Is there a good way to fall?

[Trek420]

Once when I was going over sideways I remembered someone telling me "never let go of the bike." (weird how you remember things in a split second)

I held onto the bike and kind of rolled, it turned out ok.

Glad that it did I got "right hooked" by a driver who simply had to whip ahead of me for a Wendy's drive through. I saw a spot I could take a roll in and not get hit by other cars and went for it.

It turned out ok. I was pretty shaken up, but don't know if it was the idea of almost getting squished or the fact that cement is a lot harder than mats I'd been training on.

I feel the fall we walk away from or recover from is a good one.