[Ducati] NDC: Don't pass at the Gap

[zman]

On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, jules wrote:
> another thing about the cager in question: there was obviously a ton of
> bikes behind them because they got passed by many bikes immediately
> after slowing down.  they were probably blocking the way refusing to
> pull over at the next opportunity for miles.

There really isn't anywhere to pull over for miles. The twisties make it 
slow going for cars. I believe the cage was very well withing their rights 
as it is a public road.

http://www.tailofthedragon.com/maps_dragon_road.html

> and why the hell were they video recording this in the first place?
> were they expecting an altercation?  I have done some stupid passes on
> some of the twisties in california when some cager wants to play
> road/speed limit guardian.  in group rides I'll sometimes jump ahead of
> the vehicle in question, slow down to a crawl and give hand signals to
> my group when it is safe to pass.  then I wave kindly to the cager (the
> middle finger very rarely goes up) and go on our merry way.  granted,
> I'd never do it in the corner...

It's very nice scenery and it looks like that's what they were filming. 
Still well within their rights. Sorry to be the nay sayer but the HD rider 
was way out of line and they paid the price. I'm not usually on this side 
but I don't see anything wrong with what they did at all. Except being 
scared of a bunch of RUBs...

Scott H. Zekanis
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