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OK, after what I thought was going to be a great day ( son coming to visit from NY and got off work early ) I was on my way home minding my own business and running the fast lane ( left most of 3 ). Passing a few cars while im at it. Well, this little twerp in a yellow euro'ed accord talking on his cell phone ( illegal in Albuquerque ) comes over to my lane with no signal light just as I was going to pass him. Well, lets just say that It was a close enough call that I left a big black streak in that cheap yellow paint! Narrowly missed losing the bike totally! ( at a bit over 45 mph ) I think the only thing that saved me was that I didnt lock up the brakes but just kept the bars locked straight forward. Then when he realized what had happened and we pulled over ( as did 2 other cars ) he had the nerve to tell me that I should be given a ticket for how loud my pipes were cuz he couldnt hear what was being said on the phone, and he also said that he would be expecting me to pay for the paint job. Well, one of the guys that stopped called the cops to the scene and for once they actually showed up rather quickly. The kid told his story to the cop, so did I and so did the guy that called the cops. The cop was being very calm as he took everyones story, then he went back to talk to the kid and the kid started getting beligerent. He started telling the cop that it was my fault and if I didnt have loud pipes then it wouldnt have happened, and he again said that I would have to pay for his paint job. Well, the cop obviously had a sense of humor, cuz he told the kid, " whats the matter, cant afford that $4 rattle can of paint yourself? " Then he proceded to write the kid 2 tickets, 1 for the cell infraction, and 1 for reckless driving. As for me, I rode away happy, except now my arms are killing me. feels like someone took a baseball bat to my shoulders from fighting the front of my bike like that. Glad I wasnt any farther up by him or I would have been into the median etc. As it was, he just clipped my tire.
Mark

Well, that's certainly a new one on me, alright..."Loud pipes CAUSE accidents!"

Actually, I think what REALLY "saves lives" is the awareness at ALL TIMES that those cagers are going to pull some REALLY stupid moves out there around us.

And Mark here very fortunately remembered THAT at just the right and LAST moment here evidently.

(glad this had THIS outcome, Mark...ESPECIALLY that friggin' kid gettin' those two tickets!!!)

Yeah, obviously my loud pipes distracted him so that he didnt know I was there!!! It wasnt the dam phone stuck to his ear! Where's the logic in that?? LOL ( I can laugh a bit now that its over and im home safe!! )
Mark

WOW, you are much more restrained than I. That dude would have had that phone permanently lodged in his brain had he started blaming me for his retarded driving. Glad you're safe.

Or lodged in his butt. Gives new meaning to "talkin out your a**."
Man that is to close for comfort, glad you are ok.
Mike

whew! stories like this always make my hands sweat. i hate driving around other people enough in my car (because they're not paying attention), let alone when i'm a lot more vulnerable. idjits

All right! The good guys win one for once! I know sometimes cagers don't see us, but this punk had to know you were there and he WANTED TO BE WHERE YOU WERE-SO HE JUST PULLED OVER!!. It's nuts! Most everyone has had it happen and a lot of it is not accidental.

Glad you are alright and had the presence of mind to handle what could have been a bad situation.

When a driver demonstrates such gross stupidity, their car should be towed. Glad you're OK. It's not often we collide with a car and stay up.

Jack

Wow ~~ close call ~~ glad you are all right.

quite a story, I'm glad that you are ok... I've been riding to work more often, so I've been taking I85 and the HOV lane; even at 75-80 mph I keep getting passed like I'm riding at 60 WTH is wrong with ppl? This makes the ride a little stressful so I'll be taking the long way to work more often, more fun anyway.

idjits that's for sure. some people.
glad you are pretty much ok.

mike

I'm new to riding, about 3000 miles on my America, and I just can't believe the cagers out there! Just today I'm out for a nice relaxing ride with the OL on back and a guy in a pickup pulls out in front of me. I hit the brakes and blast my (extra loud) horn and he has the nerve to flip me off! The rest of the ride home I'm sorry I didn't flip him off, but figured the OL would have been mad if I did. When we get home and talk about it I find out she flipped him off!

Mark,
Glad you're ok and that you didn't pull the moron out of his car and hold his face to your header pipe while kicking him repeatedly in the ribcage and sticking his cell phone where the sun never used to shine....
The police may frown on that.

If you could read through this board from the very beginning you would find probably a thousand or more entries about the perils of dealing with all the loonies on the road. Ask anyone who rides and you will get similar stories.

Point is - it ain't gonna change. Ride like you're invisible - because you are. Ride like they're trying to kill you - because they are.

A friend acquaintence of mine rides with mini-marshmallows in his coat pocket. If a car gets too close behind him and ignores his hints to back off, he reaches in and grabs a handful of them and tosses them behind him. To the car driver, they look like rocks. Doesn't do any harm to the car, but it sure gets their attention (according to him).

I had an aquaintance who carried little baggies of doogie poo on his front seat. If someone deserved it he would toss one inside the car if possible or onto the hood where the contents would splatter all over and spread the goodness.

I do not condone such foolishness as the result might be a cager losing control and injuring innocent people around him/her.

A couple of years ago an 18 wheeler driver was arrested for shooting cagers from his truck. He had a air compressor powered gun of sorts mounted on his fender which would shoot steel ball bearing forward towards offending drivers. There were some complaints about cars being shot from behind by a large green truck and they found ball bearings in the trunk that had passed through the steel car bodies.

He ended up serving 30 days and got a years probation and a fine. He also had a lot of satisfaction and I am sure some of his victims will never cut off a big truck again.

Not long ago I saw 2 older ladies on a Gold Wing and when a cage cut them off, the passenger came up with a slingshot and paintballs. That was funny!

that's an amazing story of self-restraint to me,,when i get scared,, i get dangerous.---as in yank a knot in his butt.

Pure Ignorance in action.

I wish cell phones were illegal in all automobiles in the US. Use a freakin' handsfree device you cheap ******!!!

Back in Arizona I got cutoff from a woman putting on eye makeup and talking on the cell phone and drinking a starbucks all at the same time. She crossed two lanes to exit of the 51 in North Phoenix and almost caused a massive pile up (of which I was almost part of) Glad I don't live in a large metro area any more.

Ride Safe Everyone!

Same kind of thing happened to me the other day and I swear this is true. Riding in to work in the HOV lane in I-66 last week. At one point another road comes up from a overpass and merges into the HOV lane. Well I'm rolling along at 65 minding my own business and I see this Toyota Prius coming up out from the overpass in the merge lane... I keep watching her, watching her and she just keeps on merging into my lane. Anyway, like a idiot I don't move into the other lane but instead hold my ground. When the lady gets literally right next to me (completely oblivious to me while she is talking on the cell phone) I reach over and knock on her passenger window and ask her with hand motions and loud words "DID YOU EVEN F"ING LOOK?" Scared the bajeepers out of her. Down the road a piece it scared me too when I thought about what could happened if she had swerved or something when I rapped on her window. It was stupid and I won't tempt fate like that again.

Kids lucky you didn't clock him when he said it was your fault because he couldn't hear the phone over your pipes! Good chance I would have, course then the cop would have been talking to you instead of him.