You got the sequence correct.
1. Light changes to green.
2. I go to first, and let the throttle out.
3. I lean to the left to take the turning….
That’s it.
I will add that I was crossing a mail road which has 3 lanes on each side. So I had to cross all 3 lanes, before I could start to turn (hence the speed I was going) and remember… there had passed around 5-10 seconds AFTER his light had turned to red, before he hit me. I am sure you all know on dual carriage ways there is quite a long pause before the lights to from one direction to the other, just to avoid things like this.
What could I have done to avoid it….. good question.
Maybe checked AGAIN his side of the road (I had checked as I left, and he was no where to be seen at that moment.. I guess he was around 30 meters from arriving at his lights still).
Maybe not have gone first, and followed a car around the curve (therefor the car would have got hit and not me)… but then again. Why should I be scared and hiding behind a car all my life. It is my right to drive (within the legal limits) how I want to.
Maybe… took a cab?
I think I did everything as I should of, and I am the WORST critic of my own driving that I know. I am always getting angry with myself when the bike slips or something, then go back and repeat it over and over again until I correct my flaws. I honestly can’t see what I could have done to avoid the hit. All I can say is please WEAR your PROTECTION and remember… not everyone drives as well, or as cautious as you do.