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taco · 05-21-2008, 08:33 PM

I had a scary experience today. I was riding on a road that I hadn't been on before and was having an exceptionally good time riding. I was having so much fun riding that I wasn't paying enough attention. My road came to an intersection of another road and I had a stop sign. Unfortunately I missed the stop sign completely. The road I was on was a Y of sorts of the road I was merging onto. The path onto the road was actually straight, the road I went onto turned. Being that the road looked straight ahead I didn't even think that I was entering another highway because I was going straight.

I blew through the stop sign onto another road at about 55-60 mph in a 45. Thankfully there were no cars going either direction and nothing bad happened but when I realized what I had did it shook me up pretty bad considering what could have been.

As a Christian I kneel down and pray for safety before every ride and I am thankful that God kept me safe and allowed me to learn this lesson without injury.

Hopefully this can remind all you guys out there to never get so into the ride you stop paying attention to the world around you especially on a new road where you don't know what could be up ahead.

**wrightme43** · 05-21-2008, 08:41 PM

Yes dont do that. LOL I know its serious, it just cant be helped now. Glad it turned out ok and not the other way.

05-21-2008, 10:11 PM

I'm still trying to figure out what STOP means on them red ones cause they're all over the place out here but it's rare that anybody even gives them a second thought. Heck, if two cages go by my place in an hour thats a stinken traffic jam. Glad you didn't find something in your way.....

GConn · 05-22-2008, 12:13 AM

Glad to hear you are ok...We need to remember how easy it is to make a mistake that can cause a lot of damage.

**jsteinb95** · 05-22-2008, 12:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by taco

Hopefully this can remind all you guys out there

and a reminder to you!

God was definitely watching over you.....glad nothin bad happened.

BE CAREFUL!!!!!

**CHEMIKER** · 05-22-2008, 12:40 AM

Thank you for the great reminder. Our heads should be in our helmets and not anywhere else...

05-21-2008, 08:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
taco Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Richmond VA Bike: 07 FZ6 Posts: 21 Rep Power: 5 Member #569	Blew a stopsign at 60 mph not paying attention I had a scary experience today. I was riding on a road that I hadn't been on before and was having an exceptionally good time riding. I was having so much fun riding that I wasn't paying enough attention. My road came to an intersection of another road and I had a stop sign. Unfortunately I missed the stop sign completely. The road I was on was a Y of sorts of the road I was merging onto. The path onto the road was actually straight, the road I went onto turned. Being that the road looked straight ahead I didn't even think that I was entering another highway because I was going straight. I blew through the stop sign onto another road at about 55-60 mph in a 45. Thankfully there were no cars going either direction and nothing bad happened but when I realized what I had did it shook me up pretty bad considering what could have been. As a Christian I kneel down and pray for safety before every ride and I am thankful that God kept me safe and allowed me to learn this lesson without injury. Hopefully this can remind all you guys out there to never get so into the ride you stop paying attention to the world around you especially on a new road where you don't know what could be up ahead.

05-21-2008, 08:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
wrightme43 Super Sock Puppet Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bowling Green KY Bike: 07 FZ6 in Blue. Posts: 4,868 Rep Power: 68 Member #42	Re: Blew a stopsign at 60 mph not paying attention Yes dont do that. LOL I know its serious, it just cant be helped now. Glad it turned out ok and not the other way. __________________ “Yes, socialism does not work, and they do not want it to work, because the less it works, the more government is needed. ”

05-21-2008, 10:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
HavBlue Guest Posts: n/a Member #	Re: Blew a stopsign at 60 mph not paying attention I'm still trying to figure out what STOP means on them red ones cause they're all over the place out here but it's rare that anybody even gives them a second thought. Heck, if two cages go by my place in an hour thats a stinken traffic jam. Glad you didn't find something in your way.....

05-22-2008, 12:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
GConn Squid hater Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Nicosia / Cyprus Bike: '06 Fz6 Posts: 597 Rep Power: 9 Member #897	Re: Blew a stopsign at 60 mph not paying attention Glad to hear you are ok...We need to remember how easy it is to make a mistake that can cause a lot of damage.

05-22-2008, 12:40 AM	#6 (permalink)
CHEMIKER Nerd Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Jose, CA Bike: Unimaginably fast red 2007 FZ6 Posts: 619 Rep Power: 20 Member #1596	Re: Blew a stopsign at 60 mph not paying attention Thank you for the great reminder. Our heads should be in our helmets and not anywhere else... __________________ Motovation Sliders \| Pazzo Shorty Levers \| BD43 Headlight Mod \| FAZR6's Fender Eliminator

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