Almost got run over today!

[dynodon]

I went on a 300 mile (150 each way) Patriot Guard Riders escort today from the Indiana/IL state line to Delavan IL to escort the 1144th Motor Transport unit home from Iraq.

 

On I-74 the group was being led by Ill State Police at 75 mph in the left lane. We had the cop, escort truck with 5 large flags and about 12 bikes then two busses with the important people on board.

 

I was third bike, and an SUV (compact) from Florida with an old man (I am one too, but hopefully not as obnoxious as this guy) chewing on a cigar and trying to pass the unit on the right. That is OK, but he would not go by the cop, and was hanging right by the lead bikes. Then our group started coming up on a semi in the right lane and the Florida SUV decided he didn't want to be stuck behind the truck, so he just turned left and shoved the lead bike off the road! There was NO hole or room for this guy, he just decided he was going to be in our lane no matter what! The bike managed to drop back, since the SUV was maybe 2 feet off the bumper of our escort truck.

 

Once past the truck, the SUV went back in the right lane and got a good talking at by the lead bike, but they guy was just looking straight ahead and didn't care.

 

Again, he would not go past the cop, so was sitting now right beside me when the same situation happened, this time he shoved ME to the yellow line, but I would go no furthur and was laying on my horn. At least there was some room ahead of the jerk, and I gunned it and pulled in front of him. He missed the bike behind me.

 

Again, when the slow truck was gone, he pulled to the right. and would not pass the cop.

 

the second bike this time had had enough and he pulled next to the SUV and almost knocked on the window at 70 mph. This time he got the drivers attention and got the point across that the SUV was to stay to the right. He finally dropped back and I didn't see him try that again, and he did what he should have done in the first place, pull off and get away from the line of vehicles.

 

Now before you say we should have let him in, understand we had let other vehicles in that signaled their intentions and showed some road manners and respect. I would have been glad to let him in if he had signaled or waited for a break in the line, but he didn't.

 

Yea in retrospect it was a dangerous situation,but for some reason when I was riding on the yellow line with his vehicle about 10" away, it didn't seem that bad.

 

Nobody got hurt, but watch out for a dark blue compact SUV from Florida with a grouchy bald guy chewing on a cigar.

[Guest tx2sturgis]

Hey that was my grampa!!!

 

 

 

[Freebird]

Glad it didn't end in a worse manner. Some drivers should just NOT be on the road. I had an problem yesterday also. I was not on the bike but in my company van. I was driving down I77 headed to Kentucky. There was a slow truck in the right lane so I pulled into the left lane. Had my cruise set on about 72 MPH and a good ways back from the truck still. Another car was driving behind the truck and had a lot of time to pull out ahead of me and pass the truck but stayed behind him. I guess then he decided that he wanted to pull out but by this time, I was almost even with his back bumper. My cruise was still set and I was getting around at a decent pace but apparently not quick enough for the other car. As I passed him, he looked at me and was screaming something. I just ignored it and went on. Then he pulled out behind me, got right on my tail and gave me a single finger salute with both hands. I'm usually fairly easy going but for whatever reason, I just got mad...very mad and very quickly. As we got around the truck, he pulled up beside me and again flipped me off. I motioned for him to pull over to the side of the road and then I pulled ahead and in front of him in the right lane, slowed down, turned on my turn signal and pulled onto the shoulder so that we could...uh...discuss the matter. He slowed and I thought was going to stop but then I guess he had second thoughts, pulled around me and kept going. When I passed him again, he wouldn't even look at me. I went on and he decided to slow down a bit and apparently wasn't in as big a hurry as he thought. Too bad, seemed like a nice guy and I would have liked to talk to him.

[Venturous Randy]

We had an incident on the local news this morning where a local driver got tired of having a woman tailgating him so he evidently took some kind of issue with it. Later, the woman and her husband showed up at his house. The guy pulls a gun and fires off a warning shot and now he is in jail.

Sometimes, the best thing to do is just get away from these crazy people. Sooner or later someone will take care of it and it won't be you in jail. I know I can even surprise myself at how mad I can get at other stupid drivers.

RandyA

[Eddie Fulmer]

Yup you are right.. The best thing is to just get away and let it go. HOwever the older I get the less I'm able to do that. Just the other day a young punk with his hat turned backwards and a smirk on his face pulled over into me, kept coming as I was blowing the horn, but I was able to avoid him, barely. At the next stop I wound up right beside him and he wouldn't look at me at all. Even though I was giving him a good talking to and his window was cracked( I know he heard the horn). Maybe I should've shoved my pistol between the cracked window and see how well he would talk to me then. You just can't get any respect these days!!

 

However all that being said I do pretty good at just thinking well they must have just had a bad day and moving on. God loves them nutty people too you know..

 

[Missionary Rider]

God loves them nutty people too you know..

 

I resemble that remark

 

Lynn, currently in Zacatecas, Mexico

[1sttenor]

I never cease to be amazed at the lack of common decency exhibited by some people.

[Animal]

And the cop did not see any of it??

[hipshot]

And the cop did not see any of it??

 

 

Debbi!

i HAVE to ask - - - - What is a NIMBUS 2000?

just jt

[Squeeze]

Debbi!

i HAVE to ask - - - - What is a NIMBUS 2000?

just jt

 

Nimbus 2000 is the fast Broom, which was given to Harry Potter in one of the earlier Episodes. Kind of the Ferrari in Broom Class. This happened on Part 2, i think ?