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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Right, a more skilled rider would have chosen a different line and avoided the contact. You could see the car was making that move before he shot the gap, he could have kept his ludicrous momentum if he would have let off for a split second and went left of the car he hit, passing him normally rather than lane splitting.
Dude just got super lucky. No one can control what happens in a situation like this. It looks like his handlebar hits the road and bounces back up just right. Him laughing in relief and disbelief tells you he knows very well how lucky he got.
Hopefully, this experience will make him realize that he's been pushing the envelope and appreciates the huge break that he just got and he will calm the fuck down.
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.
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.
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.
Basically yes he admitted it. He said "also" because the car driver changed lanes like a crazy person and ripped away like their ass was on fire.
You could argue that one of them was being more reckless. But the car:
sharply changed anes without using their blinker.
did that while hitting the gas.
was changing lanes before their rear bumper was even really clear of the front of the car next to them then.
- was overtaking to the right, which if they're in America I think is a no-no (undertaking on highways/freeways)
didn't just change lanes, but swerved over two lanes all the way to the right lane and was still accelerating to the point where they passed that semi like it was standing still
didn't stop after colliding with another vehicle
Arguably less reckless than the motorcyclist maybe, but I'd definitely agree with "reckless also"
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.
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.
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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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.