Posted by Datesfat Chicks on May 8, 2011, 3:11 pm
I was humming along at about 75 MPH on I-94 W in the right lane near
the local casino. That is about here:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&llB.300191,-85.081488&spn=0.001534,0.004117&t=h&z
I saw someone coming down the curved entrance ramp in a minivan, but I
could tell by the relative speeds I'd meet him at the start of his
opportunity to merge.
The correct move for him would just be to let me pass then merge to
the left.
Under normal circumstances, I'd just have either shed 20 MPH of speed
or moved to the left. But I thought to myself, "Hey, I'm always
cautious of other drivers, but most of them are pretty good ... I'm
going to trust this guy to be competent for once".
The guy didn't see me or didn't look, so he merged immediately onto
the freeway, which was pretty much a direct collision with me. I was
ready for it, and I just kept a little to the left of the left side of
his vehicle and went whizzing by him then cut right again. Somewhere
in that process I also checked the left lane behind me.
There was a guy in the left lane behind us, and I'm sure the whole
thing looked very dramatic to him.
I actually had a bit of fun with it. I don't often get to do evasive
maneuvers at 75 MPH.
But it dawned on me ... if I hadn't been ready for that, it really
could have been a wreck. I saw that one coming a mile away, but if I
had been distracted or inattentive for any reason ...
Yep, motorcycling is dangerous.
DFC
Posted by Datesfat Chicks on May 8, 2011, 6:52 pm
On Sun, 8 May 2011 21:36:00 +0100, "Beav"
>> Yep, motorcycling is dangerous.
>No it's not. Not paying attention is dangerous as is the habit of thinking a
>4 wheeler EVER sees a 2 wheeler.
>If you don't ride like you're invisible, you'll ride in a hearse.
For once, I agree with you.
DFC
Posted by Bruce Richmond on May 10, 2011, 10:20 pm
> On Sun, 8 May 2011 21:36:00 +0100, "Beav"
> >> Yep, motorcycling is dangerous.
> >No it's not. Not paying attention is dangerous as is the habit of thinking a
> >4 wheeler EVER sees a 2 wheeler.
> >If you don't ride like you're invisible, you'll ride in a hearse.
> For once, I agree with you.
> DFC
Then why weren't you riding like you were invisible? If you were
invisible you wouldn't expect the driver of the car to see you.
Sounds to me like you were trying to make him allow for you. That
doesn't work when they don't see you.
Even when driving my car I often make small adjustments to create a
hole for entering traffic to move into. I know I don't have to, but
why be a dick about it? It's good karma.
Posted by tomorrow@erols.com on May 8, 2011, 7:01 pm
> Under normal circumstances, I'd just have either shed 20 MPH of speed
> or moved to the left. But I thought to myself, "Hey, I'm always
> cautious of other drivers, but most of them are pretty good ... I'm
> going to trust this guy to be competent for once".
Among all the stupid things that you have thought and then told us
about, that has got to rank as one of the more (if not most) stupid.
Posted by Stephen! on May 9, 2011, 6:51 pm
> That throttle works both ways, so you should've given the bike a
> handful of beans and cleared the on ramp before he had a chance to
> clean you out.
Often times judicious application of acceleration is indicated over
deceleration.
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>No it's not. Not paying attention is dangerous as is the habit of thinking a
>4 wheeler EVER sees a 2 wheeler.
>If you don't ride like you're invisible, you'll ride in a hearse.