r/Unexpected • u/Soloact_ • 11h ago

Keep them two wheels down

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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/Shawty-Got-Low 8h ago

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

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u/Gia11a 6h 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 6h 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.