Heading back to Don's place this Saturday for more testing. The last couple weeks were tied up preparing for a new concrete driveway then letting it cure to the point I could get a bike out on the surface.

Money well spent; I finally have a nice surface on which to wash my bikes and roll them out.

Phase II and III are getting a 24x32 pole building garage off the lower (still gravel) driveway area then concreting both the inside of the new garage and the remainder of the driveway.

Must. Resist. Temptation. To. Lay. Burnout...

Back to our scheduled troubleshooting.

Max, have you driven in Fredericksburg lately?

It has been many years since I was there.

I've nearly been hit twice in crosswalks there.  It's to the point I park somewhere else on the side of the street I'm going to be on rather than use a crosswalk on a semi busy street there.

I hear ya.  There are crazies everywhere.  And like you said, most of them are glued to a phone.  It isn't just drivers.  PEDESTRIANS are also just walking out in front of me, usually not in a crosswalk, LOOKING AT DAMN PHONES, who apparently have a death wish.  I even see people BICYCLING while looking at phones.

Max, have you driven in Fredericksburg lately?  I've nearly been hit twice in crosswalks there.  It's to the point I park somewhere else on the side of the street I'm going to be on rather than use a crosswalk on a semi busy street there.

Plenty of idiot drivers here too. 

In 2017 I bounced off the side of a Semi-trailer when he turned in front of me without signalling. Thankfully I didn't go under the trailer.
During the 45 mins I was laid in the road waiting for the ambulance, one narcissistic asswhole came over to where the paramedic was helping me stay on my left side to protect my damaged right-shoulder and started complaining that he was late for work and couldn't they move me so he could get past. The paramedic tried to reason politely with the asswhole but he was adamant until I finally told him to "f*** off and ******* with a ****** up his ****** and die" (my excuse for my lack of patience with the asswhole was that I was in considerable pain due to an AC Separation (Grade2) of my right shoulder). The paramedic nearly dropped me he laughed so hard, and the asswhole slunk off back to his car.
Some people can't seem to consider anyone else's needs above their own. At the time I know I couldn't. 

I agree that stopping to clear dangerous junk from the road has risk, but it can be mitigated like the guy in the car did, by stopping and putting your emergency signals on. Personally I would have reversed a bit further and would have kept a close eye on vehicles coming whilst I was clearing the junk. Driving over the wreckage is just plain stupid. All they had to do was wait a few seconds and then drive around it, or get out and clear it from the road.

You got that right, Boomer.  We have no shortage of fidiots over here.

In fairness, there are fidiots all over the world.  There are far worse places to try and drive than the USA   But we certainly have our share, for sure.

It's dangerous as hell getting out of a vehicle and removing the debris.  They'll run you over in the road as they are usually on their damn cell phones.  Someone should have called the cops and let them sort it out.  At least they have cars with flashy lights and things.

That is what I would do.  I wouldn't dare try to remove it myself unless it was daytime, clear, low-traffic, dry, and easy/quick to remove.  Even then, I would put the vehicle well behind me with the emergency flashers on.  Otherwise, I would just call and hope nobody hits it.