I've wondered if in a situation where you know you're about to go down if you can possibly control any aspect of the fall? Maybe some of you who have had that unfortunate experience could shed some light on how it "went down"...sorry for the pun. Do any of you think it possible to control how you fall? Try and get contact points on the armouring in your riding gear? Does it all happen so fast that just instinct and fate take over? I've tried to imagine what would be going through my mind the few seconds before you know you're going down.... try and jump free of the bike?...stay with it? Slide on back or front? None of the above? I am sure the type of accident dictates the answers to many of these questions. Also likely is that you're spending most of your mental power trying to stay up instead of preparing to go down. I am sure it happens super fast. Since I am a bit out on the edge here, I'll keep going with a crazy thought to those of you who are riding instructors. Could a person be trained how to fall in/on an actual course where the fall conditions were controlled to the point of acceptable risk? The basic riding course I took didn't really take any time on how to fall, maybe for good reason. The insurance probably doesn't exist, but if an academic argument could be made that it helped reduced injuries and medical costs they might buy into it if it was controlled enough. The military does some interesting training in preparation for unexpected accidents. Thoughts anyone?