"Central at Buena Vista, for those who know Albuquerque). At this particular intersection, I normally turn left in the bus lane"

Is this the left turn Bugs Bunny always talked about in "Albakoykey"?


"I saw a gap in front of a car that was driving in the left lane. As I committed to crossing, though, the motorcycle behind the car changed lanes and accelerated hard in the right lane. I decided to clear the lane as quickly as possible and sprint for a sidewalk cutout that was more or less in front of me - a full-on sprint would leave me going to fast when I reached the bus lane to make my turn"

It sounds like you think you were wearing one of those airforce helmets with a heads-up data display, virtual target aquisition, radar guided, multi-task tracking, wire guidance, computer-enhanced vector control. In other words there were far too many variables to estimate, and the pothole was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. Too many decisions too quiclkly to process. You shoulda pulled back or over to a safe area instead of proceeding. Aborting early sometimes wins the day.