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Originally Posted by nerm
I have way less worries passing 5 feet in front of a truck when changing lanes than anything else on the road. Who cares if he can't stop quickly? The one thing I know is that he is not going to be increasing speed quickly. He can maintain the same speed or slow down, that's it. I don't make a habit of merging in front of trucks in situations that would leave me boxed in... Isn't the point of changing lanes to move to an open lane?
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Who cares about anyone else on the road but you? ???
Who cares about the secondary accidents that you create? ???
When someone cuts infront of you at a distance of "five feet" you know for sure they are going to continue accelerating.?. :-\
Who cares that the driver who is just trying to do his job and most likely feed his family, will if responsible, most likely react in panic mode. (At best shifting his/her load, at worst overreacting and loosing control of an 43,000-80,000lb vehicle and either run off the road trying to avoid killing you, or even worse run into or over another innocent motorist in an adjoining lane because of you.)
There are more truck accidents caused by this type of thing than anything else! (Do you honestly think that all the trucks you see turned over off the side of the highways were caused by the driver falling asleep? [laugh] 9 of every 10 incidents where a truck leaves the road is because the driver was forced to in order to avoid hitting what ever jumped in front of him/her and knowing it is impossible to stop! >
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The drivers know that even if you are in a car, there is no such thing as a slight love tap by a Semi traveling at speed! If he/she connects with you the kinetic energy involved from that much weight in motion WILL BE EXPLOSIVE to say the least!
(Think smacking a raw egg with a hockey stick!)
Drivers react this way knowing that if you, or your bike screws up, or something on the road caused you to slow slightly, or God forbid lay it down, and you are passing at "five feet" he/she will definitely have to live with having killed you!
Truckers die EVERY day in this Nation trying to avoid killing ignorant individuals. >
When a truck turns over due to a quick steering reaction or leaving the road, two thirds of the time the driver is killed.
If a drivers load shifts due to trying to avoid you, do you really think that loads never break free on to the highway? Have you ever seen what kind of damage is done when a Large spool of web printing press paper or a steel coil (Both between 7-10 thousand pounds) breaks free uncontrolled at high way speeds?
Anything that dense with that much kinetic energy will literally rip right through the side of the trailer and more than one car if they are in-line with its trajectory when it breaks free. (Think about it. That's more than twice as heavy as the average car with no one controlling it or slowing it down.
) (Can you see through the tarps on flat beds or walls of the trailer on vans to know exactly what that particular truck is carrying, and how well it is secured?)
How many people should die because your actions? ??? ................"Who Cares?" :P
On a vehicle as nimble and fast accelerating as a motorcycle WHY would you find it necessary to pass with in "five feet"? You have the advantage here. Use it for your and your fellow motorists safety.
How do you like it when traveling at highway speeds on your bike when a car cuts in front of you at a distance of "Five Feet"? What does it matter that he cut into your safety margin? Who cares if you can't stop? I'm sure you wouldn't panic in the slightest in this scenario. :P
