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The best lesson I ever learned when I was first learning to drive was from my father: imagine that every other driver out there is an a$$hole. It was funny, but he was dead serious: you never know what other people are going to do. I have seen some CRAZY shit on a bike. The worst being in Atlanta: a Chevy Blazer flying across 6 lanes of traffic to try and take out my buddy on the bike in front of me. At 150 mph, he had 6 inches on each side to miss the Blazer and an Emergency Vehicle (Blazer closing from left, EV parked at roadside).
Cagers do crazy shit, and as you saw, sometimes alcohol and/or drugs are involved.
You did a great job, man....be proud of that. You kept your head when most people would have wigged. You looked past the blood where some people would have fainted or barfed or both.
Remember what you saw, and you will: keep that as a reminder when you are out riding. It's the same thing with animals running out onto the road. 2 weekends ago I was driving on the Kanc with a new girlfriend, and she was talking about wanting to see her first moose. Right at that moment I locked up the brakes because I saw it coming from about 10 yards deep in the woods: a bull moose. She freaked out and later told me "Geez, how did you see that?! I din't even see it until it was in the middle of our lane!" How did I? Because I enjoy my life and riding, and I am always scanning when I ride, particularly on that road. The Kanc is where I have seen the biggest animal of my life (HUGE bull moose, and cocky enough to charge 4 parked cars) and this year there was an 800 lb black bear that was hit on that road. 800 lb. black bear + bike = RIP.
Again, nice job with this wreck, and that's very cool of you to go and visit them in the H.