Blanche... I just saw this and man, I am so glad you were not hurt... we had an incident here in San Diego last year where a man tried to drag a jogger into his truck... she kicked the crap outta him, and ran screaming... this was in broad daylight on a highly traveled street... the guy was caught later...

I also ride alone, but in a very populated area... despite that I STILL carry a cell phone and pepper spray. I wear RoadID and also have my info in my seatbag... one attached to me and another on the bike just in case...

I've had one incident on the bike where I was feeling creeped out and held up my pepper spray and showed it to the guy... who then drove off... he never did anything that I could prove was intent... but I really trust my gut instinct... if I feel like something is not right, I believe it's not right and respond. I figure the worst that can happen is I'll have my pepper spray and/or phone out and have to put it away again...

glad you're safe...