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Riding down to Kentucky Lake this weekend with a buddy, all two-lane back roads, ran across a couple of mail trucks.

First was a Jeep with no flashing lights of any kind and as I passed and looked in my mirror looks like they didn't have any brake lights either.

Second we were coming upon a mail truck that did have flashing lights and did the same thing they did to you ..they turned left onto a side road with no turn signal as their flashers were on I guess they had no turn signals turn on.

All this while popping overhills, blind curves.... sometimes we're just lucky or unlucky I guess.

Thanks for the tip. Will be useful in a few weeks as I pass through.

If I EVER see a rural mail vehicle, no matter what vehicle I am driving, I will come to a crawl, sit on my horn until I see his eyes meet mine, and then gesture for him to stop or yield while I carefully go around him.

Zbillster, sharing your experience/opinion with other forum members, makes us more aware and experienced while riding a bike on todays crazy roads.
Stay safe everyone and come back home alive in one piece.

Hey, nothing like a form letter from the post office to make you feel ... better? I contacted them just to make sure that delivery driver who ran me off the road doesn't escape notice ...

Gee. I bet you feel a whole lot better, zbillster. They’re obviously all over it.

Certainly, a letter is better than nothing, but given that USPS is a big corporation, it would be nice if they cover your health and bike expenses as certain minimum.

(09-12-2019, 08:16 AM)peterbaron_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Certainly, a letter is better than nothing, but given that USPS is a big corporation, it would be nice if they cover your health and bike expenses as certain minimum.

This is obviously a form letter for "uncourteous and unprofessional conduct" and doesn't address the details of the incident. Whether they actually inquired with the delivery carrier about it ... who knows?

At this point, I'm not optimistic about compensation of any kind, but just want to make sure it's not getting swept under the rug.

Sounds like your postal service may be improved in the future.

Unfortunately for you...It's already under the rug.