Two close calls in one week
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Thought I read it somewhere--deer and motorcycle wreck. My memory is not perfect but I know I read about someone that was involved in motorcycle safety dieing in a tragic critter accident. If its not him and I am mistaken ,good for him.
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When bad **** happens, it always happens too quick. You obviously did well, as you didn't wreck, and you're here to share your experiences. I would say though, your original post and response here tell me you would do well to brush up and perfect your skills in identifying situations, and reacting quickly to them. Of course, that's true for all of us - we can always learn more and get better.
In the car running the stop sign situation, it seems to me you identified him as a potential problem while there was quite a bit of time. Maybe you lost a bit of reaction time in fighting with your brain, thinking he wasn't going to actually run the stop sign. If so, you can avoid that slow down by simply always assuming the worst. The next thing is, after you identified him, at 35 mph, you could have stopped in about 4 feet or so, right? If not - go to a parking lot and practice both stopping quickly, and emergency braking.
I wasn't there, so I'm not judging your choice of actions, nor am I ragging on you. Just offering some suggestions and ideas that may help you or someone else.
You gained some valuable experience, and I appreciate your sharing it with us so I can learn from it too.
In the car running the stop sign situation, it seems to me you identified him as a potential problem while there was quite a bit of time. Maybe you lost a bit of reaction time in fighting with your brain, thinking he wasn't going to actually run the stop sign. If so, you can avoid that slow down by simply always assuming the worst. The next thing is, after you identified him, at 35 mph, you could have stopped in about 4 feet or so, right? If not - go to a parking lot and practice both stopping quickly, and emergency braking.
I wasn't there, so I'm not judging your choice of actions, nor am I ragging on you. Just offering some suggestions and ideas that may help you or someone else.
You gained some valuable experience, and I appreciate your sharing it with us so I can learn from it too.
http://www.motorcyclesafetyinfo.com/...e_braking.html
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