Lou Wambsganss
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[video=youtube_share;t7i49mdx_ik]http://youtu.be/t7i49mdx_ik[/video]
So, this happened to me while riding to work yesterday afternoon around 5pm. I got into a Left Turn lane. The Ram truck in front of me waited for a gap in traffic, then proceeded to turn left. I moved up to position. I had my left turn signal on the whole time, and I was in a left turn lane. After a few cars had passed, I had a sufficient gap, so I start to accelerate and the SUV (Jeep of some sort) behind me goes around me and passes me mid-turn. Maybe they thought I was going to make a U-Turn? Or maybe they were just being an asshole. I don't know. Whatever the reason, they were undeniable wrong for passing me in a turn.
But then I kind of let my anger get the best of me for a few seconds. I passed them as soon as the opposing traffic (red Corvette) was clear, and purposely left minimal room to their side. The RPM fluctuation you can hear in the video is not the rev limiter, it is the rear wheel briefly slipping on the sand remaining over the double-yellow line.
The SUV driver could have hit me. I could have spun out and dumped the bike on the sand, and then the SUV could have ran me over. A lot of things could have gone wrong. Or I could have just let it go. In the heat of the moment, I have a vague idea of justice or teaching someone a lesson. In reality, however, I doubt there is much teaching to be done. The kind of person who displays the kind of disregard to pass a motorcyclist mid-turn in an intersection is not the kind of person who will get passed by a motorcycle and then go home and re-evaluate all of their life decisions.
I guess the moral of my story is just "Let it go".
[video=youtube_share;13WAhlE02ew]http://youtu.be/13WAhlE02ew[/video]
So, this happened to me while riding to work yesterday afternoon around 5pm. I got into a Left Turn lane. The Ram truck in front of me waited for a gap in traffic, then proceeded to turn left. I moved up to position. I had my left turn signal on the whole time, and I was in a left turn lane. After a few cars had passed, I had a sufficient gap, so I start to accelerate and the SUV (Jeep of some sort) behind me goes around me and passes me mid-turn. Maybe they thought I was going to make a U-Turn? Or maybe they were just being an asshole. I don't know. Whatever the reason, they were undeniable wrong for passing me in a turn.
But then I kind of let my anger get the best of me for a few seconds. I passed them as soon as the opposing traffic (red Corvette) was clear, and purposely left minimal room to their side. The RPM fluctuation you can hear in the video is not the rev limiter, it is the rear wheel briefly slipping on the sand remaining over the double-yellow line.
The SUV driver could have hit me. I could have spun out and dumped the bike on the sand, and then the SUV could have ran me over. A lot of things could have gone wrong. Or I could have just let it go. In the heat of the moment, I have a vague idea of justice or teaching someone a lesson. In reality, however, I doubt there is much teaching to be done. The kind of person who displays the kind of disregard to pass a motorcyclist mid-turn in an intersection is not the kind of person who will get passed by a motorcycle and then go home and re-evaluate all of their life decisions.
I guess the moral of my story is just "Let it go".
[video=youtube_share;13WAhlE02ew]http://youtu.be/13WAhlE02ew[/video]
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