I was driving on the highway today during a rare time when it wasn't raining. The road was dry. Everything was fine. Until traffic decided to stop...suddenly.
I'm directly behind an 18-wheeler, notice that I'm quickly closing the gap between us and his trailer is becoming bigger by the second.
I think there was an accident up ahead on the right somewhere, anyway, I was in the middle lane, couldn't change lanes, so I hit the brakes.
Instead of actually stopping, which I assumed would happen when I stepped on the brakes, my rear tire fish-tailed and I slid for 20-30 feet, finally coming to a SMOKING stop 1-2 feet from this guy's trailer. I also noticed that my engine had died. *shrug*
So. Why the hell don't these damn bikes stop!? I wasn't going at an abnormally fast rate of speed: 45-55 mph. But, HOLY SHIAT, I'm freaking fish-tailing, smoking up my rear tire on the freeway and the damn bike just keeps sliding along like I'm riding on wet pavement. Ugh.
I hope I never get in another situation like that. Nearly crapped myself.
I'm directly behind an 18-wheeler, notice that I'm quickly closing the gap between us and his trailer is becoming bigger by the second.
I think there was an accident up ahead on the right somewhere, anyway, I was in the middle lane, couldn't change lanes, so I hit the brakes.
Instead of actually stopping, which I assumed would happen when I stepped on the brakes, my rear tire fish-tailed and I slid for 20-30 feet, finally coming to a SMOKING stop 1-2 feet from this guy's trailer. I also noticed that my engine had died. *shrug*
So. Why the hell don't these damn bikes stop!? I wasn't going at an abnormally fast rate of speed: 45-55 mph. But, HOLY SHIAT, I'm freaking fish-tailing, smoking up my rear tire on the freeway and the damn bike just keeps sliding along like I'm riding on wet pavement. Ugh.
I hope I never get in another situation like that. Nearly crapped myself.
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