JPKalishek
Armadillo Kicker
Back to the old commute as I was off work for 2 weeks, and now it is over.
So today I am heading up I35w like most always and take my regular exit.
Now for those not in Texas, we often have two way service roads. This is one. As I got close to the exit I saw a service truck (maybe tire repair) and start to monitor to be sure it either yields, or moves fast enough it is not and issue and the driver looks at me and starts to slow, then I see another truck ... a white GM P/U driving south ... it accelerates so it can make it past the exit without stopping for me ... BUT
There was a red Ford Superduty following that P/U and they did not seem to notice the fat guy wearing fluorescent safety lime green with the high beams of the bike on coming down the exit towards them until way too late, plus the way they were driving and from what I could see, it looked like they looked right at me, and though they finally stopped, it was in the way. About as much in the way as they could possibly be without totally blocking things. The car following me locked up stopping for the red Ford as well, They were blocking most of the exit, and were hugging the right shoulder so with nowhere else to go I had to hit the curb, jump the deep hole left by the 18 wheelers and squeeze past the right hand side of the truck, and the guard rail.
As it was happening I was positive that I was going to hit the truck, and decided a glancing blow off the bed was my best choice for impact so I did my best to keep things from locking (the rear locked more than I thought, as it didn't squeal very load, but tonight I checked and it left a longer black stripe than I was expecting and I twice locked the front) dropped a few gears, let off the brakes just as I hit the curbing, then upon landing was happy to find I had managed a miss, with the only "damage" being the left mirror cover/turn signal had popped out of the spring clips and was hanging from the tiestrap and turn signal wiring.
Luckily also there was no one behind the Ford, so after the squeeze I was able to get back to my side of the road easily.
Once at work I checked the rims for any bends due to their intimacy with the curb, and found none.
I'm nodding off so that's all for now.
So today I am heading up I35w like most always and take my regular exit.
Now for those not in Texas, we often have two way service roads. This is one. As I got close to the exit I saw a service truck (maybe tire repair) and start to monitor to be sure it either yields, or moves fast enough it is not and issue and the driver looks at me and starts to slow, then I see another truck ... a white GM P/U driving south ... it accelerates so it can make it past the exit without stopping for me ... BUT
There was a red Ford Superduty following that P/U and they did not seem to notice the fat guy wearing fluorescent safety lime green with the high beams of the bike on coming down the exit towards them until way too late, plus the way they were driving and from what I could see, it looked like they looked right at me, and though they finally stopped, it was in the way. About as much in the way as they could possibly be without totally blocking things. The car following me locked up stopping for the red Ford as well, They were blocking most of the exit, and were hugging the right shoulder so with nowhere else to go I had to hit the curb, jump the deep hole left by the 18 wheelers and squeeze past the right hand side of the truck, and the guard rail.
As it was happening I was positive that I was going to hit the truck, and decided a glancing blow off the bed was my best choice for impact so I did my best to keep things from locking (the rear locked more than I thought, as it didn't squeal very load, but tonight I checked and it left a longer black stripe than I was expecting and I twice locked the front) dropped a few gears, let off the brakes just as I hit the curbing, then upon landing was happy to find I had managed a miss, with the only "damage" being the left mirror cover/turn signal had popped out of the spring clips and was hanging from the tiestrap and turn signal wiring.
Luckily also there was no one behind the Ford, so after the squeeze I was able to get back to my side of the road easily.
Once at work I checked the rims for any bends due to their intimacy with the curb, and found none.
I'm nodding off so that's all for now.
