I was cruising along on my bicycle heading south down one-way Castillo Street and was approaching Islay (no stop sign for me) when a HUGE, i.e. normal sized, trash truck came into my view slowing for a quick right hand turn directly in front of me.
I was about 100 feet from the truck and, being in defensive rider mode, noticed that my bike and I were totally behind the driver’s large left mirror.
I tried swerving a bit to get visible but I was, of course, closing distance to the truck and continued to be obstructed by the large mirror. So I slowed as he rolled on through the stop sign, turned right, and accelerated on down Castillo.
I easily swerved behind the turning truck and kept on down Castillo too!
I am very glad I realized what was developing as I’m sure if I hadn’t I would have ridden into the turning truck or, worse yet, been run into by it.
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Took me awhile to picture this, but finally figured it out. Glad you avoided the truck. Monday mornings is trash day on my commute so I’m always dealing with these guys. Very scary indeed. Glad you are OK. Hope you enjoyed the burger