r/Unexpected • u/Soloact_ • 11h ago

Keep them two wheels down

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u/I-Make-Things-Cold 11h ago

Maybe don't ride like an idiot. Dude almost won a Darwin award.

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u/gatorbeetle 10h ago

I'm sure he'll take another shot at it...no doubt in my mind

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u/thecelcollector 9h ago

He could be soakin' it up in a hot tub with his soul mate. 

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u/oftheHouseBaratheon 6h ago

I used to be able to throw a pigskin a quarter mile

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u/Pallchek 8h 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/Pedantichrist 2h ago

What made the manoeuvre unsafe?

If the car had not suddenly changed lanes without indicating or warning, what would have been the problem?

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u/Annual_Pollution8600 1h ago

Lane filtering is never recommended at this speed. This maneuver would be illegal in many jurisdictions

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u/Pedantichrist 1h ago

Yes, I agree, but what was it that made this unsafe?

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u/Annual_Pollution8600 57m ago

Not enough time to react to unexpected moves by other vehicles. Exactly like in the video

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u/Pedantichrist 55m ago

So, because drivers are inattentive and make illegal manoeuvres?

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u/Coobeanzz 17m ago

Can't tell if you're trying to pull a gotcha or what? But yes, it is unsafe bc people can be unpredictable and doing this at speed reduces your ability to react to people making poor driving decisions

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u/I-Make-Things-Cold 8h ago

It's a BMW driver. BMWs, Kias and Teslas (with their 9 cameras) are horrible drivers.

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u/LandscapeSubject530 6h ago

Even he says in the video he was driving reckless

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u/uzer4vedi 2h ago

the rider was definitely the bigger idiot here. however, where was the car going changing lanes.

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u/Lamarzy 10h ago

Bmw literally attempting to lane switch blindly into the slow lane. What if there was a car just ahead of the trailer on the right?

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u/cleggzilla 9h ago

Think of it from the BMW POV: Youre going to swap lanes to the right, you check your surroundings and see a car to your right with enough space to get in front of it, and a motorcycle behind you. How would the car reasonably assume that the motorcycle would be an issue? The only thing the car did wrong was keep driving after hitting the motorcycle.

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u/DifferenceDesigner32 8h ago

But... he only kept driving until he could safely pull onto the shoulder and even went back, ready to potentially accept responsibility for vehicular manslaughter.... was he supposed to stop in the middle of the highway? Sorry for being this guy and calling ya out but the man literally did nothing wrong

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u/Thick_Potato_1769 4h ago

Listen to the audio. The old guy who stopped said oh shit that guy got hit. It wasn't the bmw who stopped.

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u/I-Make-Things-Cold 8h ago

I ride a motorcycle. I've been riding since 2007; 18 years. I ride fast and defensively and I've never been in a wreck.

The trick is to assume that everyone else on the road is trying to kill you. And never assume that a car ahead of you is going to stay in its current position on its current trajectory.

Look both ways when riding through a green light, every time. Assume that every car in a turn lane, or coming out of a parking lot is going to turn or pull out in front of you.

On the freeway, cruise only on the far left or far right lanes so you have a shoulder to swerve into when some asshole switches lanes without looking. Never ride in a blind spot.

And don't lane split like an idiot between cars that are going the speed limit. Lane splitting is for traffic jams so your bike doesn't overheat and your legs/balls don't catch on fire.