2 secs from eternity

[hotrodkawi]

Wish me luck. I'm headed to Grand Canyon, Moab, And Nevada. I hope to see you guys out there riding. Wish me luck.. Anybody knows a must see place around Grand Canyon.. Like to hear some ideas. I'm leaving Riverside CA, Tomorrow morning headed to Hover Dam then To Grand Canyon South rim.. Then North to Lake Powel and Utah.. Then Down to Tuweep AZ. Then Vegas..

[revmaaatin]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jud Jones" wrote:

> > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "revmaaatin" wrote: > > > > Two KLRista have been killed recently. I was (nearly) #3 last

night,

> > except-- > > > > I am alive. And surprised to be alive. 107 GPS miles--52

gravel,

> > rest on Highway 14 in central SD....41F, clear dry roads, zero

moon

> > illumination. > > > > I was 1.5-2 sec (maybe less) from being runover/head-on last

night on

> > my way home on a flat, stretch of road with greater than 2 miles

of

> > sighting distance. Some pickup truck decided to pass a car

without

> > regard to my position; I managed to slow significantly and move

to

> > the shoulder as the two vehicles fully filled both lanes--neither > > making attempt to slow or move further right. > > > > It actually took me several seconds to recognize my position

of 'in

> > extremis'; I could not interpret that both lanes were 'full' for > > several precious seconds due to the traffic following the two > > vehicles that were running abeam each other, etc. I remember > > thinking, why are there 4 lights wide on the highway. YIKES! My

lane

> > is occupied. Thankfully, (using MSF logic/training) as the

traffic

> > approached, I had started from the left half of my lane, with an > > offset to the right 1/2 lane as the traffic approaches. It was

an

> > easy shift to the right shoulder to avoid impact during those

last

> > 1.5-2 sec. > > > > In retrospect, I wonder if these two vehicles were NASCAR style

road-

> > racing--as their closure speed was much faster than speed-limit,

and

> > in the time I observed them, they still passed me neck-and-neck. > > > > Forgive me, my oral reaction/response was less than Christian.

The

> > 41F had some effect on my early recognition of the the vehicle

in my

> > lane (I was thoroughly chilled). 41F--It had no effect on my

oral

> > capacities. > > > > MSF training and the grace of God--I am alive. > > > > maaatin. who occasionally is more Peter the Sailor than Peter the > > Saint. > > > > Rev, I read somewhere that according to the in-flight-recorders,

the pilot's most common

> last word is "Sh!t". You are a pilot. Can you shed any light on

that?

> > Glad to hear you dodged a bullet. >

The report you are referring to suggested two things: People were whistling, or as you correctly reported, [singularly] expounding in the moment just before impact. Me? I wasn't whistling. revmaaatin.