I pulled up in the right-most of those 3 left turn lanes and stopped, waiting for the light to turn green so I could turn left and go East on Gandy. Most of you were in the two left turn lanes, but when the light turned green, one of you swung wide to the right, into my lane and really close in front of me. I'm not bothered by that, 'cuz all I was doing was going straight East to get over Gandy Bridge and I'm in the right-most lane. I moved over to the right as far as I could to give you room, but the average street turkey driver isn't going to get out of your way as quick as I did. If you are going to go fast, going fast in your own lane keeps you alive longer.

In front of the dog track, headed East, you got another lucky break.
There were flashing lights on the West end of Gandy Bridge, South side,
and as I got closer to the bridge, I could see that the cops were busting Honda drivers who were hanging out in the small parking lot. ...and did not notice when you went past, and onto the bridge.

Once on Gandy Bridg , you folks disappeared into the distance toward Tampa, and I thought I would not see you on the road again that night.

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But each time you had blasted through the cluster of cars of which I was part of, I thought I would not see you on the road again. But then you stopped for whatever reason, and I would drive normally past.
.....essentially setting myself up for you to pass us all and start the process all over again.

It isn't driving fast that kills bikers, it's hitting things. There might be
fewer cars sharing the road with you on some back roads.....and maybe less things to hit.

Oh. a helmet without the strap fastened looks cool in the movies, but in real life, no strap fastened means you have a helmet only for the first impact, and after the helmet's gone, guess what hits things next?......you don't have to answer that........-Bob