Originally Posted by SSP
Four weeks ago, while riding down a narrow canyon road at 40 mph, I was sideswiped by a dumb*ss who was towing a largish trailer with his pickup. He didn't realize how fast I was moving, and panicked when he realized he was approaching a blind left curve with his vehicle well over the double yellow line.
As he moved back into my lane, the wider rear tires of the trailer hit me and put me on the ground.
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FWIW, I was centered in the lane.
Oh yea, something like this happened around here about a year ago, a woman got forced off the road by a passing pickup truck towing a wide trailer and broke her arm. This was a rural road; no bike lanes there. The police actually investigated this one and found and I think prosecuted the driver of the pickup truck. I might be wrong about that though.
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