Also, I had a similar experience way back in the late 80's. Going south on I-35 from San Antonio to Laredo at night. A small pickup behind me began flashing his brights. I thought maybe something had fallen off of my bike or that he needed some mechanical help or something and started pulling over, with him pulling over behind me. As I came to a near complete stop, something in my head just said "no." It didn't feel right and I thought he'd have to get help from someone else tonight if this was legit. I gassed it and took off... and so did he! He tore out after me and tailgated me flashing his high beams and got within maybe 1' of my rear wheel at 70 mph or so. At that point I sped way up and he stayed with me up to about 100 mph. I had to stay above that to keep him off of my tail. I was SCARED! I didn't like him being behind me and so worked out a plan as I came up on a bus. I let him get closer to me, and as I approached the bus, I whipped over in the right lane behind the bus and nailed the brakes, betting he wouldn't be able to react quickly enough. Sure enough, he went around the bus. I stayed in the right lane, behind the bus and let him go, relieved. Then, the bus started to slow more and more until it got down to about 20 mph. It pulled out into the left lane and there in front of it, with hazards on, was this little p/u truck! I pulled over to the right shoulder and stopped. He stopped about 20 yds in front of me and just sat there. I was scared to death, but finally decided I had to do something, so after sitting there for probably 2 minutes (seemed like forever), I just took off as hard as I could (so that hopefully he couldn't get up to speed and run me over as I came by in the left lane) and he came after me again. I can't remember all the details now, but I remember going the rest of the way to Laredo at 105-110 mph, wishing for a policeman to pull me over but finding none. I pulled off the exit hoping that I was far enough in front of him that he couldn't spot me from the highway and take the same exit. I rode quickly to my sister's house and put the motorcycle out of sight from the street, just in case. She then told me how there had been several shootings of motorcyclists in that area in the past few weeks.
Yeah, you did the right thing.
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- Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:01 pm
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- Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:36 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: I had to draw last week. Looking for input
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Re: I had to draw last week. Looking for input
I agree that the original poster did the right thing also. Running from a car on a motorcycle is a losing deal, no matter what they show on tv/movies. In a different situation (legally), my college roommate almost killed himself on a motorcycle running from a cop. The likelihood of a crash is extremely high.
My question would be what to do if the assailant continued to approach. I think if you do not shoot before he gets within contact range, you have put yourself in grave danger. However, my difficulty would be that it would be very difficult for me to pull the trigger on someone who is simply approaching me, especially if they are reasonably calm and walking towards me quietly. However, if I wait to see if they're going to assault me, it would be too late. Any thoughts from the group on that topic?
My question would be what to do if the assailant continued to approach. I think if you do not shoot before he gets within contact range, you have put yourself in grave danger. However, my difficulty would be that it would be very difficult for me to pull the trigger on someone who is simply approaching me, especially if they are reasonably calm and walking towards me quietly. However, if I wait to see if they're going to assault me, it would be too late. Any thoughts from the group on that topic?