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Well, the driver is still just as oblivious as when she almost hit you. You might have been better served in trying to have a conversation with her; maybe she could have learned something. Now you're just some motorcycle hood who damaged her car.
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You would think that with being over 65 yrs old I would have mellowed a bit and in reality, I have. But that day I just went off when that happened. I'm going to chalk it up to "Covid Rage"!
I was angry with myself the rest of the way home and I had already framed an apology in my mind for when the expected butt chewing started but my wife never mentioned it so neither did I.
I was angry with myself the rest of the way home and I had already framed an apology in my mind for when the expected butt chewing started but my wife never mentioned it so neither did I.
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It probably wasn't my smartest move on a bike but I was really pi$$Ed off! It was really nice today, upper 70's so I asked the wife if she wanted to go for a ride. Due to various reasons it's been over a year since she's ridden with me. We had a leisurely ride and were heading home and as we came to a T shaped intersection there was a dump truck & trailer in the oncoming lane waiting to make a left across in front of me. There were vehicles waiting on the road coming in on the right (stop sign). I had no stop sign and was continuing straight. I was watching the truck and the first car on the right and they made eye contact with me and just as I got to the intersection this impatient old lady passed the waiting cars on the right, on the should, right into my lane, and almost ran us into the side of the dump truck. She never even looked our way. Of course I had braked hard, and moved to the left as far as possible. She just continued on her way oblivious as to how close she came to killing us! Now this is where I got stupid. I was so mad, once a got the bike downshifted into 1st I took off after her. It only took a few seconds and I was on her ***. Now this was a no passing zone but I know the road well and knew there was room so I gassed it hard and zoomed around her and as I went by I took my right hand off the throttle and brought my fist down hard on her drivers side mirror! I was hoping to snap it off or maybe break the glass. She had her window down so it probably scared the crap out of her but she had scared me too! I zoomed away and she disappeared behind me, maybe she had to pull over, hard to say.
Not my smartest move especially with a passenger on board. I expected the wife to really chew my but out when we got home but all she said was that she had a good time.
Not my smartest move especially with a passenger on board. I expected the wife to really chew my but out when we got home but all she said was that she had a good time.
1: I can flipout on them, yell, hit their mirror, slow them down, flip them off, call them out etc..
2: I don't want to mention #2 but it would look something like this
The whole idea is to never let them forget the experience by making it has dramatic as possible, this way they'll always watch for bikes.
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