vincentmoy
Junior Member
Here's the story.
This afternoon I was riding around the city like I usually do. The sun was up and bright and it's just one of those REALLY nice day for a ride.
I was on a 4-lane 2-way street doing the speed limit (40ish) on the passing lane (left lane) and I saw a Ford Explorer was waiting to turn right from a strip mall parking lot. Out of hobbit I had my thumb covered the horn just in case. Then I saw the SUV started turning and it would be fine as the right lane was empty but I kept an eye out for it cause you never know what some dumba$$ would do:spank:
Before you knew it, I realized the SUV was pulling into MY lane!!!!:Flip: I horned and swerved to the left side of my lane. According to my friend who was driving a cage behind me, the SUV missed me by maybe a couple ft if that
At the stop light I turned around and look, the girl, who I be damned if she's even 20, could barely see over the dash
I have a hi-vis vest in my tail bag but lately I've been lazy with it. However, this incident got me thinking. I've only been riding a little over a mo. for this season and this is the 3rd time I almost got ran over by cages. Hell, this might have been the closest call I have since I started riding 3 years ago!:spank: I am wondering if wearing a hi-vis vest will help at all.
What do you guys think?
This afternoon I was riding around the city like I usually do. The sun was up and bright and it's just one of those REALLY nice day for a ride.
I was on a 4-lane 2-way street doing the speed limit (40ish) on the passing lane (left lane) and I saw a Ford Explorer was waiting to turn right from a strip mall parking lot. Out of hobbit I had my thumb covered the horn just in case. Then I saw the SUV started turning and it would be fine as the right lane was empty but I kept an eye out for it cause you never know what some dumba$$ would do:spank:
Before you knew it, I realized the SUV was pulling into MY lane!!!!:Flip: I horned and swerved to the left side of my lane. According to my friend who was driving a cage behind me, the SUV missed me by maybe a couple ft if that
At the stop light I turned around and look, the girl, who I be damned if she's even 20, could barely see over the dash
I have a hi-vis vest in my tail bag but lately I've been lazy with it. However, this incident got me thinking. I've only been riding a little over a mo. for this season and this is the 3rd time I almost got ran over by cages. Hell, this might have been the closest call I have since I started riding 3 years ago!:spank: I am wondering if wearing a hi-vis vest will help at all.
What do you guys think?