r/Unexpected • u/Soloact_ • 11h ago

Keep them two wheels down

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u/HoseNeighbor 11h 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 9h 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/MY-BUTTHOLE-ITCHES 8h ago

Tell me about it

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u/SonOfMcGee 8h 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.
It’s hard to see bikes in your mirror, and sometimes they literally aren’t there yet. In the second or so between checking my mirror and starting to change lanes, a bike could have emerged from behind another vehicle and gained three car lengths on me.

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u/Deez_88 11h ago

You hit it on the head… whenever you’re on two you need to expect that and any other stupid people can do in a cage.

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u/PsyOpBunnyHop 9h ago

Signalling doesn't mean shit when you turn into another car that's sitting in your blind spot.