almost hit with left turn car..new rider

[Paul1000RR]

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New rider here with 2011 ninja 250. Encountered my first almost accident with lady turning left while I was going straight.
I was riding on small streets going home. Saw a lady signal left turn that was fully stopped while I was heading straight so i assumed she wasn't going to turn. we were at pretty good distance, then of course seeing her stopped and assuming she saw me then I kept going at 35km-40km/hr which was the speed limit. THEN all of sudden she decides to make that left turn......... i hard braked rear+front then felt my rear skidding left and right a little. I was able to stop right in front of the car just less than an inch from hitting the passenger door. before I could think about anything she already drove off but i still gave that middle finger to her :angry1:. any input from experience riders? could bigger rear tire prevent the skidding or help stop faster?

Well congrats, you`re here still to talk about it.

Best advice i can give you is assume that EVERY single car is gonna turn left in front of you, so do everything possible to prepare yourself.

I personally always stay to the lane as far away from possible left hand turners, if there is a car in front of me i try to tag along with it to use as my shield sort of speak. Other than that i wish you the best of luck.

The other day i had this happen to me twice in a row, 1 intersection right after the next. Go figure.

 

[cbcanada]

It's your brain vs hers at that point. You being on a bike have to be the smart one and control yourself and her car. You do this by slowing down to a crawl. When you do this you're giving impatient left turner more time to make the decision to bolt. Giving them more time to think about booting accross the intersection means they won't do it as they have time to consider the repercussions. And at a crawl, you can take many defensive postures should the impatient left turner tempt fate. Slow for all intersections and you will control them.

profecient motorcycling is a great book to read and states exactly this. roll
off the throttle and drop your speed by 10km when going through intersections and approaching turners

 

[Pedagogue]

profecient motorcycling is a great book to read and states exactly this. roll
off the throttle and drop your speed by 10km when going through intersections and approaching turners

Yes Proficient Motorcycling by David Hough is an outstanding book. By reading it a lot of what he preaches in the book is tattooed to your brain. A must read for all riders.

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