rashad
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Well, I learned a hard lesson today:
I went out to hit some twisties in hopes of beating the inevitable rain and in that I was successful..
I decided to hit a new road that ive been wanting to ride for awhile now. As I turned onto the road, there was a Rav4 in front of me and I was a reasonable distance behind, going the speed limit. I will admit, however, that my mind was on other things and I was not as focused as I should have been.
That being said, I watched as he put on his right turn signal, and slowed to turn. Now, If he had seen me behind him, he probably would have done things differently...
I prepared myself to go around his left, as he was already turning the vehicle right... BIG MISTAKE!
IMMEDIATELY the rav swung to the left and basically did a U-turn in the middle of the road to hit a hidden driveway that was basically a switchback!!
I squeezed both brakes and locked up the front, doing a sliding stoppee that probably looked great if I had cared at the time... all while swearing in my helmet and target fixating on the side of the white rav (never will forget it).
Now, I was in the wrong for going to pass.. but listen. I saw the SIDE OF the rav... he had done almost a full u turn in front of me.
Just as I prepared for impact, the Rav slipped out of my path and up the driveway.
As the chirp of my front wheel subsided, I flipped up my visor and turned to look at the shocked driver with his door open in the driveway.
"WHAT WAS THAT?!"
"...what?"
"I ALMOST BLANKING HIT YOU!"
"..uh I used my turn signal..?"
"......."
I turned and drove away, thankful enough that I was still in one peice.
After that, the road didnt seem fun anymore, and I headed home. I did learn a lesson... do NOT assume drivers in front of you wont do a U-turn or perhaps jump a triple or do a backflip... You can never tell.
If I had acted like I was invisible( i was) then I would have waited a bit before passing a half turned car...
Well, gotta go scrub my jeans. Why did it have to be the American Eagle ones... no wonder you guys reccomend leather.
I went out to hit some twisties in hopes of beating the inevitable rain and in that I was successful..
I decided to hit a new road that ive been wanting to ride for awhile now. As I turned onto the road, there was a Rav4 in front of me and I was a reasonable distance behind, going the speed limit. I will admit, however, that my mind was on other things and I was not as focused as I should have been.
That being said, I watched as he put on his right turn signal, and slowed to turn. Now, If he had seen me behind him, he probably would have done things differently...
I prepared myself to go around his left, as he was already turning the vehicle right... BIG MISTAKE!
IMMEDIATELY the rav swung to the left and basically did a U-turn in the middle of the road to hit a hidden driveway that was basically a switchback!!
I squeezed both brakes and locked up the front, doing a sliding stoppee that probably looked great if I had cared at the time... all while swearing in my helmet and target fixating on the side of the white rav (never will forget it).
Now, I was in the wrong for going to pass.. but listen. I saw the SIDE OF the rav... he had done almost a full u turn in front of me.
Just as I prepared for impact, the Rav slipped out of my path and up the driveway.
As the chirp of my front wheel subsided, I flipped up my visor and turned to look at the shocked driver with his door open in the driveway.
"WHAT WAS THAT?!"
"...what?"
"I ALMOST BLANKING HIT YOU!"
"..uh I used my turn signal..?"
"......."
I turned and drove away, thankful enough that I was still in one peice.
After that, the road didnt seem fun anymore, and I headed home. I did learn a lesson... do NOT assume drivers in front of you wont do a U-turn or perhaps jump a triple or do a backflip... You can never tell.
If I had acted like I was invisible( i was) then I would have waited a bit before passing a half turned car...
Well, gotta go scrub my jeans. Why did it have to be the American Eagle ones... no wonder you guys reccomend leather.
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