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02-02-24, 10:11 AM
#5951
he said member
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02-02-24, 10:12 AM
#5952
Mostly Harmless
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The first day of spring is about six weeks away, either way.
02-02-24, 10:14 AM
#5953
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Evidently, they can.
What was funny about this situation was that I had just attended a convention in Biloxi and one of the seminars was about the highest accident states and one of them was Mississippi where this was.
What was funny about this situation was that I had just attended a convention in Biloxi and one of the seminars was about the highest accident states and one of them was Mississippi where this was.
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02-02-24, 10:17 AM
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02-02-24, 11:15 AM
#5955
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02-02-24, 12:05 PM
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dot dash
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Had a school bus blow through an intersection this morning, it caused me to swing into oncoming traffic, ended up in the shoulder of oncoming traffic.
When things like this happen, I really want to ask the driver what I can do differently. My 2 1000 lumen lights are not enough apparently.
When things like this happen, I really want to ask the driver what I can do differently. My 2 1000 lumen lights are not enough apparently.
02-02-24, 12:32 PM
#5957
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which probably / partially explains why people will pull out / drive in front of vehicle they might not be accustomed to seeing … motorcycle … bicycle … even a train
02-02-24, 12:39 PM
#5958
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02-02-24, 12:41 PM
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Had a school bus blow through an intersection this morning, it caused me to swing into oncoming traffic, ended up in the shoulder of oncoming traffic.
When things like this happen, I really want to ask the driver what I can do differently. My 2 1000 lumen lights are not enough apparently.
When things like this happen, I really want to ask the driver what I can do differently. My 2 1000 lumen lights are not enough apparently.
I really don't think most of my close ones here were intentional. But intention has little to do with the unfortunate result should you collide.I do blow through stop signs pretty regularly here. But only the ones with good visual clearances in both directions. I'm mostly just trying to ride where the cars aren't.
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02-02-24, 12:42 PM
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02-02-24, 12:46 PM
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This is one of the problems I have the idea of riding at night. No drivers are expecting bicycles. Even I'm surprised when I see one.
02-02-24, 12:51 PM
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It always feels like people in vehicles are more careful around me at night. Almost like my presence out there is strange and unexpected so they pay more attention.
02-02-24, 12:53 PM
#5963
dot dash
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Yup. It scares me too, especially the problem of clutter, i.e., seeing and interpreting a bike headlight against a background of car headlights. One of my closest brushes with vehicular death resulted from that. I commuted in the dark for years, but rarely do it now.
02-02-24, 01:01 PM
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02-02-24, 01:18 PM
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My bad experience was with a single, modern, nominally 650 lumen, LED headlamp. The driver, who was as almost shaken as I was, said he just didn't see it. If actually looked around for a low-profile 360º amber blinker to mount on top of my helmet, but never found anything practical.
02-02-24, 01:19 PM
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02-02-24, 01:34 PM
#5967
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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02-02-24, 01:35 PM
#5968
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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EDIT: And I always have a red flashy in back and a white one in front, no matter the time of day.
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02-02-24, 01:37 PM
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...I don't know what the driver would tell you, but in my own cycling, I presume everyone in a motorized vehicle is out to get me, unless we have eye contact and he (she) is smiling and waving at me to go through. Even then, I continue to have a degree of suspicion that is probably unhealthy in any other context. I really don't think most of my close ones here were intentional. But intention has little to do with the unfortunate result should you collide.
I do blow through stop signs pretty regularly here. But only the ones with good visual clearances in both directions. I'm mostly just trying to ride where the cars aren't.
I really don't think most of my close ones here were intentional. But intention has little to do with the unfortunate result should you collide.I do blow through stop signs pretty regularly here. But only the ones with good visual clearances in both directions. I'm mostly just trying to ride where the cars aren't.
02-02-24, 01:38 PM
#5970
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Saw this uptown this morning. Loaded to the gills with flats of eggs.
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02-02-24, 01:39 PM
#5971
So it is
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I'm unfamiliar with Porsche, but if you own most VAG products, that's almost a normal look. Putting those cars into Service Position is necessary for almost everything under the hood. It doesn't quite require removal of body parts, but it puts it into a state that's frightening to the vehicle owner that's never seen it before.
02-02-24, 01:41 PM
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Wife has had long hair for years now. Almost all the way to the butt. She went and chopped it off today, above the shoulders. It’s like I got a new model and it only cost me 50 bucks.
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02-02-24, 01:45 PM
#5974
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I'm unfamiliar with Porsche, but if you own most VAG products, that's almost a normal look. Putting those cars into Service Position is necessary for almost everything under the hood. It doesn't quite require removal of body parts, but it puts it into a state that's frightening to the vehicle owner that's never seen it before.
The bumper cover has to come off on that model to change the air filters.
