Originally Posted by bruce19

I can only opine based on my 40 yrs. cycling and my experiences as an MSF Instructor. For those unfamiliar with MSF, it stands for Motorcycle Safety Foundation. I would guess that in 99% of crashes, you will be on the ground before you can react with some kind of strategy to minimize your fall. If you are the other 1% and low side your motorcycle you would probably want to put yourself in a position to slide, assuming you are wearing leathers. On a bicycle I'm guessing sliding in lycra would be ugly. But, basically I don't believe anyone can actually see a crash coming and have enough time to prepare for it.