Today I had to go to the store, so I decided to take the trike. When I left the store I put the items in the trailer and headed home. About a mile from the house I had to make a left turn onto my street. About a block from the turn I put my left turn signal on. About a block the other side of where I had to turn there was a car coming towards me. We were the only moving vehicles at the time.
This beater of a car had NO signal light on when I first saw him, so I was preparing to stop to let him go straight and then I would turn behind him. About a 1/2 block from the intersection his left turn signal comes on. Now I'm thinking that since we are both going to be making left turns I have no reason to stop. Just make my left turn and head home.
Suddenly something in my head like a voice starts saying over and over "DON'T TURN!" I slowed way down and the guy in the car went straight. He wasn't planning on turning. When he went past me he just looked at me eye to eye and was laughing real loud!
Had I turned in front of him, he could have broad sided me, turned his signal light off, and told the police I turned in front of him and he couldn't stop. Be careful out there. I'm thinking it's going to be a long summer. I have been riding for many years so I'm thinking that had something to do with me not turning, but in April I took a class and got my Class A CDL. I'm really thinking that some of what I learned about driving semi's saved my butt today. In learning to drive the big one, I saved the little one.
This beater of a car had NO signal light on when I first saw him, so I was preparing to stop to let him go straight and then I would turn behind him. About a 1/2 block from the intersection his left turn signal comes on. Now I'm thinking that since we are both going to be making left turns I have no reason to stop. Just make my left turn and head home.
Suddenly something in my head like a voice starts saying over and over "DON'T TURN!" I slowed way down and the guy in the car went straight. He wasn't planning on turning. When he went past me he just looked at me eye to eye and was laughing real loud!
Had I turned in front of him, he could have broad sided me, turned his signal light off, and told the police I turned in front of him and he couldn't stop. Be careful out there. I'm thinking it's going to be a long summer. I have been riding for many years so I'm thinking that had something to do with me not turning, but in April I took a class and got my Class A CDL. I'm really thinking that some of what I learned about driving semi's saved my butt today. In learning to drive the big one, I saved the little one.