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Bob Wollek, world famous Porsche driver died. But NOT while racing cars - he was hit in Sebring while riding his bicycle! See the link for the story. http://www.speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/06road/010317f.html

Sorry to hear this horrible news.... Z3Coupe <[email hidden]***> wrote in message news:Ipkt6.8959$[email hidden]... > Bob Wollek, world famous Porsche driver died. But NOT while racing cars -he > was hit in Sebring while riding his bicycle! See the link for the story. > > http://www.speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/06road/010317f.html > > >

On Mon, 19 Mar 2001 01:25:44 -0800, "Z3Coupe" <[email hidden]***> wrote: >Bob Wollek, world famous Porsche driver died. But NOT while racing cars - he >was hit in Sebring while riding his bicycle! See the link for the story. I was a bit suspicious, being a Floridian the past 13 years, so I hunted up the local Sebring newspaper's website where they had a simple news article about his death. Just as I suspected, Bob was creamed by an EIGHTY-THREE YEAR OLD man who "didn't see him". I tried riding my touring bike in Florida the first summer when I moved there and it scared the crap out of me. Bike's hung in the garage ever since. Half of 'em think you're supposed to be on the sidewalk like a pedestrian and the other half just don't like bicyclists. Doesn't help either that 90% of the cyclists think you're supposed to either ride on the sidewalk or opposing traffic like a pedestrian. The weather is gradually warming here in Seabrook, TX and I'm about ready to prep the old Univega for some riding. I think it *may* be safer here... Regards, Brett C. Cammack brettDOTcammack@worldnetDOTattDOTnet (remove the DOTs from my return address to reply privately)

"Brett C. Cammack" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Mon, 19 Mar 2001 01:25:44 -0800, "Z3Coupe" > <[email hidden]***> wrote: > >Bob Wollek, world famous Porsche driver died. But NOT while racing cars -he

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> >was hit in Sebring while riding his bicycle! See the link for the story. > > I was a bit suspicious, being a Floridian the past 13 years, so I > hunted up the local Sebring newspaper's website where they had a > simple news article about his death. Just as I suspected, Bob was > creamed by an EIGHTY-THREE YEAR OLD man who "didn't see him". > > I tried riding my touring bike in Florida the first summer when I > moved there and it scared the crap out of me. Bike's hung in the > garage ever since. Half of 'em think you're supposed to be on the > sidewalk like a pedestrian and the other half just don't like > bicyclists. Doesn't help either that 90% of the cyclists think you're > supposed to either ride on the sidewalk or opposing traffic like a > pedestrian. > > The weather is gradually warming here in Seabrook, TX and I'm about > ready to prep the old Univega for some riding. I think it *may* be > safer here... > > Regards, > Brett C. Cammack

Florida, especially southern Florida, is widely regarded as the worst cycling enviroment in the America. For the most part a car will simply run you down without even thinking about it. A very different enviroment for a Frenchman I'm afraid. Bob was always a favorite of mine. KFG

"Brett C. Cammack" wrote:

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> > On Mon, 19 Mar 2001 01:25:44 -0800, "Z3Coupe" > <[email hidden]***> wrote: > >Bob Wollek, world famous Porsche driver died. But NOT while racing cars - he > >was hit in Sebring while riding his bicycle! See the link for the story. > > I was a bit suspicious, being a Floridian the past 13 years, so I > hunted up the local Sebring newspaper's website where they had a > simple news article about his death. Just as I suspected, Bob was > creamed by an EIGHTY-THREE YEAR OLD man who "didn't see him".

Oh yeah, and autumn/winter is the worst, suddenly the streets are crowded with big, really BIG luxury cars with tiny bold heads behind the wheel, retired folks being able to leave their air conditioned appartments because of the somewhat lower temps outside. On one ride to the beach I actually saw three (3!) accidents involving those nice folks on three street crossings within 4 or 5 miles.... scary! ;) l8er ronny -- This is Linux country. On a quiet night, you can hear Windows NT reboot.