entropy
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posted March 12, 2002 03:46 AM
35 yrs of MC riding pays off!!!!!!
This is a car story, and not a dramatic one, but one which shows the value of awareness.
Last weekend I went on a 4 day cruise with my wife, great time until...
We got back and 5 blocks after leaving the Cruise terminal in Galveston, a dipshit decided he'd blow thru a stop sign onto a 4 lane divided avenue about 50' ahead of me, coming from my right.
thanks to 35+ yrs on MC's watching out for road assassins, I saw him coming and swerved hard left, then hard right and a-l-m-o-s-t got around in front of him. I never touched the brakes until after he tagged me just behind the passenger door and spun me. If I had just slammed on the brakes he would have broadsided the passenger door, certainly injuring my wife.
After the collision the fucker takes off, dragging parts but still on the move!!! My ole Linc Mk8, besides being very nimble, was driveable, so we chased him down and got his plate and went to the cops.
The moral of the story is look everywhere for road assassins, they are constantly hunting for you!!!
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12RPilot
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posted March 12, 2002 05:31 AM
Just one more example that green means go WHEN IT'S SAFE.
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harryzx-12
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posted March 12, 2002 06:05 AM
I'm glad he didn't "T" bone you.
Good driving job! Did the passenger seat get stained very bad? 
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pat830
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posted March 12, 2002 07:55 AM
I hope you catch the asshole. Glad you two are allright.
Nothing lower than a hit and run asshole. He/She probably doesn't have insurance. Drag him/her out of the car, shoot him/her, and let the buzzards eat him/her. Hit and run assholes have absolutely no concern for anybody else.
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madmike
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posted March 12, 2002 08:05 AM
dude what a scumbag!!! glad you and your wife are Ok!! and you got that guys plate# hope the police actually do something with it!
Mad Mike.
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entropy
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posted March 12, 2002 09:25 AM
scumbag indeed...
I chased him down honking all the way and he finally stopped after about a mile of stopsigns later. Something told me NOT to get too close to him so I stopped about 75' behind him, got out of the car and started walking towards his car. He got out and started walking towards me. He was just a bit shorter than me (at 6'3"), but a whole lot more muscular, so I stopped walking and he did too. He muttered something about going to the court house, got back into his car and drove away.
Like what the fuck was I going to do if I "caught" him? The shitbox car he was driving and his attitude told me all. In Texas just about everyone except me packs, and he didn't look like John Q Citizen on his way to apologize. Prolly the smartest thing I've done lately is "let" him drive away, and just go to the cops.
My #2 son (18) looked at the car, and asked if it was OK to drive? Yep, says I. He then asked how much I got out of State Farm? After a $1000 deductable, $2300, says I. Well then , he asked, what are you going to buy for yr bike?
Harry,
no stain on the passenger side; my wife never even saw him until after we got hit.
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kcadby
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posted March 12, 2002 12:44 PM
Glad to hear it from YOU!!!
Man-O-MAN!!!
GLAD you and wifeee ARE OK!!!
UN-real what this guy must of been thinking???drugs???
NOT getting closer to him MIGHT??? just have saved your life (as you said)...
Would have sucked BIG-TIME reading about THAT here...not to mention family's loss...
Hope he sits in jail for a LONG time after this hashes-out...
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ezx11
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posted March 14, 2002 06:20 AM
Just to add to the T-bone story
Early morning, about 5am, July 4, 1998, me and some guys had been riding all nite and just finished breakfast
of course, tru to bikers, we spent the nite talking about bike stuff, esp bike accidents, and one of the stories was about a mutual friend getting t-boned (and killed)
so i am riding home, thinking about all of this stuff and i am approaching a blind intersection, my traffic light was green, but something told me to just slow down, (since it was a holiday morning)
and lo and behold, a guy goes thru his red like there was no light at all
talk about thanking God, looking for angels, etc, etc
to this day, it amazes me that if i hadnt been thinking about our stories, i would have eaten asphalt and steel that morning
good story about the cage, everyone be careful, and ride invisible
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DoubleAught
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posted March 14, 2002 06:37 AM
Yeah, I got oe of those "feelings" too last year while sitting at a light in Atlanta. The light had turned green, I was in the right lane, and this big SUV that I couldn't see around was in the left lane. Just as I started to let the clutch out, something said "wait a minute". I did, and just then a car came through the intersection so fast I couldn't see what kind of car it was. It was going at least 100mph. 10 seconds later, three carloads of cops came through behind him. Just cause the light is green doesn't always mean its time to go.
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slug
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posted March 14, 2002 07:28 AM
i can also vouch for the bike reflexes in a cage...
was turning left thru an intersection, looked right saw a red truck (was mall exit) about 200ft away, went thru, except this truck was obviously doing at least 45, with traffic stopped ahead of him (moron)
all i saw as i triple checked right after starting accross was nose of red f150...floored and swung wheel, breaking rear end loose and swinging it around, which musta been the clearance i needed to avoid getting wacked
without bike experience i woulda never thought to floor, woulda hit brakes and there'd have been one less S-10 in this world...
driving cars usually never gives you enough respect for how fast it can get you out of way,even if unexpected. granted there ARE some cars that punching the gas doesnt do anything, but i'll never seriously own one of those cars ever again. GOOD acceleration is JUST as useful as good brakes...
ps i love that little diplomacy signature line heh
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sailusvi
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posted March 14, 2002 02:36 PM
Good job!.......be careful of future problems reguarding your muscles. My wife and I were at a stop sign (on osage) 19 yrs ago and a lady slammed into the back of my...uh....mitsubishi mighty max pick up. Not a hard hit at all.....19 yrs later my wife still suffers chronic neck pain.
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