From: dc-cycles-digest-request@XXXXXX (The dc-cycles list administrator) To: dc-cycles@XXXXXX Errors-To: dc-cycles-digest-request@XXXXXX Subject: dc-cycles digest for 03/04/06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ __ /-----\ __ 'dc-cycles' is an unmoderated email discussion list (__\/ _____ \/__) about motorcycling in the Washington D.C. area. =( \___/ )= \ ___ / An archive of the dc-cycles list is available at: | / _ \ | http://www.dc-cycles.org/ \ || || / \|| ||/ Subscribe/unsubscribe requests should be sent to: \| |/ dc-cycles-digest-request@XXXXXX |_| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: "W.S." To: "DC-Cycles" Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 11:50:13 -0500 Subject: [dc-cycles] More lessons Ahhh, more support for the vertical headcheck - the 270/495 lumber lightning Thursday morning. While not on site, I travel that intersection a few times a month (other listers more?) and did deep empathizing with the situation. It reminded of several times I've commented on my overhead surprise events. And it made me assess once again my views on lanesplitting in extraordinary situations. Had I been jammed onsite (say 495 northbound) I would have been sorely tempted to split or shoulder, particularly with rain a factor. While I see many logics, the attendant gendarmes may not. Anybody have positive or negative experiences in such arenas? Perhaps escaping a citation? I'll have to admit, in my years of travel I've been seriously highway jammed but a few times, only one enervating (battery). The whole thing surfaced my abhorrence of trucks on the highway. Particularly open loads and landscapers (season approaching), generally inferring their lack of preparation for speeds (and possible lack of sleep, as said to be in this case). Bill S. / DC (on digest) '99 VN750 > Need 360x360 collision radar Join the AMA. Help protect my riding fun.