I thought I learned a lot reading about and watching other motorcycle crashes, so although this was minor.. I thought I'd add it to the mix. Maybe an extra thing to look out for.
derpz - YouTube
My guess is that this lady wasn't paying much attention and noticed the car in the lane next to us with her peripheral vision start going (to make a right turn), and never looked in front of her? Just dumb, anyway.. no damage to my bike or her car (and I was fine), so I spent maybe 30 seconds checking for damage and then just said it was fine and got on my way again. I'm not sure if there is much of anything that could be done in this situation, but I'll be glancing at my mirror next time I'm at the front of the line and a car makes a right turn on red next to me :/
derpz - YouTube
My guess is that this lady wasn't paying much attention and noticed the car in the lane next to us with her peripheral vision start going (to make a right turn), and never looked in front of her? Just dumb, anyway.. no damage to my bike or her car (and I was fine), so I spent maybe 30 seconds checking for damage and then just said it was fine and got on my way again. I'm not sure if there is much of anything that could be done in this situation, but I'll be glancing at my mirror next time I'm at the front of the line and a car makes a right turn on red next to me :/