bubbaloo
Active member
I have been riding for decades and have my share of close calls over the years but never 2 in one week.
Incident #1
Going south on #30 York/Durham line 6:15 in the morning so its nice and dark, just coming up to Major Mac and a suv heading east to the stop sign at 30 blows through and out onto 30 southbound and stops halfway in my lane. Thank god nothing was coming as I swerved into other lane to avoid plowing into his drivers door. WTF dude. After a few prime one finger salutes and pointing to my eyes I think I got my point across. Lesson. I guess I should have started weaving around my lane like I usually do to get their attention but didn't .Be ready for anything, be in the moment while riding, do not daydream.
Incident #2
Thursday morning about same time heading south on concession 11 that ends at Steeles by the church on the east side of Whittamores farmers market. So I'm almost at the church there is a truck parked on the east shoulder, with its headlights on (severely blinding) and multiple flashing lights, the truck is a dark color. Then I realize its a bucket truck, buddy is in the bucket over the west shoulder with the boom crossing both lanes about 4 ft off the ground. Live road with no signs, no flagman, not even a chipanzee with a candle to warn anyone. Hammer on the binders doing a Freddy Flintstone stop with all anchors deployed and come to a stop 5 ft from being decapitated! Started screaming at the knucklehead asking where his signs or his flagman was and he tells me to go under his f...... boom! I see today they had cops blocking both ends of that road as they are filming.
Do you think I should get a Lottomax?
Beat that .Lets hear your stories.
Incident #1
Going south on #30 York/Durham line 6:15 in the morning so its nice and dark, just coming up to Major Mac and a suv heading east to the stop sign at 30 blows through and out onto 30 southbound and stops halfway in my lane. Thank god nothing was coming as I swerved into other lane to avoid plowing into his drivers door. WTF dude. After a few prime one finger salutes and pointing to my eyes I think I got my point across. Lesson. I guess I should have started weaving around my lane like I usually do to get their attention but didn't .Be ready for anything, be in the moment while riding, do not daydream.
Incident #2
Thursday morning about same time heading south on concession 11 that ends at Steeles by the church on the east side of Whittamores farmers market. So I'm almost at the church there is a truck parked on the east shoulder, with its headlights on (severely blinding) and multiple flashing lights, the truck is a dark color. Then I realize its a bucket truck, buddy is in the bucket over the west shoulder with the boom crossing both lanes about 4 ft off the ground. Live road with no signs, no flagman, not even a chipanzee with a candle to warn anyone. Hammer on the binders doing a Freddy Flintstone stop with all anchors deployed and come to a stop 5 ft from being decapitated! Started screaming at the knucklehead asking where his signs or his flagman was and he tells me to go under his f...... boom! I see today they had cops blocking both ends of that road as they are filming.
Do you think I should get a Lottomax?
Beat that .Lets hear your stories.