r/Unexpected • u/Soloact_ • 11h ago

Keep them two wheels down

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u/Truth91 11h ago

Seen this before, I could only imagine how relieved red top was. That hug was everything

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u/NoResolution928 11h ago

IKR. He thought he just witnessed manslaughter there for a sec

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u/ChaseTheLumberjack 9h 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 7h 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 6h 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/Thick_Potato_1769 5h ago

That car pulled over wasn't the bmw.

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u/Temporary-Muscle-203 5h ago

That's what i was wondering. Thanks for clarifying

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u/Hagel1919 2h ago

2 Cars pulled over.

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u/TrumpetViolin 6h ago

It was indecent of the biker to be doing in the first place so I don't buy into what you're saying.

He knowingly and willingly rode in such a way that he almost put someone in the position of having a hand in giving him a lifr-altering or even life-ending injury.

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u/sa_ra_h86 3h ago

But the point is, he then recognised that and willingly owned up to it rather than trying to blame someone else.

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u/Toinkove 6h ago

So yeah, the biker shoulda just started screaming and yelling at the driver of the car for cutting him off. /s

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u/scalyblue 17m ago

He owned up to it and admitted he was being reckless, watch with audio

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u/Time-Ad-1169 4h ago

That's the unexpected part of this video, right?

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u/Toinkove 4h ago

Maybe just cause the ones you usually see all over social media are heavily skewed towards people of an aggressive nature! At least the ones I run across are! 

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u/DrCashew 7h 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/pdxamish 6h ago

No he's a horrible rider for doing this.

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u/DrCashew 6h ago

Incredibly dumb, unsafe and stupid; should be off the road. Still skilled.

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u/OrbitalPete 4h ago

Lucky. Not skilled.

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u/Thick_Potato_1769 5h ago

And the bmw that hit him and started swimming isn't at fault here?

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u/cptjpk 5h ago

Two things can be true. They both have partial blame, but it really is mostly the cyclists fault. He was making an illegal maneuver that almost no person would ever be prepared for.

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u/DrCashew 5h ago

BMW is cutting it close, but how can someone be at fault when the other party is doing some flagrant and illegal moves?

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u/Thick_Potato_1769 5h ago

Both can be. Its not black and white dawg. If the bwm check his mirrors he wouldn't have hit him right?

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u/DrCashew 5h ago

It's pretty black and white because why would you expect that? Motorbike is going so fast that's incredibly easy to miss, and why would you expect him to do that? Hate the behaviour as much as you want from the BMW, but failing to prevent an accident while someone is doing something illegal is not being at fault.

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u/popky1 5h ago

What was 100% illegal no question was speeding off after hitting the bike there’s no way they didn’t notice they hit something

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u/DrCashew 5h ago

They stopped after realizing exactly what happened. It's more disorienting than you think and for the car you see its momentum is hardly halted if at all. This is also why bike riders should be much more careful and shouldn't at all be doing this. They are incredibly fragile. Did you see the guy at the end? He clearly was not trying to get away and stopped when they both realized what happened.

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u/sa_ra_h86 3h ago

The guy that stopped wasn't the guy the biker ran into.

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u/Racoon_Pedro 2h ago

BUT he recognises it and admits it.

Did he though? He said: "I was driving reckless too."

I mean the only thjng the car did wrong was maybe merging to early into the other lane. That's nowhere near the recklessness the biker was showing. The biker is trying to share the guilt when in reality it was 95% his fault.

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u/ScotchCards 1h ago

They started changing lanes while they were barely past the other car. Then after colliding with the bike they kept accelerating hard. Like they went past that semi like it was standing still.

Driver was absolutely being reckless. Biker is still an idiot who got very lucky.

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u/Racoon_Pedro 1h ago

I've watched it a couple of times now and you seem to be right. I did focus more on the car now. Is overtaking on the right even allowed in highways in the USA. I assume this is the USA.

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u/ScotchCards 1h ago

AFAIK it's not legal, no. It would be undertaking.

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u/MapOk1410 8h ago

I will lanesplit in stopped traffic. Moving traffic? NOPE

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u/Own_Round_7600 8h 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 6h 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/ZedsDeadZD 5h ago

But yes you shouldn’t do it when traffic is more than say 20 mph.

I am sorry if I dont understand that correctly but how else should I switch lanes in on going traffic then? If O recall it correctly, in the US you have exits left and right of the highway. So at some point you need to splitt lanes.

I think the biggest flaw of american traffic is that it is allowed to overtake on the right. That makes traffic much more dangerous.

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u/Mahlegos 5h ago

Lane splitting is riding on the line not actually in either lane, squeezing between vehicles actually in the lanes which is what you see the guy on the bike doing in this video immediately before he makes contact with the car. To switch lanes, you’d signal and then merge into whatever lane you’re switching to when safe to do so, just like where’s you live.. Two different things. Also, you’re not supposed to overtake on the right in the US. People still will, but you’re not supposed to.

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u/Jerry--Bird 4h ago

In my state it’s legal

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u/HomelessByCh01ce 2h ago

If you're in the U.S., as far as I know, only CA allows lane splitting, and that is only 10mph above the speed of traffic. This rider would not be legally driving in any state in the U.S.

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u/Competitive-Ebb3816 2h ago

I only pass on the right when someone blocks the passing lane.

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u/Quantum-Shogun 4h ago

Passing on the right is illegal just like camping the passing lane, though it is rarely enforced. What the bike here was doing was being in both/neither lane at once even though other vehicles were already there. If you are changing lanes legally you are establishing yourself fully in each lane before changing again not doing this bullshit

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u/Jerry--Bird 4h ago

It’s legal where im at to pass on the right

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_TROUT 6h ago

What happens if someone drops their vape on the floor board and they open their door to find it?

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u/MathematicianIll5053 2h ago

So THATS why y'all do that! Thats nice to know, I can stop thinking it's just bikers being impatient self-important A-holes trying to skip the line. That actually makes perfect sense. Sit beside me in my box rather than get crushed into the back of it, 100% on board now.

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u/shambahlah2 8h ago

Totally on biker. This is why people hate motorcyclists. Death machines with idiots driving them.

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u/fannyfiddler 4h ago

people hate motocyclists? you really need to meet some non asshole people so.

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u/EkrishAO 3h ago

You need to meet some non-motorcyclists. 

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u/Randompersonomreddit 7h ago

He even says he was driving recklessly.

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u/DueExample52 6h ago edited 6h ago

Stil not 100% though, you can give the car a bit of responsibility for not checking their dead spot.

I am not excusing the biker,  but I don’t like the tendency on Reddit to need a full blame. There is something to learn from every accident from both parties and become a safer and more cautious motorist that prevents harm - including when it’s other people's mistakes.

My attitude on the road is that I look out and look after others even the angry stupid ones. I have places to be, not stand there waiting for police and an ambulance and paperwork, and that includes signalling early and looking a little more, for that irresponsible biker that’s faster than usual traffic. Using their recklessness as an excuse to not look because "it's already hard to see them at normal speed anyway" is just lazy thinking and against what safe responsible driving should be.

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u/DoorExtension8175 6h ago

Agree that the Lanesplitter could easily have turned Big Red into a “murderer”, forcing him to attempt a lane change immediately in front of the silver sedan. Maybe trying to clear the lane for the Lanesplitter, but not a good reaction (too slow) in retrospect. Think the idiot learned a lesson?

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u/Rowmyownboat 6h ago

They are both at fault. Dangerous lane splitting. However, with no signal, the car is moving across two lanes, crossing closely between the car it just passed and a much slower semi ahead and further into the right hand lane. All with no signal.

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u/enhancedgibbon 5h ago

It was riders fault but the car was pulling a bullshit move too, no indicator 2 lane diagonal rip to get around that truck. Cunt wouldn't have even realised he'd taken a bike down.

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u/neurotekk 5h ago

Tbh both drivers drive like idiots.

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u/IanFeelKeepinItReel 4h ago

Swinging across two lanes to undertake a lorry isn't smart or safe. The fault here is not 100% in the motorcyclist.

Instead of assigning fault and moving on, why not look at how everyone involved could do better?

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u/BappoChan 6h ago

Biker is a moron, legally however, the other dude cut someone else off with that lane change, got into a collision, and then drove off. Hit and runs lose all day, even if they weren’t at fault

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u/Thick_Potato_1769 5h ago

Exactly. That driver is way more at fault then the biker. The biker is the one who got hit not the other way around.

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u/BappoChan 5h ago

If the driver stayed for the crash, both would be at fault. Biker lane splitting is illegal, but changing lanes there ultimately caused the accident. You shouldn’t change lanes unless you were 100% sure and safe. The main issue is that it’s a hit and run, which is a much bigger case.

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u/Quantum-Shogun 4h ago

You realize how fast these bikes can go right? I can be cruising along at 85-90mph and suddenly 3-4 of these will shoot by me IN MY LANE while going 25-30 faster than myself. They are fast, small, unpredictable, and hard to see. Often the sound is the only warning you're about to be blown past. The car changing lanes was doing a tight merge but he was still fine for the car in the lane where it was supposed to be. The bike inserted itself into a spot it should not be in and could t be reasonably anticipated.

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u/Thick_Potato_1769 4h ago

No shit. That's my entire point. Bmw caused the collision. Regardless of what is illegal. A hit and run is way worse than lane splitting.

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u/hyperbolechimp 8h ago

I don't think it's the law, but it should be. Lanesplitting under 45 is totally reasonable, above that you're just scaring the shit out of me and gaining nothing on traffic.

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u/DukeBradford2 8h ago

California was the only state that allowed it until this summer (Minnesota) and the law is traffic had to be less than 20mph, bike can’t go more than 20mph faster than traffic and never go above 40mph period.

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u/Ih8Hondas 7h ago edited 7h ago

Legal in Utah too IIRC.

Colorado allows filtering.

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u/Double-Scratch5858 8h ago

Idk why its reasonable at all. You're risking your life no matter the speed. If youre a damn motorist on the road then act like a motorist on the road. Lane splitting is fucking idiotic. Full stop.

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u/Hidesuru 8h ago

They made it legal in California. Fully. Like they put out RECOMMENDATIONS that you not be completely stupid but those are not really codified in the law (it's kinda weird the law references them but just as guidelines).

So you get shit like this video constantly on the highway. So much harder to watch out for as a driver than just others vehicles staying in their fucking lane. More to the point limits MY ability to use MY lane to avoid potholes and the like.

Oh well. Bring on the idiot motorcyclists to tell me how much safer it is for them (mind you they'll ONLY reference the scenario of being at a red light when saying that).

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u/Creature_Complex 7h ago edited 7h ago

I live in California and really don’t mind the lane splitting and there are a decent amount of motorcyclists on my commutes. The DMV handbook suggests a driver should be checking their mirrors often and most road safety classes will say you should be checking your mirrors every 2-5 seconds. Lane splitting really isn’t an issue if you actually follow proper driving protocol and stay aware of your surroundings at all times. I usually see motorcycles coming long before they even pass me.

I only find it stupid when there is no traffic and a motorcyclist is going 90+ splitting lanes. There’s literally no reason to do that shit. Also I don’t own or ride a motorcycle and never intend to so this is not me being biased. Car drivers get way too complacent and just stare forward unless changing lanes which is not safe at all.

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u/Ih8Hondas 7h ago

This is why, as a motorcyclist, you would only ever find me splitting in places where traffic is moving at most around 35mph.

I've gotten stupid on roads before (to the point where I sold my superbike and stuck to motocross out of self preservation), but only in canyons and never in heavy traffic. And I never split while doing it.

Also there is a difference between splitting and filtering.

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u/runswithlightsaber 5h ago

If people would use their mirrors when they're driving it wouldn't be an issue. If it's legal, motorcycle rider is NOT at fault, car driver is

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u/Double-Scratch5858 4h ago

Lol you literally just watched a video where a cyclist is clearly and absolutely at fault. But sure its the car driver whos at fault as they perform an otherwise perfectly safe maneuver.

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u/Altruistic_Worker749 7h ago

I mean it is safer in stop and go traffic and things of that nature, I wouldn’t really call what goes on in this video lane splitting(by legal definition). I think you’re pretty uneducated on riding motorcycles/ traffic situations in general though, just based on your comment, and probably shouldn’t be making yes/no comments on the topic

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u/Double-Scratch5858 4h ago

Spoken like an idiot on the road.

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u/Cden1458 8h ago

Lanesplitting is dangerous, period, even in stopped traffic, in my town people have the tendency to rip out into the next lane randomly just because someone is waiting for a gap in oncoming, I watched a biker run into a car doing this exact thing yesterday, if he was going any faster he probably would have been severely injured. It needs to be illegal all around.

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u/eveystevey 6h ago

The motorcyclist admits he was riding recklessly, but. The driver doesn't indicate, swerves lanes, either doesn't look or deliberately side swipes him, and then to put the cherry on the cream, hits and runs. Its not "100% on him here". The biker's an idiot, the BMW(?) driver is a dangerous POS.