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Subject:Re: Helmet laws
From:Ron Tipton
Date:Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:36:59 -0400

Rodney Woten ("Woten, Rodney" <rodney.woten@LENNOXIND.COM>) on
Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:58:12 wrote:

> The part about being able to automagically alert the authorities is already
> here.  The Onstar system can monitor your airbag.  A soon as it deploys,
> they can alert the authorities and send them to your GPS coordinates, which
> they also already happen to have.  I'm not sure I need "someone keeping that
> close of an eye on me!!!!!

Boy I hate it when "someone" is keeping a close eye on me while I'm out
buying naphtha and high nitrogen fertilizer.

> BTW: I always wear a helmet.  Always have.  It's probably saved my life a
> few times, I have the cracked helmets to prove it.  I just hate anyone
> telling me I have to wear it.

Of course!  Only a fool doesn't... and we're only fools about VWs!

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