Originally Posted by
jppe
There were two ladies in the car. The driver was probably in her mid fifties and her daughter was in her late twenties and riding in the passenger seat. The car came to a quick stop and I slid a ways and just under the front of the car.......(so the radiator looks okay as I'm looking up???)
I'm thinking what saved me from getting run over was the lady appeared to be an experienced and cautious driver. I'm guessing she was driving defensively and saw what was about to happen and instinctively came to a stop as quickly as she could. Had it been a more aggressive driver there is a good chance I would not be typing this.........
Glad you're okay and you and your bike came through relatively well.
The only thing I'll add is don't confuse age and experience with driving ability. There are many, many older drivers that have one year experience 40 or 50 times. Driving slow and cautious often leads to accidents as much as speed, especially when the slow speed is due to the drivers abilities and reaction times.
A group on my former team got hit riding in a paceline by an "experienced" and "cautious" driver. He drove right across an intersection after stopping and proceeding to slowly hit them.