You know....that is the hardest thing to do.

People, as a rule, hate admitting we screwed up. We want someone else to be responsible.

So our knee jerk reaction is usually "The other guy is a complete ass and totally at fault!"

You can't help the knee jerk reaction. But it does show a lot of class, maturity, and honest self reflection to look at the situation objectively and see if you played a part and can do better.

We should all take this example as a guide for life.

This is not my strong suit. But I'm working on it. There are a few times I've nearly been hit that have made me a better rider BECAUSE I looked back objectively and learned what I could do to avoid that situation next time. Even when the other guy is MORE wrong and the problem is 98% his fault, I can often find something I did to make a bad situation worse or that I could have done to avoid it altogether. (That doesn't mean the taxi driver didn't deserve a verbal beat down)