[p_mihai_ro]

Riding on the freeway... only me and just another car behind, no other cars in sight. I'm on the first of 3 lanes, the car is following close behind - I say 'well, let's speed up a little' i speed up to 65 (55 speed limit) the guy speeds up also. He is followin very close - 5 feet maybe. Next time i look in the mirror guess what - HE IS TRYING TO PASS ME ON THE INSIDE, ON THE SAME LANE!!!!! There were 2 other lanes completely free.

HOW BATSHIT CRAZY DOES ONE HAVE TO BE TO TRY TO DO THAT?

 

[F4sSprintST]

Folks WILL try and kill you on a motorcycle!

 

[Jim Moore]

Never go the speed limit. Ever.

 

[Rhetorik]

Never go the speed limit. Ever.

Wuzat?

Seriously though, one the highway you're almost 100% of the time better off going faster than the speed of traffic

 

[Scissors]

By "first of three lanes" do you mean the left lane?

If so, then you were in the wrong.

 

[p_mihai_ro]

I mean right lane... Where i'm from they count the lanes from right to left.

 

[F4sSprintST]

used to be speed limit +20 in Maryland, or you get eaten alive

 

[Saml01]

You shoulda brake checked him

 

[Razzy]

You shoulda brake checked him

nfloor

 

[p_mihai_ro]

You shoulda brake checked him

Yeah, the trouble is that i just rebuild my brakes and they're 'one finger'. By the time i thought about it, he was way too close.

Anyway, Limit+20.... i'm so afraid of the ticket that i could get. i got a ticket in PA for doing 82 in a 65, officer reduced it to 72, and the ticket was $130.... The one and only ticket i ever got.

 

[fire]

You shoulda brake checked him

4,000lb car v. 400lb bike? that is not really good advice.

 

[Jim Moore]

Wuzat?

Seriously though, one the highway you're almost 100% of the time better off going faster than the speed of traffic

Exactly. Far left lane, slightly faster than the pace of traffic.

 

[teedubyaw]

He is followin very close - 5 feet maybe.

 

[TheNewSquid]

Next time bring a box of nails, with just a little bit of throttle you get in front and let the nails go for instant win.

 

[usernamedoug]

as much as he may have been behaving like an asshole, your problem could have been solved by lane position.

Regardless of other traffic on a 3 lane highway in the right lane you should be on the left side of the lane, and in the left lane you should be on the right side of the lane.

This makes you more visible in the mirrors of drivers of the center lane. Personally i tread inches from the line towards the faster lane so if someone is going to pass me they HAVE to give me a wide berth.

 

[boner]

as much as he may have been behaving like an asshole, your problem could have been solved by lane position.

Regardless of other traffic on a 3 lane highway in the right lane you should be on the left side of the lane, and in the left lane you should be on the right side of the lane.

This makes you more visible in the mirrors of drivers of the center lane. Personally i tread inches from the line towards the faster lane so if someone is going to pass me they HAVE to give me a wide berth.

+1. this also leaves an escape route (split the lanes) should traffic back up and the guy who was just ridding your ass tries to become one with it.

 

[Suzie]

dude, Silver Spring, MD!?!?! you're my fucking neighbor.

what road was this on?

i'm on a 2003 silver sv650 naked, with a blue/black leather jacket, if you've ever seen me. i've only seen one other sv multiple times, it was a black sv/s.

 

[JERSEYRIDER]

Next time bring a box of nails, with just a little bit of throttle you get in front and let the nails go for instant win.

A pocket full of marbles, just chuck em over the old shoulder:lao

 

[p_mihai_ro]

dude, Silver Spring, MD!?!?! you're my fucking neighbor.

what road was this on?

i'm on a 2003 silver sv650 naked, with a blue/black leather jacket, if you've ever seen me. i've only seen one other sv multiple times, it was a black sv/s.

Was on 32 going east between 108 and 29. I live in 'north' silver spring, outside the beltway. I have a dark red 07 full fairinged.

 

[Suzie]

haha that's so cool. i'm a little south of you, where new hampshire ave (650) and colesville (29) meet. M-F, i commute up 29 north and turn onto 198 east. it's against traffic and takes 15 min to get to work. it's great. i've been riding since july this year, prob got 2200 miles.

know any good roads up there? i'm trying to find people to ride with. i got my bike just as everyone i know sold theirs for financial reason. nothing crazy, i wouldn't mind if it was just practicing figure 8's in a parking lot.