, the
blue once wich shows that you must turn right 90 degrees and it is at the
height of your knee.
 What do you do?

Imagine you ride with mild rain and normal speed (90kmh) and your bike
slides left to the oposite lane just because of the wind since the asfalt is
slippery like glass
 What do you do?

Those 3 are not fantasy! The rubber barier is in Athens, and it separates
buss lanes from general traffic. They are black and they where painted with
yellow stripes but now those are gone! The deviation with little or none
warning is very common in Greek roads and the best Greek asfalt is worst
than the worst Italian one!

And now imagine that some guy tells you that in the name of public safety
you will lose your bike because you have alcohol in your blod more than 0.50
something!

Do you think it is really ment to fight accidents?


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