The closes I have been to a crash happend today

[Hollow]

Originally Posted by VEGASRIDER

The fact that you are here to tell us about this incident and not go down indicates that all of the corrective actions you took, Cluth, Horn, Brake, Slide and Release all played a major role in your outcome. Pat yourself on the back for your abilities to react and do all those things in a split second No time to think, you just reacted under an actual \"real\" emergency situation. You can practice all you want, but in reality, you won't know what your brain will tell you on what skills and abilities will be needed in emergency situations until you actually experience it. Trust me, pulling in the clutch, hitting the horn and grabbing a handful of brakes all at the same time is not an easy task, but your ability to do it just probably saved your ass.

Yes and thanks. I also believe meditating running senarios over and over in your head at least helps. I mean that is the whole meaning of training over and over again. It makes it instinctive to your mind. I also agree though you can't prepare yourself totally for every situation. But to be honest everything happend so fast once it was all over I had to rerun in my head what just happend to see in my mind what I just experienced.

[paul1149]

Big congrats on some great heads-up thinking on your feet (or pegs). Great combination evasive maneuvers and horn work (and I note you have the louder horn). I'm also glad the other motorists protested her actions. Best of all, it's clear you are a proactive thinker, and that will serve you well. It's not only ride defensively, it's first think defensively. Maybe what ensued was an overreaction, but you will meditate your way through that as well, to that place where there is clarity of mind. And ultimately that's the safest place to be. God bless.