Did the driver also come from the side road? If he was speeding, let's assume 80mph, then he would cover 1/8 mile in just 5 seconds, which is little time to adjust, especially if you had just pulled onto the road and weren't up to speed yet.
-Kyle On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 5:58 PM, shaypocoloco <[email protected]>wrote: > I couldn't find all of the 'what caused this' series of potential > accidents on a motorcycle here on Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers. I think > this one is #9 and I didn't expect to have any others to add after #8. > This is an easy one. The highway where this happened is a two lane > paved state highway with little traffic. The CHP (Caifornia Highway > Patrol) may cover it every week or so. It ascends to the west to 5200' > from 3500' in a 4% grade or more, in most places it is a straight road > but with occasional dips. Last week I pulled out on this highway from > a dirt side road and slowed to adjust my mirrors on my new (used) 83 > CB650SCB. There were no vehicles in sight. This particular side road > enters at a dip with visibility in both directions of about 1/8th > mile. The speed limit on the highway is 65 mph and this is often > abused by drivers. How is it that a driver coming downhill in a > pickup misses me by inches and why was it my lucky day that I didn't > die? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
