...on the commute home. very minor, no damage to bike or me, but a mind F*&K nonetheless...
walking out of the office, a co-worker says to me (expressing concern) "you riding alone?". She did not know i always commute alone, to the tune of 260 commutes over the last 2+ years. "it's all good" I say, thinking 'she has no clue, i do this all the time' in my head...'be safe" are the last words i hear.
as i leave on my regular route, i actually think how ironic it would be if i crashed or got involved in some kind of incident, considering that i had someone i rarely see is concerned and wishing me well on my commute home (i'm still relegating her concern to irrelevance in my head...)
so i'm in traffic, small town in a line of cars, i take the lane and drift along with traffic...too narrow to pass on the right and cars lined up 20 deep behind me. its all in control. next thing i know, a car two cars up wants to parallel park, stops to throw it in reverse...two cars in front of me pause, first one passes on the left by going into the vacant lane of oncoming traffic. i'm thinking the truck in front of me will do the same...i look back to check rear traffic, then look forward to accelerate anticipating passing the parking car on the left. NOT! i see the explorer, dead stop and not passing in front of me, grab brakes, skid, and hit the rear bumper with my front tire. next thing i know i'm on the ground, traffic is stopped, and i freekin rear-ended a ford explorer in traffic. LAME!
the guy was real nice, even apologised, (dude its MY fault!) I cant believe that i let my mind lapse for a second for this to occur. i consider myself lucky that it was not worse. just a simple reminder to pay attention out there and NEVER stop concentrating/anticipating the traffic around me.
be safe out there,
rash
walking out of the office, a co-worker says to me (expressing concern) "you riding alone?". She did not know i always commute alone, to the tune of 260 commutes over the last 2+ years. "it's all good" I say, thinking 'she has no clue, i do this all the time' in my head...'be safe" are the last words i hear.
as i leave on my regular route, i actually think how ironic it would be if i crashed or got involved in some kind of incident, considering that i had someone i rarely see is concerned and wishing me well on my commute home (i'm still relegating her concern to irrelevance in my head...)
so i'm in traffic, small town in a line of cars, i take the lane and drift along with traffic...too narrow to pass on the right and cars lined up 20 deep behind me. its all in control. next thing i know, a car two cars up wants to parallel park, stops to throw it in reverse...two cars in front of me pause, first one passes on the left by going into the vacant lane of oncoming traffic. i'm thinking the truck in front of me will do the same...i look back to check rear traffic, then look forward to accelerate anticipating passing the parking car on the left. NOT! i see the explorer, dead stop and not passing in front of me, grab brakes, skid, and hit the rear bumper with my front tire. next thing i know i'm on the ground, traffic is stopped, and i freekin rear-ended a ford explorer in traffic. LAME!
the guy was real nice, even apologised, (dude its MY fault!) I cant believe that i let my mind lapse for a second for this to occur. i consider myself lucky that it was not worse. just a simple reminder to pay attention out there and NEVER stop concentrating/anticipating the traffic around me.
be safe out there,
rash
