Melalvai
07-10-2007, 05:00 PM
I spent several hours on the highway in a cage, er, car Sunday night, to pick up some friends from the airport. Got home at 2 am., up at 6 for work, did ok until 7 at night, then I mentally crashed but still had to pick up my daughter from her Bike Class. I headed out and...
forgot that I was on a bike, tried to dive from the bike lane across 2 lanes of traffic to the left turn lane in front of oncoming traffic on a high speed street. Immediately I was surrounded by honking, yelling motorists whizzing past me on the right AND left, I was riding the white line between lanes. I don't remember how I got out of it, probably the rush of cars passed and then there was space, but once I got my left turn made I suddenly realized I was shaking horribly and I got off my bike and walked the rest of the way.
This morning I was extremely nervous and kept looking behind me. So I went back out to the same spot and made myself do that left turn PROPERLY. Then I crossed back over and did it again. After that I was fine, although extremely conscientious about scanning, signalling and stopping!
forgot that I was on a bike, tried to dive from the bike lane across 2 lanes of traffic to the left turn lane in front of oncoming traffic on a high speed street. Immediately I was surrounded by honking, yelling motorists whizzing past me on the right AND left, I was riding the white line between lanes. I don't remember how I got out of it, probably the rush of cars passed and then there was space, but once I got my left turn made I suddenly realized I was shaking horribly and I got off my bike and walked the rest of the way.
This morning I was extremely nervous and kept looking behind me. So I went back out to the same spot and made myself do that left turn PROPERLY. Then I crossed back over and did it again. After that I was fine, although extremely conscientious about scanning, signalling and stopping!