Thank God I was on my S10

[Zepfan]

The agility and control of this bike never ceases to amaze.

My morning commute south from Lemon Grove to Poway. Headed north on the 15 in usual heavy traffic.

I'm doing about 50 on the freeway. To my left is a big panel truck and on my right is the same. I have the lane in between and I'm riding on the right side of MY lane.

I look to my left to take a gander at the truck on my left when the truck on my right decides to lane change on top of me.

My right handle bar makes contact with the truck and throws me to the left. I make a touch with my foot right as I'm thrown into the truck on my left and left side bars come in contact with that truck!

I amazingly do the pin ball thing having bounced of 2 trucks to throttle out of the near rubber side up event.

As it was happening in those split seconds I was thinking NOOOOOO NOT MY NEW S10!!

I never stopped and never looked back. Cant find any scratches on the bike. ::012:: ::012:: ::012:: ::012:: RUBBER SIDE DOWN THANKS TO THE S10 ::012:: ::012:: ::012:: ::012::

 

[AVGeek]

Damn dude!

 

[justbob]

Glad you got thru that. Interstate pinball is not a fun game, I tried it once, found out I dont bounce off the front of Chryslers very well.

 

[Tremor38]

Re: Re: Thank God I was on my S10

Glad you got thru that. Interstate pinball is not a fun game, I tried it once, found out I dont bounce off the front of Chryslers very well.

I swear stateside cagers drive with their heads straight up their ass (ones that don't own bikes). You'd think riding in Japan is hella unsafe, but that's not the case. Drivers here are much more aware of bikes. :-\

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[greg the pole]

wow, too close for comfort.
Glad you got out of it

 

[nankoweap]

Glad you got thru that. Interstate pinball is not a fun game, I tried it once, found out I dont bounce off the front of Chryslers very well.

i get chills every time i see that, bob. thought about you last week when i was rolling through chattanooga on the way to JAX. that 24/75 interchange area is a mess.

 

[SupA-T]

It should be prohibited to post such pictures on this site! ::005::

 

[justbob]

Hey Jason, I had planned on going down to Florida but it just didnt happen.
Catch ya somewhere on the road, maybe Moonshine or Texas.

 

[tomatocity]

Good to hear you are alright. Sounds like California Freeway Commuting in full force. Bet you will think twice about ever putting yourself in a No Escape situation while you were in the blind spot of two box trucks. Defensive driving #1, always have an escape plan. Never be in a bad situation more than 3 seconds. Make yourself noticeable. Loud horn! Bright lights! Don't follow vehicles you can't see through or around. Have a plan and know where you are going. Don't drive near a vehicle when you can smell marijuana (not a joke).

For all of you that has never driven in California (larger cities). The drivers are impatient at the least and commuting drivers are impatient and usually thinking about something else. Distracted driving is HUGE in the Sacramento area and surely the same in Southern California.

Add your defensive driving suggestions.

 

[snakebitten]

Not exaggerating..........
Will be 55 in May. Been riding almost continuously since I got my 100cc license at 15.

Mathematical odds would be against me regardless of what the activity would be with that much exposure. Skydiving, Skiing, cliff diving, or even bowling. (surely would have dropped the ball on my feet once in 40 years?)

Sharing the road with cagers was dangerous in 1972. And survival, I believe, is an acquired skill. It's based on hyper-awareness. In fact, I admit that my addiction to two wheels IS my addiction to hyper-awareness. I actually thrive on it. It's my daily dose of a crossword puzzle, if you know what I mean.

Not to be confused with being "careful". Without the learned awareness, you might think you are being careful and put yourself in a situation that has risks that I find unacceptable. I am not condemning the op, but no way in heck would I position myself between 2 bonecrushing 60' long obstacles. My awareness alarm would be sounding the alarm!

I could elaborate at length. It's a subject that I have natural passion for. But I will shut up before I come off as preachy.

By the way, I dress to crash. So please don't get me wrong. i'm humbled by the method of transport.

 

[Dirt_Dad]

My right handle bar makes contact with the truck and throws me to the left. I make a touch with my foot right as I'm thrown into the truck on my left and left side bars come in contact with that truck!

I amazingly do the pin ball thing having bounced of 2 trucks to throttle out of the near rubber side up event.

Scary stuff. Glad it turned out alright for you.

 

[greg the pole]

i have been riding for a while (20yrs), and I have had my fair share of close calls, some caused by me, most caused by others.

I cannot stress the be seen and be heard aspect of bikes. Bright lights (stock lights for now (will upgrade to HID next winter), stiebel horn) and i'm going to open this up.... a pipe.
no not a straight through POS harley pipe, just an aftermarket pipe.
too often people look in the mirrors, see you but do not register you are there. At least with a decent pipe you will have one more thing that will pop out (lights, hi-vis vest)

It triggers the other sense, granted some good ways some bad.
Yes every one of my bikes has the stock pipe binned (mostly due to weight, but also to a nicer sound), to me I would never go without a decent pipe.
Say what you will, no i'm not the asshole that keep you up at 2 am racing up and down with other squids.
Yes i'm that guy that' merging onto the free way at 545am, when you're in your corrolla, only really paying attention 50% of the time because you didn't have your coffee.
I'm not on it all the time, i'm not doing it to prove a point, or to piss people off. I do it because it's one more thing that will keep me safe.

 

[SupA-T]

Snakebitten and Greg the Pole, you guys are too cool! ::013::

 

[Firefight911]

Could not agree LESS with Greg the Pole.

I've been riding since I was about 12. Carry the two, minis the four....that's 33 plus years. So what?!

I've been either riding backwards, driving, or in charge of HUGE, BIG, LOUD, BRIGHT LIGHTED, fire engines and fire trucks for 15 years. If you think that having a pipe or a bright light is gonna save your butt, please, pull over and hand over your keys. If people don't hear or see me coming what makes you think anything you do on your bike is going to be better?

Ride like you're invisible, because you are. Ride like they're out to kill you, they are. Never place yourself in a position without an out, and a back up when they take that one away from you, they will.

No one and no thing is responsible for you and your safety but you. Don't rely on a horn or a light. Save your money and work on you. Get to that parking lot and ride the bike. Activate ABS, swerve, cone drills, lock up the resr wheel, the front wheel, adjust the controls, verify the tire pressures, dress for the crash not the ride, never ride at the same speedos traffic around you. Always go slightly faster or slower. I prefer faster so I control the threats coming at me. Get on a racetrack and practice expanding your envelope of control without the normal distractions. If you're going to the track for a better lap time, wrong drill for this. Slow down and break the track apart into drills.


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[snakebitten]

Firefight, I agree with you completely. That is a description of what I was calling hyper-awareness.

But I got to defend Greg the Pole in one aspect............
Although I run a stock exhaust on my S10 and I am pretty sure I am NOT heard, being heard is one more ingredient to being noticed.
After all, it IS the loud siren of that big red truck that gets my attention sometimes before I actually get visual notification!

But what I agree with you most on is no matter how much I attempt to rig my bike(s) to be noticed, I absolutely ride with the assumption that NOBODY knows I'm there. I'm invisible. I'm silent. And therefore I must avoid them!

 

[Tremor38]

Re: Re: Thank God I was on my S10

Firefight, I agree with you completely. That is a description of what I was calling hyper-awareness.

But I got to defend Greg the Pole in one aspect............
Although I run a stock exhaust on my S10 and I am pretty sure I am NOT heard, being heard is one more ingredient to being noticed.
After all, it IS the loud siren of that big red truck that gets my attention sometimes before I actually get visual notification!

But what I agree with you most on is no matter how much I attempt to rig my bike(s) to be noticed, I absolutely ride with the assumption that NOBODY knows I'm there. I'm invisible. I'm silent. And therefore I must avoid them!

Sure would be nice to have a thumbs up emoticon. >

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[tomatocity]

::008::

Bottom row

 

[MeefZah]

I'd try not running neck and neck between two sides of a vise.

Good reason to always be moving faster then everyone else.

 

[greg the pole]

Could not agree LESS with Greg the Pole.

I've been riding since I was about 12. Carry the two, minis the four....that's 33 plus years. So what?!

I've been either riding backwards, driving, or in charge of HUGE, BIG, LOUD, BRIGHT LIGHTED, fire engines and fire trucks for 15 years. If you think that having a pipe or a bright light is gonna save your butt, please, pull over and hand over your keys. If people don't hear or see me coming what makes you think anything you do on your bike is going to be better?

Ride like you're invisible, because you are. Ride like they're out to kill you, they are. Never place yourself in a position without an out, and a back up when they take that one away from you, they will.

No one and no thing is responsible for you and your safety but you. Don't rely on a horn or a light. Save your money and work on you. Get to that parking lot and ride the bike. Activate ABS, swerve, cone drills, lock up the resr wheel, the front wheel, adjust the controls, verify the tire pressures, dress for the crash not the ride, never ride at the same speedos traffic around you. Always go slightly faster or slower. I prefer faster so I control the threats coming at me. Get on a racetrack and practice expanding your envelope of control without the normal distractions. If you're going to the track for a better lap time, wrong drill for this. Slow down and break the track apart into drills.


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I agree with what you're saying.
I don't rely on the be seen be heard, bu it helps.
I assume that they don't know that I'm there, and if I think
They will do it ( pull out, change lanes) they will.
Blind spots, slow down and and cover on Intersections etc etc.
Riding is a never ending lesson

 

[SupA-T]

Ride on the path less traveled. ::012::