From: tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@yahoo.com   
      
   On 2014-03-12, Joy Beeson  wrote:   
   > On Wed, 12 Mar 2014 15:05:56 -0400, nospam    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> good point. the gap will automatically increase, without doing anything.   
   >   
   > Unless you're on a bicycle.  In this case, the driver floorboards his   
   > car to get around the "stationary object"; then when he finally   
   > succeeds, he looks down at his speedometer, says. "Holy crap and   
   > there's a SHARP CURVE AHEAD!" and slams on his brakes and you end up   
   > impaled on his tailpipe.   
      
   The bicyclist needs to be moving a significant speed for the road for   
   this occur.   
      
   A few years ago I am biking at about 22-25mph on a residential road   
   which I believe is posted at 30mph. As I am entering an S curve and SUV   
   driver passes me and then has that "Holy crap" "there's a SHARP CURVE"   
   and nails the brakes. I have to brake to avoid being "impaled on his   
   tailpipe" (ok, smashing my face into the tailgate window). I yell   
   something like "go" and this guy didn't like it. He turns and I go by   
   and then he does a U-turn and brush passes me, stops up ahead and starts   
   yelling at me... why? Because he can't drive his luxury German SUV   
   properly.   
      
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