Topic: Stay in your lane! (Read 2601 times)

16HD117 · « **on:** December 07, 2011, 09:40:36 AM »

The number one cause of accidents on mountaim roads is crossing the yellow line. Here's an example! Pic was found on Facebook and was supposedly taken on Deals Gap.

MAT · « **Reply #1 on:** December 07, 2011, 09:51:08 AM »

That pic also shows why a good helmet (gear) is a must!

Fired00d · « **Reply #2 on:** December 07, 2011, 10:01:03 AM »

Ouch!!!!

Ride Safe,
Fired00d

16HD117 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 07, 2011, 10:20:59 AM »

Quote from: MAT on December 07, 2011, 09:51:08 AM

That pic also shows why a good helmet (gear) is a must!

Looks like he needed tighter boots/shoes. Left one's already off.

JCZ · « **Reply #4 on:** December 07, 2011, 10:33:54 AM »

Following other riders I've noticed that even when their tires are on their side of the double yellow, there upper body is way over it, as they lean into an inside curve. And in on an inside curve, if the vehicle coming at you is over the line even just a few inches......it's already to late.

MAT · « **Reply #5 on:** December 07, 2011, 10:39:18 AM »

In this case it could have even been target fixation.

Quote from: 11hd110 on December 07, 2011, 10:20:59 AM

Looks like he needed tighter boots/shoes. Left one's already off.

He may have only been wear sneakers.

catahoula58 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 07, 2011, 01:38:05 PM »

That one's gonna hurt for a while! Ouch is more like sore for a few long days! And then there is the repair cost to bike and vehicle and then the rise in insurance cost. Yeah this ones gonna cost and hurt for a while!

charles05663 · « **Reply #7 on:** December 07, 2011, 01:49:26 PM »

Quote from: 11hd110 on December 07, 2011, 10:20:59 AM

Looks like he needed tighter boots/shoes. Left one's already off.

Maybe his foot snapped at the ankle and now flopping around

VaEagle · « **Reply #8 on:** December 07, 2011, 01:51:09 PM »

Unfortunately it happens frequently all over the country. That above photo looks like the ones posted on killboy.com , he has many photos of accidents or near accidents. He also criticizes anyone who he photos over the yellow even with no accident.

SilveRT8 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 07, 2011, 02:52:40 PM »

Was that in Australia ??
That truck driver was way out of line !!!

Proctor · « **Reply #10 on:** December 07, 2011, 03:46:49 PM »

It also happens the other way. I was riding in Arkansas and as I was going into a left curve, a cage driver over shot the curve from the other direction and came over into my lane forcing me into a rock wall. 12 surgerys and three less fingers later, I still ride!! SOB didn't even stop!!!

porthole · « **Reply #11 on:** December 07, 2011, 04:30:09 PM »

Quote from: SilveRT8 on December 07, 2011, 02:52:40 PM

That truck driver was way out of line !!!

You looking at the same picture

JCZ · « **Reply #12 on:** December 07, 2011, 04:36:04 PM »

Quote from: porthole on December 07, 2011, 04:30:09 PM

You looking at the same picture

If that picture were in Australia, the truck would then be on the wrong side of the road. He was asking that tongue in cheek....so to speak.

Trapperdog · « **Reply #13 on:** December 07, 2011, 07:38:49 PM »

Now he's in Australia

Jock · « **Reply #14 on:** December 07, 2011, 07:57:20 PM »

Wooooooooooooooooo Man!

spydglide · « **Reply #15 on:** December 07, 2011, 08:03:46 PM »

Hope the beautiful tree colors weren't distracting him/her. spyder

2k · « **Reply #16 on:** December 07, 2011, 08:18:18 PM »

I always stay in my lane, because given a choice I NEVER wear a brain bucket.

wideglidejoe · « **Reply #17 on:** December 07, 2011, 08:30:09 PM »

The bike rider was apparently at fault in this pic. The wife and I rode the Dragon in '09, and there were numerous times that we were in curves and the cages were on our side of the road! It's even more fun when you're meeting an 18-wheeler! In sharp curves, they have no choice but to cross the line into the other lane. That's why 18-wheelers should be banned on the Dragon (IMHO), but, hey, its a US highway, so what do you do.

killboy has several photos of cars over the line, but even more interesting, he has photos of state police and sheriff cars crossing the line into oncoming traffic!!

The Dragon is 11 miles long, so if you ran it @ 60 mph, it would take you 11 minutes. Not trying to see how fast we could, we just rode at a comfortable pace for us, and timed it. We rode it in 21 mins. At the store at Deal's Gap, there were sport bike riders bragging about running the Dragon in 7 mins!! They wear racing gear with metal shin guards and metal knee pads. We met a sport bike rider in a curve, he was laying over so far that his pegs and his leg guards were throwing sparks, and who knows how fast he was going, and he was still able to take one hand off the grips and wave at us!! When on the Dragon, I was doing "head nods" instead of waving. We only saw one bike off of the road, but it was a weekday (still very busy!), I hear it is really crazy on the weekends.

Ride Safe!!

smkymtnboy · « **Reply #18 on:** December 07, 2011, 09:21:48 PM »

Quote from: wideglidejoe on December 07, 2011, 08:30:09 PM

The bike rider was apparently at fault in this pic. The wife and I rode the Dragon in '09, and there were numerous times that we were in curves and the cages were on our side of the road! It's even more fun when you're meeting an 18-wheeler! In sharp curves, they have no choice but to cross the line into the other lane. That's why 18-wheelers should be banned on the Dragon (IMHO), but, hey, its a US highway, so what do you do.

killboy has several photos of cars over the line, but even more interesting, he has photos of state police and sheriff cars crossing the line into oncoming traffic!!

The Dragon is 11 miles long, so if you ran it @ 60 mph, it would take you 11 minutes. Not trying to see how fast we could, we just rode at a comfortable pace for us, and timed it. We rode it in 21 mins. At the store at Deal's Gap, there were sport bike riders bragging about running the Dragon in 7 mins!! They wear racing gear with metal shin guards and metal knee pads. We met a sport bike rider in a curve, he was laying over so far that his pegs and his leg guards were throwing sparks, and who knows how fast he was going, and he was still able to take one hand off the grips and wave at us!! When on the Dragon, I was doing "head nods" instead of waving. We only saw one bike off of the road, but it was a weekday (still very busy!), I hear it is really crazy on the weekends.

Ride Safe!!

my advice is don;t go on the week-end!

JoeSDE · « **Reply #19 on:** December 07, 2011, 09:35:02 PM »

30+ yrs. as an OR nurse and I've seen just too much of this stuff. You stick it & we'll fix it (hopefully).

Montanakid · « **Reply #20 on:** January 07, 2012, 01:15:05 AM »

Been seein and hearin bout the Dragon, so where is it? We have one hear in the Bay Area, it's Hiway 9 from Saratoga to Santa Cruz and you get the same issues guys trying to go too fast and walllah .

dayne66 · « **Reply #21 on:** January 07, 2012, 01:56:33 AM »

Quote from: 11hd110 on December 07, 2011, 10:20:59 AM

Looks like he needed tighter boots/shoes. Left one's already off.

I think the foot is still in the boot.....just at an odd angle due to some impact related bone breaking.

JCZ · « **Reply #22 on:** January 07, 2012, 06:55:28 AM »

Quote from: Montanakid on January 07, 2012, 01:15:05 AM

Been seein and hearin bout the Dragon, so where is it? We have one hear in the Bay Area, it's Hiway 9 from Saratoga to Santa Cruz and you get the same issues guys trying to go too fast and walllah .

The dragon is about the same as Hwy. 9, or Hwy 36 or Hwy. 299 or and of a dozen other highways here in Nor Cal........just not as long as what we have here on the west coast.

spydglide · « **Reply #23 on:** January 07, 2012, 07:01:21 AM »

Quote from: JCZ on January 07, 2012, 06:55:28 AM

The dragon is about the same as Hwy. 9, or Hwy 36 or Hwy. 299 or and of a dozen other highways here in Nor Cal........just not as long as what we have here on the west coast.

So what you're saying is that you guys never have tires that wear just in the middle, rather nice and rounded at all times.

har. spyder

FLSTFI Dave · « **Reply #24 on:** January 07, 2012, 07:36:25 AM »

I ride the Dragon a few times a year, never on a week end.

I see about 10 cars crossing the yellow for one bike crossing the yellow. More than once the bike crossing the yellow is doing it on purpose to pass a car, or us Harley riders LOL.

I have had the crotch rockets pass me in my lane, scares the crap out of you because you do not see or hear them until they are next to you.

FAST380 · « **Reply #25 on:** January 09, 2012, 04:07:53 PM »

OK, I am going to be the one to question is. I have seen a lot of really good photo shopped images recently. The glass breakage looks kind of questionable to me. I realize you could easily blow out a window crashing into the car like that, but..... Just looks a little suspicious to me.

Just sayin....

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