I almost flew today...

Jiggles · July 19th, 2011, 10:45 PM

After narrowly avoiding a car that pulled out in front of me while I was going 60mph on a 55mph road.

The road is 1 lane each way and there were cars lined up to pull onto the road from a crossing with a stop sign. First car pulls up to the right side of his lane, sees me, and stops, he is going to be going the same way I am. The car behind him (lets call him dipshit asshole) pulled up next to him to turn left (opposite way of me). I am quite positive dipshit asshole saw me coming and decided to pull out anyway. He pulls out onto the road (I'm not sure how far away I was from him) and I slam on the brakes and hit the horn (I'm kinda surprised I had that reaction) but there just isn't enough time to stop before hitting the car. While still on the brakes I swerved to the right side of the lane to avoid hitting dipshit asshole's car, which I missed by about a foot, and then swerved back to avoid hitting the first car that had pulled up to turn right. I evaded that car by a few feet. After going through the swerve I checked my speed and I was going 25mph after braking.

If I had been in my car there would have been a collision.

Glad to be alive

Hating terrible drivers even more

ducducgooseit · July 19th, 2011, 11:11 PM

Survival is key.

00NissanNinja · July 19th, 2011, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Jiggles

Glad to be alive

Hating terrible drivers even more

+1 I feel that now all I see are people that shouldn't be driving, don't drive well, or intentionally could care less about a person on a bike because I've been nearly wiped out by some idiot. I had the same situation a couple weeks ago. Dude looked right at me like we were making eye contact, then proceeded to turn when I was doing 45 and pretty close to where he was turning onto the road. Then later that day I had another do the same thing but this was on a one way street!wtf

phr3ek · July 20th, 2011, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Jiggles

If I had been in my car i would have accelerated to kill dipshit asshole.

fixed

ally99 · July 20th, 2011, 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by 00NissanNinja

+1Dude looked right at me like we were making eye contact, then proceeded to turn when I was doing 45 and pretty close to where he was turning onto the road. Then later that day I had another do the same thing but this was on a one way street!wtf

Ride like you're invisible, even after making eye contact. Still assume he didn't see you and/or that he's out to kill you. There are some f-ed up people driving out there. Glad you're ok!

Jinx250 · July 20th, 2011, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Jiggles

If I had been in my car there would have been a collision.

Had it been me in my car, I can guarantee there would have been a collision, becuase I would not have hit the brakes. Time for an upgrade!

Azhyen · July 20th, 2011, 08:45 AM

Glad you're alright. Don't let oblivious people like that ruin your riding experience! Ally is right, always assume the cars don't see you and you'll be prepped for almost any possible incident.

sombo · July 20th, 2011, 09:13 AM

Wait wait wait.... cars SEE us?

When did this start happening? I always thought they were too busy with the 9million things going on in their cage to see anything smaller than a semi. I mean they gotta have their coffee and smoke while calling home to yell at the kids. They can't be bothered with things like turn signals (who uses those things anyway pffft

) or checking blind spots (if you don't see them they must not be there) or caring about anyone else on the road (I mean you HAVE to watch out for number one, screw the rest). You can't expect them to see us. I mean when was the last time you noticed a cockroach when you were in a hurry to get somewhere?

/sarcasm off

TenaciousD · July 20th, 2011, 12:46 PM

Glad you had time to take evasive action. Some would argue that instead of going 60 in a 55 you should have slowed down when you approached the situation and been well below the posted speed limit. Maybe 50 in a 55. That would have left you a much larger margin for the other person's error. That's why the MSF teaches the 12 second rule.

EsrTek · July 20th, 2011, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ally99

Ride like you're invisible, even after making eye contact. Still assume he didn't see you and/or that he's out to kill you. There are some f-ed up people driving out there.

If they do anything stupid, I usually throw them the bird, just to know I gave some piece of what's was on my mind.
Those that do stop, cause they've seen me, I usually throw a wave of thanks

Glad your okay!

Jiggles · July 20th, 2011, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by TenaciousD

Glad you had time to take evasive action. Some would argue that instead of going 60 in a 55 you should have slowed down when you approached the situation and been well below the posted speed limit. Maybe 50 in a 55. That would have left you a much larger margin for the other person's error. That's why the MSF teaches the 12 second rule.

I do look far ahead and I saw them lined up. When the first car pulled up I slowed down a bit because I was far enough away that he could have pulled onto the road and not murdered me. But when I saw that car stop I maintained my speed. Then the other guy pulled around him and looked at me and I let off the throttle a little but not all the way. Then when I saw that he just kept coming thats when I hit the brakes.

I'm not sure why he felt he needed to pull out before I passed, there were no other vehicles on the road that I was on.

After I avoided the collision I was looking for a spot to make a U-turn so I could go chase the guy down. It's probably a good thing that there wasn't a turn off for another few miles otherwise the guy and his car would have ended up at the bottom of the lake.

00NissanNinja · July 20th, 2011, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ally99

Ride like you're invisible, even after making eye contact. Still assume he didn't see you and/or that he's out to kill you. There are some f-ed up people driving out there. Glad you're ok!

Yeah, Definitely ride as though we are invisible. I am amazed at how even when I feel I am in a spot that is easily seen and the bike is easily seen still people just don't seem to notice/care. Its kinda sad cause now all I see when I ride are a bunch of boxes that I want to get around or get away from cause all I see are a bunch of crap boxes with crappy drivers. Not saying everyone is a bad driver though.

rusninja · July 22nd, 2011, 03:39 AM

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Wait wait wait.... cars SEE us?

When did this start happening? /sarcasm off

when your at a stop light and they ask you to wheelie duh!

n4mwd · July 22nd, 2011, 04:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Jiggles

Hating terrible drivers even more

I wonder if his text message went through OK.

The vast majority of dipstick drivers that cause bike accidents are just stupid idiots. There are a small percentage of those that do it on purpose to hurt bikers. I don't know what that percentage is.

Yesterday I had to take the dog to the vet so I was in the car. I came across a guy in a red ninjette that had the front fairing sitting on the ground. The police were already there so I didn't stop. It looked like a biker hater had brake checked him. No sign of the car or driver.

Then at the very next light, there was a three car pile up and they were trying to pry the people out of their cars with the jaws of life. I'm wondering - Same scumbag that brake checked the ninjette trying to get away?? I guess I'll never know.

"A" · July 23rd, 2011, 12:11 PM

I've been a 'hood ornament' a few times, even taken a few 'door prizes' (when a drive exits a car and opens the door for you to hit).. on my bicycle and motorcycle.. after a few times you learn to look for ways out of impact instead of grabbing a handful of brakes as your first reaction..

It's difficult to undo the reflex of going for the brakes in similar situations, but most forget that there are ways out of impact than slowing down or stopping; looking for ways around the obstacle likely allow you to maintain more control of your vehicle and avoid impact... sometime even going off-pavement could be a valid option to avoid impact.

adri99an · July 23rd, 2011, 12:26 PM

WOW!!!!! I imagined you serving!!!

Were you geared up if anything did happen?

This goes back to my theory of....no matter how safely you drive...you CANNOT control the actions of others! GEAR Gear Gear!

Jiggles · July 23rd, 2011, 07:15 PM

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WOW!!!!! I imagined you serving!!!

Were you geared up if anything did happen?

This goes back to my theory of....no matter how safely you drive...you CANNOT control the actions of others! GEAR Gear Gear!

Everything but pants!

July 19th, 2011, 10:45 PM	#1
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	I almost flew today... After narrowly avoiding a car that pulled out in front of me while I was going 60mph on a 55mph road. The road is 1 lane each way and there were cars lined up to pull onto the road from a crossing with a stop sign. First car pulls up to the right side of his lane, sees me, and stops, he is going to be going the same way I am. The car behind him (lets call him dipshit asshole) pulled up next to him to turn left (opposite way of me). I am quite positive dipshit asshole saw me coming and decided to pull out anyway. He pulls out onto the road (I'm not sure how far away I was from him) and I slam on the brakes and hit the horn (I'm kinda surprised I had that reaction) but there just isn't enough time to stop before hitting the car. While still on the brakes I swerved to the right side of the lane to avoid hitting dipshit asshole's car, which I missed by about a foot, and then swerved back to avoid hitting the first car that had pulled up to turn right. I evaded that car by a few feet. After going through the swerve I checked my speed and I was going 25mph after braking. If I had been in my car there would have been a collision. Glad to be alive Hating terrible drivers even more __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

July 20th, 2011, 08:45 AM	#7
Azhyen ninjette.org Pirate Name: Seph Location: San Diego Join Date: Nov 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250r Posts: 301	Glad you're alright. Don't let oblivious people like that ruin your riding experience! Ally is right, always assume the cars don't see you and you'll be prepped for almost any possible incident. __________________________________________________ "She said I can't get a bike, so I dumped her."

July 20th, 2011, 12:46 PM	#9
TenaciousD ninjette.org member Name: Kevin Location: Tampa Join Date: Jun 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2009 250R Posts: 230	Glad you had time to take evasive action. Some would argue that instead of going 60 in a 55 you should have slowed down when you approached the situation and been well below the posted speed limit. Maybe 50 in a 55. That would have left you a much larger margin for the other person's error. That's why the MSF teaches the 12 second rule. __________________________________________________ Kevin 2009 Ninja 250R

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