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"Pat" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> The guy driving the pickup truck passed me with plenty of room, but when
he
> swung back into my lane, that ol' boat trailer swung like a bat out of
hell
> and missed my left knee by about 6 inches is all! I yelled and shook my
> fist at him, but I doubt he even knew he almost wiped me right off the
road.
> What is it with people pulling trailers that they don't realize the thing
> 1.) sticks farther out to both sides than their pickup truck and 2.)
swerves
> wildly when they swerve their truck?
>
> still alive, but smokin' mad....
>
> Pat in TX
>
It sounds like you might have been too close to the right side of the
roadway. If you were a little more to the left, the pickup would have to
swing wider to get around you. And, if his trailer crowded you due to
driver error, you would have more room to your right to escape into.
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news:[email protected]...
> The guy driving the pickup truck passed me with plenty of room, but when
he
> swung back into my lane, that ol' boat trailer swung like a bat out of
hell
> and missed my left knee by about 6 inches is all! I yelled and shook my
> fist at him, but I doubt he even knew he almost wiped me right off the
road.
> What is it with people pulling trailers that they don't realize the thing
> 1.) sticks farther out to both sides than their pickup truck and 2.)
swerves
> wildly when they swerve their truck?
>
> still alive, but smokin' mad....
>
> Pat in TX
>
It sounds like you might have been too close to the right side of the
roadway. If you were a little more to the left, the pickup would have to
swing wider to get around you. And, if his trailer crowded you due to
driver error, you would have more room to your right to escape into.
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~_-*
....G/ \G
http://www.CycliStats.com
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