This is great advice! Thanks

 

I think y'all are thinking there is only 1 response. That's not so.

Braking & Swerving

No situation is static on the road. As soon as you begin applying brakes, the situation begins to change. You begin trading space & speed for time. The other vehicle may remain in motion, providing an opening behind them. They may brake or stop, providing an opening in front of them. They may gas it to get out of your way, clearing the path. The situation remains fluid until everything on the street comes to a complete stop.

Ideally, you give yourself enough cushion that a car suddenly turning left in front of you doesn't force an emergency. But sometimes, for whatever reason, we don't. A good rider has multiple plans for a given situation. And as the situation changes can formulate multiple responses to keep time.

Another thread you might wanna read: Analysis of a Near Hit. The final conclusions were that I was riding way too close. And something else I figured out later was that my tires were still cold. But bailing was never a consideration. Worse come to worse, they'll have to pry the throttle outta my dead cold hands

 

Kuroshio those 2 posts were great reads! Thanks

Keep points are to practice (glad the MSF helped me do that a bunch!) and keeping extra distance. Although sometimes extra distance means you get cut off more... lol

Thanks

 

+a billion to that. Isabelle would never forgive me

 

Glad he is okay.

 

Come on now people! "Isabelle" and whatever Kuro calls his is replaceable.....I prefer my extremeties and life. Screw that 954 there are plenty out there to replace her with......

 

 

What pimp, you think it's because I value my bike so much (her name is Ororo btw)? The minute you bail, you are completely out of control. Physics and whatever god(s) you believe in have the throttle.

Next, by the time you bail off you are already past the point where it might do you any real good. In the car turning left scenario, you're gonna end jumbled up with the bike & the car and anybody that decided to join the fun. Only improvement is you chose a lowside over... what? Because if you don't end up in the metal pretzel, you bailed too soon. Fact is the minute you hit the brakes, the situation has changed and keeps changing. You begin trading space & speed for time. And in that time the situation evolves, presenting new options that didn't exist before.

But hey, go ahead and compound one mistake with another because you got scared. Unless you're in a dead end alley (or going off a cliff) with no brakes, there is almost always another opportunity to take so long as you keep your head and look for it.

 

Isabelle told me she doesn't like you.

 

^^^Are you saying that if you listen...your bike will tell you something is wrong??

Good to know your friend survived the crash, and hopefully will be able to ride again. Some people aren't lucky enough to be able to ride again.