You've been riding for 51 years and never heard of this???
No.
Have you never ridden in a group that understands safety and proper bike etiquette???
I don't normally participate in organized rides.
Also, your question mark key appears to require some maintenance.
Proper safety protocol blah blah blah.... might have saved YOU from an accident.
If the scenario in reality had played out in a way even remotely similar to what you concoct in your imagination, then possibly.
The irrelevant reality was far different, and far less dramatic (slow riders going single file, I was going slowy, no one was even remotely in danger).
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