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I've told this story before on here but I had a very similar one except I was passing a coach that was stationary for no apparent reason. About half way along I saw a van emerge from in front of the coach (no junction, he was pulling off a driveway).
I got on the front wheel all the way to the van where I stopped, still vertical, the fairing touched the side of the van and I ruined the whole thing by dropping the bike.
After that I had more experienced sports bike riders telling me I should learn to steer on the front wheel alone, then I could have gone around the van!
This is just to say that it's not only junctions where this can happen.