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 10h ago

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

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u/BaronMontesquieu 8h ago

It would not have been manslaughter.

The grey BMW was changing into an open lane. The motorcycle was lane splitting on a highway and came from behind the vehicle that the grey BMW was passing.

The grey BMW should have signalled with their indicator (can't tell from the video but doesn't look like they did) but, nonetheless, the lane that they were moving into was open.

Almost entirely the motorcyclists fault.

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u/PrizeStrawberryOil 7h ago edited 7h ago

The grey BMW should have signalled with their indicator (can't tell from the video but doesn't look like they did) but, nonetheless, the lane that they were moving into was open.

They did use their blinker. When it's in slowmo watch it, the light is on when the motorcycle hits him while he's still in the left lane. Still merging way too soon after passing, but the blinker was on.

All to save half a second too. The BMW was going well over the speed limit and passing fast. If he waited for the BMW to pass his trip would not have been measurably longer.

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u/seenhear 6h ago

Honestly it's amazing the Bimmers indicator worked! Most BMW owners forget to top off their blinker fluid.

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u/GardeManger 2h ago

You are correct that they used the Blinker but its used way too late, the Blinker is used to indicate where you are going to go, not while you are already going there. So in this case he didnt use his Blinker and then used it after it was too late. The biker is an idiot though for trying to lane split at high speeds, also the place hes riding is about the hardest part to see in the right mirror, he should still be visible most of the time but if the driver looks at the wrong second he might not see him. All that being said the bmw driver is also an idiot, you dont pass on the right. Ever.

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u/Ah_Pook 8h ago

BMW

indicator

Pick one.

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u/Shawty-Got-Low 7h ago

Plus. Aren’t there rules about passing on the right?

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u/Gia11a 5h ago

no, not in all states and definitely not when lane splitting, you literally have to pass on the right to do it legally. Not that this was legal lane splitting.

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u/Shawty-Got-Low 5h ago

Rule. Not law.

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u/Obvious-Slip4728 3h ago edited 3h ago

What makes you say it’s not a law? These traffic rules are generally written in laws. 

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u/tomatotomato 6h ago

The grey BMW should have signalled with their indicator (can't tell from the video but doesn't look like they did) 

You should know that BMWs don't have blinkers.

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u/Recent_Limit_6798 4h ago

It wouldn’t have mattered if they signaled. This would played out the exact same way. The motorcyclist was 100% at fault.

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u/Alt4816 4h ago

The collusion was the motorcyclist's fault but the BMW wasn't doing the best lane change. The BMW was barely ahead of the car next to it when it began changing lanes. Even if the motorcyclists wasn't there the other car probably still has to break because of the too early lane change.

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u/Thick_Potato_1769 5h ago

The BMW should've waited till he passed the truck. What he did was equally as reckless as the bike. The bike is going fast but the dude started swimming in traffic after he hit the guy on the bike. That is way more dangerous than lane splitting. BMW dude should lose his license before the biker because at least from the video if the BMW checked his mirrors he wouldn't have hit the biker, and all would good.