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Old Oct 10, 2010 | 12:08 PM
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Default How cars can kill bikers

I'm headed back from the Cotee River Bikefest late Saturday night.
These are some observations about traffic around me.......

I had exited from the Bayside Bridge and was headed East toward the banked right hand sweeper in front of St Pete/Clearwater Airport. I was in the right-most of two lanes. It was late night.

Two bikes went into the banked right hander fully leaned over and fully on the gas. I don't mind that you go fast, that's between you and the cops.
I don't mind that your line thru the turn apexed right in front of my car.
There's darn few things that bug me in traffic.

The average street turkey driver would have the impression that you "cut him off".......and if you keep cutting it that close to cars on the street, if you miscalculate and make even a small amount of contact, we both know who loses.

Also, consider if you will, that when you make a left turn and the back end breaks traction, you and the bike slide to the right and off the edge of the road. When you made a right turn, in the dark, had there been some debris in the road, you and your bike would have slid to the left and into the meat grinder of multiple oncoming cars.....but the story isn't over-Bob
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