Almost Rearended On Freeway - Motorcycle-Journal Forums

fins-n-grins · 08-05-2006, 10:20 AM

Last night, coming home from work at about 11PM. I was in the exit lane going about 65mph. I had been in this lane for several hundred yards, a vehicle well ahead of me and nobody behind me. All of the sudden, I hear screeching tires. I look in the mirror and see headlights coming at me fast and very close. I was thinking 'prepare for impact', they were that close. Then I decided to give my bike (SV650) all the throttle it had. Amazingly, I accelerated out of harm's way. I think they missed me by inches.

When I got to the stop light, after taking my exit, I was considering dropping the kickstand and confronting those idiots. Well, they didn't give me the chance, they were going very slow when they approached the intersection and took the u-turn lane. As they went by, they were all looking at me (a carload of kids) with a stunned look on their face's. I think the incident scared the cr@p out of them.

Looking back at the incident, I believe that they had been traveling at a very high rate of speed, may have been drinking, and decided to take the exit at the last minute.

I thank God that I was in a low enough gear to quickly accelerate away from them and that I had the room in front of me to do so.

blackie1491 · 08-05-2006, 11:36 AM

Good move on your part.

BagofBones · 08-05-2006, 09:18 PM

probably were thinking to themselves,

"Oh crap, there was a motorcycle there?"

"I didn't see it, did you?"

People who arnt looking for a bike don't usually see it untill too late.

BOSS750 · 08-07-2006, 07:16 AM

Similar situation happend to me the other day as I were slowing down to make a right turn, I noticed this van right on my rear tire. The freakin van was so close I had to swerve and keep going through the light cause I didn't want to slow down anymore for fear that I would be flattend out by this van, and I was going to fast to make a sharp right turn. I'm just glad the cars at the light where I was making the right were all going left cause if one had jumped out and made a right I would have ran completely in to them.

techgesture · 08-07-2006, 08:00 AM

fins - thats crazy! Great reflexes on that one. I hope I can do the same if I ever find myself in a simular situation. That takes some skill!!

maddog20/20 · 08-07-2006, 08:47 AM

Dodged a major bullet with that fancy throttle twist.

08-05-2006, 10:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
fins-n-grins Newbie Joined: Jul 2006 Bike: 2006 SV650 (Blue) Location: Spring, TX Posts: 3	Almost Rearended On Freeway Last night, coming home from work at about 11PM. I was in the exit lane going about 65mph. I had been in this lane for several hundred yards, a vehicle well ahead of me and nobody behind me. All of the sudden, I hear screeching tires. I look in the mirror and see headlights coming at me fast and very close. I was thinking 'prepare for impact', they were that close. Then I decided to give my bike (SV650) all the throttle it had. Amazingly, I accelerated out of harm's way. I think they missed me by inches. When I got to the stop light, after taking my exit, I was considering dropping the kickstand and confronting those idiots. Well, they didn't give me the chance, they were going very slow when they approached the intersection and took the u-turn lane. As they went by, they were all looking at me (a carload of kids) with a stunned look on their face's. I think the incident scared the cr@p out of them. Looking back at the incident, I believe that they had been traveling at a very high rate of speed, may have been drinking, and decided to take the exit at the last minute. I thank God that I was in a low enough gear to quickly accelerate away from them and that I had the room in front of me to do so.

08-05-2006, 09:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
BagofBones Where Am I ? Joined: Sep 2005 Bike: 92 GSXR 600 Location: Ware?, Ma Posts: 30	probably were thinking to themselves, "Oh crap, there was a motorcycle there?" "I didn't see it, did you?" People who arnt looking for a bike don't usually see it untill too late. __________________ 92 GSXR-600

08-07-2006, 07:16 AM	#4 (permalink)
BOSS750 Clunked into first gear Joined: Apr 2006 Bike: 07 GIXXER 750 Location: Va by way of Arkansas/Florida Posts: 219	Similar situation happend to me the other day as I were slowing down to make a right turn, I noticed this van right on my rear tire. The freakin van was so close I had to swerve and keep going through the light cause I didn't want to slow down anymore for fear that I would be flattend out by this van, and I was going to fast to make a sharp right turn. I'm just glad the cars at the light where I was making the right were all going left cause if one had jumped out and made a right I would have ran completely in to them. __________________ I live by the "I wish a Mutha would creed"

08-07-2006, 08:00 AM	#5 (permalink)
techgesture Brought his own beer Joined: May 2006 Bike: '05 Black M50 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 830	fins - thats crazy! Great reflexes on that one. I hope I can do the same if I ever find myself in a simular situation. That takes some skill!! __________________

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08-05-2006, 11:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
blackie1491 I took the All Bran Challenge Joined: Jun 2005 Bike: C50SE Location: Aldergrove, B.C., Canada Posts: 7,200	Good move on your part.

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