Is why I ride straight at a car waiting to turn in front of me. Either I see they see me, or they move. They move, I'm going behind them, quickly Yeah, I slow for traffic that is turning. One of the road tricks is watch the front wheels of cars. If that wheel turns toward you, it's intent to turn or change lanes. Move, get out of the way. Note that quick manuvering in traffic requires knowing where all traffic is around you. You might want to move fast without looking first. An old stat said that a motorcycle has a good 4 seconds of awareness before impact. In 4 seconds a motorcycle can slow and/or maneuver around the collision. Stats also say most riders do absolutely nothing before impact. They freeze or never notice the threat.