Accident barely avoided

[DemonWolf]

Ya would have thought, just another day... well thats what I was thinking, as I left home, followed a undercover police car out of Waitara.. then I take the 3 mile junction turn off onto HW3a (Mountain road) heading towards inglewood.

Friendly wave to another motorcyclist whom I pass nearly every day (though I see he's disconnected his headlight.. as he's been having trouble with his electrics..) slow down and cruise through inglewood following a car, with another SUV following me. SO far all good. just another normal day. Heading out of inglewood, we see a truck and trailer unit (16 wheeler) up ahead 20-40metres or so, already on the left hand side of the passing lane, I pass the car easily, leave my indicator going because I intend on passing the truck also, I see a Milk tanker coming towards us, and I reckon I'll be in the middle of both trucks and all the air wash and spray, so I stick to the left abit.. and then as idiotic fucktard pulls out and passes the milk tanker.. with me frantically flashing the fucktard as I'm already alongside the trailer unit, I inch as close to the trailer as I could.. and I'm imagining me being somersaulted through the air, my loverly TL1000 doing the same thing.. and then me and bike being crushed by the 16 wheeler... I'm watching the guy continue pass the milk tanker.. he doesn't even flinch or anything as he's 4 inchs (which appears to be 1 inch to me) away from me... that close to ending my life.. and more than likely causing a major accident involving the two trucks...

I considered briefly of turning around and chasing and bashing them.. I was very hot under the collar for about 20 seconds.. before the realisation that they didn't even see me when I flashed my lights, and prolly didn't even notice the flash of red (my bike) between him and truck...

If I had been caning it, I wouldn't have stuck to the left of the road passing the truck.. luckily for me, I was being a nana and riding defensively.


anyway.. rant over..

Ride safe people. =)

[Warr]

Phew mate... that was majorly toooo close for comfort
Pleased you managed to hold your nerve and snuggle in next to the 16 wheeler or else by the sounds of it you wouldnt be around.
Are you off to get a lotto ticket or perhaps say thanks to someone looking after you :)

[kiwifruit]

scary shit!
glad you are still with us m8

[Quasievil]

Fuck that shite mate, be careful out there dude

[beyond]

Man that sounds close. There's some right little anuses out there for sure.

I've taken to riding in the day with full beam lately, for that very reason.

[MSTRS]

Whew....a more common scenario than you would think. Lucky your skills were up to the job!!

[Smorg]

I would have thought you'd hear a TLS before you saw it, well done for keeping it cool. I tend to get shitty and ride aggresively when i angry. Doesnt help the situation

[Dazza]

Glad it wasn't worse mate.:drinkup:

[slimjim]

Ya would have thought, just another day... well thats what I was thinking, as I left home, followed a undercover police car out of Waitara.. then I take the 3 mile junction turn off onto HW3a (Mountain road) heading towards inglewood.

Friendly wave to another motorcyclist whom I pass nearly every day (though I see he's disconnected his headlight.. as he's been having trouble with his electrics..) slow down and cruise through inglewood following a car, with another SUV following me. SO far all good. just another normal day. Heading out of inglewood, we see a truck and trailer unit (16 wheeler) up ahead 20-40metres or so, already on the left hand side of the passing lane, I pass the car easily, leave my indicator going because I intend on passing the truck also, I see a Milk tanker coming towards us, and I reckon I'll be in the middle of both trucks and all the air wash and spray, so I stick to the left abit.. and then as idiotic fucktard pulls out and passes the milk tanker.. with me frantically flashing the fucktard as I'm already alongside the trailer unit, I inch as close to the trailer as I could.. and I'm imagining me being somersaulted through the air, my loverly TL1000 doing the same thing.. and then me and bike being crushed by the 16 wheeler... I'm watching the guy continue pass the milk tanker.. he doesn't even flinch or anything as he's 4 inchs (which appears to be 1 inch to me) away from me... that close to ending my life.. and more than likely causing a major accident involving the two trucks...

I considered briefly of turning around and chasing and bashing them.. I was very hot under the collar for about 20 seconds.. before the realisation that they didn't even see me when I flashed my lights, and prolly didn't even notice the flash of red (my bike) between him and truck...

If I had been caning it, I wouldn't have stuck to the left of the road passing the truck.. luckily for me, I was being a nana and riding defensively.


anyway.. rant over..

Ride safe people. =)


:no: dude where's the plate number in this'' cause this fuck will do it to someone else and kill:oi-grr: so rather than bleet:finger: jam it to him,,legally your right:spudgrr:

[kevie]

Often times the victim doesnt get the plate number tho, Im a linehaul truckie and have losssa 45cent charges on my celly bill each month from dobbing in motorists like that.

I get the same thing time after time on my bike (as I ride 90 km a day to and from work), so many motorists either dont see me comming or dont want to see me LOL ... maybe they just think cos were a bike we will get outa the way.
Been soooo tempted to chase them a few times too if only to get the rego.

I told boss I wanna have a sign made to put on end of my trailor.

DRIVE SAFE
A *555 costs me 45c
What could it cost you?

[Insanity_rules]

Dude, glad your OK. Stick it to em if ya can!

[DemonWolf]

Unfortunately, I didn't have time to get their number plate.. unless I turned around and chased them down.. where I doubt I'd have just left it to getting the plate.. something about trying to kill me would have gotten in the way of my better judgement.

Cheers people for the comments... I'd say thats the closest I've been... (though in saying that, I wondering if I should tell my partner.. she'd have a ballistic rant I'm sure =)

[Kornholio]

Unfortunately, I didn't have time to get their number plate.. unless I turned around and chased them down.. where I doubt I'd have just left it to getting the plate.. something about trying to kill me would have gotten in the way of my better judgement.

Cheers people for the comments... I'd say thats the closest I've been... (though in saying that, I wondering if I should tell my partner.. she'd have a ballistic rant I'm sure =)

Its times like those that make you realise just how small you are on the road... Minute later its back to normal tho :spudflip:

[inlinefour]

glad that your OK dude.

[skidz]

Sometimes it's good to ride like a Nana even with all that grunt. Good to see you came out unscathed and able to carry on your way.

[Rashika]

ya mean the fktard actually came on your side of the passing lanes from the other side of the road ...over a double yellow line I'm guessing? :gob:
here you go, borrow this :ar15: and strap it onto your bike for the next time.

fk there are some complete retards around, maybe just maybe the truck drivers did see you and call it in...you can live in that hope I guess, glad you are still talking to us now about it :yes:

[DemonWolf]

From memory, its not a double yellow line.. but thats no excuse at all.. pretty dangerious overtaking a truck with another truck oncoming with a passing lane.. there's normally a car behind it waiting to over take it! this guy in the car was a real plonker

[DemonWolf]

Oh.. and yeah the machine gun might have help wake the plonker up.. I sure hope the few flashes I gave him stung his retina's... though I doubt it.

[beyond]

Unfortunately, I didn't have time to get their number plate.. unless I turned around and chased them down.. where I doubt I'd have just left it to getting the plate.. something about trying to kill me would have gotten in the way of my better judgement.

Cheers people for the comments... I'd say thats the closest I've been... (though in saying that, I wondering if I should tell my partner.. she'd have a ballistic rant I'm sure =)

It's a tricky one telling your partner about stuff. I have made a habit of doing so, if only to let her know that 99 times out of 100, incidents are not our fault. I always think that if something does happen to us, at least they know we are aware, on the watch and things are always going on around us and that if the worst should happen, its not likely to be our fault. Small comfort I know but some comfort at least.

I've stuffed up when riding, or should I say, my tyre or something real slippery had me off the road a couple of months back. No damage, just me badly winded. I did tell my missus. Just reckon it's best not to hide anything from them regarding our two wheel habits and it helps them to know you do everything possible to avoid a nasty situation. I am sure, others may share similar sentiments to this?

[DemonWolf]

Yeah I agree with ya there Beyond... I actually gave her a txt telling her about it.. then when I got home this evening, I told the full story. She knows I ride and am observant.. and I've been telling her for quite some time that bike riders are generally more observant than car drivers.. because of all the obstacles they have to avoid and be aware of... she was concerned but was satisfied and very relieved that I handled the situation.

[Qkchk]

Sometimes a close call can bring us back to reality and slow us down. Luckly, it was ONLY a close call.

[Patrick]

Bugger DW... too close! Shame the mufti wasn't following and dealt to him for ya! Have one on me:drinkup: