day two as scooter commuter: WAY more entertaining!!
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:12 pm
So today I'm riding safely down a two lane road n Los Angeles called Highland.
A yellow speed bike flies by me zipping through double car traffic.
But, It doesn't matter because at the red light we end up at the front of traffic waiting for green.
This guy is "that guy" I've noticed on a speed bike.
1. Tank top
2. shorts
3 backpack
4. scratched up body on bike.
I nod at him, and he actually shook his head (almost in disgust), then revved his engine.
We waited for the light to change, and I noticed three cars trying to turn left in front of us, but this guy is still revving his engine.
As the light turned green for us, he didn't notice the third car turning left, and hit the gas. then he noticed the car. then he stalled his bike.
I didn't laugh, because I actually thought he was going to drive into the left turning vehicle.
.... wow....
cut to -
About two miles later,
I take off at a green light and I'm ahead of traffic on a pretty wide street, (4 lanes and a turning lane in the middle)
Some yahoo in a red maseratti, guns it out of a star bucks.... I initially saw him and some weird spidey sense went off, so I looked, then got right.
I'm lucky I did, because he fishtailed the car, and instead of slowing down to correct, he gassed it a dropped rubber all the way down the street and if I hadn't gotten to the right, and slowed down, he would have mutilated me!
He never even looked or saw me.
I still got to work fast.
God I love this scooter.
A yellow speed bike flies by me zipping through double car traffic.
But, It doesn't matter because at the red light we end up at the front of traffic waiting for green.
This guy is "that guy" I've noticed on a speed bike.
1. Tank top
2. shorts
3 backpack
4. scratched up body on bike.
I nod at him, and he actually shook his head (almost in disgust), then revved his engine.
We waited for the light to change, and I noticed three cars trying to turn left in front of us, but this guy is still revving his engine.
As the light turned green for us, he didn't notice the third car turning left, and hit the gas. then he noticed the car. then he stalled his bike.
I didn't laugh, because I actually thought he was going to drive into the left turning vehicle.
.... wow....
cut to -
About two miles later,
I take off at a green light and I'm ahead of traffic on a pretty wide street, (4 lanes and a turning lane in the middle)
Some yahoo in a red maseratti, guns it out of a star bucks.... I initially saw him and some weird spidey sense went off, so I looked, then got right.
I'm lucky I did, because he fishtailed the car, and instead of slowing down to correct, he gassed it a dropped rubber all the way down the street and if I hadn't gotten to the right, and slowed down, he would have mutilated me!
He never even looked or saw me.
I still got to work fast.
God I love this scooter.
