The RMMRC at a stop on this Utah trip.
I’ve written about this before but now it has happened again. Same concept as before: sometimes the people most hazardous to you may be your friends.
In that post I linked to above I was riding with the RMMRC and because we got separated from one rider we stopped to give him a call. Alan was parked just in front of me and because he was making the call I’m not sure he was aware I was back there. When it came time to roll he definitely acted like he didn’t know I was back there and he backed right into me, causing me to lose the bike and it to fall. No harm, no damage, but gosh, shouldn’t you look behind you before you back up?
As I know I’ve described before, my first realization of this danger was on a ride with the OFMC may years ago when I was leading and made the decision to pull over to the left for a view area. A split second before I made my turn, Bill came blasting past me–I don’t remember why. What I do remember is that if I had made my move ever so much sooner it would have been pretty disastrous for both of us. Of course, it would have helped if I had signaled to make my intentions known.
So this time was very much like the first instance with Alan. This time it was Gene. On this recent Utah trip we stopped for lunch in Glenwood Springs. I was parked right behind Gene. As we prepared to pull out, Gene started backing up, totally oblivious to the fact that I was there. I yelled but with the engine noise and with helmets on I’m sure he didn’t hear a thing. This time, however, I was able to roll back just enough that there was no contact. And then Gene pulled forward totally unaware of what just happened.
Gosh, guys, is it too much to ask, again, that you look behind you before you back up?
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