(Holy crap!  hope Ingrid gets better soon!)

Blas's comment brings back to mind the accident I had the distinct
displeasure of witnessing on the way out of LG on Sunday. HUGE mess of
people trying to get out and for some reason, the traffic clears
ahead. A bunch of bikes are splitting by the cages on the right side,
but this one bimota (I think) along with his buddies all pull out in
front of me into the pack of cages and bikes. the Bimota decides that
he's done trying to filter with the rest of us, pulls out into the
oncoming lane and starts to accellerate.

just as I think, "Boy, this is a bad idea." one of the SUV's in the
line ahead suddenly pulls out. (Squidboy and PEter are ahead of me,
having gotten ahead of the whole debacle earlier....)

the guy sees BIG ass suv, freaks and tries to brake (He's already in
third gear, btw) and either throws the bike down, or fucks up and
drops it. He and the bike flip around, and he ends up UNDER the SUV
(who's still moving, having no idea there was a bike coming.)

SUV then runs over person, or starts dragging him along, still having
NO idea what's going on. the rider is pounding on the vehicle as he's
caught under a rear wheel. Bike finally hits the SUV. SUV stops.

I try not to get sick in my helmet. Figuring the police really dont
want MY version of the story, ("Yea, the cage pulled out with no
signal, but the biker was an idiot too.')  plus as his friends are
piling around, I succeed in controlling my gag reflex and desire to
barf into my helmet and follow Squidboy and PEter out.

Nothing more ill sounding then bike and person hitting the ground like
that. 30 seconds of patience, and filtering with the rest of us, he
would have had clear road...

Gayathri
>--------------------------------------------------------------
 gayathri@world.std.com 	Calamari Club #002, WSMC #98
 '88 FZR400, "gurlzbike"	'98 T595, "Huckleberry Hound"
		Beware of low-flying butterflies.




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