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AMATEUR RADIO IS SO DIFFERENT THAT THE INJURIES DID NOT RESULT FROM
NEGLIGENCE ON THE PART OF THE AMATEUR INVOLVED?  WHAT THE JURY WILL HEAR IS
LIKELY TO SOUND LIKE THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATIVE LEADER WHO WAS QUOTED
EARLIER.  REMEMBER, YOUR LEGAL LIABILITY FOR AN INJURY, DEATH OR PROPERTY
DAMAGE MAY ULTIMATELY BE IN THE HANDS OF 12 PEOPLE WHO PROBABLY DO NOT CARE
ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO OR THE PUBLIC SERVICE IT PROVIDES.  WE DONT NEED TO BE
OPERATING WHILE WE ARE DRIVING.  IT IS PLEASURABLE, IT IS REWARDING IN SOME
WAYS AND THERE ARE EVEN TIMES WHEN WE CAN CONVINCE OURSELVES THAT IT IS A
DISTRACTION THAT KEPT US AWAKE AND MORE ALERT ON A LONG, BORING STRETCH OF
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY.  BUT, WOULDNT IT BE BETTER TO PULL OFF, TAKE A NAP AND
GET REFRESHED INSTEAD?  WHY PUT SO MUCH AT RISK?  INSURANCE INVOLVEMENT AT
SOME JUNCTURE THE INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL STEP INTO THE DEBATE.  SOME
COMPANIES MAY RAISE THEIR RATES GENERALLY TO COVER THE ANTICIPATED LOSSES
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