I had my first close call today. First off, my subdivision is on top of a hill. When you get onto the main road there is a T intersection. I went out for a leisure ride "24 miles" and im going down one of the hills out of my subdivision and there are 3 cars behind me not too long after I got on the road. The first two drivers were very curtious and they slowed down and gave me my 3 feet. The third guy was a total _____! "fill in the blank" I was on the far right hand side of the road and this road has no shoulder, just rough patches of blacktop. Anyway, the third driver didn't move over at all. The only reason I didn't get hit is that I moved off the side. So here i am on the rough patch of the road going 25, 26 looking control with my back end fishtailing and there is a mailbox supported by pipes right in my path. Luckly i was able to gain control and miss the mailbox by 5 feet.

So what I learned is to take more of that road when hitting the hill and carry and airhorn with me to get the drivers attention.