European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes Friday october 17,1966 letters push Start test for heavy queston i just finished Reading the new changes to usar eur res. 190-1, cd appendix of Tab ii Para. 2, exercise l. According to exercise 2 1 am expected to Puih my 700-Pound motorcycle and attempt to push Start it in second gear. First of All my motorcycle is equipped with an electric starter As Well As a Luck starter and should either fail me i assure you it will be sent to the shop for repair immediately. Secondly should my better judgment cause me to want to push Start the vehicle i will certainty solicit assistance while 1 do the Correct thing and sit on the Cycle for better control. What is the purpose of the test does the testing office expect a under of a full Dresser weighing As much As 900 pounds to be Able to run with it this particular test needs to be eliminated from the course immediately. From Reading on i venture to say that the majority of these tests Are meant for riders of smaller vehicles such As 400cc, etc., and not the Large i340cc vehicles. Case in Point Page 14 of the january 1986 Issue of Driver pictured 11 motorcycles All of which were in the 400cc or less about to undertake Street skills lest. When were the giants perhaps they Are just implying that those who Nde smaller motorcycles Are the ones that need lessons in All my years of Accident free driving i have Al ways used my feet at times when greater balance and control demand a different approach. Gravel of the freeways and around Comers often cause problems in balance and if it weren t for a Well placed foot i might have fallen once or twice. Those who design the tests need to be More realistic and understand the vast difference Between a a soc and a 1340cc. Not All motorcycles Are created equal and the differences in length front Forks rpm seat height the added weight of a passenger and weight of the motorcycle itself Call for different  feet Tor control in situations where very Low speeds Are required and while attempting to negotiate around the Loo tight pylons during exercises should not be construed As wrong because that is not the Case it is merely common sense. I strongly suggest that the lest be Given a much closer scrutiny As exercise 2, As an example most definitely needs to be eliminated because its Validity is highly questionable and has nothing whatsoever to do with Safe operation of a vehicle. Actually it is to the contrary. Sec. J. S. Ramos Heidelberg editor s note Jeanette Johnson vehicle Regis try Public affairs specialist he Usa eur replies Lite writer is Correct in staling that the larger to Coue the Usa eur Drivers testers formed daring their training sessions by profess Lona Cesi Lustre rotors Dekeath to exert a 2 cd be eliminated for such motorcycles. Lions regulation pirate this guidance. As for the Validity of the motorcycle proficient coarse. It is a German stale approved and ring team court used by the German Ray to train Bulent operate motorcycles safely. These tests were Derek pet. To determine the motorcyclist s operating and handling abilities. With unlimited speeds on German Aulo Bahia offi. Ferent right of Way rules Cobblestone streets Bolles tracks and a traffic density five times greater than to America it is of utmost importance that our is. Forces motorcyclists Are thoroughly trained or Caa prove their proficiency before they Are authorized operate a motorcycle on German roads. The objective of the new motorcycle licensing pro Gram is to determine that each Usa eur motorcyclist is experienced and Able to handle a motorcycle safely before Usa eur issues them a motorcycle License vol Smarch jitterbugs raise Reader s Dander _ 1-. 11 a i. .i.,.la.t, ofert a four of it i4iiki a us pow in Anft Thor in a Nunno the Tor five minutes. Svitic of her untrue the tics to make this is a letter to All those people who go week after week or go once in a while and the newcomers to he recreational activity known As  and what this letter is about More specifically is Lille bugs garbage and thoughtless people. My wife and i have been in Germany for 12 wee Sand have been on 13 Volks marches. On our second vol Smarch around five minutes into the walk we started seeing a lot of plastic cups on the Side of the Trail. Obviously discarded because there were no Gar Bage bags around to put them in. So my wife decided to Start picking them up. Before we arrived Al the first control Stop we had about 10 plastic cups two wrappers and two cafes cups. Al the Stop a German woman came up to us and thanked my wife for picking up the cups. Along the walk ahead we came across four Ameri cans with very tout language and who weren t shy about speaking it loud. Two of them were smoking. We passed and said to ourselves it s too bad no one can  a few weeks later we were on another walk along the Moselle in the town of Ekirch. I Hope you re Reading this sir because it s mainly due to you Why i m writ ing this letter we had a splendid walk through the vineyards and the weather was great. We were about in hours into our walk and just through with our second control Stop to gel our ticket stamped. Walking Down the Hill my wife and i see this american gentleman i Wilchis wife and two children throw a cup and something else on the ground. My wife had finally had it with the disregard people bad on the walks. She politely walked up to the Man and said that she Felt it was wrong of him to throw the garbage on the ground and thai the germans request that the garbage be put in the garbage bags at the control slops. We walked ahead and he proceeded to Tell us in a loud voice that it was All right to throw garbage on the ground because the germans pick it up after the walk. And then he told us that we re acting this Way because it must have been our first vol Smarch. He continued of minutes saying othe thing himself believe that what he did was acceptable. Just to inform the Many americans who May thin like that Man i la fill you in on what one of the Ekirch officials informed us we state in our votes marching pamphlet As do All the other Ivy marches not to litter along the hiking Trail not to smoke along the wooded areas and to also have dogs on a  the person then concluded that even though they do go along the trails to pick up the garbage dropped that they really Don t have time to waste doing such a  official thanked us very much for our attention to this matter. It does l have to do with whether or not it s your first or 50lh vol Smarch. It has to do with respect of their land and a Little common sense. Think next Lime you Start to throw that piece of garbage out of your hand. There s someone who would love to know who threw it Down who is picking it hours after you re Home and comfortable. Dallas n. Stevens Ulmen Germany paperwork required for East bloc travel recently the stars and stripes carried a travelogue on Budapest Hungary. One of paragraphs contained an inaccuracy that this letter seeks to Correct. It was stated that military members Are required to see their Security manager to Complete paperwork before travelling to a communist controlled country such As Hungary. Usa eur regulation 38040 bears out that this is Border tour sobering recently some soldiers of our battalion attended a Border Lour near bad hrs add the Lour was interesting enlightening and sobering. Although it is difficult to describe exactly How i Felt White looking of Al this massive Barrier Between East an West Germany one important thought did come to mind we As americans Are truly fortunate to live in a democratic society. A society that affords i Opportunity and Freedom. Every Soldier serving in Usa eur should be afforded the Opportunity to attend a Border Lour. It Sulja oxus. Smith Kir Csc goes Germany Pilot scarves sought True but also is very Clear in its stipulation that the following personnel must also notify their Security managers prior to travel a. . Citizen employees paid from appropriated or non appropriated funds. B. . Citizen employees of cafes and the stars and stripes. C. . Citizen employees of agencies or enter Prises accredited by or under contract to a usar eur unit. D. Foreign National employees in the above categories hired after May 13, 1986, or who possess Anat clearance or limited Access authorization. E. Family members of service members or of any one in a through a above. It is obvious that the net cast by this regulation is a Large one in that it compels nearly everyone living Inus Reuk under department of defense auspices to  of their pending travel plans to communist controlled and other designated countries. This requirement however provides Security to the command in that it will know who is travelling to communist countries and when. It also provides vital information id Usa eur  agents so they May counter hostile intelligence services efforts to exploit Usa eur personnel and affords travellers Security in the knowledge that their Security personnel know where they arc when they decide to vacation Ina potentially hostile environment. The categories outlined above although they in clude everyone from University of Maryland Anil american express employees to Dodds and Ameri can red Cross personnel Are not All inclusive. If Yoji Are considering travel to a country that you Rolf to even suspect is communist controlled plebe of your Security manager it is Good nol Only for your-1 self but for Security also. William a Miller Ansbach Germany Nakasone comment no Surprise to him Flat poot Koto go do feint que Drav. H you id pm of your Kantt Tor Row. I Tun Yauu ppr. � and � lev nub us und a your amt. Ink. Any Moon Nofo i Wint u Tun a pm n4 qui. Ran he m p T you a. Finl Wam b la pvt. I win b by gunk you try much Tad a Joum to vat. An article in the Athens news pertaining to the recent derisive remarks made by Japan s prime min ister came As no great Surprise to me. During my 2w-year visit to Japan while on Active duty with the military i became Well acquainted with the japanese attitude toward Koko Jins and others that they consider to be ethnically  any non japanese. Or Nakasone attempts to justify his prejudice by claiming that the average japanese is More knowledge Able than the average american because Japan is homogeneous one race country. Well with All due respect to Homogene and Raul superiority or. Nakasone might welf reflect on to fact that in world War ii his country got kick Dob of homogeneous behind by a non homogeneous coun try America. I m Happy to add that a lot of that behind Kidd i was done by Blacks puerto Picans and mexican. Sadly but again with no Surprise 1 note the it article Stales that the Reagan administration stands Well what Nakasone Means to a. Eddie upper Athens Greece