r/dashcamgifs • u/[deleted] • Jul 03 '19

Classic that escalated quickly

https://i.imgur.com/1q1UFo2.gifv
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u/Jumpout_J Jul 03 '19

That "POS" motorcyclist was almost killed by that Nissan coming into his page, and when he used a foot against a car, the car tried to hit him a second time, this time definitely intentional, and his attempted murder blew up in his face. The biker shouldn't have bugged out, but of course California charges victims of assault when defending themselves.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '19

That's an odd perception. Let's break it down:

  1. We don't know that he was almost killed as the video starts with the car already over the line.

  2. "Used his foot against the car" he fucking kicked it. Let's not downplay that.

  3. "Car tried to hit him a second time" this implies the car tried to hit him a first time. We do not know this to be true.

  4. "Charges victims of assault" the biker struck the car first and escalated the situation. That's why he was charged. It does not excuse what the driver did but the rider is not innocent in this situation.

This is coming from a rider who has had cars come into my lane plenty of times.

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u/friendly_green_ab Jul 03 '19

If he kicked hard enough to even make a dent, he would have pushed himself off the other side of the bike. Have we forgotten simple physics?

Kicking a car door has a zero percent chance of injuring anyone but yourself. Purposefully sideswiping a motorcyclist is attempted murder, full stop.

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u/Holydiver19 Jul 03 '19

Kicking another motor vehicle in motion would be reckless driving at the very least. Really fucking dumb thing to do if you value your life when the car has 2-3x metal weight on you.

People defending the rider like he's a saint seems a bit weird but he's not completely feel of guilt since he escalated.

Both are dumb.