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06-13-2013, 08:53 PM | #1 |
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Close, Close Call
So here I am....riding to work this morning like any other normal day.....cruising down Hwy 99 at 50 mph (two lanes each way). Im in the left lane, there is a car directly in front of me but ahead quite a bit....and a car in the right lane a little ahead...but going slower than me. Casual riding, no real traffic....almost on autopilot.....almost but not quite thank God.
As I start to overtake the car on the right, this young punk Latino suddenly guns it and makes a violent lane change right into me. I had curbing on my left so all I could do was slam on my brakes (@ 50mph)....and pray. He continued into my lane and his rear bumper missed my front wheel by mere inches...all with me standing on both front and rear brakes..... Im sure once he was in front of me he saw the three lights on my fairing blaring into his rearview mirror. He then tried to move back into the right lane, pass the car in front of me and cut back over to the left to put some space between us....but no such luck for him... Once he got back in the right lane, the light ahead turned red and he could not get back over. The cars in front of him stopped and he was trapped....his ass was mine! I pulled right along-side his driver window as close as I could only to see him slouched low, hiding under his hoodie....trying to ignore me. I was so pissed I pounded my fist on his window several times. That got his attention and when he turned he was looking right at my middle finger...and listening to me scream at him like an irate sailor..... To my disbelief, the little puke rolled down his window and acted like..."who, me?". I read him some more of the riot act until the light turned green and we rolled away. He had the gall to flip me the bird back as he turned off the highway. For a second I thought he might pull a piece on me when I was railing on him....but I didn't care....I was livid. I'm sure the folks in the other cars....especially if they saw the incident...got their money's worth, cause I think I used every cuss word in my expansive catalog during my tirade..... Shit happens fast out there fellas....always be playing defense. In this case, the offense got on the field too. That don't always happen...but I have to admit...it felt pretty good...! I think what really frosted me most was he never even looked....he just came hard like he hadn't a care in the world. Be careful out there boys and girls...nobody is looking for us.
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06-13-2013, 09:13 PM | #2 |
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Nothing like a little exitement to wake you up in the morning.
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06-13-2013, 10:10 PM | #3 |
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in Southern California I don't ride my bike to work for just that reason
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06-13-2013, 10:17 PM | #4 |
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"Whew"
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Could have been alot worse Kris Glad you are OK
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Must be that time of the month or something. Got the oil changed on the bike this morning, the rear brake needed replacement being down to 10% after 40K miles. Everything was looking good as I got back on the freeway to come home. A brown pickup did not even look just moved into my lane.Like Netnorske I had no place to go but pile on the brakes. This jerk did not look left, right, or behind him, just switched lanes. Since it was on the the freeway I backed off and let him go. He cut off three more cars and a truck in the next couple of miles.
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06-14-2013, 12:24 AM | #7 |
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Had a deer damn near T-bone me today on the way home from work today. Don't usually see them til dusk.
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06-14-2013, 12:40 AM | #8 |
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That was last years close call...those bastards come out of nowhere!
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06-14-2013, 01:53 AM | #9 |
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Damn Kris, you getting a bit feisty in your old age.
Glad you made it through ok.
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But really ...glad you're OK and that you got to rip this "idiot boy" a new one. I hoped you spat on him as you screamed bloody blue murder. I had something similar happen to me with a small commercial truck once. She crammed me up against the curb until I managed to fall back and go around her left {driver side} side. That's when I drove up beside her and proceeded to put my boot to her door {and caved it in pretty good} because regardless of my 90+ decibel horn she refused to even give me a glance. I didn't get the chance to give her a good portion of my mind {good thing ! some would say because they're not sure I could spare it} Again ... glad you made it out alive. I hesitate even riding around town because of frick'in morons like your idiot friend.
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Glad you were aware of your surroundings cause it could have been ugly. Glad you're OK.
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Wow! Stay safe everyone...
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That would have been a good time to have some pepper spray. When he put his window down you could have gave him a shot in the face. I guarantee he wouldn't have went anywhere for about 20 min.
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I commute 25 miles each way to work here in Vegas. Similar things happen to me weekly. A friend of mine says he has a solution to the problem of cagers intruding on his space. He carries a sheathed hatchet on his tank! He says he's dented three fenders and actually buried his hand ax in the hood of a Civic! He had to slow down to retrieve it before speeding away!
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Just what are these cagers major malfunction anyway? Hitting or cutting off another car is one thing but a biker ? Maybe if a few more bikers would retaliate and start getting some press on it, drivers might think twice before they cut you off.
I also had a close one the other day. This was an old guy in a pickup. I came to a tee in the road and my direction was not required to stop, but since it was hard too see in both directions I slowed way down. The pickup had a yield sign and never looked until he heard my pipes and saw the lights. I had to lock up the back brake too. Missed by 10ft. That was close enough for me. The driver just looked away in shame as I pointed out the Yield sign to him. .
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