I thwarted another coal roller last summer on my first day of a bike tour, just before my first big break. As always, I have three metal water bottles. And as always, I controlled the lane when there's two lanes in each direction, a turning lane, no shoulder, and minimal traffic. I try stay alert for those people, and when a heavily modified diesel truck got right behind me as to intimate instead of passing, I got out a bottle, held it out for him to see, then held it in the ready-to-throw position. He tried to coal roll me, but didn't start until he was out of range, which proved ineffectual, because I swerved around the cloud. Then I made a visual display of my victory to rub it in. Good times!
I wish there were a way to know if a truck has been modified to roll coal just by looking at it. That way I could preemptively strike one in a parking lot
Last edited by Comfort is King; 04-30-22 at 12:20 PM.