dannymax
Well-Known Member
Heading into town this morning about 9:00 and came up on a Grad-All and dump truck in the other lane, they were placing new shoulder material on the shoulder on my side of the road. Both trucks were pointing downhill, away from me.
There were flagmen at either end of these vehicles and their paddles were indicating for me to stop. When the Grad-All operator swung back to the dump truck the flagmen turned their paddles to slow, so I let out the clutch and started to go.
I'm going pretty slow as it's a county operation and there were several guys leaning on shovels....most of them looking at the bike. So I'm weaving my way through them, keeping a close eye out in case one of them decides to wander out in front of me....then take a glance forward and there's the Grad-All boom right in front of me, just above my helmet and COMING DOWN!!
The fuckin' guy was continuing to spread shoulders even tho the flagmen are clearly indicating there is traffic coming thru! I'm too close to stop and would stand a good chance of getting crushed if I tried, so I ducked as low as I could, swung towards the truck where there was a little more clearance and just squeaked under the friggin' thing!
I tell you, that fuckin' boom looked as big as the supports on the Golden Gate Bridge!!....Whew, that was close!
Got a call in to the county highway super, I just don't think I'm letting this one go. I don't want to cost the guy his job or anything but think somebody better have a word with him!
There were flagmen at either end of these vehicles and their paddles were indicating for me to stop. When the Grad-All operator swung back to the dump truck the flagmen turned their paddles to slow, so I let out the clutch and started to go.
I'm going pretty slow as it's a county operation and there were several guys leaning on shovels....most of them looking at the bike. So I'm weaving my way through them, keeping a close eye out in case one of them decides to wander out in front of me....then take a glance forward and there's the Grad-All boom right in front of me, just above my helmet and COMING DOWN!!
The fuckin' guy was continuing to spread shoulders even tho the flagmen are clearly indicating there is traffic coming thru! I'm too close to stop and would stand a good chance of getting crushed if I tried, so I ducked as low as I could, swung towards the truck where there was a little more clearance and just squeaked under the friggin' thing!
I tell you, that fuckin' boom looked as big as the supports on the Golden Gate Bridge!!....Whew, that was close!
Got a call in to the county highway super, I just don't think I'm letting this one go. I don't want to cost the guy his job or anything but think somebody better have a word with him!