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Neither driver nor rider cited for anything.....There was no "shoulder" to speak of, only a steep drop off....Jim is EXACTLY right, and impatient driver that was irritated by an slow rider.....That's exactly what happened....



Like I said Mark, I was just a-joshin' ya there, that's all. I can certainly understand once your bike died how this all could come about so fast for everyone involved in the mishap.

Actually, my GUT feeling is that the guy behind you shouldn't have assumed ANY of your actions to come, once it became apparent you have slowed down for whatever reason.

And this MIGHT be a good time to remind our fellow motorcyclist here that once ANYTHING out of the ordinary seems to be happening to or by a motorist in front of us, that the best course of action is to slow down, wait, and see what is about to happen next, and NOT to just assume the motorist is going to do what you at first THINK he's gonna do.

I know cases where a motorcyclist sees a motorist coming the opposite way will cross over the road and drive upon the shoulder on the motorcylist's side of the road in a U-turn maneuver, and the motorcyclist has assumed that the motorist has seen him coming up on him and thus the motorcyclist continues at his present speed, ONLY to find that the motorists DIDN'T see the motorcyclists and then pulls right out in front of the motorcyclist off that shoulder. Bad news there, alright.

Now, I know THIS scenario wasn't exactly the case as YOUR accident, but there are similarities to it, alright. The basic problem was/is, somebody assumed the other guy was gonna do something that he didn't ultimately do...so SLOW DOWN until you're ABSOLUTELY SURE what that other guy IS gonna do....unlike what that motorist did who hit you.

Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)