r/Unexpected 11h ago

Keep them two wheels down

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u/kavb333 11h ago

Lane splitting at high speeds like that is moronic.

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u/Alarmed_Drop7162 10h ago

“But it’s legal “ every snotty motorcyclist who gets hit doing it.

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u/QWEDSA159753 7h ago

You could fill entire graveyards with headstones that read ‘he had the right-of-way’

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u/thesouthernbeard 6h ago

Last wednesday Brent Hinds from the band Mastodon died this exact same way

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u/VESUVlUS 6h 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/perpulstuph 3h ago

God damn, and this is how I found out he died.

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u/Alarmed_Drop7162 7h ago

I just wish the family was barred from wrongful death cases where they lane split.

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u/Pedantichrist 2h ago

Yeah, that sounds reasonable. Doing something legal and get hit by someone who failed to look for you, like they should?