Mea Culpa and Lesson Learned

[escapefjrtist]

Good reminder to all of us.

In car vs. motorcycle, car wins. Period.

This ^^^ is something I try to remember each & every time I hit the starter button.

--G

 

[lnewlf]

wish I had 10 bucks for every time I scared the bejabbers outta myself...

gotta flush the adrenals at least once a week.

 

[Pterodactyl]

In car vs. motorcycle, car wins. Period.

Sometimes the bike can eek out a tie..... Kinda like the M.A.D. concept (Mutual Assured Destruction).

 

[dcarver]

Yup.

It's the lug nut rule.

He with the biggest lug nuts rulz.

 

[Teehaml]

Glad you rolled out of that one with only your better judgement smacked and a semi pissed off wife.

Sounds like something I might have done also but I found out that most of the time ego only gets in the way.

Stay safe...

 

[petey]

Twigg, thanks for reminding us...

 

[owsley]

Good to hear no injuries or other.

I usually meet these idiots who just have to pass me stopped at the next red light with me.

 

[FastJoyRide]

Good on you Twigg for calling the foul on yourself (not a golfer are you by any chance?)

Have met way too many riders who lack the introspection to see that their own ego is going to get them badly hurt - or worse.

While many (all?) of us have been there, reminders are always timely. Good on ya mate!

 

[BigChunk]

I sympathize with you, Twigg. I'm still kicking myself for my incredibly stupid and dangerous pass of a little old lady in a minivan late last month.

I was out in the middle of nowhere in eastern Washington state on a freeway with two lanes each way. She was a mile or so ahead of me and pulled out to pass a slow moving semi. No one else around for miles. She was well past the truck when I came up on her. I got a little ticked that she hadn't moved back into the right lane. She eventually noticed me behind her and started to move over. I dropped a gear and blew by her on the left before she was even halfway out of the lane. Scared the living crap out of her, apparently, because she ****** her minivan so hard to the right that she nearly ran herself off the road. I could see her in my mirrors fishtailing back and forth across both lanes trying to get control. A month later it still makes me sick to think about the devastation my impatience and arrogance could have caused.

 

[kballowe]

I've (in the past) had my share of these situations.

Now I just stay the hell out of the way.

Life is already too short.

Thanks for the reminder !

 

[Big Sky]

I am conscious of our potential to scare unwitting cagers with a surprise appearance on their left. It's not nice to do this, yet I see the loud pipes crowd do it all the time, apparently intentionally and with malice. "Yeah, look at me, I'm bad ***, I enjoy intimidating the citizens, they should be frightened of me. *******! But why are they legislating against us?"

BigChunk, it's good you have comprehension and a conscience. Thank God she pulled out of it.

 

[kballowe]

You don't have any crotch rocket squids there in Montana? Around these parts - it's the young and indestructable that mess with the cages