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I rode up to Julian with a friend of mine, he was on his Ducati and I was on my SV, of course. Anyway, we were coming back and got bunched up behind a few cars that were going painfully slow (we're talking 40-45mph on a road that is patrolled by the CHP and it isn't marked in many areas so 55mph is the speed limit except in the corners of which there are many). My friend passed them all but as he went around them I noticed a car coming up ahead so I held back.
I was close to some idiot in a Lexus, the last of the few cars in the train in front of me, when she suddenly decides she wants to make a left turn so she starts signaling like 50' from the Y intersection she wants to turn at so I backed off. I was sitting about 15' off her left rear bumper waiting for a break in traffic. As soon as I saw her signal I backed off but she left it too late and was indecisive so she got angry at me because she didn't know where she was going and missed her turn...then again, maybe she was just angry that I wanted to pass her. That's when she flipped me the bird in her rear view mirror...thanks granny.
Not real bright flipping off a guy on a motorcycle IMO. I ran through the scenario a few times in my mind and can't think of much I could have done differently. If you don't want motorcycles on your ass then perhaps you might move over and let us by? I thought of cracking off a mirror on my way by when I finally was able to pass her but I'm not that type of person.
BTW-Some people will pull over to let motorcycles by on this road. I appreciate it when they do and we always give a wave as we go past. Truckers are generally pretty cool and will signal when it's safe to pass or pull over to let us by. We had this happen a couple times today.
Why are some cagers so clueless?
I was close to some idiot in a Lexus, the last of the few cars in the train in front of me, when she suddenly decides she wants to make a left turn so she starts signaling like 50' from the Y intersection she wants to turn at so I backed off. I was sitting about 15' off her left rear bumper waiting for a break in traffic. As soon as I saw her signal I backed off but she left it too late and was indecisive so she got angry at me because she didn't know where she was going and missed her turn...then again, maybe she was just angry that I wanted to pass her. That's when she flipped me the bird in her rear view mirror...thanks granny.
Not real bright flipping off a guy on a motorcycle IMO. I ran through the scenario a few times in my mind and can't think of much I could have done differently. If you don't want motorcycles on your ass then perhaps you might move over and let us by? I thought of cracking off a mirror on my way by when I finally was able to pass her but I'm not that type of person.
BTW-Some people will pull over to let motorcycles by on this road. I appreciate it when they do and we always give a wave as we go past. Truckers are generally pretty cool and will signal when it's safe to pass or pull over to let us by. We had this happen a couple times today.
Why are some cagers so clueless?