People can be such idiots...

Aviator5456

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So there I was.....on the 91 Frwy after spending a great day at my daughters, enjoying some cold ones, pool time...all the stuff fathers are supposed to enjoy when we get old....and some A_hole in a Mercedes cuts in my lane.....never even looked....and lucky for me the only barriers were those reflective flexible barriers...I took out two of them. I was able to keep control and lucky there were no traffic on the express lanes on the other side of the divider. I pulled over to check damage and the from what I could tell, the bike was ride-able except I had to pull the front fender out to keep it from rubbing the tire. The pics don't do it justice...there's more damage, though minor. The sad thing is there were very few drivers on the frwy and no one stopped to ask if I was hurt.....BE SAFE....even when you think you're safe....!
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Yep, Its crazy out there for sure. Glad you spent some quality time with your daughter. You did a heckuva job not losing the bike. I think the Hi ways are way
worse now with distracted drivers vs 5 years a go when I did a lot of riding. Its good your ok.
 
Happy to hear you ok. Sucks that you damaged the bike would really like to catch up with that driver. Cages don't even think about what they are doing until something happens like this.

Again happy you kept your bike upright
 
Glad ur Ok Aviator ! I don't know how you avoid an Idiot, I bet a phone was involved. Too bad no plates were taken to fix your bike. I recently mounted a SJCAM on the fork for a 2nd "witness" around town. You'll live to fight another day... its what we bikers do I guess..
 
Thanks everyone....I've had similar situations before with distracted drivers in SoCal....they even have billboards and radio advertisements cautioning them to watch out for bikes.....still. And a buddy of mine went down in that same area a while back ago because of that. I was lucky....this time.
 


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