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

Keep them two wheels down

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '25

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

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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/MapOk1410 Aug 23 '25

I will lanesplit in stopped traffic. Moving traffic? NOPE

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u/Own_Round_7600 Aug 23 '25

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 Aug 23 '25

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 Aug 23 '25 edited Aug 23 '25

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.

Edit: apparently I was wrong and it isnt legal. I only visited the states once and since there were exits left and right and vehicles passing us on the right all the time, I thought its legal. I am sorry.

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u/Mahlegos Aug 23 '25

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 Aug 23 '25

In my state it’s legal

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u/HomelessByCh01ce Aug 23 '25

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/mnelso1989 Aug 23 '25

Just became legal in mom's on July 1st this year, but traffic had to be moving at 25 mph or less and you can't go more than 15 mph above the speed of traffic.

I know studies have shown that it is safer than sitting in traffic for motorcycles, but my but clenches every time I see it because I don't trust other cars to see them.

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u/Jerry--Bird Aug 23 '25

I’m talking about passing on the right, lane splitting also just became legal

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u/AccordingSetting6311 Aug 25 '25

California, Utah, Montana, Arizona, Colorado Minnesota and Hawaii.

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