Always pay attention!!!

[Jblk9695]

Just getting home, they say you get hit within blocks of where you live, I believe it
I did have the right of way but chose to not press the issue as I don't like bent forks, just used the horn for the fat lot of good that did. No harm no foul

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC0a2-AKFKA&feature=player_detailpage]‪Pay attention‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Humperdinkel]

Stupid woman didnt even look when you beeped the horn :shakehead: Lucky you were on the ball , it could have been real nasty :thumbup:

 

[FB400]

that horn...dude.. get a better one!!

 

[netbug]

Glad you are safe ..... the result could have been very different.

 

[Kazza]

Well, you WERE on the wrong side of the road :BLAA:

Just kidding, - ALWAYS pay attention

 

[Full Throttle]

Wow! That's scary! I thought me getting cut off the first day I bought my bike was bad but yours was much worse.

 

[Lefty]

Old age and experience ftw every time. :rockon:
Glad you're o.k. Jerry.

 

[VEGASRIDER]

that horn...dude.. get a better one!!

No kidding, LOL...

Jerry, I have to say you were late on the horn. This is a classic example how the horn could have been effective if you had used it much earlier, and maybe if you had a louder one as well.

Nevertheless, as soon as you saw that cager, you should have started covering that horn. But the important thing here is you saw the hazard, you slowed down and you assumed the worst. That's why riding is actually more mental than physical. You relied on your mental abilities so you never had to rely on your physical ability.

 

[FIZZER6]

Old age and experience ftw every time. :rockon:
Glad you're o.k. Jerry.

Old age is a good thing? That lady didn't even look because she was deaf and blind from old age!


Good looking out man...amazing how blind and stupid many drivers are these days.

 

[novaks47]

Old age is a good thing? That lady didn't even look because she was deaf and blind from old age!


Good looking out man...amazing how blind and stupid many drivers are these days.

Haha, I was going to point out that it was an old lady too! They seem to be really good at looking straight ahead, totally zoning out and not being aware of their surroundings. Old guys too, they're not exempt. LOL

That vid pretty much sums up every intersection of that type I've ever entered, both in car and on moto. Every time someone just does what that old lady did. I'm surprised when it doesn't happen.

 

[CHEMIKER]

Thanks for the reminder Jerry! Glad it turned out the way it did, no matter how wrong the other person is, we have to be defensive.

 

[LeaN69]

Well, you WERE on the wrong side of the road :BLAA:

Just kidding, - ALWAYS pay attention

He was on the Right side of the road

Very grad you were on top your game and aware of your surroundings.

 

[sniff6]

Just getting home, they say you get hit within blocks of where you live, I believe it
I did have the right of way but chose to not press the issue as I don't like bent forks, just used the horn for the fat lot of good that did. No harm no foul

‪Pay attention‬‏ - YouTube

Thing is i drive a lorry and a couple of times i've looked left and right and its clear.But always look again and seen a bike coming.Car drivers dont always do that look again.Sad but true.

 

[PipBoy]

Thats about how my daily commute looks. Gotta always be vigilant

 

[spock]

Fortunately nothing happened to you man :thumbup:

off topic: what a lovely sound from that beautiful machine

 

[Erci]

Well done, Jerry!
That's a daily occurrence for me too. Lots of driveways on my roads and lots of low visibility intersections. Always watching and always ready to slow down or stop.
Definitely use the horn in advance when I spot potential issues, but I never count on the horn to be a sure way to stop cagers.. just trying to stack the odds in my favor.

 

[callmegandhi]

I was paying attention, it was a Mercury Cougar.:BLAA:

 

[FIZZER6]

This is a situation where a louder horn and hitting it well before that car even stopped at the intersection may have prevented her senile brain from missing you...but then again with how she reacted to your horn even that may not have helped.

 

[shuckle]

She probably had some AC/DC cranked up so couldn't hear your horn.