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I know several on here have already had mishaps of one sort or another..some rider error, others no fault of there own.....I had a near miss today and wanted to share...i am also hoping the rest of you will post your near miss's as well....
So far i have had only one person pull out in front of me..even then it was only partialy and i was going slow and saw it coming so it wasnt even an "oh sh#$" moment..
that is until today...i was out riding around in the country for an hour n half, came back thru town and just outside on a side road i was going down a hill and was going to make a right hand turn....I saw the black car for the first time after i put my signal on..i remember thinking he must be flying because i didnt see him at anytime before then but he was still far enough away and my signal was on and my brake light was flashing....then i slowed down a bit more,my turn was just about there...
I glanced in my mirror again about 2-3 seconds away from my turn and saw his front grill was about 2 car lengths away from my rear end and still closing fast...thats when the lightning jolt (panic) hits your body like a shock wave...I was probably in 3rd gear and just gapped the accelerator right about the same second i heard his tires start screeching.
I pulled away much slower than I wished I could have but in a panic situation you dont have time to think something through.. the whole time i was waiting for the impact and dreading the pain that would soon follow.
..thank god it never came...
i will guess at one point there could have been no more than a few inches between my rear end and the front of his car as i was accelerating and he was skidding
...i went up to the next road about 30 feet away and turned in and stopped..the guy sat in the road for a few seconds (car stalled?) then just drove past and didnt even look at me, he was maybe 24-25...dont know if he txting,talking on the phone or what..
i wish he would have stopped to talk just so i could found out what his deal was...anyway..it ruined my ride..i drove straight home...but i am n ow ready to go for another ride as I am writing this 2 hours later
I am not mad at the driver of the black car,just disappointed he almost seriously injured or killed me..I had my turn signal on and had the knight rider flashing brake light flashing on my rear end but you can be decked out like a circus at night and it wont save you from someone whos not even looking....but i am just grateful he hit the brakes when he did...
So far i have had only one person pull out in front of me..even then it was only partialy and i was going slow and saw it coming so it wasnt even an "oh sh#$" moment..
that is until today...i was out riding around in the country for an hour n half, came back thru town and just outside on a side road i was going down a hill and was going to make a right hand turn....I saw the black car for the first time after i put my signal on..i remember thinking he must be flying because i didnt see him at anytime before then but he was still far enough away and my signal was on and my brake light was flashing....then i slowed down a bit more,my turn was just about there...
I glanced in my mirror again about 2-3 seconds away from my turn and saw his front grill was about 2 car lengths away from my rear end and still closing fast...thats when the lightning jolt (panic) hits your body like a shock wave...I was probably in 3rd gear and just gapped the accelerator right about the same second i heard his tires start screeching.
I pulled away much slower than I wished I could have but in a panic situation you dont have time to think something through.. the whole time i was waiting for the impact and dreading the pain that would soon follow.
..thank god it never came...
i will guess at one point there could have been no more than a few inches between my rear end and the front of his car as i was accelerating and he was skidding
...i went up to the next road about 30 feet away and turned in and stopped..the guy sat in the road for a few seconds (car stalled?) then just drove past and didnt even look at me, he was maybe 24-25...dont know if he txting,talking on the phone or what..
i wish he would have stopped to talk just so i could found out what his deal was...anyway..it ruined my ride..i drove straight home...but i am n ow ready to go for another ride as I am writing this 2 hours later
I am not mad at the driver of the black car,just disappointed he almost seriously injured or killed me..I had my turn signal on and had the knight rider flashing brake light flashing on my rear end but you can be decked out like a circus at night and it wont save you from someone whos not even looking....but i am just grateful he hit the brakes when he did...