What would you do?

westexcruzer · Jun 25, 2015

Went out about 730 yesterday evening for a forty mile ride east on hwy 79. Two lane with shoulders, well beaten road with moderate traffic. Lots of trucks. Nice out and back ride to the Brazos river. On my way back someone in a beat up blue Chevy pu came into my lane to pass a semi, don't guess he was thinking. I scrubbed speed and started to the shoulder, my plan was to slow down enough to hit the bar ditch and ride it out. Blue finally saw me and hit the shoulder on my side of the road. I went back to left side of my lane and threaded the needle, unscathed. Split second decision, right or wrong?

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Mellow · Jun 25, 2015

You're alive to post it, so I would say you did what you needed to. Good job on that. The other driver, well, I got nothing on that one...

Uncle Phil · Jun 25, 2015

Well, unless your bike had a built in helicopter, sounds like it went well with the given options. ;-)

dduelin · Jun 25, 2015

I think you did great. You saw, made a plan, and executed.

A portion of the population would have locked up the wheels and had to 'lay 'er down'.

st1300r · Jun 25, 2015

Other than the "not be there" plan LOL you did good.

Glad you survived a close one.

westexcruzer · Jun 25, 2015

Unscathed, but still fuming and scared. Seems that something is always out there, waiting for you to let your guard down. Would have made a helluva video.

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Mellow · Jun 25, 2015

You live near Austin, you should be used to this stuff. LOL.. I know I am being in the Dallas area. You always see someone driving a car and not understanding the power of the weapon they possess. WE tend to be much more aware of what can happen and have respect for that, too bad not everyone does.

Uncle Phil · Jun 25, 2015

Fortunately for you the pickup decided to take the shoulder instead of freezing and taking you out. Not that his 'original' decision made any sense ... ;-) As I have often said, if we had a naked, 300 pound man running in front of us blowing a tuba and screaming with flashing yellow lights on his tuba, the drivers would still say 'Officer, I just didn't see them' ...

Mellow · Jun 25, 2015

Uncle Phil said:
Fortunately for you the pickup decided to take the shoulder instead of freezing and taking you out. Not that his 'original' decision made any sense ... ;-) As I have often said, if we had a naked, 300 pound man running in front of us blowing a tuba and screaming with flashing yellow lights on his tuba, the drivers would still say 'Officer, I just didn't see them' ...

Hey, I played the Tuba in High School... don't remember any lights on it.

bikerblackie · Jun 25, 2015

Well Mellow, just go to one of the tuba christmas shows around the country. tubachristmas.com Lots of the tubas have lights on them. In fact they would love for you to join them.

Mellow · Jun 25, 2015

bikerblackie said:
Well Mellow, just go to one of the tuba christmas shows around the country. tubachristmas.com Lots of the tubas have lights on them. In fact they would love for you to join them.

LOL.. I've lost the passion, believe it or not, for tuba playing.

paulcb · Jun 25, 2015

Wow, that's pretty scary. Sounds like you did the right thing for the situation. Really glad you were able to thread that needle!

SupraSabre · Jun 25, 2015

Glad you made the best choice! Anything less might have been really bad!

Now, what lights do you have on the front of your bike? Stock? Or? Sounds like it might have been dark out, did you switch to highbeam while the driver of the truck was over the line?

I don't know about a lot of you, but when I see motorcycles today, THEY ARE HARD TO SEE! The headlights are not worth a darn!

This is why I have fork mounted driving lights that I leave on until it is dark, and the I have my headlight modulator and that can be ran at low beam or hi beam, as long as there is :sun1: out. I use the low beam modulating when I'm in fog too!

Being seen is an issue guys! Do the best you can so they DO see you! (Hoping that they see you is Lost Hope!)

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westexcruzer · Jun 25, 2015

SupraSabre said:
Glad you made the best choice! Anything less might have been really bad!

Now, what lights do you have on the front of your bike? Stock? Or? Sounds like it might have been dark out, did you switch to highbeam while the driver of the truck was over the line?

I don't know about a lot of you, but when I see motorcycles today, THEY ARE HARD TO SEE! The headlights are not worth a darn!

This is why I have fork mounted driving lights that I leave on until it is dark, and the I have my headlight modulator and that can be ran at low beam or hi beam, as long as there is :sun1: out. I use the low beam modulating when I'm in fog too!

Being seen is an issue guys! Do the best you can so they DO see you! (Hoping that they see you is Lost Hope!) 4:

Automotive h4s, 5 or 10 watts hotter than stock. Can't remember if i flipped hi beams at him or not. In hindsight, if he was tail gaiting the semi, and I'm sure he was, he didn't see me until he pulled out to pass because i was in the leftside of the lane. If i was in the right side of the lane he might have seen me. It's kind of a durn if you do, durn if u don't situation.

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Uncle Phil · Jun 25, 2015

Mellow said:
Hey, I played the Tuba in High School... don't remember any lights on it.

You remember high school? ..... :think1:

davehirst · Jun 25, 2015

I was sitting at a red light the other day, pickup pulling an 8 foot covered trailer. 10 seconds into the stop, a guy hit me from behind. Didn't hurt anything, but he said he didn't see me sitting there. What!!!

davehirst · Jun 25, 2015

Failed to mention, I was in the pickup with the trailer.

SupraSabre · Jun 25, 2015

westexcruzer said:
Automotive h4s, 5 or 10 watts hotter than stock. Can't remember if i flipped hi beams at him or not. In hindsight, if he was tail gaiting the semi, and I'm sure he was, he didn't see me until he pulled out to pass because i was in the leftside of the lane. If i was in the right side of the lane he might have seen me. It's kind of a durn if you do, durn if u don't situation.

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Yeah, in situations like that will catch you by surprise!

4: Because I commute so much and constantly in and out of blind spots (forward and back) I have gotten in such a habit that I don't even think of lane position, I just automatically move where I'm going to be best seen. That still does't stop idiots from pulling into me or in front of me.

Just glad you made it out shaken but not stirred!

davehirst said:
Failed to mention, I was in the pickup with the trailer.

Well, it is hard to see large objects in front of you, when you are so busy with important things like answering a text!

Uncle Phil · Jun 25, 2015

SupraSabre said:
Well, it is hard to see large objects in front of you, when you are so busy with important things like answering a text!

Especially a large tuba player ...

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Mellow · Jun 25, 2015

Uncle Phil said:
Especially a large tuba player ...:

There you go again, picking on tuba players.. geesh.. I was larger in High School too.

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