*Reads this for the 10th time and decides to bump it*
*then to the amazement of few opens his mouth*
My sentiments here may be seen to be poorly chosen in terms of irony and the high likelyhood that my point will be missed (it usually is, damn the english language and its intricasies), but I'll venture on anyway.
I don't drive a car.
I ride a bike(lots) and take pt (often) and am a passenger in a car (seldom)
I have many reasons for this, and they lead me to feel really bad, every time I get into a car when I could have done it a better way...
One of them is that while I have the increased potential of being killed, on my bike - like DQ's dad, I will never be in control of a car and will never be like the woman in the crash.
It may seem to be just another way of weaseling out of responsibility (DQ himself has driven me home once), but I think that the more people reclaim the streets as pedestrians and cyclists, and more people get on trains and trams, the fewer tragedies like this will occur.
[This message has been edited by number86 (edited 09 October 2001).]
[This message has been edited by number86 (edited 09 October 2001).]