A long time ago I tried to pull a SMDSY out of a Lowes parking lot. My brain hadn't registered him as a vehicle and I saw how fast he was going and how close he was after I'd pulled into the lane.
The only thing that's effective in my opinion (aside from wearing a bunch of blinking warning lig hts) in avoiding lane change collisions is keeping a close eye on drivers around you and always having an escape route. If there is another car close or coming up my fingers are resting on the brake, my thumb is on the horn, I have a route in mind if I have to abandon the lane, and I watch him carefully from my mirror to the corner of my eye til he's clear. That and leaving plenty of room has saved me several times. I watch videos of people commuting in California highway traffic and it just scares me to death, there is no where to go and every single driver doesn't care about you. I managed to slam the truck into reverse and burnout back into the parking lot so all that resulted from the incident was a certain gesture and an embarrassment that lasted the rest of the day. I realized years after the fact that he'd been riding a Harley with 3 headlights, all running, and straight pipes. Loud pipes or no there is no substitute for being alert and expecting every cager to do something dumb even when it only happens one in a hundred times. Matt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lov...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
