Cruisin ain't always pretty...
Our rig in Ouray Colorado: Just returned from a 2,500 mile, 18 day trip, up to the southern Rockies from our home, north of Tucson. We had a fabulous time with very few issues but... Inci...
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3oaks wrote:
Could be the van driver with the rafts didn't see your turn signal until he passed the vehicle that was behind you. May have thought you slowed down to allow both of them pass.
Giving someone the "single digit salute and couple of choice adjectives as he passes." is a very bad idea these days, even if you were in the right. People have done less and ended up "dead right" with all the road rage craziness. :S
Point taken however...
The trailer is so small and the back of the rig so large, with huge LED brake lights/turn signals there is now way he did not see my lights flashing. The car behind me had slowed and established a good/safe sized gap which probably saved us all. I had gradually slowed to about 10 mph and engaged my turn signals well in advance of the upcoming turn into the CG.
Sometimes a honk or gesture is mandated or the idiot just goes on by oblivious to their stupidity and destined to repeat it. He may have been (probably was), on a cell phone (yes we had coverage at the cg), but I was too busy trying not to get killed to notice. :E
As to the model of my bike it is a 1987 BMW R-80 RT, currently has just over 70,000 miles.... almost broken in. Here is a better pic:
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