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Re: safety tip
- Subject: Re: safety tip
- From: "Joel Ashman" <ashman@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 10:47:26 -0400
Here Here. Life in DC is full of idiot drivers, and passing is quite the
challenge. Heck, surviving the 10 mile trip to work is a challenge.
Triumph put 100+ HP in the Sprint. I suggest using it, and passing quickly.
People just can't see out of the blind spot that their Cell Phone
creates....
- --Joel
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Robb N. Wong" <Robb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2000 7:12 AM
Subject: Re: safety tip
> 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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