Subject: RE: Almost wrecked JimD - 2008-08-01 7:43 AM
on yesterday's ride, traveling on a fast flat section a car overtakes me and than decides to make a right turn into a driveway, about 15 feet in front of me. I managed to come off the aero bars, hit the brakes, unclip one foot and perform a fishtailing skid that peeled off just enough speed to allow me to get around the back of the car with about 2 inches to spare.
Nice save.
I had an LA city bus do that exact same thing to me (okay, it was making a right turn from the wrong lane--not turning right into a driveway--while overtaking me on my left as I was riding in a BIKE LANE no less ) on Tuesday...I had no room to get around the bus...managed to skid to a stop with not much more room to spare (before I'd have run into his rear wheel well )...
Lot of morons out there...really chaps my butt when the morons are getting PAID to drive like morons... |