So a guy down the road got hit by a jeep on the highway...

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Nibblet99 · Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:24 am

When you are in the mirrors and can see the driver, flash your headlight a couple of times, before you blast past. Doesn't hurt to let them know you're there

BuzZz · #12 Unread post by **BuzZz** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:15 pm

ofblong wrote: Either way I was in a spot where if he would have looked out his window he woulda saw me their. You telling me you dont expect a driver to look out his window and only depend on his mirrors?

It was a general comment, not directed at you or your incident personally. Something similar has happened to all of us at one time. And that's why I will go to (some would say) extreme lengths to not be beside any vehicle any longer than I have to be, in the cage or on the bike.

Basically, I don't trust another driver to even check their mirrors.

So, no, I don't expect a driver to look out their window.

Geez, they might drop their phone or spill their coffee, and think of the swerving and carnage following that.

High_Side · Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:48 pm

BuzZz wrote:Basically, I don't trust another driver to even check their mirrors.

So, no, I don't expect a driver to look out their window.

That /\should be the first lesson at motorcycle training. Instead they teach you to ride close to the vehicle that you are passing so they "can see you in their mirrors". Never listen to your teachers

ofblong · #14 Unread post by **ofblong** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:17 pm

BuzZz wrote:
ofblong wrote: Either way I was in a spot where if he would have looked out his window he woulda saw me their. You telling me you dont expect a driver to look out his window and only depend on his mirrors?
It was a general comment, not directed at you or your incident personally. Something similar has happened to all of us at one time. And that's why I will go to (some would say) extreme lengths to not be beside any vehicle any longer than I have to be, in the cage or on the bike.

Basically, I don't trust another driver to even check their mirrors.

So, no, I don't expect a driver to look out their window.

Geez, they might drop their phone or spill their coffee, and think of the swerving and carnage following that.

lol point well taken

. as for high_sides comment about riding close umm semis wont see you in their mirrors if you ride close.

#15 Unread post by **dr_bar** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:36 pm

ofblong wrote:lol point well taken . as for high_sides comment about riding close umm semis wont see you in their mirrors if you ride close.

Actually, semi drivers as a whole are better drivers than most of those in cages. If their mirrors are set right, (and in order to drive and back one of those beasts up, it's a requirement) being close to them is the best place to be seen. Is it a nice and comfortable place to ride, not in your life or mine...

Buzz's comments on crap flying off a truck aren't far off the mark either. I've seen straps let go for no obvious reason, loose lumber not properly bundled collapse and fall everywhere. Tires have shredded right in front of a car I was driving, a piece of the tread almost came through the windshield into my wife's face. Then there's always that urban myth about the motorcyclist being beheaded by a piece of sheet metal coming off a truck....

ofblong · #16 Unread post by **ofblong** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:20 am

dr_bar wrote:
ofblong wrote:lol point well taken . as for high_sides comment about riding close umm semis wont see you in their mirrors if you ride close.
Actually, semi drivers as a whole are better drivers than most of those in cages. If their mirrors are set right, (and in order to drive and back one of those beasts up, it's a requirement) being close to them is the best place to be seen. Is it a nice and comfortable place to ride, not in your life or mine...

Buzz's comments on "crumb" flying off a truck aren't far off the mark either. I've seen straps let go for no obvious reason, loose lumber not properly bundled collapse and fall everywhere. Tires have shredded right in front of a car I was driving, a piece of the tread almost came through the windshield into my wife's face. Then there's always that urban myth about the motorcyclist being beheaded by a piece of sheet metal coming off a truck....

hmm I was always under the impression on trucks from the pictures I have always seen that close is where their blind spots are. Either way I would rather be as far away from them as possible. as for the myth mythbusters proved its possible.

High_Side · Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:35 am

dr_bar wrote: Buzz's comments on "crumb" flying off a truck aren't far off the mark either. I've seen straps let go for no obvious reason, loose lumber not properly bundled collapse and fall everywhere. Tires have shredded right in front of a car I was driving, a piece of the tread almost came through the windshield into my wife's face. Then there's always that urban myth about the motorcyclist being beheaded by a piece of sheet metal coming off a truck....

My personal best case of road rage was when a tin garbage can lid flew off the truck in front of me on the freeway nearly taking my head off. He won't do that again

Johnj · #18 Unread post by **Johnj** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:44 am

[quote= "dr_bar"]Then there's always that urban myth about the motorcyclist being beheaded by a piece of sheet metal coming off a truck.... Shocked[/quote]

I had a piece of sheet metal come off a truck and hit my 72' Dodge Demon. It ripped a slice down the left side of the car like Conan hit it with a broadsword.

#19 Unread post by **dr_bar** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:17 pm

Guess I should have been clear on that.... Everytime someone hears that story, it's brushed off as a myth, sarcasm doesn't come through in print very well.. lol