I follow the same sort of procedure (moving to one edge of the lane, looking the mirrors, etc). The problem I have is that I am not sure that I will be able to reach fast enough. The second time I got read-ended, and I was sitting on a red light. I looked at mirror and this guy was clearly coming too fast and not paying attention. I realized he will hit me probably just a second before it happened. I only had time to release the brake and before I could do anything else it was too late. But I totally agree, I am afraid of pissing of the wrong person by splitting lanes.
I still highly recommend moving to one side of the your lane while stopped, almost as it you will be about to split. This way, even if you still get impacted from behind, you won't be squeezed between the two cars. Everyone, please be safe out there. On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 4:55 PM, Kyle Munz <kyle...@gmail.com> wrote: > A friend of mine got rearended while 2up on a bike at a red light. It hurt > his back and shoulder pretty bad (back from the impact, shoulder from > lifting the bike off of himself during the adrenaline rush) and he couldn't > ride for about a year until he healed. When I stop behind cars at a light I > always pull to the left or right side of the car, still behind it but to > where I could easily move up along side if necessary. I watch my mirrors > until another car has come to a stop behind me. I agree that filtering to > the front would be better if it were legal, but until that day comes I > won't do it. There are too many entitled dicks on 4 wheels that would see > that as "cheating" and try to run you off the road for it. > > > > -Kyle > > On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 3:50 PM, mike21222 via Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! > <nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> Glad your ok, and weren't on your bike at the time... >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: EGrider <gevan...@gmail.com> >> To: nighthawk_lovers <nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Tue, May 5, 2015 3:42 pm >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] I got rear-ended today >> >> Sitting at a red light, light turns green, car in front starts to pull >> away. Suddenly, a jolt from behind. >> >> No, in my car, not on Ol' Yeller. I was going to ride, but I didn't want >> to show up on a motorcycle considering who I was meeting. >> >> Thank God. Guys, if you don't have one eye in the rearview at red lights >> and stop signs every time, consider that rear end accidents are like the >> most common of all accidents. >> >> No damage to my car, but his front bumper and the plate behind it rode up >> and caught between my trailer ball and back bumper.Took his bumper and >> plate half off his car when we separated. I was late already, so I told him >> "Good luck" and left. >> >> I asked him why he had lost concentration, and he said, "I saw my friend >> and was trying to get his attention." That's about all it was take to >> make a sandwich out of one of us. >> >> Word to the wise. >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
