I have had countless "Oh shit this is it" Moments but have been lucky. I almost lost my head sliding at a street sign about 70 when I was 17. And many more since then.
You do kind of have that feeling of confusion as you try to put your mind around just what is going on and how can you fix it. But we are talking about fractions of seconds here. It is mostly handled by the subconcious and habit. Your body just reacts I think.
Most times I have had plenty of gear on and it isnt that tramatic of an experiance, just an oh shit this sucks. Wonder if my bike is going to make it kind of moment. Then there are the higher stakes, Wow it was almost the one kind of moments that make you slow down and think about how you could possibly avoid something like that in the future. I get that way when it is out of my control. Like your Uncle's case probably. It scares me more when You didn't do anything out of the ordinary and someone is just trying to kill you with there car.
But I would say it happens so fast that in the end I dont think you get much farther than "this is bad".
Sorry for your loss, I think about this all the time since your post.
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