I'm collecting clips of cages trying run me off the road with my helmet cam. I should have enough of these 15-30 second clips to put together a 2hour feature film in just a few months. As a side note, nobody in Houston uses their blinker. The entire town is under the misconception that "if you signal nobody will let you over". The problem isn't your signal, it's that as soon as you turn it on you let your foot off the gas and possibly drag the brake too. You need to MATCH MY SPEED for me to let you over. Or at least come close, if I just have to let off the gas a skosh to let you in that's fine. If I have to lift my foot off the pedal and jam on the brakes with authority to let you over then you're out of luck. Same goes for bikes, if you want people to let you over you have to twist a little harder. So few people signal in Houston that it's surprising when they do. Like I said earlier, I just ride like EVERYONE IS TRYING TO KILL ME.
-Kyle On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:37 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.
