I've always assumed drivers dont see me and i think that's kept me out of trouble. I've had some o shit moments on a bike before, but nothing like yesterday: While riding at 40 (speedo read) in a 35 this car decides to turn left in front of me from the oncoming lane. I was in the left most MC line. I grabbed a handful of front brake (way to much), which locked the front tire causing the rear tire to come up what felt like 2-3 ft. ~~~~ at this point i had one of those slow motion things. I conciously let go of the brake so i could regain control and not flip over the bike. my rear tire slammed onto the ground behind the car (i'm pretty sure was oblivious to me) - whose rear bumper ended up about 3 ft driectly to my right. if i had been in the center line or the right line i would have t-boned her. ~~~~ after a little wiggle I regained full ballance, and I realised I was still riding, and drove about 20mph for a few seconds trying to determine if i should pull over to collect myself. I'm really glad that 3 years ago when i took the MSF we practiced emergency stops. yesterday was an eye opener that I deffinately need to practice a bit more on this bike as these brakes are a LOT more powerful. Please watch out for cagers, as they're not going to watch out for you. on the bright side, I just did my first and hopefully my last stunt ever: a stopy I can laugh about it today, yesterday not so much.