What offends you?

Dafydd Wynne-Evans · 11-29-2001, 04:51 PM

I'm a motorcycle rider. The last week this year that I rode my motorcycle to work, I had three close calls and one <actual-contact> close-call, all with people driving while phoning.

I'm a very cautious rider, that's what saved me from harm in the actual-contact incident. I had almost stopped the bike by the time the lady in the minivan, who had decided to drive across a busy road, got in my way. I hit her minivan's rear quarter-panel at about 5 mph... she FINALLY noticed that I was there when she heard the thump... and she stepped on the gas so I couldn't catch up to her. Musta been scared of road-rage; I was so scared that I was gonna get hit from behind that I just drove off.

The other close calls were all due to invasions of my highway space by people on cell phones, too busy to actually look out their damn window (that would mean their head had to turn), when they decided they wanted my lane.

Yes, bikes are harder to see than many vehicles... but since they are legal transportation, drivers should be ready to see them on the road.

11-29-2001, 04:51 PM	#16
Dafydd Wynne-Evans Cakeman D Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Posts: 19	Cell phones stuck to ears while driving I'm a motorcycle rider. The last week this year that I rode my motorcycle to work, I had three close calls and one <actual-contact> close-call, all with people driving while phoning. I'm a very cautious rider, that's what saved me from harm in the actual-contact incident. I had almost stopped the bike by the time the lady in the minivan, who had decided to drive across a busy road, got in my way. I hit her minivan's rear quarter-panel at about 5 mph... she FINALLY noticed that I was there when she heard the thump... and she stepped on the gas so I couldn't catch up to her. Musta been scared of road-rage; I was so scared that I was gonna get hit from behind that I just drove off. The other close calls were all due to invasions of my highway space by people on cell phones, too busy to actually look out their damn window (that would mean their head had to turn), when they decided they wanted my lane. Yes, bikes are harder to see than many vehicles... but since they are legal transportation, drivers should be ready to see them on the road. __________________ ------------------------------------------------------------ dwbrant@REMOVETHISGARBAGEusa.net ------------------------------------------------------------ Action is transitory,—a step, a blow; The motion of a muscle, this way or that -- William Wordsworth

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