pommie
02-11-2006, 01:53 PM
I followed a car today from pie in the sky heading down to the river down the mountain on the old road, for those who don’t know the road it has 2 lanes running up the mountain & one going down. I followed The car for around 3’ks down the mountain, he was driving down the wrong side of the road, god knows how long he had been in it, but he went around blind 45 posted corners on the wrong side just following the road down as if it was his lane.
I was madly honking & waving at him to get on the right side of the road, as there were a lot of bikes out & you always use they outside lane as its smother as I had done only minutes before.
He eventually moved back the correct side, & sure enough the next corner a black 999 came around on full lean, he did not know but 2 seconds earlier & he would had been dead, it was that close.
In 24 years of riding I have never seen anything so stupid, and for those 5 minutes or so I followed I was sure I was going to see something you never one to.
I pulled up at the bottom and sat under a tree for a while until I calmed down cos if the car driver had of stopped I hate to think what I might of done to him.
The windows were dark but it was a older Toyota camry, I should have took his plates, but it’s your word against his, pity I didn't have my onboard camera on. I could have shown you all so you would have had sweaty palms like me.
I was madly honking & waving at him to get on the right side of the road, as there were a lot of bikes out & you always use they outside lane as its smother as I had done only minutes before.
He eventually moved back the correct side, & sure enough the next corner a black 999 came around on full lean, he did not know but 2 seconds earlier & he would had been dead, it was that close.
In 24 years of riding I have never seen anything so stupid, and for those 5 minutes or so I followed I was sure I was going to see something you never one to.
I pulled up at the bottom and sat under a tree for a while until I calmed down cos if the car driver had of stopped I hate to think what I might of done to him.
The windows were dark but it was a older Toyota camry, I should have took his plates, but it’s your word against his, pity I didn't have my onboard camera on. I could have shown you all so you would have had sweaty palms like me.