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Old 10-18-11 | 07:33 PM
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From: Monson, MA

Bikes: Catrike Trail Recumbent trike

66F and mostly cloudy with winds from the SSW @ 6-9mph.

Nearly got sideswiped on the commute home this afternoon by some lady in a red car. It was one of the closest calls I've had in a long time. She pulled out of a parking lot on the other side of road after I passed by. As she started to pass me, I watched in my mirror that she crossed the white line into the shoulder where I was riding. She came probably less than a foot from my left front tire. At the same time to avoid getting hit, I swerved to the right as I had plenty of room to move and laid on my horn. I think the horn woke her up because she moved back left more into her lane after I used it. After she passed, she went back over the white line. Not so sure what was going through her head.

Besides that close call, it was actually an excellent commute home.
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