could have been ugly!

[smooth operator]

  Hi all, I havn't been in for awhile. I still have the 98 Bandit,wich is getting a paint job (a redo of what it already had). And I still have the SV1K. But havn't had much time to ride either one much and 1 might have to go to pay school taxes,bummer.
  Glad to see alot of the gang still here. Stormi on the new bike!
   Anyhow, heres the ugly part that I opened the topic with.
 After finishing a job yesterday,(on the far west side of Erie Co) I stopped at the bike shop to grab the SV and check on a job coming up on the far east side of the county. I'm going down a state highway and I'm coming up to a road I want to hang a left on. There is a truck stoped (he has a stop sign),and as I get ready to turn left in front of him,I'm looking at his face and he's not looking back. ( I aways try to make eye contact,with who ever is behind the wheel) My 6th sense told me something was wrong, and just as I had my front wheel over the yellow line I hit the front brake and he jumps on the gas and makes a left turn. I tryed hitting my horn,but never taking my eyes off of him and as fast as everything happened, I only turned my signal off instead.( I quess I don't use my horn much,hell I havn't even been able to ride much.) But the stupid old fart never even seen me. I think even as I had my arm in the air cursing at him,he never looked in the mirror as he sped off.
  So I just thought I'd send out a message of making eye contact with the cagers when possible to avoid being hit by one.  Dan

[mwheat308]

I agree on the eye contact and  on not being hurt or droping the bike.
Out where I live the farmers do not look prior to pulling out in front of trucks, so a bike is no big deal.
I'm sure they have considered me a LOT CRAZY several times, as I was asking them to pull over so as to discuss the problem with them.

Good Luck

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There are too many of these cagers out there.

My nemisis' are valium princess' about late thirtys who DO look you in the eye, sort of, and still pull out. I don't think they see a dam thing but the DO drive slowly. The other problem in this small city is demographics. The predominence of very old seniors as a retirement comunity, means that many of them don't look... AT All. My own grandfather fit into this picture. He would pull up to a corner at a stop sign and stop. After that, he must have thought he had done his duty as he would then pull out.

[smooth operator]

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There are too many of these cagers out there.

My nemisis' are valium princess' about late thirtys who DO look you in the eye, sort of, and still pull out. I don't think they see a dam thing but the DO drive slowly. The other problem in this small city is demographics. The predominence of very old seniors as a retirement comunity, means that many of them don't look... AT All. My own grandfather fit into this picture. He would pull up to a corner at a stop sign and stop. After that, he must have thought he had done his duty as he would then pull out.

  I've been in Petersboro,but its been 34 years ago. When my wife and I were on our Honeymoon.We went fishing @ Stoney Lake and stayed at Little's campground. The couple that owned it were quite a hoot! Beatrice and Oswald Little, He was a spunky ole' guy,and he sure liked my Molsen Golden. They would have us over for tea time every day,and showed us around. Good memories!