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 jerked 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 ass, 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