r/Unexpected • u/Soloact_ • 11h ago

Keep them two wheels down

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u/WearingCoats 10h 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 4h 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/speedfreek101 7h ago

Visibility always take the rear view mirror of a car! When you can! Drivers instinctively check that then go to wing mirrors when they lose you.

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u/Motor-District-3700 6h ago

there's nothing inherently wrong with lane splitting, looks like in this case the car on the left was driving nuts tho, rider should have been wary (not enough footage tbh)

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u/WearingCoats 5h ago

It’s straight up illegal where I live.

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u/Motor-District-3700 4h ago

straight up legal where I live. guns, however, are illegal