Re: [St] "Stebel it!"

[John Ulizzi <jaulizzi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yikes Matt,

Glad you had the forethought to reposition yourself and avoid it. Just goes to show you, ultimatley, the best tool to keep you alive isnt a loud pipe, a modulated head or taillight, or a Stebel horn...it's the gray matter inbetween your ears, and how you use it. keep excercising that brain, buddy. Glad you were not hurt. And I hope that while you had the opportunity to talk to this young lad that you imressed upon him the error of his ways BEFORE the pass, the fact that he was follwing you way too closely and put you in harms way from the get go...

John


--- On Tue, 9/9/08, Matt Knowles <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Matt Knowles <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [St] "Stebel it!"
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 12:27 AM
> On Sep 8, 2008, at 5:09 PM, BrettWilson21@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > That and the fact that I seem to be going through a
> string of  
> > incidents of
> > nearly getting run over by idiots even though I'm
> in the lane right  
> > beside them.
> >
> 
> I had a nice one tonight coming home from school. A guy in
> a minivan  
> was tailgating me on a narrow country lane with no
> shoulders only  
> about a car length or less of space while we're doing
> about 45mph. I  
> flash my brake lights at him and he backed off a bit, but
> then  
> immediately closed the space again.
> 
> So I start slowing down hoping he'll just go around me.
> About that  
> time I start coming up on another minivan and she starts
> signaling  
> for a left turn. I wasn't even sure where she was
> planning to turn,  
> but she was probably used to people not expecting a turn
> right there  
> and gave plenty of warning.
> 
> Hopefully by now you can see where we're headed with
> this. I  
> certainly saw it coming.
> 
> Yep, Mr. Ants in his Pants lead foots it and blasts past
> me. I hit  
> the brakes because I see it coming and don't want to be
> near it when  
> it happens.  He's so focused on getting around me that
> he doesn't  
> even notice that the minivan in front has now started
> crossing into  
> her driveway. He slams on his brakes, gets the van
> sideways, and  
> scrubs enough speed off that he only clips the back of the
> other  
> minivan at about 5 mph.
> 
> Fortunately no one was hurt and the young kid admitted his
> fault in  
> front of both of us.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Matt Knowles - Ferndale, CA -
> http://www.knowlesville.com/matt/ 
> motorcycles
>   '99 Sprint ST - for going fast and far (2CZUSA)
>   '01 KLR650 (A15) - for exploring the North Coast
> backroads
>   '97 KLX300 & '01 Lakota - for playing in the
> dirt
>   '79 KZ400 - just because it was the first vehicle I
> ever owned
> 
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