I was on my way to work, following a mini van and Ford Ranger, a Tri-axel coming at us blew a tire. The driver looked in his mirror at the back of his truck, then came over the centerline and side swiped the Ranger. That sent stuff flying everywhere. Looked like the movies, where airplanes shoot down another plane then fly through the debris. There was also a dump truck with a paving rig on a trailor behind me. All I could do was dodge the debris flying toward me, and hope the dump truck got stopped. A piece of the mirror of the ranger hit my clutch lever right by my fingers was all I got hit by. It all happened in a matter of a couple of seconds. No one was hurt, thank goodness. I had to shake the lump in my shorts down, the lady driving the mini van got a busted windshield. The Ranger was messed up, but not crunched. When the guy in it got out, he was a one armed dude I see in town all the time. I made it to work on time, just felt like I had a smell following me. LOL Just be cafeful out riding, you never know what can happen.


Smellin' D J