I'd like to throw my $0.02 in the hat. I was one of two vehicles on a beautiful four-lane road in my town. This road has a center turn lane which both directions of travel can use to make turns. It extends all the way down the road.

I was in the inner-most lane, closest to the turning lane and the other car was ahead of me moving slower (I was gaining on it) in the outer lane.

Suddenly and without warning, this car busts a U-turn from the far right lane where it started all the way across my path and into the far outside lane on the opposite side of the road!!!!

I got on the brakes hard to bleed off some speed (I was maybe 5 over, just cruising) and locked the rear brake. I wanted to steer right, but the back slid right and put the bike headed right into the driver's door. I took a major chance and let off the back brake while pushing hard on the right-hand grip to steer right.

Luckily, I very narrowly avoided a collision with this vehicle. Surprisingly, the vehicle stopped in the middle of the turn and the driver looked at me as if I had done something wrong.

It CAN happen to ANYONE at ANYTIME. Don't dilute the seriousness of this with some mis-guided mantra about how "good" you are at riding your two-wheeler. You are human, and therefore mortal.

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