Comments on: Random Motorcycling Tip #08: Surviving a highway off-ramp http://journal.drfaulken.com/random-motorcycling-tip-08-surviving-a-highway-off-ramp/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:20:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ric http://journal.drfaulken.com/random-motorcycling-tip-08-surviving-a-highway-off-ramp/comment-page-1/#comment-100973 Ric Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:43:51 +0000 http://journal.drfaulken.com/?p=1709#comment-100973 In the UK, my approach is to exit and aim to maintain a speed that allows me to stop in the space ahead that I can see to be clear. If a loon behind me forces me to ride faster than I'm comfortable with, I plan and position myself to start filtering if I encounter stationary traffic at a speed too high for either me or the person behind me to stop safely. I've needed to use this planning once, and watched the person who had been following me pile into the back of the traffic queue from my mirror as I filtered down the outside of the queue, gradually scrubbing speed off. In the UK, my approach is to exit and aim to maintain a speed that allows me to stop in the space ahead that I can see to be clear.

If a loon behind me forces me to ride faster than I’m comfortable with, I plan and position myself to start filtering if I encounter stationary traffic at a speed too high for either me or the person behind me to stop safely.

I’ve needed to use this planning once, and watched the person who had been following me pile into the back of the traffic queue from my mirror as I filtered down the outside of the queue, gradually scrubbing speed off.

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