05-08-2020, 02:26 AM
Quote:Good deal! Now try not to do that again!
That's a very good point, sir. The incident happened a block away from my office. Even though I'm furloughed, I still ride to the office regularly to stash my bike and borrow my work van for projects. Each time, I run through the accident in my mind at that spot, and think about how I could have done a better job avoiding it.
It was a cut-and-dried left turn in front of me, but I could have been in a left or right lane. I was in the right. I'm thinking that if I were in the left lane, there is a slight chance that I may have been more visible to the driver facing me and turning left based on slight curvature of the road.
One thing is for sure. In the ensuing two months, I've only had the CB to ride. Bringing the Bonneville home, I realized how much less effective its single rotor brakes are. I had done some emergency stops on the CB at the point of the accident, and at the same speed and point of braking, I was able to stop short of the driveway the lady was turning into. I've been wondering if I just wasn't modulating my threshold braking hard enough. Trying it on the Bonnie, nope, it just takes longer to stop.
I'm still thinking about getting a cheap camera for my helmet for future commutes once I get back to work. Under the Lockdown Spending Program, it will have to wait.
On the plus side, I was well overdue for fork and head bearing maintenance on the Bonnie, and that stuff was just replaced. Woo Hoo!
That's a very good point, sir. The incident happened a block away from my office. Even though I'm furloughed, I still ride to the office regularly to stash my bike and borrow my work van for projects. Each time, I run through the accident in my mind at that spot, and think about how I could have done a better job avoiding it.
It was a cut-and-dried left turn in front of me, but I could have been in a left or right lane. I was in the right. I'm thinking that if I were in the left lane, there is a slight chance that I may have been more visible to the driver facing me and turning left based on slight curvature of the road.
One thing is for sure. In the ensuing two months, I've only had the CB to ride. Bringing the Bonneville home, I realized how much less effective its single rotor brakes are. I had done some emergency stops on the CB at the point of the accident, and at the same speed and point of braking, I was able to stop short of the driveway the lady was turning into. I've been wondering if I just wasn't modulating my threshold braking hard enough. Trying it on the Bonnie, nope, it just takes longer to stop.
I'm still thinking about getting a cheap camera for my helmet for future commutes once I get back to work. Under the Lockdown Spending Program, it will have to wait.
On the plus side, I was well overdue for fork and head bearing maintenance on the Bonnie, and that stuff was just replaced. Woo Hoo!