RE: [ST] Checking your six

["Joel Ashman" <joel.ashman@xxxxxxxx>]

Agreed.  Another thing that I do when I think that the person behind me is
not paying full attention is  flash the rear brake light  just before I have
to really start to brake.   This has worked (I think) several times when
someone in front stopped suddenly and the guy behind me didn't notice.

Also, I've made it my routine to constantly check mirrors and gauges while
riding (Road-Left Mirror-Gauges-Right Mirror-Road-Repeat).  I don't like to
be surprised by having someone behind me when they weren't there 5 minutes
ago.  I learned that from a Navy Pilot who said that that's what they were
required to do while flying.

- --Joel



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From: owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
Anderson, Neil G (CPR)
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 8:42 AM
To: Triumph ST mailing list (TriumphNet) (E-mail)
Subject: [ST] Checking your six


Last Friday, I was driving up to one of the South Carolina state parks, not
far from the Blue Ridge Parkway.  I slowed down to turn right into the road
to the park and was hit by the pickup driving behind me.  It was a Dodge
Ram, appropriately - the impact as he rammed me was tremendous.  Fortunately
I had a seat belt on (not everyone wears them here) and the head rest on my
seat was at the correct height, so I bounced back hard against the head rest
but wasn't hurt.  My poor mountain bike was on the rack at the rear of the
car and now looks like a surrealist's idea of a bicycle - rather like those
Salvador Dali melting watches!

If I'd been on a motorbike, I would have been a flying hood ornament.  Ouch.

I suppose the moral of the story is to look carefully in the mirrors before
slowing down - "checking your six", it's called in the USA - just in case
the driver behind is asleep, on the phone, fiddling with the radio or
whatever.

Neil

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