Close call today

[Jethroish]

We all know 90 degress plus high humidity means afternoon thunder boomers.

Wife and I were on our way to dinner this evening when we got caught on the interstate in a downpour. We got under an overpass to put on our rain coats. Bike was easily 6 ft from the white line.

Getting ready to saddle back up, a car vears across the white line. I yelled for Penny to get out of the way. She later told me she though I said some one had a blow out.

At that particular overpass, the concrete did not slope up to the bridge above. It was a wall.

I started to run around the wall, just knowing this fool was going to rear end the bike.

At about 30 to 40 feet from the bike, he swerved back into his lane. As I watched him go by, it was an old (80ish year old) man and his wife.

I think he was having trouble seeing in the heavy rain and was going to pull over and saw the bike at the last minute.

Had the flashers on plus the LED strip under the trunk and the LED tail light.

 

Got back on the rode and made it safely and mostly dry.

[mini-muffin]

Wow it can be a bit scary pulling off sometimes. Glad it all turned out ok.

 

Margaret

[LilBeaver]

Yikes. Glad you two are okay!!

 

That is one of the reasons I hate pulling off under the overpasses (granted, the way it sounds it could have happened anywhere along the side of the road) since it is difficult to see anyways and who knows who else wants to stop. That doesn't stop me from doing it when necessary, but I try to keep it as quick as possible and stay as far out of the way as possible.

 

Again, glad ya'll are okay!!

[Jethroish]

Yikes. Glad you two are okay!!

 

That is one of the reasons I hate pulling off under the overpasses (granted, the way it sounds it could have happened anywhere along the side of the road) since it is difficult to see anyways and who knows who else wants to stop. That doesn't stop me from doing it when necessary, but I try to keep it as quick as possible and stay as far out of the way as possible.

 

Again, glad ya'll are okay!!

 

 

From white line to wall was probably 8 feet. Bike was 6 feet from white line. May have been more, but really did not pay attention.

I don't normally like stopping like that either, but it was one of those very fast, heavy rains. When we got moving again, the road dried out in a mile.

Lesson learned.