that was close!!
Date: Sept1
Mileage: 12
Ride type: Commute
Bike: LHT
Temp: 75
September mileage: 12
Year to date: 1282
i had my closest confrontation of late with a vehicle this a.m. i headed pretty directly to work, and ended up on a 4-lane road that i don't often ride, given that there are safer places to ride. it was dark, but i had my Serfas strobe light going, and from what i can tell, it's obnoxious enough for traffic to see. i was heading down a hill at close to 30mph when a big white van started turning left in front of me. i clamped it down. he stopped fortunately and i squeezed around him. if he had kept going, either i would've T-boned him or somehow banked hard right and survived. funnily enough, it didn't scare me that bad, but during the incident, i thought "this could be trouble" quite matterafactly. don't know. i'm not that mad, but i wish him genital warts and an early stroke-induced state of dementia. 5 minutes later i almost 'doored' someone, in fact another assmonkey who i'd seen 2 or so minutes prior turning into traffic with no lights on.
i don't know whether i'm more sensative- which is the case i think-, or that the traffic-inducing populace is going nuts, but it seems quite hary-scary out there. and from blogs herenthere, other places seem equally annoying too.
Mileage: 12
Ride type: Commute
Bike: LHT
Temp: 75
September mileage: 12
Year to date: 1282
i had my closest confrontation of late with a vehicle this a.m. i headed pretty directly to work, and ended up on a 4-lane road that i don't often ride, given that there are safer places to ride. it was dark, but i had my Serfas strobe light going, and from what i can tell, it's obnoxious enough for traffic to see. i was heading down a hill at close to 30mph when a big white van started turning left in front of me. i clamped it down. he stopped fortunately and i squeezed around him. if he had kept going, either i would've T-boned him or somehow banked hard right and survived. funnily enough, it didn't scare me that bad, but during the incident, i thought "this could be trouble" quite matterafactly. don't know. i'm not that mad, but i wish him genital warts and an early stroke-induced state of dementia. 5 minutes later i almost 'doored' someone, in fact another assmonkey who i'd seen 2 or so minutes prior turning into traffic with no lights on.
i don't know whether i'm more sensative- which is the case i think-, or that the traffic-inducing populace is going nuts, but it seems quite hary-scary out there. and from blogs herenthere, other places seem equally annoying too.
Comments
I like the stat-setup you have at the top of your posts.
the state idea was someone else's but it's a good one, no?