This past sunday I was making a left turn, and some cager made a right turn at the same time. And of course he decided to make a wide turn and go into the left lane. I jammed the brake, stopped literally inches away from the car, and fell over cause I couldn't hold my balance. Couldn't get up by myself cause my foot was pinned under the bike (so it could have been pretty bad if I wasn't wearing boots). A guy from another cage helped me pick up the bike. I didn't notice any damage -- or rather the fairings are no more scratched up than they already were. The frame slider did its job.
What really pisses me off though is that the guy that caused this just took off.
5 minutes later some guy made a right turn from a driveway in front of me. I started breaking, locked the rear wheel so it actually fishtailed (the road had a curve), but managed to keep the shiny side up. I beeped at the guy and he got really rude. I caught up with the car at the next red light. It was crammed with 5 *ahem* big people. I said to the driver "watch where you're going a$$hole". He started berating me about how he was in the right lane and I was in the left. That's probably true, but it was hard to see since the street had a curve and he came out really suddenly that he scaredthe "poo poo" out of me. And, as I said, there was another a$$hole who made a wide turn in front of me 5 minutes ago.
I continued home wondering whether I'll hit a trifecta.
