| Author | Message | ||
     Ted |
yesterdays commute home wasnt as painfull as it could have been. the on ramp was porked. probably 15minutes to get on the hwy, of course i was tempted to scoot on the shoulder a ways but i'd seen cops up ahead before, so i just crept along listening to the fan humming. sure enough there they were writing up more impatient commuters. it was funny seeing drivers pass, then run cars off in to the other lane ,trying to get off the shoulder. not sure how many got caught. this am it was clear sailing into work. i was going about 6-8 mph over the speed limit, which is border line. a pedestrian gives what i figured was a slowdown wave. yep, a block away was a speed trap. thankyou pedestrian !  | ||
| Babired |
3 times this week for me in hi risk crash times with impatient drivers. My commute to work is on 95 between Baltimore and Washington DC 1.first day this week I almost get rear ended after getting on an exit ramp going home, the lady squeals the brakes and is right behind me. 2. On tuesday I go to work and I'm exiting off to the left onto 95 and this lady thinks she can take the rest of my lane and tries to run me out to the interstate faster than I want to go. I gave her a big thumbs down after I safety merge out into traffic. 3. 2 more parasites try to overtake my lane this morning. What is up with these people  I plod along just like you in bumper to bumper traffic and at the earliest chance get onto back roads. | ||
| Ourdee |
+1 back roads. They repaved one of my favorite roads, then the painters came in and eliminated some of the old passing zones with the double yellow paint. Lazy slackers. You can tell where they did it to other roads around here also, because the no passing signs are still up where the end of the passing zones used to be. | ||
| Ted |
thats crazy! generally around here cagers are just ignorant rather than aggressive. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
I came home in the rush hour here the other day on the XB with the fan toasting my leg. All the cagers pulled one way or the other to let me slip by, & I gave them all a "thank you" nod or wave of hand or foot. It's nice living in a bike friendly country, with well paved twisties never far away. I also got "flashed" at the weekend by one of the local fixed radars here, but just about every biker does, as its one which faces you so it only works on vehicles with a front plate. It's on a beautifully cambered wide sweeping left hander, & limited at 90kph. As I blew by it giving a victory sign, the clock was reading 170. Life is good.  | ||
| Court |
Kath: Good time to take a day . . . . step back . . . reread a chapter or two . . . go to a parking lot and practice BASIC skills. I know you don't need it, I am aware of the level of skill you have. I learned both as a pilot and while doing test riding that sometimes I needed to go through this exercise. It's less to hone skills, than awareness and your mind. Silly as it seems I used to sit in the cockpit, with my eyes closed, and practice various procedures, finding switches, levers and circuit breakers with my eyes closed. You show your wisdom simply be recognizing your close calls. Many folks justify them as simply someone else's fault and go about life. "Fault" is a word that has little significance in aviation and motorcycling. Well done. You continue to impress me. | ||
| Babired |
well I noticed more aggressive drivers this week and I'm wondering if it is related to school starting, getting the kids to school and picking them up after work. And yeah I do need to keep practicing basic skills doesn't matter what your riding level is, it is so important to do this. and if you ride multiple bikes you really need to do this! My quick stop is always screwed up in the first couple of trys because of X1, XB12X, and the training bikes I ride  I just spent a day with Lee Parks and Tracy Martin last Saturday sampling his new Total Control IRC on the ULY, this is now my comfort zone bike because I have done so much training on it. and tomorrow I'm bringing the X1R to Total Control Level 2 for the first time. I'll be out of my comfort zone all day, because I don't want to drop the bike! Tracy is teaching it tomorrow all for practice! | ||
| Sifo |
well I noticed more aggressive drivers this week and I'm wondering if it is related to school starting, getting the kids to school and picking them up after work. The school moms are among the worst! I get to mix it up with them daily. Common sense would tell them that dangerous driving in the schools is endangering their own kids. Still they act like idiots where they are the only ones that matter. And sadly I do get to hear about it when kids get hit. Twice last year from the same grade school. | ||
| Fast1075 |
NO! my friends...nothing on the highway is as dangerous as the deadly blue-hair. The migration has already started...winter in Florida can be deadly. | ||
| 86129squids |
Fast, I disagree... Older folks, even though they are losing eyesight and reaction time, have generally always driven with purpose- both hands on the wheel, eyes up, etc. I used to think the same thing. Nowadays I believe they may be among the safer of all drivers out there. Teens, twentysomethings, WITH CEL PHONES. When I see someone with their chin down, eyes down, I can guess what they're doing. Makes me wish I had a locomotive horn on my vehicles...  | ||
| Rainman |
Ride for your lives! They're all crazy and they're all out to get us. | ||
| Tbolt_pilot |
I ride like I'm invisible...everywhere, all the time. Because, in reality, I AM invisible to a certain percentage of people. They are also the only reason I keep a fairly loud exhaust. The driving texters... When I encounter them, I get their attention and make my opinion known about what they are doing. It's especially easy in the truck. Kathy, I share your experiences. 8 years of traveling I-295 on a daily basis between DC and Balt. Keep those eyes open! |
