I truly think that if the car had not been there I would not have gone down. I was still cleaning myself up when others came through the curve, while they had trouble, they were able to use that little bit of extra cushion to get by. I might have gone into the grass but not down on the pavement. After thinking it through, going down on the pavement probably saved a lot of broken bones. If I'd stayed upright and gone into the car that could have been really ugly for me and my bike.