speaking of reacting in time.... check your brakes lately?

almost had a run in with a Chow Chow going around a corner on my commute this winter. standing there a happy as can be middle of road. pitch black out of course and I did not see him in my dinotte bike lights until I was nearly on him. He just stood there not a care in the world. was a close call as I swerved around him. strange those Chows. on a MUP recently and almost ran over a copperhead snake. missed it by that much. didn't recognize it as a snake until I was nearly on it. then I realized it was a copperhead. biker coming the other way did see it and had just stopped as I passed it. comment from the other biker.... pretty wild country out here....