This is a very good point. It's all well and good that one knows how to perform a trackstand. I felt good about being able to hold one for longer than a minute too but then I realised that at stoplights, it's better to spend the time and energy checking out the whole situation around me rather than concentrating on the trackstand. For those of you who can do both, I bow to thee. .. I'm not as skilled. I know most of my really close calls have occurred at intersections with a stoplight. I now am pretty careful by looking around at the drivers, checking the cross streets and when the light turns green letting at least one car go through ahead of me before I enter the intersection. It's saved me more than once.