Glad you're OK, Don! You are being to easy on the guy. That "I didn't see him" don't cut it. 1000lb scooter, 200lb man, headlights blaring. He just didn't think, or thought "He will stop"...........3 secs either way and you could have been gone forever!!! ACCEPT NO EXCUSES
That's very true!
Glad you made it OK, Don. Bikes are relatively easily fixed, people not so much...
Having been in several close calls like this over the years, I've come to the conclusion that nothing beats plain old experience. It just takes lots of time between the bars to develop the instinctual response that you performed in a situation like this. I'm glad you have that experience. Many riders would have seized up and THOUGHT too long, instead of just letting their brain- and muscle-memory developed over years of riding just do their thing to deal with the situation.
I put on a pair of the Dynamics Rings turn signals last fall, in an attempt to increase my visibility. They might help with some distracted cagers, and they might not... But I'll take all the help I can get!
Again, glad you didn't get injured, Don! There are people out there trying their best to kill us...
Ken