[Carfreeliving] Pedestrian Dragged 40 feet in Sunset

[Joshua Hart]

Yes but a system that leaves driving as the only reasonable choice, 
even for those drivers who are too old, drunk, irresponsible, or 
otherwise incapable to operate what is (as you know) an extremely 
dangerous mode of transportation, and refuses to deny licenses to even 
those who abuse the "privelege" is a system that kills and injures by 
design.  How many people would die in a United States using primarily 
trains and bicycles as our main mode of transportation?   A lot less 
than 50,000 I believe.


Josh
-car-free since 1999
- sad and angry about Mike's crash and believe that if this woman who 
hit him was denied a drivers license and there was better transit that 
Mike would still be riding...
-rent and drive cars when absolutely necessary




On Mar 15, 2005, at 2:27 PM, Mike Sallaberry wrote:

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> The utility of a car (or any object) has nothing to do with its 
> potential to kill or maim someone because of how someone misuses it. 
>  Trains run by negligent operators have killed more than a few folks - 
> perhaps we should start a train-free living list.
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> I know this is a list where we all get to freely preach to the choir, 
> but  I hope our arguments to the public are a little more reasoned.
>
> Mike
> - car-free my entire life
> - struck and sent flying by one 10 days ago (I blame the driver, not 
> the car)
> - may one day own one
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> Joshua Hart <joshua at sfbike.org>
> Sent by: Carfreeliving-bounces at livablecity.org
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> 03/15/2005 02:06 PM
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> carfreeliving at livablecity.org, Wes Kirkman <kirkman at walksf.org>
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> [Carfreeliving] Pedestrian Dragged 40 feet in Sunset
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> Cars are such a convenient and advanced mode of transportation- thank  
>  the lord for the automobile!
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>  J
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>  http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/baycitynews/archive/2005/
>  03/15/dragged15.DTL
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