Troyg let me tell you a little something. You should watch your attitude and broaden your f*ing mind.
Considering your outraged response to mine, along with many other disrespectful retorts, I'm not surprised someone is trying to run you over. Word gets around.
So you live in a smaller community, eh? Maybe you should be nicer. Some truckers won't care, sure, there are at least as many asshats in trucks as there are on bicycles.
Many just as mean. There are many who like to buzz bicyclists, and bicyclists would do it back if they could, don't you think?
In general, having flashers cuts down on that stuff. Exactly what I said. How do you have this big of a problem with it? There are always exceptions to the rule, don't get stuck.
I live in a small community surrounded by walnut and almond farms, but I'm 30 miles from Sacramento. I'm not in touch with farms?
I've pedaled southern Alaska, central Iowa, years in North Dakota. I've pedaled over 100K in just about every condition there is.
If you think I haven't been buzzed by trucks, in your situation, you're 100% wrong. No matter what, you'd better be nice to your neighbors.
Plenty of people here been buzzed. It's just a fact of life when going slower than traffic.
What your problem here is that you fail to even _see_ beyond your original post. You've said your piece obviously, so maybe you should shut up.
What happened to you is always gonna happen to someone else somewhere. All you can do is make yourself noticeable - and in this day and age, maybe record while you ride.
Sounds to me like you're just mad because you wanna sue but can't. Don't forget your hanky ever.
You are an _enormous_ hypocrite! Such a narrow-minded ultracrepidarian who can't see outside the box you put yourself in!
Karma is a thing, and again, what happened to you will happen again, sometime and somewhere to someone. Whattyagunnado? Go cager?
Scream your tired indignation to the moon? It'll still happen as long as you move slower than everyone else.
Look at it like evolution. You're obviously slower and weaker than those around you, they want to take you out.