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Frank Krygowski[_4_] June 29th 15 04:02 AM

Safety inflation: The next level
 
We're now subject to "safety inflation," where we're told to buy product
after product to keep us ever safer. There's no such thing as safe enough!

For example: What if you're cycling along at night, outfitted with full
reflectors plus a taillight, but some motorist doesn't recognize that
the pedaling motion he sees up ahead is due to someone pedaling a bicycle?

What you need is something that will project an icon of a bicycle on
your back! And if you should be preparing to stop, it should project a
stop sign. Turning right? I should project a right turn signal.

All the tech workers in Silicon Valley know this, which is why all the
intelligent ones have these icon projectors fitted to stalks attached to
their seatposts:

http://www.onislam.net/english/healt...ing-safer.html

I'm not saying these should be mandatory. But if you've got a helmet, a
flashing strobe light front and rear plus a horizontal flag sticking out
from your bike, you're just not safe enough. It's your own fault if you
get hit because you don't have a nighttime icon projector.

--
- Frank Krygowski

[email protected] June 29th 15 04:55 AM

Safety inflation: The next level
 
what's the actress do ? stick up pubs ?

john B. June 29th 15 01:14 PM

Safety inflation: The next level
 
On Sun, 28 Jun 2015 23:02:28 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

We're now subject to "safety inflation," where we're told to buy product
after product to keep us ever safer. There's no such thing as safe enough!

For example: What if you're cycling along at night, outfitted with full
reflectors plus a taillight, but some motorist doesn't recognize that
the pedaling motion he sees up ahead is due to someone pedaling a bicycle?

What you need is something that will project an icon of a bicycle on
your back! And if you should be preparing to stop, it should project a
stop sign. Turning right? I should project a right turn signal.

All the tech workers in Silicon Valley know this, which is why all the
intelligent ones have these icon projectors fitted to stalks attached to
their seatposts:

http://www.onislam.net/english/healt...ing-safer.html

I'm not saying these should be mandatory. But if you've got a helmet, a
flashing strobe light front and rear plus a horizontal flag sticking out
from your bike, you're just not safe enough. It's your own fault if you
get hit because you don't have a nighttime icon projector.


I've noticed that when driving at night and you come upon an emergency
vehicle, say a road repair, or telephone pole and there is a truck
there with a emergency light bar - yellowy flashing lights on a, maybe
18 - 24 inch bar across the width of the truck - that people seem to
slow down immediately.

Another thing that seems to be noticed if those "road flares". they
had a nail on one end and you stabbed them into the pavement and than
ignited them.

A vehicle burning on the edge of the road also attracts a lot of
notice. I've seen cars stopped for a hundred yards in both direction.
{people even get out of their cars and walk, imagine that "Walk", to
get a closer view.

But I suppose that the weak point is that these things are "old Hat"
and you will never get a mention of the Internet if you "discover" one
of these.

But you know, a few rags and a broomstick and a can of kerosene and a
cigarette lighter could probably get one a lot of space on the highway
:-)

(on the other hand, in the U.S. it might get one arrested for
contaminating the atmosphere :-)
--
cheers,

John B.


Peter Howard[_6_] June 29th 15 01:51 PM

Safety inflation: The next level
 
On 29/06/2015 1:02 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
We're now subject to "safety inflation," where we're told to buy product
after product to keep us ever safer. There's no such thing as safe enough!

For example: What if you're cycling along at night, outfitted with full
reflectors plus a taillight, but some motorist doesn't recognize that
the pedaling motion he sees up ahead is due to someone pedaling a bicycle?

What you need is something that will project an icon of a bicycle on
your back! And if you should be preparing to stop, it should project a
stop sign. Turning right? I should project a right turn signal.

All the tech workers in Silicon Valley know this, which is why all the
intelligent ones have these icon projectors fitted to stalks attached to
their seatposts:

http://www.onislam.net/english/healt...ing-safer.html


I'm not saying these should be mandatory. But if you've got a helmet, a
flashing strobe light front and rear plus a horizontal flag sticking out
from your bike, you're just not safe enough. It's your own fault if you
get hit because you don't have a nighttime icon projector.



I don't need a device to project images on my back but I did find a nice
recipe for oatmeal cake on that website.

[email protected] June 29th 15 03:05 PM

Safety inflation: The next level
 
On Monday, June 29, 2015 at 8:14:52 AM UTC-4, John B. wrote:
On Sun, 28 Jun 2015 23:02:28 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

We're now subject to "safety inflation," where we're told to buy product
after product to keep us ever safer. There's no such thing as safe enough!

For example: What if you're cycling along at night, outfitted with full
reflectors plus a taillight, but some motorist doesn't recognize that
the pedaling motion he sees up ahead is due to someone pedaling a bicycle?

What you need is something that will project an icon of a bicycle on
your back! And if you should be preparing to stop, it should project a
stop sign. Turning right? I should project a right turn signal.

All the tech workers in Silicon Valley know this, which is why all the
intelligent ones have these icon projectors fitted to stalks attached to
their seatposts:

http://www.onislam.net/english/healt...ing-safer.html

I'm not saying these should be mandatory. But if you've got a helmet, a
flashing strobe light front and rear plus a horizontal flag sticking out
from your bike, you're just not safe enough. It's your own fault if you
get hit because you don't have a nighttime icon projector.


I've noticed that when driving at night and you come upon an emergency
vehicle, say a road repair, or telephone pole and there is a truck
there with a emergency light bar - yellowy flashing lights on a, maybe
18 - 24 inch bar across the width of the truck - that people seem to
slow down immediately.

Another thing that seems to be noticed if those "road flares". they
had a nail on one end and you stabbed them into the pavement and than
ignited them.

A vehicle burning on the edge of the road also attracts a lot of
notice. I've seen cars stopped for a hundred yards in both direction.
{people even get out of their cars and walk, imagine that "Walk", to
get a closer view.

But I suppose that the weak point is that these things are "old Hat"
and you will never get a mention of the Internet if you "discover" one
of these.

But you know, a few rags and a broomstick and a can of kerosene and a
cigarette lighter could probably get one a lot of space on the highway
:-)

(on the other hand, in the U.S. it might get one arrested for
contaminating the atmosphere :-)
--
cheers,

John B.


TRY A LONG TRIP TO ANTARTICA

Andre Jute[_2_] June 29th 15 04:09 PM

Safety inflation: The next level
 
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Joining the religion of licensed bully-boys, eh, Franki-boy? You'll feel right at home

Andre Jute


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