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From: Robert Nesius <nesius@******.COM>
Subject: Re: Riderless Blitzen
Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 22:42:00 -0700
At 8:16 AM -0700 4/29/98, Ojaste,James [NCR] wrote:
>>be stolen. If people actually did this, I'd drive around with a
>>big flatbed truck that has a big winch/arm on it, and snag the bikes.
>
>Oh boy. You don't think that might attract a little attention?
>Usually, car thieves try *not* to be noticed - this precludes driving
>around in a tow-truck and grabbing cars on the freeway... :-)
>

In the Puyallup? I could see the thing getting nuked on a whim.
Not to mention go-gangs bashing it in for kicks. :)

In any case, thanks to all who provided input on this. Looks like
remote control is possible, although I will probably only
allow this initially with bikes w/ sidecars. As for auto-gyro's
stabalizing the bike, those are something I'll consider for the future.

-Rob

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