data.3news-bydate.test.rec.motorcycles.104852 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Richard Clarke)
Subject: Re: Boom! Dog attack!
Organization: Becton Dickinson Research Center R.T.P. NC USA
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Nntp-Posting-Host: polymr4.bdrc.bd.com
>I eagerly await comment.
The ice princess next door makes a habit of flooring her cage out of the
driveway when she sees me coming. Probably only hits 25mph, or so. (I made
the mistake of waving to a neighbor. She has some sort of grudge, now.)
I was riding downhill at ~60mph on a local backroad when a brown dobie came
flashing through the brush at well over 30mph, on an intercept course with
my front wheel. The dog had started out at the top of the hill when it heard
me and still had a lead when it hit the road. The dog was approaching from
my left, and was running full tilt to get to my bike on the other side of
the road before I went by. Rover was looking back at me to calculate the
final trajectory. Too bad it didn't notice the car approaching at 50+mph
from the other direction.
I got a closeup view of the our poor canine friend's noggin careening off
the front bumper, smacking the asphalt, and getting runover by the front
tire. It managed a pretty good yelp, just before impact. (peripheral
imminent doom?) I guess the driver didn't see me or they probably would have
swerved into my lane. The squeegeed pup actually got up and headed back
home, but I haven't seen it since.
Sniff.
Sometimes Fate sees you and smiles.
-Rick