very well put matt... i did have an excape route, and i used it, i was just watching the road ahead (intersections ahead) for other cars and when i glanced back to my side he was half way in my lane.. and i was center in the lane....
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Stumpi <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
