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Sep 25, 2010 08:51:00 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>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:
>
>solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">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]>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
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Cummings <[email protected]>
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>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!
>>
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