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Message started by Serowbot on 11/24/12 at 09:08:58

Title: Dodging the big sleep...
Post by Serowbot on 11/24/12 at 09:08:58

:-?...
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niuC3WyQwhY&feature=b-cat-autos[/media]

Title: Re: Dodging the big sleep...
Post by ToesNose on 11/24/12 at 12:53:09

Now that was a close one! He seemed to really keep his cool and deffinately didn't over compensate like I bet most riders would faced with an oncoming mattress!

Title: Re: Dodging the big sleep...
Post by 360k+ on 11/24/12 at 16:56:53

The problem with stuff like this is it kills people! Not the mattress itself, but it's the side effect of the drivers following and how they will handle the unexpected situation.

I ran over a mattress in Atlanta once. It almost took me down, but I stiff armed the handbars and me and the bike weathered the storm.

My worst tho, was I was following a van in Oakland, CA that ran over a full 2x4 stud which threw it in the air. It sailed right over the top of me with a foot or so of clearance. The whole incident was a mere flash lasting perhaps a second or two, but later I was shaking thinking about what coulda?

Title: Re: Dodging the big sleep...
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 11/24/12 at 19:08:56

YOu coulda been a board stiff,,

Title: Re: Dodging the big sleep...
Post by Roberto1444 on 11/24/12 at 19:46:27

Since the night when an old truck lost one front wheel right in front of my bike and the thing came rolling my way, most of my attention on highways goes to identifying possible sources of unpredictable danger, like that one, or cargoes poorly tied, rescue vehicles with an open platform from which tools may fall, light trucks driven by amateurs - an endless list. Thanks, Serow.