http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/12/29/in-constant-peril/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 23 May 2012 16:43:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/12/29/in-constant-peril/#comment-24501 cycler Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:10:09 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1685#comment-24501 I love my 1937 "blackout bike" All the chrome parts were at one point painted black to eliminate reflections. Much of the black paint has be rubbed away, but there's still some on the BB bracket, cranks and rod brake levers. I love my 1937 “blackout bike” All the chrome parts were at one point painted black to eliminate reflections. Much of the black paint has be rubbed away, but there’s still some on the BB bracket, cranks and rod brake levers.

]]> http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/12/29/in-constant-peril/#comment-23440 Opus the Poet Fri, 31 Dec 2010 21:55:32 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1685#comment-23440 Definitely puts bike ninjas down several notches in risk, doesn't it? Seriously though what's described here is one of the reasons I tell people to use lights when they ride, to see and be seen. Definitely puts bike ninjas down several notches in risk, doesn’t it? Seriously though what’s described here is one of the reasons I tell people to use lights when they ride, to see and be seen.

]]> http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/12/29/in-constant-peril/#comment-23344 SteveL Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:05:22 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1685#comment-23344 Given that petrol rationing got introduced at some point during the war, so the miles driven by private vehicles must have dropped significantly, the risk to pedestrians per mile driven may have got much worse than just doubling. Given that petrol rationing got introduced at some point during the war, so the miles driven by private vehicles must have dropped significantly, the risk to pedestrians per mile driven may have got much worse than just doubling.

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