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To: Ilaine who wrote (69902)	7/7/2008 9:42:12 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Yes, we just have sheep tracks, cattle tracks and footpaths through ponga forests: <Is it true that New Zealand doesn't have highways?>? But maybe you mean by highways, divided direction multi-lane motorways, of which we have about 100 kilometres in the country. Cities pretending to Big Smoke status sometimes put in a bit of dual carriageway to make it look good, a bit like an African dictator putting on one of those swishy braided military hats to make themselves look good. You are right though that the main reason for bicycle deaths being fewer proportionately than motorcycle is that motorcyclists like to zoom along and high speed then slide through cheese cutters, into bridge abutments, over banks or into oncoming vehicles [some of which are not on the right side of the road which is the wrong side, so to speak]. Apparently motor cyclists are sometimes referred to in medical circles as "organ donors". I think murderous criminals should be called organ donors, but that's another story. People on bicycles are frequently hit from behind by incompetent and inattentive motorists. Modern vehicles put people in a trance so they are barely aware of the interaction of 0.5mv2, mv and ma [kinetic energy, momentum, force - m = mass, v = velocity, a = acceleration [and deceleration]. Some people, even when stationary don't put much time into thinking about those equations. Mqurice

To: Ilaine who wrote (69902)	7/8/2008 8:23:28 AM
From: Moominoid	Respond to of 74559

Bicycles go slower and there is less mass and momentum when you crash... I think bike helmets made cyclists feel safer and become more aggressive when in reality they provide little protection at anything above fairly slow speeds.

To: Ilaine who wrote (69902)	7/8/2008 8:29:38 AM
From: Moominoid	Respond to of 74559

None of the Australian state capitals (Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Hobart) are connected by divided highway or freeway the whole way. The best is the Hume Highway between Sydney and Melbourne: en.wikipedia.org Work also in progress in connecting Brisbane and Sydney by freeway. There is a divided highway the whole way from Sydney to Canberra and also other shorter distances like Sydney to Wollongong and Newcastle.

To: Ilaine who wrote (69902)	9/15/2008 5:14:48 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Hello Ilaine, Sarah Palin held a nice big pep rally in Anchorage on Saturday morning. Downtown was saturated with police and state troopers. I've never seen so much security before, but I suppose you're familiar with it being in the DC area and all. The doors opened at 7:30AM, with the program starting 2 hours later. The Wasilla High School band* warmed up the crowd while people gathered. Sarah was introduced by Lt. Governor Sean Parnell, and there were chants of "Parnell for Governor". Sarah's talk was more Alaska-oriented rather than her standard stump speech. Best sign was "Moose For Palin!" Loudest chant was "Drill Baby Drill!" Piper Palin was front and center with her grandparents in the seating behind the speaker's stand. Willow and Trig were there with Todd, but no Bristol. Afterwards Sarah and Todd shook hands and signed autographs for the home town folks. I didn't press in for an autograph, but I was only 10 feet away so I got a good look at the process. There was quite a phalanx of stern-faced Secret Service agents around her. I wonder if those uniformly severe frowns are part of their training? Here's how it looked from my position... Sarah Palin autographs signs for fans as the Secret Service keeps careful watch at the conclusion of her Farewell Rally Saturday morning September 13, 2008 at the new Dena'ina Civic & Convention Center. Daughter Willow holds her sibling Trig at right. Palin was flying out for scheduled campaigning later in the day in Nevada. *In a protest against Sarah's opposition to school sex education, one anti-Palin protester with a warped sense of humor was detained for tossing handfuls of condoms at the kids in the band. I read about this incident afterwards, so it must have happened before I got inside.