How about some headlights and taillights and helmets for the next time we go riding at dawn or dusk in greater Istanbul? Or perhaps this was a trip to some extreme northern latitude and it was noon? Either way, not judging here, please understand, but, as someone who rides almost exclusively at night, I really, really advise lights and helmets when riding at dusk or dawn or in low, flat light. If that giant truck had been coming the other way and had been just a bit over his side of the road, this could have ended very differently.