So... if you were going slower and he was going faster, and there wasn't much visibility... that sounds like an 'oops' was bound to happen... BUT... what are the chances that you drifted into the left lane while adjusting your mirrors...???
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.
