dude, that's a real bummer, but a very cool thing that you weren't hurt in any really serious way.
Heal well and quickly and get back in the saddle.

My only comment to you is that IMHO taking the lane a little more may have stopped this particular accident, but I can't say I'd be doing anything differently; I actually ride too far to the right in my own opinion but I am slowly trying to correct myself.

I think there's a lot of blame for both drivers here; the first driver didn't have to wait until the last second and then swerve around you, effectively blocking you from view. IMHO she's partly to blame.

Secondly, the second driver was following too close. I've been thinking a lot about that lately as I'm getting passed by a line of cars; if they left the proper 3 second gap between them, this sort of thing just wouldn't happen.

Also, the "didn't see what she was swerving for" doesn't cut it IMHO. If a driver in front of me swerves, at the very least I'm on the brakes until I figure out what's going on.

IMHO the "improper pass" that the ticket was actually issued for was just the natural result of these two bad driving habits. I think the vast majority of traffic incidents occur because of bad driving habits, and I'm with some police departments that have stopped calling them "accidents" - hardly any of them are.