v65
ouch
My son and I are on vacation, enjoying the twisties in Ohio and West Virginia. We were touring near the border of the two states when I decided to take a quick detour across the river. Going over the bridge I am driving slow, checking the sights ya know, and being followed closely by a Chevy Blazer. We hit a stop light at the other side of the bridge, take a right and see a car dealer on the right hand side just down the road to make a u turn. I see in my rear view that the Blazer is a good ways behind me, just leaving the light.
As I approach the dealer I hit the blinkers and start to brake and am edging over to the right side of the lane. I didn't check my six again (my mistake), and just as I am starting to make my turn I hear a tire squeal! I stopped the turn, and the Blazer flies by me on the right side. Now this a car lot I am pulling into, there is a row of cars parked right at the front of the lot. There was just enough room for him to fit between us, he was inside of a foot of us and probably rocked the cars in the front row! :blink: I would guess he was going 20mph faster than us (seemed faster!). Well he made it: he threaded the needle and got back on the road and drove off. The entire incident from tire squeal to him going by was a couple of seconds.
Scared the snot out of my son and I. My FJR is lit up like a Christmas tree: stock tailights, led light bar, and a light bar on the trunk. This thing is bright when the brakes are on. Oh yeah, the light bars are also hooked up to a flashing unit, so it could even be described as obnoxious(at stop lights people tend to park 20 ft behind me.) I don't know how this guy missed them, but he did.
What got me is that he went to the right when my right signal light was on, and he had a free lane to his left. The first thing my 14 year old asked me was why did that guy pass us on the right? The kid hasn't driven a day in his life, but he new it was dumb. As I said, should have checked my six again. I didn't think the Blazer could catch up with me that quick, my mistake, lesson learned.
Off to see the New River Gorge bridge tomorrow! :yahoo:
As I approach the dealer I hit the blinkers and start to brake and am edging over to the right side of the lane. I didn't check my six again (my mistake), and just as I am starting to make my turn I hear a tire squeal! I stopped the turn, and the Blazer flies by me on the right side. Now this a car lot I am pulling into, there is a row of cars parked right at the front of the lot. There was just enough room for him to fit between us, he was inside of a foot of us and probably rocked the cars in the front row! :blink: I would guess he was going 20mph faster than us (seemed faster!). Well he made it: he threaded the needle and got back on the road and drove off. The entire incident from tire squeal to him going by was a couple of seconds.
Scared the snot out of my son and I. My FJR is lit up like a Christmas tree: stock tailights, led light bar, and a light bar on the trunk. This thing is bright when the brakes are on. Oh yeah, the light bars are also hooked up to a flashing unit, so it could even be described as obnoxious(at stop lights people tend to park 20 ft behind me.) I don't know how this guy missed them, but he did.
What got me is that he went to the right when my right signal light was on, and he had a free lane to his left. The first thing my 14 year old asked me was why did that guy pass us on the right? The kid hasn't driven a day in his life, but he new it was dumb. As I said, should have checked my six again. I didn't think the Blazer could catch up with me that quick, my mistake, lesson learned.
Off to see the New River Gorge bridge tomorrow! :yahoo:
