Ah, sweet Victory! I was riding to school Friday morning, and as a Lady tried to change lanes into me, a cop had Just finished writing a ticket to another driver, Saw her almost hit me and immediately pull out w/ Blue lights and got her. It was awesome. Three cheers for Clemson PD!!
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 12:24 PM, stanley/ Randolph <[email protected]>wrote: > Seems to me that she was watching you, if she repeated the maneuver twice > and attempted the third time. That's why I usually already drop a gear when > preparing to pass. I have had people in their cages do that to me in my > cage, one time in my Firebird. Deliberately changed lanes to prevent me > from passing, and then go something like 10 mph under the speed limit. So, > I drop in third and light on the pedal so he can't hear the engine, and even > back off a bit. I get an opening and power shift into second and he tries > to do it again but to no avail. My rear quarter panel is at his headlight > before he can respond... > I will, like the Germans, pass on the right with no hesitation, if there's > a doofus who gets his jollies blocking traffic on the interstates around > here. > One day, there was one in the fast lane doing the moving road block thing > and there was a line of cars building up behind, a loonnnggg one. In > the right lane, a bunch of semis, doing the double nickel by law. When I > saw what was going on, I passed the semis on the right, got in front of the > jerk, and slowed down to around 40, so everyone could get by the blockade, > once the train of semis passed. > Several people honked and gave me a thumbs up as they overtook me. > I did see one or two flip the bird at the one who could no longer block the > lane. Seems like the whole thing averted some dangerous road rage to me... > > Stanley > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Allen Thomas <[email protected]> > > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Wed, September 22, 2010 3:40:15 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] My own little brush with sudden > demise... > > Times like that you need an old soda bottle to throw at them. > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Cummings <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:33:48 > To: <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] My own little brush with sudden demise... > > Turns out, some people *are* trying to kill you. > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Came Monday. Minding my own business, keeping up with traffic, good > > distances all the way around. I swing into the left lane to pass a > > pair of somewhat useless vehicles, and move into the lane so I can see > > the driver of the Explorer in the back in her own mirror. Look, look, > > wait... okay, move a bit further left in the lane and start passing. > > > > Holy crap lady, I'm riding here! > > > > She merrily just merges over when I'm full abreast of her! Rather than > > jump ahead (which would have taken a downshift) so I hit the brakes > > instead and end up behind her. I'm trying not to get pissed off about > > this, and continue on past the other car of the pair. I signal, I make > > a move to go into the right hand lane so I'm not riding behind Miss > > Not-Watching-My-Mirrors anymore... she does it again! Dammit! > > > > By this point, I /am/ starting to get pissed off. She's gotten a horn > > pop both times; after the first, you'd think she'd pay attention > > better. > > > > I back off again, letting her swing back over into the left hand lane. > > Look once, look ahead, look back... and drop a gear, punch throttle, > > and /fly/ past. > > > > SHE TRIED TO MERGE INTO ME AGAIN! > > > > ARRRRR! > > > > -- > > 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 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 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 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]<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. 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