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Date: 26 Sep 2007 17:14:07
From: SMS
Subject: Bicycle safety According to Amazon.com
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"http://www.amazon.com/Kent-Ultra-Magnesium-Compact-Folding/dp/B000H6G146"
"Safety Information - Always wear a helmet, knee pads and elbow pads
when riding. Do not ride at night or in areas of traffic."
Geez, I violated every one of those requirements in the past 24 hours.
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Date: 27 Sep 2007 05:22:28
From: AustinMN
Subject: Re: Bicycle safety According to Amazon.com
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On Sep 26, 7:14 pm, SMS <scharf.ste...@geemail.com > wrote:
> "http://www.amazon.com/Kent-Ultra-Magnesium-Compact-Folding/dp/B000H6G146"
>
> "Safety Information - Always wear a helmet, knee pads and elbow pads
> when riding. Do not ride at night or in areas of traffic."
>
> Geez, I violated every one of those requirements in the past 24 hours.
This is just lawyer fodder.
Looking to Amazon for bicycle safety information is like looking to an
auto mechanic for baking advice or a baker for piano lessons.
Austin
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Date: 27 Sep 2007 03:26:25
From: Mark Shroyer
Subject: Re: Bicycle safety According to Amazon.com
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On 2007-09-27, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com > wrote:
> "http://www.amazon.com/Kent-Ultra-Magnesium-Compact-Folding/dp/B000H6G146"
>
> "Safety Information - Always wear a helmet, knee pads and elbow
> pads when riding. Do not ride at night or in areas of traffic."
>
> Geez, I violated every one of those requirements in the past 24
> hours.
They're probably just covering their metaphorical butts in case of
any potential lawsuit, with or without merit. "But your honor, the
plaintiff whose Amazon.com-purchased bicycle's
(brakes
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Date: 26 Sep 2007 20:28:24
From: David L. Johnson
Subject: Re: Bicycle safety According to Amazon.com
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SMS wrote:
> "http://www.amazon.com/Kent-Ultra-Magnesium-Compact-Folding/dp/B000H6G146"
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> "Safety Information - Always wear a helmet, knee pads and elbow pads
> when riding. Do not ride at night or in areas of traffic."
What? Knee pads and elbow pads? Don't ride in traffic? Don't ride at
night?
How about: "Run for your life, there's a car coming!"
--
David L. Johnson
What is objectionable, and what is dangerous about extremists is not
that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant.
--Robert F. Kennedy
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