From_: owner-safety@myrddin.imat.COM Thu May 4 20:51:00 1995 Received: from myrddin.imat.com (bin@myrddin.imat.COM [140.174.70.1]) by swifty.dap.CSIRO.AU (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id UAA24592; Thu, 4 May 1995 20:50:52 +1000 Received: (from bin@localhost) by myrddin.imat.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) id CAA14596 for safety-digest-outgoing; Thu, 4 May 1995 02:00:18 -0700 Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 02:00:18 -0700 Message-Id: <199505040900.CAA14596@myrddin.imat.com> From: owner-safety-digest@myrddin.imat.COM To: safety-digest@myrddin.imat.COM Subject: safety-digest V1 #92 Reply-To: safety@myrddin.imat.COM Errors-To: owner-safety-digest@myrddin.imat.COM Precedence: list safety-digest Thursday, 4 May 1995 Volume 01 : Number 092 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: NEDIM TOSYALI Date: Wed, 03 May 1995 13:46:42 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Another one from behind I realized that hapening to me when I started ridding in nyc.The first time I was being kicked of the dlane I remembered what I used to do when I used to be a nyc-cabbie.BE EXTREMELY ALERT AT THE LEFT AND RIGHT EXITS.Observe the traffic ahead to see if the one lane turning is actually two lanes if it is be the one trying to swerve.If I didn't do this I wouldn't be able earn any money or stay alive on the bike. I hope this is something that you can use. NED On Tue, 2 May 1995, Ivan Yanasak wrote: > > Related to the recent "how not to get bumped > at the traffic light" thread, here's a related > scenario that happened to me today (while > driving a *car*, thank God): > > It's around 5pm on a workday afternoon, lots > of big cars driven by the "Type A, cell phone" > crowd. I'm at the end of the cloverleaf (only > one of them - to get back on you have to turn > left under the bridge), waiting to merge into > traffic on a four-lane road (the left lane of > which is backed up with folks turning left, > and the right lane of which has folks swerving > into it to avoid having to wait). > > I try to merge, then have to hold off as > another car swerves into the right lane. > Meanwhile Mr. Lexus behind me, having decided > that I'm essentially gone, fixes his gaze > (over his shoulder) upon the upcoming traffic > and decides to beat the next car. Knocks me > a good 5 feet forward. Luckily for me, both > of us were previously at a dead stop, and I > was in a car, not on a bike. > > That episode got me thinking: if I were on > a bike, I'd have been sprawled > all over the road (prior to getting flattened > by traffic). Unlike the "stopping at > the traffic light" scenario, I would have > had to take it over a high curb two feet > to my right, and through the grass to avoid > being hit (or riding into traffic). Also > unlike most of them, I already had more than > two cars stopped behind me, and there was > no amount of flashing, blinking, or orange > clothing that would have alerted him to the > fact that I was still there. > > Any ideas on how one could avoid or evade > in this case on a motorcycle? > > > Hoping for insight... > -Ivan > > (Impatient drivers can be a real pain. > A friend of mine was sideswiped by another > one this weekend: flatbed truck > carrying cinderblocks. Given the amount of > "customization" that it did to his pickup, > he agreed that he was lucky he > wasn't on his Ducati. This one seemed to > be a classic case of "anticipate that the > tailgating truck will cut you off before > you pull into traffic", however.) > ------------------------------ From: "Jeff Dean" Date: Wed, 3 May 95 16:25:25 CST Subject: Silk under leathers? In Message Wed, 3 May 1995 15:53:11 -0500, adams@marconi.w8upd.uakron.edu (Scott Adams - kb8prs) writes: > I have asked several people in the office where I work "Where do you >buy silk long underwear?" and have gotten responses from disbelief, to >"I dont care about your personal life" to "Victoria Secrets" etc. Is >this really such a hard thing to find, and if so, WHERE? I wear silks under leather pants. I found out where to buy them from Chick Morse, of Oklahoma, former MOA prez. He told me they are sold in Middleton, Wisconsin, next to my home town! The place is called Wintersilks, 2700 Laura Lane, Middleton, WI 53562. Call 1-800-648-7455 toll free. If it's clothing made of silk, Wintersilks has it. It has a nice catalog, too. Call them and ask for it. Jeff Dean, BMW MOA #115, RA #13208, AMA #381805 - Madison, Wisconsin Motorcycle Safety Foundation Chief Instructor jmdean@facstaff.wisc.edu - Office: 608/264-6515 - Home: 608/231-2355 ------------------------------ End of safety-digest V1 #92 ***************************