This may sound a bit callous so I will point out right now it is not intended to show disrespect or thoughtlessness to a fellow rider.
I brought both my kids scooters when they were old enough to start traveling alone and told them both the same thing.
"It don't mean squat to the dead person who is in the right".
As I travel through life I learn and grow. There are many ways I can do this and one is by mistakes. I can learn from my own or less painfully from others.
One lesson I have learned (and continue to be taught) is that I can only control my own actions. Those of circumstance's and people around me I can try to influence but ultimately its up to me to do my best to keep me from trouble and harm.
Its a balancing act between staying safe and following that mad impulse. The corner that just asks for a bit more throttle, that bike you are following and you know you can take him That feeling in your soul when you squeeze that throttle the noise increase,s and you leap forward into the next gap as the cagers mutter about temporary NZers, ha what do they know about freedom.
Sometimes my smile is so wide that helmet gets damn tight, or times like this when my eyes leak a little for those left behind.
Call it luck, call it skill, sometimes its not enough.
Ride safe, in whatever style that means to you