I gotta tell you I learned that lesson the hard way very early in my riding career. Remember in Australia its right turn cagers cause we ride on the correct side of the road.
It was back around 1980 and I was riding one of those Kwaka z900s downhill.
At the base of the hill there was a street off to the right. The cager in front of me was pulling over to the left hand side of the road with no indication of course but slowing to a stop.
As I came down behind him I began to pass him when he decides to swing hard right for a U-turn.
Needless to say those kwakas dont pull up very well so I tried to gun it and swerve around him unsuccessfully and got taken out and slid down the road into the opposite street gutter.
I must have been knocked senseless for a bit cause the next thing I knew the older gentleman that was apparently the driver of that cage was standing over me yelling obsceneties at me.
The bike was a total right off and I was very lucky to escape with gravel rash and bruising and oh yeh I copped a neglegent driving ticket from the police as well because I overtook him at an intersection.
It did not help that I was a young thug on a motorcycle and the older gentleman was well respected in the community.
