Near Death Experience

Well I had my first long ride of the season yesterday with my Wife for the first time.  On the way back from Elephant Rocks we had a driver negotiate their vehicle left into our lane.  This was at dark which added some additional complications into the mix.  I had my high beam on.  There was a car sitting on the road the car was wanting to turn into.  So I am not sure if my head light was lost because the driver was target fixated on the other sitting car or if they merely could not tell that my motorcycle was traveling as fast as it was.  The speed limit was 55 and since it was dark I was traveling about 45 to 50.  When I saw the car sitting there in the oncoming lane I had thought they were going to turn left.  They had no signal but I seen the driveway and knew there were going to cross into my lane.  I slowed down further thinking that they might turn.  Well they never did and they made the turn within approximately a car and half to two car lengths in front of me.  Well I hit the brakes progressively and shifted down like I was supposed to but I made a crucial mistake.  I looked the back wheel.  Right I know no big deal.  Well I should have kept it locked and I didn't.  I was fish tailing and I could feel the rear end sliding around.  So motorcycle knowledge tells you to not let the rear stop sliding because it may cause a high side.  Well I let go of the rear brake and the bike caught traction again and snapped for one second but never left the payment.  So I am not sure if my Demon Bell was working overtime or my guardian angel was there.  I managed to come out of the slide avoid a high side and still swerve around the car still in my lane.  So I feel very blessed and fortunate that my wife was not harmed and I was not as well.  I have been thinking about what all I did wrong and what all I did right trying to play the event out in my head over and over again.  I am still foggy on some details.  I wish that I had video to play back to see what happened, how close the impact was.  My wife stated that we barely just missed the car and she was scared to death.

So readers what was your closest call to an accident in your life and what did you do to avoid it?