I could’ve put myself in a better position to avoid this from happening

Hey everyone! I'm Jorge 41yo from Mexico. I've been riding for a while, but I believe there's always something new to learn. I'm here to improve my riding skills, become a smoother and safer rider, and learn from more experienced motorcyclists. I enjoy both everyday riding and weekend trips, and motorcycles are a big passion of mine. Looking forward to learning from all of you and hopefully contributing to the group as well. Ride safe, everyone! 🤙🏍️

Thought this might be a decent place to share my thoughts on the placement of car side view mirrors, as most real-life conversations I've had on this are met with slight annoyance. I learned this from Car Talk on public radio, and in the years since it still seems as though 99%+ of drivers do not have their side view mirrors positioned correctly. The point is to eliminate the blind spots between the rear view mirror and your peripheral vision. Nearly everyone has the sides set up to look... directly behind the car. So now, they have 3 rear view mirrors, and the concept of "side view" is lost. If you're right behind a car and you can see their entire face, it's poor placement. We were actually taught this in drivers ed; Barely see the side of your car on each side mirror when sitting straight up in the driver's seat. The correct way to do this (in cars with the wheel/driver on left) is to put your seatbelt on, lean your head allllll the way to the left so you bonk it on the window, and adjust the mirror outward to line up the edge of your car. Then lean allllll the way to the right like you're right in your passenger's face, and adjust the mirror outward to line up the edge of the car. When it's perfect, a car coming up behind you and passing you will perfectly move from the rear view mirror into the side view mirror and into your peripheral vision with zero blind spots.

So I’m dropping one more thing which is more unique to our country (I think) but at the same time feels much safer than the regular system in most countries. While in most of the countries you need to turn left while there is oncoming traffic is moving as well on the opposite side, and you need to wait until you can go, we have a dedicated traffic lights for left turns which goes green only when the oncoming traffic from opposite side has red light. There are junctions which the left turns on both sides is green, so only left turn is permitted at the duration of it, and the forward traffic is halted. We are prohibited to turn right on red lights, but we do have a dedicated right turn lanes on most places which you can go without waiting for a traffic light, but you must give pedestrians the right to cross in case there are any, and you must yield for the merging lane to be free as well. I’ve added a photo for each scenario to visualize it for you guys :) Let me know if this system sounds safer for you, or just annoying 😆

But first one that got caught on camera. Had to take a breather after this. To make matters even worse there was sand right where I swerved