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Old July 2nd, 2010, 03:57 PM   #29
DRivero
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Name: Debbi
Location: South Florida
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Motorcycle(s): 2001 Ninja 250 (Sold); 2008 Ninja EX500

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Last year when I first got my Ninjette, I was riding behind a shopping center and a RAT ran right for the bike. I just barely saw him out the corner of my eye before he was under me. I had time to think, "Well, goodbye, rat....sorry about your short life", and that was it, he was done for. I felt badly (yes, even for a rat...I don't kill anything that's not biting or threatening me...not even bugs), but I had no intention of risking loss of control over the bike for it, as I was a newbie rider then.

You shouldn't slam your brakes on a highway, of course, if you can possibly avoid it. Having said that, and while I feel awful for the victims and their families, I feel a little for the driver too. It was a mistake, a knee-jerk reaction, and it will never go away. This accident is the very definition of "tragedy". Very noble of the family, not pressing charges for a mistake.

That's my opinion, anyway. Please don't flame me to death!
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