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06-26-10 | 07:08 AM

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John E

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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;

As long as bicyclists are routinely and almost universally excused from jury panels in vehicular manslaughter trials during voir dire (been there ... done that), juries will comprise non-cycling motorists and will therefore remain stacked against us. Whatever happened to "a jury of one's peers"? -- Ah yes -- if the accused is a non-bicycling motorist who believes we are foolhardy and don't even belong on "his" roads, then I suppose a jury of his peers is 12 like-minded people ...

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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069

Last edited by John E; 06-26-10 at 07:17 AM.

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