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Title: Very, Very Close Call. Post by Dane Allen on 06/24/13 at 09:26:42 At about the 19-20 second mark is an amazing near miss of a motorcycle. Yikes!!! :o :o :o http://screen.yahoo.com/luckiest-biker-163552787.html |
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Title: Re: Very, Very Close Call. Post by apache snow on 06/24/13 at 09:30:47 Close only counts in horseshoes and handgrenades. ;) |
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Title: Re: Very, Very Close Call. Post by Serowbot on 06/24/13 at 09:52:00 3E2F3E3C373A2C3130285F0 wrote:
Tell that to your shorts... :-?... |
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Title: Re: Very, Very Close Call. Post by savagerider87 on 06/24/13 at 09:58:19 7365726F77626F74000 wrote:
Tell that to your shorts... :-?...[/quote]After i emptied my shorts, id definitely kiss the ground, darn lucky |
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Title: Re: Very, Very Close Call. Post by apache snow on 06/24/13 at 10:09:03 I have been riding since 1958 and have never been involved in a crash of any kind. But back in 1975 I was riding a Triumph 650 with two of my riding buddies who were on Harleys. I was leading at around 65 mph when a pickup truck turned left in front in me. There were cars backed up behind him and of course they just came around him. I had it locked up and he got far enough turned where there was around three feet between his truck bed and a car that was passing him. I headed for the small opening and made it. :o I stopped in the road to give him a cussing and my two buddies dang near ran over me. :-? Still close only counts in horseshoes and handgrenades. 8-) I was talking to one of the guys that was riding with me the other day and he brought that up. Due to health reasons he can no longer ride. :( I don't remember him ever crashing either. :) |
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Title: Re: Very, Very Close Call. Post by ToesNose on 06/24/13 at 10:17:04 Always watch out for those left turners :o |
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Title: Re: Very, Very Close Call. Post by Dave on 06/24/13 at 11:36:46 I went for a 30 minute ride last evening just after dinner.....still plenty of daylight left. As I was approaching an intersection I saw an SUV approach from the left. They stopped for a second....then started rolling forward and I had no idea if they saw me or not. I hit the passing light button and flashed it quickly about 5 times, and I saw the reflection of the 8" headlight and Silverstar bulb on the side of the SUV....and they stopped rolling forward. I am not sure if they were just slowly rolling forward until I passed.....or if they were just about to pulll out in front of me......but it really made me nervous to see them rolling forward as I was going 50 mph toward them. |
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Title: Re: Very, Very Close Call. Post by Blinky-FSO on 06/24/13 at 11:49:50 152E2334252932342F272A35460 wrote:
Those rolling stops always make me nervous. A stop sign means two things, stop behind the sign, and then yield the right of way before proceeding. If they get the first part wrong, I don't want to count on them getting the second part right. Question an opinions please. Rather than flash the headlight, I start weaving from side to side to try and get their attention. I read or saw something awhile back that this was an effective way of breaking free from the background and giving the driver a better read on your closing speed. Any data as to which is better? Good hunting |
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Title: Re: Very, Very Close Call. Post by Dave on 06/24/13 at 12:01:00 The one thing that makes me nervous about flashing the headlight.....is I hope they don't interpret that as me "giving them permission" to go ahead and pull out. |
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Title: Re: Very, Very Close Call. Post by bobert_FSO on 06/24/13 at 12:06:48 I will weave when I think someone might pull out in front of me. The idea of creating more eye-caching movement seems like a good idea to me. Also, if I have a vehicle close behind me when turning at an intersection or onto a side road, I will often give a turning hand signal in addition to my direction signals. Again, hoping that the action of waving my hand in the air gets the attention of the driver behind me. |
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Title: Re: Very, Very Close Call. Post by Dj12midnit on 06/25/13 at 11:23:06 Was that the guy coming back to stomp the guy. |
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Title: Re: Very, Very Close Call. Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/25/13 at 11:37:45 4245534A4A260 wrote:
Those rolling stops always make me nervous. A stop sign means two things, stop behind the sign, and then yield the right of way before proceeding. If they get the first part wrong, I don't want to count on them getting the second part right. Question an opinions please. Rather than flash the headlight, I start weaving from side to side to try and get their attention. I read or saw something awhile back that this was an effective way of breaking free from the background and giving the driver a better read on your closing speed. Any data as to which is better? Good hunting [/quote] i do both.. have for years |
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Title: Re: Very, Very Close Call. Post by old_rider on 06/25/13 at 12:24:17 746574767D70667B7A62150 wrote:
And tactical nuclear weapons :o |
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