always watch the cages. Thats all that can be said.
I almost went down several months ago. I was in some 25mph traffic on a main street when i noticed the woman next to me , ON THE PHONE and with no blinker , made a lane change. Um INTO MY LANE WHILE IM IN IT !!
I had no where to go in front of me and the guy behind me was alittle too close to stop and hope to get behind the woman. I rode as close to the medium, filled with dirt and flowers, as i ever have. I even scraped the lower fairing alittle. All this happened while im blowing my horn she never looked while coming over. When she finally noticed me there honking(after she was completely in my lane) SHE FLIPS ME OFF!! OMG!!!
After that she swerves back into lane as if it was ME who cut her off. Im glad some states are banning adults from using phones. I've even read kids under 21 CANNOT use a phone in a car.
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glad you are ok just shows cars dont watch for bikes. I had the same thing happen to me once except i ended up go through someones front yard and almost hitting a tree.Leave a comment:
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Extremely close call.....ALMOST went down.
Yesterday I got off work. Rode home. No Problems.
I came home to my box from Bikebandit.com of new brake pads. EBC HH pads, they were cheaper than Dennis & Kirk.
Changed the pads out and went for a ride to get something to eat and to seat the new pads.
Had a nice dinner with the lady and was riding home. She got home before I did....and I wasn't far behind. I was on an exit ramp I take EVERY day with NO problems. When a car and truck cut me off just as I am exiting onto the ramp.
Since I wasn't used to the new pads reaction to my grabbing at the brakes hard.....I locked both the front and rear up.....and headed for the grass after looking very SQUIDLY! I was all set to just let the bike go and jump off since I was doing around 65.......but kept it upright and to my surprise avoided any damage, to myself or the bike.
I was very happy to see that 3 people had stopped on the offramp shoulder waiting for me.......needless to say I was in a state of shock.....but amazed. I am thankful for them stopping, incase something happened, and amazingly during all of that, my back pack fell off my shoulders?!?!?!?! A guy drove it up to me and stated he saw what happened, and he was expexting me to loose it. I came within feet of a 2' rock ledge along the ramp........
I got home after thanking the people for stopping and hugged my fiance. I am thankful everything ended up being okay. I will keep an eye out for people even more.......I thought I was watchful enough.
Thanks for reading this,....I just thought I would share it in hopes everyone will give a second thought before exiting, entering and crossing intersections.
Be Safe -Eric
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