wvshooter
Scooter
Just putting this out there for perspective on how we ride.
Last Sunday, 5:30 pm. , sunny, two lane expressway, in city limits, 55mph limit, moderate curve to the right with freeway entrance to my right introducing more traffic into a now third lane which becomes the far right lane.
I'm in the far left lane about to pass a large black late model sedan which is in the middle lane. I'm probably doing between 55 and 60. BTW, I'm riding a '94 Connie. As my front tire comes even with the left rear wheel of the black sedan the driver starts moving into my lane. Not a drift into my lane but a serious lane change. No signal of any kind. I hit the front brake which locks up the front wheel enough to cause the front of the bike to lose ability to stay up.
The rest is a blur. I come off the bike and as I'm sliding along the pavement I think to myself, "So this is what it's like to crash." I slide along the highway across all three lanes ending up touching the guard rail on the right side of the expressway. A distance of 150' according to officers.
It's made me rethink the risk involved in passing cars in a freeway setting.
Last Sunday, 5:30 pm. , sunny, two lane expressway, in city limits, 55mph limit, moderate curve to the right with freeway entrance to my right introducing more traffic into a now third lane which becomes the far right lane.
I'm in the far left lane about to pass a large black late model sedan which is in the middle lane. I'm probably doing between 55 and 60. BTW, I'm riding a '94 Connie. As my front tire comes even with the left rear wheel of the black sedan the driver starts moving into my lane. Not a drift into my lane but a serious lane change. No signal of any kind. I hit the front brake which locks up the front wheel enough to cause the front of the bike to lose ability to stay up.
The rest is a blur. I come off the bike and as I'm sliding along the pavement I think to myself, "So this is what it's like to crash." I slide along the highway across all three lanes ending up touching the guard rail on the right side of the expressway. A distance of 150' according to officers.
It's made me rethink the risk involved in passing cars in a freeway setting.