Complacency almost got me Saturday evening!
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Nevermind. I almost forgot. Whenever a motorcycle and a car have an altercation it has to be the cars fault. Right? <sarcasm intended>
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I was turning right into my driveway and I swing to the left to get a straight shot at the driveway.
As I swung left, she punched it and passed me on the right.
Like I said, I know it was my fault.
Damn that lady for doing what she did but has I not had my head up my ***, it never would have happened.
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Yes you are correct.
I was turning right into my driveway and I swing to the left to get a straight shot at the driveway.
As I swung left, she punched it and passed me on the right.
Like I said, I know it was my fault.
Damn that lady for doing what she did but has I not had my head up my ***, it never would have happened.
I was turning right into my driveway and I swing to the left to get a straight shot at the driveway.
As I swung left, she punched it and passed me on the right.
Like I said, I know it was my fault.
Damn that lady for doing what she did but has I not had my head up my ***, it never would have happened.
Thanks for sharing, always good to hear others experiences. It makes us all better riders. Glad your OK.
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Main reason for this post is to tell every one to pay attention.
I am one of those guys that will tell you "every accident is avoidable". And I am one to preach about paying 100% attention 100% of the time.
But I also know that even though we try, no one can be 100% all the time.
I completely screwed up on this one. I knew a car was there and even though I paid attention to her, I stopped once I got near the driveway.
I did not signal
The only thing I did manage to do right was, I had the brakes covered and hit them fast enough to just touch her as she past.
Thankfully all I lost was a little pride and a quarter size patch of leather on my seat where my **** pinched the seat!
I am one of those guys that will tell you "every accident is avoidable". And I am one to preach about paying 100% attention 100% of the time.
But I also know that even though we try, no one can be 100% all the time.
I completely screwed up on this one. I knew a car was there and even though I paid attention to her, I stopped once I got near the driveway.
I did not signal
The only thing I did manage to do right was, I had the brakes covered and hit them fast enough to just touch her as she past.
Thankfully all I lost was a little pride and a quarter size patch of leather on my seat where my **** pinched the seat!
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Man im glad this story had a so-so happy ending..Thanks for posting...
Obviously you had alot on your mind..Dinner,Drinks,Friends....Well probably so did driver of car...
Thing could of been alot worse...They wernt...hopefully lesson learned from both parties involved..Thanks for the reminder... We can never be to careful!!!!...So how was dinner?
Obviously you had alot on your mind..Dinner,Drinks,Friends....Well probably so did driver of car...
Thing could of been alot worse...They wernt...hopefully lesson learned from both parties involved..Thanks for the reminder... We can never be to careful!!!!...So how was dinner?
