Riding home from work today, minding my own business, on the outside of the fast-lane, doing about 65 mph, got a good 2-3 second gap between me and the car ahead when...
...this little black Acura with a 20 something, young lady, passes on my right in the middle-lane. I don't think too much about it as the traffic is obviously packed up ahead and she's not going anywhere.
Sure enough her lane starts slowing down and of course I am now positioned in her blind spot, off of her driver-side rear fender, I check the shoulder condition (paved, fairly clean), glance in my mirrors to make sure I'm not being tailgated, just start to slow down when...BAM! she pulls right into my lane without even glancing over :spank:. I pull the bike to the extreme edge without going into the shoulder, straighten out, throttle down and give the breaks a little tap and avoid disaster.
I look at her in her side-mirror and she has this big, shocked face :jawdrop:, like 'where did you come from,' completely forgetting that she had just passed me not 10 seconds earlier.
Like Dunno said over in the "List Your Street Riding Strategy" Thread:
...this little black Acura with a 20 something, young lady, passes on my right in the middle-lane. I don't think too much about it as the traffic is obviously packed up ahead and she's not going anywhere.
Sure enough her lane starts slowing down and of course I am now positioned in her blind spot, off of her driver-side rear fender, I check the shoulder condition (paved, fairly clean), glance in my mirrors to make sure I'm not being tailgated, just start to slow down when...BAM! she pulls right into my lane without even glancing over :spank:. I pull the bike to the extreme edge without going into the shoulder, straighten out, throttle down and give the breaks a little tap and avoid disaster.
I look at her in her side-mirror and she has this big, shocked face :jawdrop:, like 'where did you come from,' completely forgetting that she had just passed me not 10 seconds earlier.
Like Dunno said over in the "List Your Street Riding Strategy" Thread:
Im invisible.
Never assume that you have been seen & you wont be disappointed when someone is picking you up off the road saying "sorry I didnt see you there".
You could have your lights on high beam & be wearing a fluro jacket, a car driver will still change lanes without looking & use it as their defence.