Commute was WET! this morning. My manager and friend at the LBS gave me his HID to use until my TriNewt comes in and I commented that every time I upgrade my safety/visibility equipment, I have a close call. Sure enough, I had some guy in a van nearly run me over this morning merging lanes. I looked back at the van, stuck my arm out and started to merge over and the next thing I know he's right beside me in the lane inches away from me and the traffic in the next lane. I know he saw me because I have a flashing 15 Watt halogen on my helmet. Here in the dirty South, drivers are accustomed to speeding up and bridging the gap when they see somebody turn on their turn signal. I guess he figured I would just wait there with my arm stuck out like a scarecrow while he sped past me. I did get a little angry and stuck my arm out three times in front of him like a turn signal when he finally put on the brakes. He hollared something short out the window when he passed and I just ignored him but the adrenaline was pumping hard!

I was covered in road grit when I got in and so I hosed off the bike and got into the shower bike clothes and all. Amazingly, it all rinsed out.