[omegajim]

shortly after I bought my cb750 (think early Clinton administration) I was driving home, and sure enough coming around the bend from the other way was a car.

No real big problem until I noticed he was taking the corner wide and smack into my lane.

For reasons I have never understood other than my faith in the almighty, I managed to sneak past the oncoming car by placing my tire on the white stripe on the edge of the road. I then proceeded to negotiate the ensuing curve, somehow.

Shortly after I realized that I was still ALIVE, and hadn't soiled myself, the following events occurred.
1) I stopped the bike
2) I turned the bike around
3) I proceeded to interdict said cager at Maximum acceleration - which is interesting because
4) there was a small town nearby - whose speed limit I completely neglected, just too angry

After managing to catch up with said cager, he pulls over and I'm about ready to, well, to do something most unpleasant.

At this point, I notice he has a little girl, without a child seat next to him.

That little girl is the only thing that kept me from hurting him, as it wouldn't be right.

Well that, and the cager was apologetic about his actions.

At that point, I realized this was going to be the drill and you can either live with those odds or not.

Additionally, I also realized, had I been in a car, there would have been no way to avoid him and the combined speed of impact would be over 100 mph.

Ever since, things don't tend to get me worked up as they used to.