Locked em' up this morning

[John34]

Everyday on the way to work there's a stratch of my commute that's only about 1/4 mile. I always tell myself that it's the worse part of my 25 mile drive. It's a residental street that has no stop signs but the streets that intersect with it does. Well, this bastard in his minivan barely stops at the stop sign and proceeds to go right through as I'm approaching him. I pulled on the brakes and the back wheel ended up locked and my forks went way down low. I missed him by mere inches. The guy stopped and waved at me to go ahead (gee thanks!)but kept his eye contact very minimal. He new I was pissed and he could hear call him a Mother Fukr over my engine and with his window rolled up. When I passed him, he quickly sped off in his minivan.
It's probably the closest I've been now to being taken out!
I was actually happy to be at work for a change.

[braun99]

There is a reason suicide bombers don't ride motorcycles to their targets---TOO DANGEROUS!!
Seriously though, glad you survived the close call.

[shinbone1028]

Learn to expect it if you ride alot. Glad you're ok.

[StogieC]

I had a guy a few months ago make eye contact and still pull out in front of me. I counter-steered hard and just missed hitting him. I was next to him at the next red light and yelled, "What the hell were you thinking!" He said, "I'm sorry, I don't know what I was thinking. I saw you and I just went."

It's even when people see you, sometimes they just don’t SEE you.