Re: safety tip

["Robb N. Wong" <Robb@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dave:

Yep.  Good point.  I should have been more clear - I'm usually directly
behind or out in front of a vehicle, and would suggest passing cars as
quickly as practicable.  On a couple of ocassions, though, I've found
the "watch the gap" tip to come in handy particularly when I am
executing a pass from behind a car that is also behind another car (I'm
third in line so to speak...or further back).  When you go left to
execute, sometimes that car is also thinking the same thing.  As I move
left, he moves left - so depending on the circumstances, and where I am
physically when he moves, I'll either back off and wait, or give it a
goose and go.  Either way - I want to avoid being in the middle!  ;-)

Robb
Robb@xxxxxxxxxxx


TrmpetDave@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 4/21/00 9:56:44 AM, owner-st-digest@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
> 
> << Finally, when passing a vehicle on the highway or a two laned road, I
> focus on the car's front tire in relation to the white line, rather than
> how close the car is to me.  The gap between the tire and white line is
> a Faster and more accurate indication to me of the driver's lane
> position.  If it gets thinner, it indicates that the car is possibly
> changing lanes, and that I should speed up or slow down. >>
> 
> I think it's important to spend as little time as possible in people's "blind
> spots" when on a multi-lane freeway or motorway-ie too far forward for them
> to see you in their side mirror, but not far enough for them to  actually see
> you out of the corner of their eye. I read about quite a few accidents caused
> my motorcyclists being "cut off" and the motorist later saying, or otherwise
> indicating that he didn.t see the MC.
> 
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