What helps me gain confidence is working hard to understand what caused me to crash and fixing it. No matter how much someone else's misconduct might've contributed to a wreck, unless it's something like a meteorite falling from the sky, there is almost ALWAYS something the rider could've done to avoid it. The last two wrecks I've had, I've had an initial impression of what I did wrong, that has deepened over a period of weeks as I got back on and reviewed my techniques.

I'm continuing to work hard on proper braking. Undoing decades of bad habits isn't easy. The last piece is learning to drink with my left hand. Not as easy as I thought it would be!