tx-skydiver
Regular Member
Ok. This may be in the wrong place and feel free to move if needed.
This happened tome yesterday and I feel I handled it correctly (except on big part).
My g/f and I were taking a nice leisurely motorcycle ride on some back roads yesterday and I looked in the mirror to see a Camaro right up on me. It scared me because he was so close. I accelerated and created space between us as I would normally do in this situation.
After a few seconds I looked again and he was even closer. So close in fact that I thought he was about to tap me with his bumper. Scared me pretty bad. I pulled to the shoulder to let him pass...then made one of my mistakes of the day. I "saluted" him as he passed me. He locks the car up and gets out. I make a quick u-turn and hi-tail it away from him. I put as much distance as I could on a big ole Harley in case he made chase. I don't think he did and I was NOT carrying on that ride.
I know I messed up with the "salute" and I know I should always carry...but I feel I would have u-turned and tried to get away from him regardless. The last thing I need is an incident. If I were carrying I would have never given the gesture...knowing the consequences
I'm curious to know how you would have handled it.
This happened tome yesterday and I feel I handled it correctly (except on big part).
My g/f and I were taking a nice leisurely motorcycle ride on some back roads yesterday and I looked in the mirror to see a Camaro right up on me. It scared me because he was so close. I accelerated and created space between us as I would normally do in this situation.
After a few seconds I looked again and he was even closer. So close in fact that I thought he was about to tap me with his bumper. Scared me pretty bad. I pulled to the shoulder to let him pass...then made one of my mistakes of the day. I "saluted" him as he passed me. He locks the car up and gets out. I make a quick u-turn and hi-tail it away from him. I put as much distance as I could on a big ole Harley in case he made chase. I don't think he did and I was NOT carrying on that ride.
I know I messed up with the "salute" and I know I should always carry...but I feel I would have u-turned and tried to get away from him regardless. The last thing I need is an incident. If I were carrying I would have never given the gesture...knowing the consequences
I'm curious to know how you would have handled it.