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We live in a mountainous area that is quite popular with road bicyclists. We have a really great law that requires drivers to give them 3 feet of space when pas
by macinjosh 4y ago
We live in a mountainous area that is quite popular with road bicyclists. We have a really great law that requires drivers to give them 3 feet of space when passing.
In this one nearby area there are essentially no shoulders (near vertical mountain on one side, guardrail with a drop on the other side). Additionally, there are many blind corners which logically means a double yellow line on a two lane road.
I was driving through this area with my family in the car and we come upon a bicyclist. We can't legally or safely pass so I slow down and start following him through the curves. At some point we start hearing pings on the roof of our car. Looking up the mountain side it is clearly the start of a rock slide. I wanted to zoom ahead and get clear of the slide as surely it would start to pick up. However, that came at the risk of going into the oncoming lane at a blind curve, as well as not giving the cyclist their required 3 feet. Luckily for me a giant boulder took the cyclist down the hill and I was able to floor it and quickly escape unscathed. Good thing the bicyclist was wearing his helmet, it saved his life!