Rule #57: Do Not Ride Behind Morons
You know better than to ride around trucks any longer than absolutely necessary, but a far more insidious danger is the unprofessional vacationista whose load-securing skills are often primitive. Whenever you see somebody towing a boat, a trailer, or especially a boat or a trailer with a bunch of other junk strapped onto or around it, expect this to happen and ride accordingly, i.e., nowhere around it. Especially not behind it. That goes double for the bane of Southern California motorists, the gardening truck, which is often a rolling obstacle course of weedwackers, rakes, and aluminum ladders yearning to break free. If you see someone holding a mattress to his roof with one hand out the window, know you’ll be the one most likely to take a nap if you’re silly enough to ride behind him
This rider got back up; we wish him a speedy recovery.
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He kind of stuck the landing on the first hop though ;-)
Hard to anticipate that bounce. Looked to be a fast nimble bike but chose the wrong way. Nasty! I hope the boat hauler was cited and their insurance paid up.