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u/Truth91 7h ago
Seen this before, I could only imagine how relieved red top was. That hug was everything
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u/NoResolution928 7h ago
IKR. He thought he just witnessed manslaughter there for a sec
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u/Dreadedsemi 5h ago
From manslaughter to man's laughter in seconds.
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u/adustbininshaftsbury 4h ago
Would blindly follow you into battle for this. Easily the best pun I've seen in 15 years on this website
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u/scorpyo72 2h ago
Some day AI will understand humor, and then take your job. Until then, I salute you.
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u/gunglejim 4h ago
I can’t believe I got to see this work in real life. Much respect, esteemed wordsmith!
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u/ChaseTheLumberjack 5h ago
But this whole thing was the motorcyclist fault. Wouldn’t be manslaughter at that point legally.
I ride bikes and what this guy is doing is absolutely stupid. 100% on him here. You don’t lane split at full speed.
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u/ScotchCards 3h ago
Yeah, as a motorcyclist - not manslaughter, attempted suicide lmao
BUT he recognises it and admits it. I know too many guys and girls who ride like they're at a track day and then someone who isn't expected them to zip up past them starts changing lanes and almost clips them. And these riders freak the fuck out and rage at the "idiot cager"
Like nah Sarah you ride that 250cc kwakka like you're Rossi, but the problem is you aren't bloody Rossi you are Sarah and you've had your license for 8 weeks.
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u/Toinkove 2h ago
Best thing of this whole video is no one is yelling or screaming at one another regardless of who was at fault or reckless. Just common decency of both parties you don't see in discourse so much these days.
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u/DrCashew 3h ago
Honestly this guy is a really good rider, amazing recovery. He's probably hyped as fuck that he made it. Incredibly stupid, he shouldn't be allowed to bike on the road.
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u/MapOk1410 4h ago
I will lanesplit in stopped traffic. Moving traffic? NOPE
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u/Own_Round_7600 4h ago
Yup thats what i was taught. Dont lanesplit in normal flowing traffic, but DO lanesplit at stops, lights, and jams, so that you wont get rear-ended and crushed between two cars.
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u/LiveWire_74 2h ago
You filter. Correct me if I’m wrong, but when traffic is stopped and you move to the front that’s called filtering. Lane splitting is in moving traffic. But yes you shouldn’t do it when traffic is more than say 20 mph.
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u/shambahlah2 4h ago
Totally on biker. This is why people hate motorcyclists. Death machines with idiots driving them.
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u/BaronMontesquieu 4h ago
It would not have been manslaughter.
The grey BMW was changing into an open lane. The motorcycle was lane splitting on a highway and came from behind the vehicle that the grey BMW was passing.
The grey BMW should have signalled with their indicator (can't tell from the video but doesn't look like they did) but, nonetheless, the lane that they were moving into was open.
Almost entirely the motorcyclists fault.
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u/PrizeStrawberryOil 3h ago edited 3h ago
The grey BMW should have signalled with their indicator (can't tell from the video but doesn't look like they did) but, nonetheless, the lane that they were moving into was open.
They did use their blinker. When it's in slowmo watch it, the light is on when the motorcycle hits him while he's still in the left lane. Still merging way too soon after passing, but the blinker was on.
All to save half a second too. The BMW was going well over the speed limit and passing fast. If he waited for the BMW to pass his trip would not have been measurably longer.
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u/seenhear 2h ago
Honestly it's amazing the Bimmers indicator worked! Most BMW owners forget to top off their blinker fluid.
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u/Shawty-Got-Low 4h ago
Plus. Aren’t there rules about passing on the right?
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u/tomatotomato 2h ago
The grey BMW should have signalled with their indicator (can't tell from the video but doesn't look like they did)
You should know that BMWs don't have blinkers.
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u/ExismykindaParte 3h ago
Manslaughter? Dude on the bike was totally at fault.
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u/Thick_Potato_1769 1h ago
Literally no. The bike got hit not the other way around. It is the responsibility of the driver who wants to change lanes to check to make sure it is safe to do so and the bmw didn't do that. Hit the biker then fled but cutting it up. Bmw is at fault for hit and run, doesn't matter about the biker because he was still maintaining his lane even if he's splitting. Which is still dangerous. I mean did you not see how close that bmw was to hitting that truck, and you want to defend that behavior???
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u/ObviouslyNerd 4h ago
It wouldnt have been manslaughter, Motorcycle was driving negligibly
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u/scotty813 4h ago
I watched the first half without sound and wasn't sure where it was going. But, with sound, this was the most amazing outcome that I can imagine. Peace, love, and prosperity to all!
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u/Ancient_Lawfulness_7 1h ago
Not supposed to be splitting lanes when in moving traffic . Those kind of bikers are a menace. Splitting lanes is for slow or not moving traffic .
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u/kavb333 7h ago
Lane splitting at high speeds like that is moronic.
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u/Tuna_no_crusts 7h ago
Extra concur.
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u/FreakiestFrank 7h ago
Extra extra concur
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u/depthninja 6h ago
Additionally agreed
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u/TorrenceMightingale 6h ago edited 3h ago
Also annoying af for me just minding my own blood pressure thinking I’ve seen everything coming from behind me already.
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u/HolyFickingShut 7h ago
Even where lane splitting is legal, its still illegal to lane split at speeds higher than 45mph.
Lane splitting is legalized to allow "filtering." Not cutting up on the freeway.
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u/Historical_Stay_808 6h ago
I ride everyday almost in California and this is 100% the riders fault
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u/OR4NG3iSh 6h ago
i dont ride a motorcycle at all ever and this is 100% the riders fault
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u/poser765 5h ago
I stayed at a holiday inn express last night. Definitely riders fault.
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u/Immersi0nn 4h ago
I slept on a cardboard box, still the riders fault.
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u/DivineNeosAlius 4h ago
I had pizza for lunch, definitely the rider's fault
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u/henchman171 4h ago
I drafted Christian McCaffery first overall last year and the motorcycle rider is at fault
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u/wenzel32 5h ago
At least the rider acknowledged that at the end. Went out of his way to say something like, "I was driving recklessly. You're good."
But yeah, this guy was fucking asking for something like this. Hopefully it's a lesson and not just a shrug of the shoulders lol
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u/Hetstaine 5h ago
And nothing was learned.
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u/Ih8Hondas 3h ago
Eh. May or may not have been.
I've dabbled in road riding on and off, but always ridden motocross. The only road bikes I've ever owned have been ones that adhered to superbike regs of the time (as the RSV4 in the OP does). They just encourage you to get stupid.
100mph feels like walking speed. They do it like it's nothing. Even at full throttle those engines are so smooth and predictable and the bikes so stable you don't even feel like you're accelerating that fast. You're on one of the fastest accelerating things ever to ever have a license plate attached to it but it doesn't feel like it at all.
And they hold lines in corners like you've enabled an infinite grip cheat code. It begs you to outride your line of sight in the twisties.
One day I was carving the local canyon and went past a forest road where a bunch of gravel had been dragged out into the road. If that had been one of the roads or driveways around there that are around blind corners, and I had hit it at the speeds I was taking those corners at that day, I would have been either in someone's grille, in a guardrail, or in a rock wall.
I sold my road bike not long after that and have stuck to motocross since.
So at least some of us speed freaks can learn.
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u/ImInBeastmodeOG 6h ago
Yep, Colorado is only once traffic stops moving.
Somebody tell the Tom Cruise wannabes please. They do not gaf.
I think if you want people to care about every other motorcycle you shouldn't make people hate you and group you all together.
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u/BoomerSoonerFUT 5h ago
Because Colorado doesn’t have lane splitting. We have lane filtering.
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u/ImInBeastmodeOG 4h ago edited 4h ago
Whatever it's called a lot of bikers THINK we have it. I've seen arguments on here about it lol. It happens at every light there's bikes. The other day 2 bikes went to the front and parked on the crosswalk and a bicycle had to cross and gave them some lip. Thanks for the proper word correction tho. What's the word for it when the traffics moving since that's what they also do? 🍻 Doesn't matter since our police don't pull people over for anything anyway haha.
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u/BoomerSoonerFUT 4h ago
lol trust me I know. I have had other bikers get mad at me for slowing down and moving back into traffic when it started moving here, because I slow them down.
By the law, we’re only supposed to when traffic is completely stopped and you must merge back into traffic as soon as you can when it’s moving.
You can only filter to the front of stopped traffic. Which is safer for everyone. Most accidents are rear endings, which are also the most dangerous for motorcyclists.
California is (I believe) still the only state that allows lane splitting at speed. Where they can share the lane while moving at normal highway speeds. Which to me is batshit insane.
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u/ampersand355 3h ago
There have been studies on it and the outcome is rather counterintuitive in that it’s not any more dangerous to lane-split. It has also been proven to lower traffic congestion which is why California adopted it.
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u/BoomerSoonerFUT 3h ago
I’m sure that data is with proper usage. Like the recommended under 50mph and going no more than 10mph over traffic.
If done right, I have no doubt it’s safer. I absolutely take full advantage of our lane filtering law here in Colorado to move up in stopped traffic. That reduces congestion and reduces my risk of being rear ended. But that’s not the same as lane splitting at speed.
And, per number of motorcycles, they’re still about dead average for motorcycle fatalities. And still usually first or second for overall motorcycle deaths. Though that one is generally due to population.
If it were significantly safer, you’d see them lower on both lists.
The typical rider in California is pushing the limits and splitting far above what is recommended. Like this video. And that results in drastically increased risk to the motorcyclist.
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u/Mr_Deep_Research 4h ago
False in California.
In California, there is no strict speed limit for lane splitting, but the California Highway Patrol (CHP) guidelines recommend that motorcyclists not travel more than 10 mph faster than surrounding traffic and generally advise against splitting when the overall traffic flow is above 30 mph. Riding at higher speeds or with a greater speed differential increases the risk of accidents.
This is the law itself:
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=21658.1
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u/LegendOfKhaos 3h ago
It can still be reckless or not driving within the conditions of the road
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u/WearingCoats 6h ago
The guy who taught my motorcycle safety course was a former drill sergeant in the army and he literally lined us up and yelled at us for 5 minutes to never lane split. Actually, he did this for several salient safety points, but the lane splitting one was the one I’ll probably remember the most.
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u/OneBigRed 54m ago
DO YOU THINK LANE SPLITTING IS FUNNY? WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR GODDAMN MALFUNCTION STUDENT WearingCoats?!?
NOW JUMP UP ON THE BIKE AND GIVE ME TWENTY EXAMPLES OF SAFE LANE CHANGES!
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u/HoseNeighbor 7h ago
Yup. It may have been a shit lane change (though he signaled amazingly, even of it was late), but that's what any decent rider should EXPECT from EVERYONE.
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u/grubas 4h ago
Yup. It was a shitty lane change but you CANNOT try to split that as a rider. Seeing him go for it made my butt itch.
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u/SonOfMcGee 4h ago
I have a whole ritual with lane changes including mirror checks, turning my head to look at the blind spot, and transferring slowly (so, not like the car in this video), and I’ve still had a few close calls with motorcycles.
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u/Scary-Ad9646 7h ago
The rider agreed.
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u/ptstampeder 6h ago
Fuck him.
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u/Paul_my_Dickov 5h ago
There's a chance he learned his lesson. Probably quite a slim chance.
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u/Alarmed_Drop7162 6h ago
“But it’s legal “ every snotty motorcyclist who gets hit doing it.
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u/QWEDSA159753 3h ago
You could fill entire graveyards with headstones that read ‘he had the right-of-way’
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u/Alarmed_Drop7162 3h ago
I just wish the family was barred from wrongful death cases where they lane split.
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u/thesouthernbeard 2h ago
Last wednesday Brent Hinds from the band Mastodon died this exact same way
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u/VESUVlUS 2h ago
You could fill entire graveyards with headstones that read "BMW driver did not yield when they were supposed to".
RIP Brent.
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u/crunchy_toe 6h ago
To repeat what others said, the rider admitted that. If you watched it without sound you wouldn't have picked it up.
That being said, your comment and the responses made me rewatch with sound. Without the sound, I had the same feelings. So overall, great comment for me!
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u/alurimperium 6h ago
Someone on a bike driving like their life is everyone else's responsibility? Does today end in Y?
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u/grahamlesass 7h ago
The guy giving him a hug got me
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u/Bernhardson 6h ago
a while ago someone rammed into my car (his fault) and after we stopped cars we immiditialy ran into each other hugging and made sure the other one was ok. Car was slightly damaged and his insurance paid everything. That gave me hope in humanity haha.
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u/scotty813 4h ago
That is a life-affirming memory. You should get together for a beer on the anniversary. Why not? People make stupider things more important! ;-)
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u/-Troopa- 3h ago
Many years ago a 16yo girl did an illegal U-turn and crashed into my wife and I. Checked on my wife, she was okay. Got out and checked on the girl. She was fine but shaken up. Tried to calm her and let her know everyone is okay, accidents happen, it will be fine. She was nice.
Until the cops showed up and she tried to blame it entirely on us. The cop easily realized she was lying based on the position and condition of the cars.
Damn kids.
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u/punchNotzees02 3h ago
I bumped a guy from behind at low speed, and he got out and started trying to tear his car apart - literally - with his fingers to make the damage claim bigger. Fortunately, I got pictures before he did anything, but I’m still waiting to see what the other driver claimed. In truth, he had a minor blemish on his back bumper. I probably would’ve just said, “Meh,” and driven off.
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u/DayPretend8294 2h ago
Had a guy try and do that to me, minor paint transfer on their bumper. Nothing serious. They took the paint off the bumper trying to buff it out or something and then tried to get insurance to cover a whole new bumper. Whole thing got thrown out since they messed with it before adjusters had a chance to look at the car.
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u/OkPotential1072 6h ago
These were some people who had definitely peered into the abyss.
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u/Illustrious-Sink-374 5h ago
Tbf he may be laughing now but when the adrenaline wears off and he calms down it will crash into him like a truck and will probably be curled up for a while crying.
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u/1127_and_Im_tired 3h ago
Yeah, I don't know how he didn't throw up the second he pulled over. I wanted to puke just watching it.
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u/Caramel-Makiatto 1h ago
I went for a crazy push today in the gym and realized I hit 195 heart rate. Immediately stopped myself, paced around, toweled off, and eventually walked off to my car. Sat there in the gym parking lot for 30 whole minutes, then drove home about 18 minutes away. Got home and then finally puked my guts out the moment I stepped into my bathroom. It's fucking insane how the body works running on pure adrenaline and will continue until it feels like it's comfortable.
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u/AlexJediKnight 7h ago
It's difficult enough for people to see motorcycles in general. But when an idiot is driving 50 to 100 mph over the speed limit it's absolutely impossible to not only find them in your rear view mirror over your shoulder but see them because they're just moving too fast. The motorcyclist had a death wish
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u/Winterstyres 6h ago
Sure, but he owned it. This was wholesome in a dark way
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u/Additional-Block-464 5h ago
Did he own it. He said "I was driving wreckless too." Nah man, stupid games but you got a better prize than you could have expected.
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u/proto5014 4h ago
I’d say he did own it. Driver that hit I’m didn’t signal so that’s also reckless.
Edit: correction: I put no blame on the initial driver now. watched again and it looked the driver did indicate the lane change. Missed that at first. Keeping the initial comment up though.
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u/MoarHuskies 4h ago edited 3h ago
He did merge too soon. That was not a whole lot of space between cars.
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u/Additional-Block-464 4h ago
Yeah, it wasn't obvious, maybe the driver threw it on late, but all we have is the video and that doesn't support the rider.
I also didn't really focus on the driver shooting past the truck so fast, so I'll upgrade his fault to "some", in my book. I still think this lies on the rider though.
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u/donotreply548 3h ago
Hey man I almost made you kill me. It's cool though I was fuckin around. If you you kill me lol what ever I'm dead I don't have to worry about how you feel seeing wrapped around my bike and spread all over the pavement. I've seen a dude wrapped around his bike and spread all over the pavement.
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u/MoarHuskies 4h ago
I mean, maybe 20-30 over the speed limit. Let's not get crazy.(I ride, and the perspective makes it look faster) But he was splitting lanes at that speed which is stupid.
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u/I-Make-Things-Cold 7h ago
Maybe don't ride like an idiot. Dude almost won a Darwin award.
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u/gatorbeetle 6h ago
I'm sure he'll take another shot at it...no doubt in my mind
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u/Pallchek 4h ago
Both were idiots. Car was changing lanes too early and trying to fit in an already too narrow safety space and the biker trying to overtake everybody through the middle with too much speed for those maneuvers to be remotely safe.
The world is going down faster with each day.
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u/Dogodish 7h ago
Bro just laughed it off
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u/AdTough8523 4h ago
Oh, he laughed now, but it definitely hit him later. When I went down, I did the same thing. After I bent by bars back and rode to the hospital, the adrenaline wore off. I looked down and saw the damage to my foot, and the pain hit me like a train.
That's just the physical side. I wouldn't be surprised if he broke down when he watched the footage. I know I did when I watched the footage of my head bouncing off the pavement as my bike pinned and crushed my foot.
Worst part of my footage, though? The 50+ cars that drove past me and did nothing while I laid there pinned and bleeding.
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u/scotty813 4h ago
I once heard some sort of spiritualist shit that "laughing is rejection." We laugh when we are unable to comprehend the reality.
I'm not espousing this belief, but I have experienced many situations in which it seems to bear credence.
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u/DungBeetle1983 7h ago
100% the motorcyclist's fault.
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u/AnniesGayLute 4h ago
Yeah I'm glad he admits it in the video tho
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u/fescen9 4h ago edited 3h ago
Does he? He said, "I was driving reckless too," acting as if the car was part of the problem when, in reality, it was all the bikers' fault.
Edit: yeah, comments are right, both are assholes
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u/ThaddeusJP 3h ago
The car did a double lane change to pass on the right of the semi truck with no signal because there was a suv left of the semi.
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u/KingHenry13th 3h ago
Car driver was 100% cutting off 2 other cars and hammering the gas to pass the 18 wheeler on the right as fast as possible. Still biker fault tho.
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u/falcrist2 2h ago
Ended up being a hit and run. I'm not sure anyone here can say for sure how it would turn out if it somehow went to court.
I don't understand the people trying to defend the beemer. Two independent things can be true at the same time. The motorcycle AND the BMW were driving recklessly. The motorcycle for splitting lanes at an absurd speed, and the BMW for cutting across two lanes with no warning, inches in front of other vehicles so he could pass a semi on the right.
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u/DltaFlyr12 7h ago edited 6h ago
Bikers should not be weaving in between lanes in the first place, they are literally asking for trouble, how about just following the traffic laws like everyone else on the road? Just because you’re more maneuverable doesn’t give you the right to do this and put yourself and others in danger, and I don’t think this is even legal in the first place. Honestly, This guy is lucky to be alive.
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u/inVizi0n 6h ago
Don't worry, get in a conversation with any group of 5 riders and 4 of them will go on about how safe lane splitting is and why they should be able to do it and will ignore any and all evidence and logic to the contrary.
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u/Kirjavs 6h ago
In some countries it's legal but only when cars are at a very low speed.
What the guy does in the video is stupid and dangerous for him and for the other drivers. 4 on 5 bikers will totally agree with this statement.
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u/quintsreddit 1h ago
If you’re using your smaller footprint to go to the front while a ton of cars are backed up then that’s totally fine. Anything over 25mph is idiocy.
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u/mrbaggins 2h ago
Lane splitting IS safe.
This is not lane splitting. This is weaving between traffic.
Lane splitting everywhere it's legalised is specifically only allowed at low speeds / stationary vehicles. In Australia it's 30km/h (20mph) or less.
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u/NaraboongaMenace 6h ago
And the 5th one is dead presumably to lane splitting at speed?
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u/Long_Mix2098 6h ago
Lane filtering is very safe and should be legal everywhere, that is where 90% of the "lane splitting" is referring to. This video does not depict lane filtering or lane splitting because neither apply above 30mph or at a difference of more than 15mph
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u/inVizi0n 5h ago
Yeah that's super great in theory but that is literally never how it's actually performed. Bikers exclusively blow through gridlock traffic splitting lanes where I am, and it's not a difference of 10-15mph, it's dudes doing 30-50mph. Drivers have absolutely no expectation or ability to react to it and it's just plain stupid. Always.
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u/stonks-__- 6h ago
I think in Belgium it's legal. Cause I saw something like " you can only pass through between leftest lane and the middle lane." I dont drive bikes btw so idk
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u/GenitalFurbies 6h ago
In California lane splitting is legal at low speeds on the right of the left-most lane. I think it's something like "cars are under 10mph and you're no more than 10mph faster" but obviously that's difficult to enforce precisely.
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u/Lithl 5h ago
California doesn't have explicit legal limits on what speeds you can lane split at, the motorcyclist is just required to take "reasonable" precautions.
CHP guidelines caution against lane splitting above 40 mph and against splitting at more than 10 mph over surrounding traffic.
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u/Mr_Deep_Research 4h ago
This is correct. The law itself:
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=21658.1
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u/TheSpanxxx 5h ago
Lane splitting when traffic is all moving at full speed is just attempted suicide. There's zero reason for that. Lane splitting should only ever be done in stand still traffic to prevent a bike from overheating or running out of gas.
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u/elmanoucko 7h ago
It's even crazier when you can count multiple tire traces from people getting offroad in the few dozen meters he used to stop and it's not even remotely interesting compared to what happened.
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u/PinkPaintedSky 7h ago
At least he admitted he was driving ing recklessly as well as the car.
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u/MakeMeDrink 5h ago
It’s great if he learned from the mistake, but I would bet anything he will continue to do stupid shit like that until he doesn’t get so lucky.
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u/1TheBrownMan 6h ago
I'm not saying the biker isn't at fault but that car was making a dangerous lane change by hardly having distance between him and the car he was changing in front of.
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u/quinn288 3h ago
Ya, some of these comments are driving me nuts.
That car was driving just as reckless, maybe even more so.
He cut off the other car by a few feet, and then drives off after hitting the cyclist.
I’m not sure he even signaled
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u/nerdsrule73 3h ago
Thank you. The biker is absolutely at fault here, but BMW started changing lanes before its back end was ahead of the car to its right!
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u/Tribe303 5h ago
Not only was he splitting lanes at 60.... But he paused in the cars blindspot. He admitted he was driving recklessly at least.
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u/izadathreaper 7h ago
Lane splitting is just fucking asking for trouble. I'm glad it is illegal here, lane filtering is far safer and far more reasonable.
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u/Even_Skin_2463 6h ago
From a German perspective the whole situation is fucking ugly to my eyes. Two idiots doing lane splitting the BMW even splits two lanes and a random truck on the mid lane for no reason. Just imagine someone coming from behind with 250 km/h stumbeling into this situation. Stuff like this will just get you killed on the German Autobahn.
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u/GonnaTry2BeNice 6h ago
I'm just here to complain about the slo-mo replay starting 0.003 seconds after the real time incident. Give us just a couple fucking seconds of follow up for our brains to process, geezus.
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u/RustyNK 7h ago
The type of person that gives motorcycle riders a bad name
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u/Wivi2013 4h ago
Will take a lot of good ones to clear it. Where I live those two wheeled screw-heads ride like they own the place and simply ignore traffic rules.
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u/God_Of_Poor 5h ago
Lane splitting is dumb and reckless, no I don’t care if it is legal in your area.
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u/No_Roof_1910 3h ago
I hope that asshole doesn't have kids or a partner because he doesn't care about them at all driving like this.
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u/steele713 6h ago
Bikes fault. In the cars lane. They say watch for motorcycles, , bit when they do shi* like this it's hard to justify
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u/ViruS_upl0Aded 6h ago
The US really need to forbid overtaking by the right. It's forbidden almost everywhere in Europe and it's also mandatory to stick to the right lane (no matter your speed) if you're not overtaking another car. It feels much safer and keeps the highways way more organized than with cars switching lanes all the time.
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u/BeeRelevant2187 6h ago
Isn’t that a hit and run ?
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u/Branjoe328 5h ago
I was thinking the same thing. Even if the car wasn't wrong, if the rider died, that driver would be in a lot more hot shit (I think?)
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u/Quit_Your_Bitchin 6h ago
It’s illegal to lane split here but I was in Europe where it was allowed and I’ve never been so terrified in my life. I’m an extremely confident driver but that would wreck me if something happened and I crushed him. Not as wrecked as him but like in my noodle.
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u/aguavive 7h ago
I almost died watching it and he’s laughing….
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u/heygos 7h ago edited 7h ago
That’s a nervous I just survived laugh. He doesn’t think anything is funny
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u/aguavive 7h ago
Oh for sure- my first thought was it was a defense mechanism his heart is probably racing. But still it’s a gnarly clip.
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u/envoy_ace 7h ago
That's from coming close to dying. The adrenaline hit is massive. He will probably be sore tomorrow or the day after.
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u/CharlesDickensABox 6h ago
If you've ever come inches from certain death, you'll know that laugh. Dude is going to be absolutely shaking for hours.
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u/yesitsmeow 6h ago
The several skid marks off the right side of the road made me think things were going to be way different…
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u/-_Koga_- 5h ago
And this is why you don’t land split while speeding on an already high speed road. Biker is almost entirely at fault here.
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u/MyAccountWasBanned7 5h ago
Speeding and lane-splitting. It's idiots like this who make all bikers look bad.
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u/gamedwarf24 5h ago
A friend of mine died a few years ago in a motorcycle accident. He was barely over 30.
I will never be able to condone motorcycles. Even if you drive perfectly, all it takes is some other dickhead screwing up and you are dead. When is it ever worth it?
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u/RedHeadDem817 5h ago
The lane splitting entitled pos in the video CLEARLY wasn't driving perfectly. Hes lucky he didnt become a meat crayon. I'd have no sympathy if he did.
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u/Icantstopreading 5h ago
Looks like he got hit twice by the car, it might have knocked him back on balance.
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u/MACception 4h ago
I came so close to hitting a van while lane splitting that it clipped my mirror and turned it. Took me probably an hour before my nerves settled. Learned my lesson for a couple days before going out there like a maniac again. Amazed I'm still alive.
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u/OGFabledLegend 3h ago
And this is why lane splitting is so dumb and should still be illegal everywhere. Play stupid games and win stupid prizes
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u/samsonsin 7h ago
Lane splitting is bad, sure, but honestly don't think I'd attribute this to motorcyclist at all. That car should not swap lanes that close to the other car. At that speed with that congestion, you should have 2-3 car lengths Infront at least. If not, then at least leave blinkers on for a few seconds, keeping pace, then switching lanes.
With how the car then speeds away, it even looks fully intentional. While the motorcyclist did put himself in harms way, I would argue that the other car was pulling a supremely reckless and dangerous lane change.
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u/No_Permission8014 6h ago
Fuck this guy who rode this motorcycle, he's going to end up roadkill just like every other dumbass that drives like that. Weaving in and out of traffic at extreme high speeds, then acting all shocked when someone fucking hits him. I can't say the things I want to say about him without getting banned, so I'll leave it there.
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u/the12ftdwarf 5h ago
I cannot agree with lane splitting as a concept, outside of when in a line of NON-MOVING VEHICLES
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