fstrthan_uthink
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Thought I'd share my experience on the 408 (Orlando East-West Expressway) this past weekend. I was just out riding for the weekend, so I figured I'd do some highway miles. Well, after some time on the highway headed West, I decide to get off and head back East. I check my mirror, put on my right blinker, head check real quick and get into the exit lane for the off ramp. This highway has had a lot of lane additions and upgrades lately and there was essentially no warning of how quickly approaching the off ramp was. It was about 100 feet in front of me and was a 25mph off ramp. I was going ~70 mph. Had to brake HARD and had no time to downshift, came into it doing somewhere around 45 still in 6th gear. This was in a matter of seconds. It went something like "oh sh!t this off-ramp is short!" *see 25mph ramp speed limit sign* *quickly but gently apply front brake ONLY and squeeze harder while applying rear brake once under 60* *prepare to take off ramp at 45mph in 6th gear* *succeed, downshift, allow heart rate to return to normal, and ponder who engineers these roads*
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Please, be careful out there guys (and gals). Realizing you're about to take an off-ramp at 3x its recommended speed without IMMEDIATE braking is pretty intense.
:thumbup: :america:
Please, be careful out there guys (and gals). Realizing you're about to take an off-ramp at 3x its recommended speed without IMMEDIATE braking is pretty intense.