Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site philabs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!scb From: scb@philabs.UUCP (Sean Byrne) Newsgroups: net.cycle Subject: Horror Story. Message-ID: <358@philabs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 21-Jun-85 12:21:10 EDT Article-I.D.: philabs.358 Posted: Fri Jun 21 12:21:10 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 23-Jun-85 15:05:01 EDT Reply-To: scb@philabs.UUCP (Sean Byrne) Organization: Philips Labs, Briarcliff Manor, NY Lines: 53 Well, let me first state a couple of premises that I have developed after driving my bike in NY for the pact year. 1. Beware of any driver wearing a hat. They are armed and dangerously incompetent drivers. (This is pretty universal-- not just NY). 2. Anyone making a left turn always has the right of way. 3. Traffic laws do not apply to police cars. Anyway, here is the tale of my ex-bike: I was driving north on Rte. 9 in the far right lane, whilst this '71 Chevy Chevelle was going south, making a left turn into a parking lot. I was doing a normal speed (about 40 mph) and noticed this guy start to turn. I toot my horn to tell him "Hey there's a bike here!" but of course he doesn't listen. At this point I am at a distance away from him such that if we continue at our current speeds he will hit me from the side, effectively creaming me into the pavement. So, I slam on my brake and slow down just enough for this guy to get in front of me, whilst I hit him at about 30 mph, which results in an inelastic collision, sending the bike 8 inches into his door and me over the top of the car to land on the other side on my knees. Luckily, I could still walk and breathe and know my own name at this point, so I went over to this 83 year old guy wearing a hat and yelling at me "What the hell do you think you're doing?", whereupon I shake his hand to congradulate him for his excellent driving skills and go lie down on the lawn as the police think I may have broken my back or neck or something. Well after 2 hours in the hospital they decide that I am one lucky guy and release me to my hot tub. So, I'd just like to say thanks for the people who have helped me with my bike in the past, Tom Love @ rlgvax and Jans Prins @ cornell. I think I'll go buy a car now.... PS. The bike now sits in a parking lot with the front wheel at 90 degrees to the handlebars, the forks matching, the right muffler magically becoming part of the rear suspension, minus one headlight, 2 right turn signals and various and sundry bolts. The engine (that still starts and runs) sounds like a mack truck, and conincidentally, when I put it on the surviving center stand, and put it in gear, the shaft assembly makes noises in harmony with the engine. Not a pretty sight... -- USENET- .... Sean Byrne 5 years . /\ . CSRG, Philips Laboratories of anarchy . / \ . Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510 freedom . / \ . (914) 945-6242 and ---/------\--- chaos. /. .\ UUCP: {allegra,decvax,ihnp4}!philabs!scb / . . . \ EUNET: {prlb2,mcvax,phlash}!philabs!scb