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Yesterday I'm out for a solo ride, and in 15 years of riding I experienced a new act of idiocy and figured I'd share.
It's 6:00PM in deer country (PA) and I'm leisurely strolling along at 45MPH (limit: 40MPH) as I'm about to enter the French Creek State Park are on RT 345. I'm positioned in the left of my lane on a straight stretch when suddenly I hear a loud VROOM VROOOOM. Instinctively I start to drift towards the middle of the lane while checking my left mirror to see what's going on behind me. At the exact same moment a guy on a sport bike flies by me, ON MY RIGHT, like I'm standing still. He flies by, t-shirt flapping in the breeze and is GONE. He probably was doing 80+ when he passed me and continued to accelerate. The other lane was completely clear, he could have passed safely on the left across the double yellow, but chose to put both of us in grave danger with this total act of stupidity. Unbelievable.
I don't know how everybody feels about it, but to me the right side of any rider is sacred. Never intrude on that space, except when riding in a group staggered and the group is stopping at a signal or sign. Otherwise, stay out.
Not much else to say except to educate on this as much as possible. This could have ended very badly.
It's 6:00PM in deer country (PA) and I'm leisurely strolling along at 45MPH (limit: 40MPH) as I'm about to enter the French Creek State Park are on RT 345. I'm positioned in the left of my lane on a straight stretch when suddenly I hear a loud VROOM VROOOOM. Instinctively I start to drift towards the middle of the lane while checking my left mirror to see what's going on behind me. At the exact same moment a guy on a sport bike flies by me, ON MY RIGHT, like I'm standing still. He flies by, t-shirt flapping in the breeze and is GONE. He probably was doing 80+ when he passed me and continued to accelerate. The other lane was completely clear, he could have passed safely on the left across the double yellow, but chose to put both of us in grave danger with this total act of stupidity. Unbelievable.
I don't know how everybody feels about it, but to me the right side of any rider is sacred. Never intrude on that space, except when riding in a group staggered and the group is stopping at a signal or sign. Otherwise, stay out.
Not much else to say except to educate on this as much as possible. This could have ended very badly.