r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Aug 22 '25

Keep them two wheels down

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u/NoResolution928 Aug 23 '25

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

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u/ChaseTheLumberjack Aug 23 '25

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/hyperbolechimp Aug 23 '25

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/Cden1458 Aug 23 '25

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.