Yep! very fortunate....Out here in Arizona (Phoenix way) I have just been missed by a shovel lost in front of me, and when I was a lead bike, two up, with a trailer, had a ladder come loose off truck in front of me (whew! that was close. Was rush hour on
freeway and both lanes next to us were filled). That's when experience and defensive driving pays off. On a bike, you can never be complacent. Ever been hit by a cigar ash some idiot in front of you flicks out the window and gets sucked up under windscreen into your jacket (ouch) or a dead branch or whatever coming off the deck of that 18 wheeler in front of you that the driver was too lazy to clean before going 80 mph on freeway. You need to always play the what if game and plan accordingly.
Ride safe..
Joe
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