Originally Posted by
WestPablo
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One day last July, I was riding far to the right when I notice a VW Jetta coming up from behind kinda close. I looked down and directly to the left, just in time to see some lady texting as she barely missed me. Next thing you know, she hits the curb, bounces off, and quickly corrects her line back into traffic.
She pulled into a driveway about half a mile down the road. She was breathing heavily and nervously shaking. I stopped and asked her if she was alright. She then told me that she had just temporarily lost control of her vehicle and almost ended up on the curb somewhere back there, but that she'll be alright in a minute. I then told her that she almost hit me too, due to all that texting stuff. She then looked embarrassed as she earnestly apologized.
She wasn't even aware of the fact that she had just missed me by inches!
Crazy! Nice of you to go make sure she was OK. I wonder if either of the drivers I ran across were texting - I couldn't see them except to tell there was a lady driving the smaller car. I guess you just have to assume they are going to be texting or doing something stupid, and just ride accordingly.