Marcus
17-01-2008, 12:03 AM
Everyone says shit happens in 3's but I dont know.
I get hardly any sleep last night, have to wake up early to run an errand. A mate blocked me in this morning and I was in a rush so I took his car down since it was only 5 mins away.
Im just about to turn into my street and I get pulled up by highway patrol.
In my rush and being half asleep, I didnt bother with my wallet!
He asks if this is my car, I tell him my mate left it last night as he was drinking. He asked if I stole it, I jingle the keys and offer to call the owner but he asks for my license, I hand him my mates wallet, then realize its "not mine, I picked his up by mistake"
He asks for my details, I tell him and point to my street which I was just about to turn into and offer to follow me (im in a shit box camry wagon, im not running!)
Turns out, my mate still hasnt stuck his rego sticker on and the cop noticed and pulled me over for it. He tells me I can be fined for 3 things but will only book me for "not having my license" and will mail it out.
Not only this, I left my keys and had to break in!
Oh well, shit happens, unlucky.
2nd, I had to drop off something to a mate, she couldnt get it cos she was sick, shes in hornsby so I decide its a good idea to take the bike and do a lap of the OR. Its stinking hot so my jackets open, phone in one inside pocket, wallet in the other. As im coming around the corner, I feel something hit my knee and knee slider, look down and see a white flash and hear a thunk from my fairings. I think to myself "I didnt see any debris on the road, what was it"? Its not a reflector, I dont run my line that tight and it didnt feel like a puck/reflector hit... maybe its part of the engine?
I turn around, do another lap and slow down on that corner but cant see anything, turn around and head to RWC.
As im leaving, I notice my phone is missing, fuck! This is not the first time as I lost my original on the RNP and now I just lost the, replacement. Pretty much the same way!
I ride back and find it on the double line, pick it up and its still on and working! Not bad since the last one disintergrated! Cracked screen, scratched etc but it works!
I planned to spend the day at the beach today and by this time, im really pissed off I didnt.
But wait, my day gets better! It starts to rain so I hit the freeway. I go down the hill near kuringai exit, slow down and notice an impreza braking hard and his right blinker (or hazard, I cant tell) on with a 4wd up his ass. He has slowed right down and im aproaching fast (compared to him) when I notice a massive branch on the road covering his lane and maybe even the far left lane.
What happens next happens in a split second:
As I nearly pass the 4wd (who was right on his tail), he veers to the left very quickly, there is a bus in the left lane and hits him hard as he was probably doing 100 still. As I pass, the car flings around in 180 deg and back into the middle lane, maybe into my lane as well. My instinct was nail it which I did. I wanted to be as far away from carnage as possible.
If I was 2 feet over or a few feet infront, I would be in hospital right now, possibly dead.
If he had his right blinker on and he didnt swerve in my direction, im thinking it was for a reason... Just 10 mins before, I decide to turn my high beams on as im darting around and its getting dark due to the clouds, I want to be more visable even if it might piss a few people off. I also removed my dark tinted head light cover. Cant tell you why, just decided I wanted to blend in I guess.
I didnt think of this until I had got home and told someone, but if he swerved to the left and he seen me, his decision saved my life or a serious injury. If I didnt have my high beams on, would he have seen me? The accident was pretty bad, the impact looked all the way up to the B pillar! I backed off, looked back and seen all the cars behind pulling over. I contemplated pulling over, but I seen the 4wd and bus stop and all the traffic behind stop and with hail on the cards, I decided to keep on going. They would have seen pretty much what I saw, probably more. I didnt get hit, so I kept going.
I guess some of you will think this is my justification of why I didnt stop, im usually a very helpful person, and I do hope they are OK. After seeing that, and the day I had I just wanted to get the fuck home. I might never know if they veered left because they didnt want to take out a motorcyclist or it was just their reaction.
So, this was basically my day. 2 bad things, one near death exprience
I get hardly any sleep last night, have to wake up early to run an errand. A mate blocked me in this morning and I was in a rush so I took his car down since it was only 5 mins away.
Im just about to turn into my street and I get pulled up by highway patrol.
In my rush and being half asleep, I didnt bother with my wallet!
He asks if this is my car, I tell him my mate left it last night as he was drinking. He asked if I stole it, I jingle the keys and offer to call the owner but he asks for my license, I hand him my mates wallet, then realize its "not mine, I picked his up by mistake"
He asks for my details, I tell him and point to my street which I was just about to turn into and offer to follow me (im in a shit box camry wagon, im not running!)
Turns out, my mate still hasnt stuck his rego sticker on and the cop noticed and pulled me over for it. He tells me I can be fined for 3 things but will only book me for "not having my license" and will mail it out.
Not only this, I left my keys and had to break in!
Oh well, shit happens, unlucky.
2nd, I had to drop off something to a mate, she couldnt get it cos she was sick, shes in hornsby so I decide its a good idea to take the bike and do a lap of the OR. Its stinking hot so my jackets open, phone in one inside pocket, wallet in the other. As im coming around the corner, I feel something hit my knee and knee slider, look down and see a white flash and hear a thunk from my fairings. I think to myself "I didnt see any debris on the road, what was it"? Its not a reflector, I dont run my line that tight and it didnt feel like a puck/reflector hit... maybe its part of the engine?
I turn around, do another lap and slow down on that corner but cant see anything, turn around and head to RWC.
As im leaving, I notice my phone is missing, fuck! This is not the first time as I lost my original on the RNP and now I just lost the, replacement. Pretty much the same way!
I ride back and find it on the double line, pick it up and its still on and working! Not bad since the last one disintergrated! Cracked screen, scratched etc but it works!
I planned to spend the day at the beach today and by this time, im really pissed off I didnt.
But wait, my day gets better! It starts to rain so I hit the freeway. I go down the hill near kuringai exit, slow down and notice an impreza braking hard and his right blinker (or hazard, I cant tell) on with a 4wd up his ass. He has slowed right down and im aproaching fast (compared to him) when I notice a massive branch on the road covering his lane and maybe even the far left lane.
What happens next happens in a split second:
As I nearly pass the 4wd (who was right on his tail), he veers to the left very quickly, there is a bus in the left lane and hits him hard as he was probably doing 100 still. As I pass, the car flings around in 180 deg and back into the middle lane, maybe into my lane as well. My instinct was nail it which I did. I wanted to be as far away from carnage as possible.
If I was 2 feet over or a few feet infront, I would be in hospital right now, possibly dead.
If he had his right blinker on and he didnt swerve in my direction, im thinking it was for a reason... Just 10 mins before, I decide to turn my high beams on as im darting around and its getting dark due to the clouds, I want to be more visable even if it might piss a few people off. I also removed my dark tinted head light cover. Cant tell you why, just decided I wanted to blend in I guess.
I didnt think of this until I had got home and told someone, but if he swerved to the left and he seen me, his decision saved my life or a serious injury. If I didnt have my high beams on, would he have seen me? The accident was pretty bad, the impact looked all the way up to the B pillar! I backed off, looked back and seen all the cars behind pulling over. I contemplated pulling over, but I seen the 4wd and bus stop and all the traffic behind stop and with hail on the cards, I decided to keep on going. They would have seen pretty much what I saw, probably more. I didnt get hit, so I kept going.
I guess some of you will think this is my justification of why I didnt stop, im usually a very helpful person, and I do hope they are OK. After seeing that, and the day I had I just wanted to get the fuck home. I might never know if they veered left because they didnt want to take out a motorcyclist or it was just their reaction.
So, this was basically my day. 2 bad things, one near death exprience