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Post by wheelbender6 on May 6, 2015 20:04:32 GMT -5
A rider fell from his bike and became trapped under a truck. His safety apparel saved his life. Only cuts and bruises. Good samaritan "cagers" alerted the truck driver to stop, preventing serious injury. More info at the link www.pe.com/articles/freeway-766376-first-slow.html |
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Post by JerryScript on May 7, 2015 3:26:40 GMT -5
ATGATT!
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Post by Paladin on May 7, 2015 11:46:35 GMT -5
The incident was in So.Cal. " ... a motorcyclist who sideswiped a vehicle and fell off the bike ... the pickup couldn’t stop in time.... "
The idiot was splitting lanes. Traffic was moving. He was going too fast, and tried to pass a too small of a gap.
When I read about a traffic "accident" I want to see what happened and if I would have been caught in a similar event. Moving vehicles sometimes move sideways, changing lanes, just moving side to side in their lane. This is why I don't split lanes with traffic moving more than 10 mph.
IMHO, it is better to avoid the "accident" than praying your ATGATT works.
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Post by wheelbender6 on May 8, 2015 18:57:47 GMT -5
I don't lane split either. While between lanes, you don't have near as much maneuvering room to avoid accidents.
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Post by SylvreKat on May 9, 2015 6:36:48 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't get lane-splitting. Filtering, that sounds logical. And the cars are all stopped (or mostly so). But going between moving cars? Uh-uh.
Paladin, while I agree it's FAR better to avoid the accident, it never hurts to have ATGATT in case an accident hits unexpected. It might just save your skin, or more--like it did this bozo's.
>'Kat
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