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Tom Nakashima
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>
> Dear Tom,
>
> I've read that one of the most common injuries treated on
> the Tour de France is broken toes caused by the team car
> tires rolling over the toes of spectators.
>
> The imbecility of spectators cannot be underestimated.
>
> In 1958 Constant Wouters, the General Secretary of the Parc
> des Princes, stepped out onto the Parc's banked track in
> front of the Tour riders, was hit by the leader Darrigade,
> and died of his injuries eleven days later.
>
> Here's a scan of part of a much larger picture:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~carlfogel/download/asshole.jpg
>
> Even though Wouters was all alone with no other spectator
> anywhere near him, he just had to get a little closer to a
> pack of riders doing over 30 mph.
>
> "Asshole.jpg" is harsh, but I couldn't think of any other
> title for a picture of a track official killing himself by
> deliberately stepping onto a clearly marked track in front
> of the lead rider.
>
> Carl Fogel
It could happen.
The last time I visited Australia, I almost got killed by a car when I
looked to the left instead of looking to the right when crossing the street.
Can you imagine all the cycling I've been through, dodging cars in the U.S.
then getting killed in a foreign country for not looking the right way.
I think the next time Lance rides up the Alp in a ITT, he should have a
Hummer team car with flared fenders behind him.
-tom
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>
> Dear Tom,
>
> I've read that one of the most common injuries treated on
> the Tour de France is broken toes caused by the team car
> tires rolling over the toes of spectators.
>
> The imbecility of spectators cannot be underestimated.
>
> In 1958 Constant Wouters, the General Secretary of the Parc
> des Princes, stepped out onto the Parc's banked track in
> front of the Tour riders, was hit by the leader Darrigade,
> and died of his injuries eleven days later.
>
> Here's a scan of part of a much larger picture:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~carlfogel/download/asshole.jpg
>
> Even though Wouters was all alone with no other spectator
> anywhere near him, he just had to get a little closer to a
> pack of riders doing over 30 mph.
>
> "Asshole.jpg" is harsh, but I couldn't think of any other
> title for a picture of a track official killing himself by
> deliberately stepping onto a clearly marked track in front
> of the lead rider.
>
> Carl Fogel
It could happen.
The last time I visited Australia, I almost got killed by a car when I
looked to the left instead of looking to the right when crossing the street.
Can you imagine all the cycling I've been through, dodging cars in the U.S.
then getting killed in a foreign country for not looking the right way.
I think the next time Lance rides up the Alp in a ITT, he should have a
Hummer team car with flared fenders behind him.
-tom