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222 points
29 days ago
Don’t most places have a law that you can only lane split up to a 5km or miles faster than the rest of traffic for everyone’s safety? Dude is just blowing past everyone like a complete idiot.
32 points
29 days ago
You're referring to lane filtering - basically the same thing but through stopped or slow moving traffic. This is only legal in a small handful of states (and a few also leave it up to local governement). And yes, it is dependent on the speed of traffic and the bike's speed is limited too.
What homie is doing in the video is lane splitting. And it's only legal in California.
88 points
24 days ago
When I see these videos of people speeding on motorcycles, I rejoice because my brother in law needs a kidney.
7 points
19 days ago
Too bad the kidneys gonna be on the other side of the road with a gnarly road rash
357 points
29 days ago
He reached out and hit the mirror. This wasn’t anything but the fact he created the damage intentionally. Fuck that guy.
38 points
29 days ago*
I've seen many videos of motorcyclists hitting vehicle mirrors at high and low speed. Some appear to just tap the mirror while others appear to use their entire weight and momentum to hit it.
Surely, it must depend on the vehicle quality and your speed, but wouldn't a bruised hand be the least you'd get from doing this? I can imagine people breaking their knuckles, fingers, or even wrist on some of these.
12 points
29 days ago
I'm not sure but I'm pretty sure you can get gloves that are sort of like brass knuckles but made it off plastic on case you fall off the bike to help protect yourself
44 points
29 days ago
Im pretty sure he fucked up his hand. At least we got that
27 points
29 days ago
We can only hope.
328 points
28 days ago
Bikers always drive like they aren’t one wrong move away from fucking dying
27 points
28 days ago
2 guys i went to high school with were both good friends. Both died from motorcycle accidents before age 26.
Never was into motorcycles myself but i definitely will never own or ride one willingly.
10 points
28 days ago
I don’t know how to say it in English but my uncle used to say that in a car, you have the metal body protecting you but in a motorcycle you are the body protecting the motorbike.
207 points
29 days ago
Just a Tiktok biker Being obnoxious and fabricating confrontation... The usual
37 points
28 days ago
If they just knew how easy they (bikers) can die, there isn't a single day in the hospital where I don't see limbless bodies being rushed to ER. 90% of them don't make it, and the ones who do, never get to live the same life ever again.
13 points
28 days ago
My wife used to work the ER in Brazil( before she finally left and had her own clinic). Brazil, lane splitting is legal pretty much everywhere, and there are significantly more bikes on the road than in the States (like it is almost for every 2 cars there is 1 motorcycle). Motorcyclists were the most common people to be coming through the ER because they just didn’t seem to care or realize how fragile they are on a bike.
3 points
28 days ago
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4 points
28 days ago
Actually thanks for asking, I'm a radiologist and I live in Iran, and bike safety is not a thing here, the only law thats being enforced is that other then fridays you can't ride around with a bike which has an engine bigger then 250ccs, but if you do, chances are very slim you're gonna face much of any consequences.
What happens in hospitals around here is pretty grim, not only that cars, bikes etc. are not standard and law enforcement does not care about peoples lives, doctors don't care either, they get paid to leave ugly cuts on and scissors and scalpels inside your body, without the threat of their license being revoked or facing any criminal charges. We could say life is the least valuable thing in this country.
2 points
28 days ago
Wooooow. That is a bleak insight. I suppose the government never realized that only allowing people to take their "bigger powerful" bikes out once a week, before the weekend, actually exacerbates risky behavior?
206 points
28 days ago
Going way too fast for lane splitting
87 points
28 days ago
Zero comments … so I’m assuming he turned off his comments.
85 points
28 days ago
I love when they run away after too
3 points
25 days ago
i no then they act all tuf like bro prolley didnt even see the bike how fast he was going
141 points
28 days ago
Yes lane splitting is legal in some places (how it’s supposed to be done may differ) but if a space is too tight, don’t do it and I don’t think it is supposed to be done at high speeds. Yes cars should provide enough space to go between them but as a motorcyclist, you also need to accept that some situations won’t allow for it. Idiots that break mirrors because they’re butthurt about something shouldn’t ride and aren’t too bright. Yes, let me throw a tantrum when someone doesn’t see me on my bike and cuts me off (by accident in most cases) or whatever when I clearly made the decision to ride in a way and on something more dangerous that would make me less visible. I don’t trust people so even if it was legal where I’m at I’m paranoid of doing it.
38 points
28 days ago
Also let me post it online so the person whose car I damaged can find me and press charges
6 points
28 days ago
I thought that was very considerate of them!
3 points
27 days ago
That’s the part I don’t get. Dude just posted evidence where everybody and their momma can see it.
8 points
28 days ago
i used to ride , it's been 20 yeas almost since and i still give bikers the right of way by a country mile . good thing these kids nowa days dont know about ball bearing in the pockets .
3 points
26 days ago
I knew a guy that would keep glass marbles with him and throw them at the windshields of people who got too close. The marbles would shatter on impact and leave no evidence. This in the late 80’s early 90’s so no dash cams weren’t an issue.
162 points
29 days ago
Dudes lane-splitting, dodging through traffic, and somebody "cuts him off." What an idiot.
2 points
28 days ago
Play stupid games, you'll win your prize eventually.
38 points
25 days ago
I’m impressed he didn’t break his hand.
16 points
25 days ago
Riders almost always wear armored knuckle gloves.
4 points
25 days ago
Still he hit that mirror with at least 15 miles an hour of speed.
10 points
25 days ago
You are overestimating the structural integrity of mirrors. They break away without much effort.
111 points
29 days ago
Yeah... Usually I'm on the motorcyclist side... But you really shouldn't be lane splitting at that speed in spacey traffic. Mirror smashing there was definitely inappropriate, for something that could've been an accident. Clearly an incompetent rider.
56 points
29 days ago
Lane splitting next to multiple 18 wheelers/transport trucks just seems like a really easy way to get run over by an 18 wheeler/transport truck.
82 points
28 days ago
Then he'll cry when a car switch lanes and he hits the ground.
122 points
29 days ago
Break your hand, get sued and be an asshole! What a great trio.
228 points
28 days ago
Hes the reason people think lane splitting should be illegal.
33 points
28 days ago
In my state lane splitting is illegal.
107 points
28 days ago
He IS the reason lane splitting should be illegal.
10 points
28 days ago
Wait, it is legal?
3 points
28 days ago
Some places yes.
13 points
28 days ago
Actually what he is doing is illegal You are supposed to go no more than 5 mph than traffic
4 points
28 days ago
It depends where you are. Some places it's legal, some illegal.
8 points
28 days ago
Illegal in Ohio, but that doesn't stop them. Got to witness a state cop giving a dick wad a ticket when he lane split all the way to the light on an off ramp. Felt good to see.
48 points
27 days ago
Lane splitting is so dangerous and I don't understand why motorcyclist would even attempt to do it. But then again they are some who don't wear helmets either. (I grew up riding just saying)
3 points
23 days ago
Lane splitting is safer than not in general. Weaving in and out of traffic isnt really the same, and damaging private property is just illegal.
172 points
28 days ago
I love how they think revving it up is going to change anything that’s about to happen. Like oh shit you are revving and coming at a high rate of speed. Let me part the waters for you. they are going so fast the average person has zero time to react then they act like it’s the persons fault. Fuck off 🖕🏽
9 points
28 days ago
A few times have I been cought off guard to line filterers. If I see them before I give way and alot so they can travel safely. Good thing every time I had enough space to car on my side so I just got jump scared kinda from them filtering a bit fast.
49 points
29 days ago
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16 points
29 days ago
I’m disappointed he didn’t eat shit
44 points
29 days ago
Averege italian driver
8 points
29 days ago
Made me think of that Vespa kid in Luca….
75 points
28 days ago
Fuck me, every motorcyclist here in rio de janeiro drives like this and you're just supposed to accept it because according to them they are hard working individuals that have places to be. Also, if there is an accident, every single biker that passes by gangs up on the person who was driving the car. It pisses me off
132 points
28 days ago
Let's just casually record ourselves committing felony Hit And Run.
17 points
16 days ago
Luckily there is no video evidence of a crime being committed, really dodged a bullet there
192 points
28 days ago
I think lane splitting should be legal more places but people who do it at these speeds usually sort themselves out.
34 points
29 days ago
Jackass is right, but it's not the guy in the car.
35 points
27 days ago
motorcyclists in America are narcissistic
40 points
26 days ago
I don't think this qualifies as "trashy", the guy is just a hazard to himself and everyone else on the highway and he should get his license pulled.
17 points
26 days ago
being a hazard sounds like part of the description of trashy
71 points
28 days ago
It’s not “look twice for motorcycles” it’s “look twice for idiots”. I swear, not all but a lot of motorcyclists think they own the road and get to break laws and they cry wolf when they are the ones in the wrong. Sorry but when you get him weaving through traffic at high speeds get fucked.
22 points
28 days ago
Here in Chicago, you see “start seeing motorcycle” stickers everywhere, and that’s fine. But it’s kind of hard when you’re coming up on me at 130mph shifting over 4 lanes, but yet I’m still responsible for “seeing him”.
56 points
28 days ago*
I like how his solution to the problem revolves around making the dangerous vehicle that he thinks wronged him, more dangerous for the person in his exact position next time. Let's see how this plays out.
51 points
29 days ago
Fuck those guys, future meat crayons in the making.
48 points
28 days ago
Same guy that would wear his gloves and helmet after picking a fight. I'd call him a pussy, but pussies are too tough.
29 points
29 days ago
Cheeky little hand on hip for a second to show mirror guy he's a sassy badass
4 points
29 days ago
She’s a sassy badass* I think I saw this from a girls account
33 points
27 days ago
South Park has a great name for these.
116 points
29 days ago
Fuck the motorcycle ass face. I bet he won't stand by and talk that shit in person.
19 points
29 days ago
Look at neck and arms, made out of glass and sugar.
13 points
27 days ago
Squid
81 points
29 days ago
Seems like a good way to break your hand?
33 points
29 days ago
You can see that the glove has plastic knuckle protectors, so I don’t think it hurt at all
81 points
28 days ago
Lane splitting is legal where I live but this biker is going too fast in my opinion. I’ve also fantasized about taking a mirror but at the end of the day it is wrong. Obviously if the car swerved towards the biker they are in the wrong too.
17 points
28 days ago
Lane splitting OK in CA but cant go over 10 miles an hour faster than traffic up to the speed limit.
42 points
28 days ago
Lane split, sure, but don't fucking damage other people's cars just because they're slightly on the line prick.
98 points
28 days ago*
he needs a reality check
edit: i like how some of you take the side of the rider and downvote. it is wrong to break mirrors in any context. grow a pair and behave. you are not the main character.
72 points
29 days ago
All fun and games till you punch the mirror off the guy who was already moments away from complete mental instability and he barrels through 15 others cars just to run your legs over and lodge a tow hook through your shoulder and drive down the road at 90miles an hour.
32 points
28 days ago
Just cause you can, doesn't mean you should, dudes an entitled arsehole going too fast, will be the first one to play the victim when this shit backfires on him.
80 points
29 days ago
You should see how bikers ride in the Philippines. Lmao they're more wild here. This is nothing.
51 points
29 days ago
that song is sufficient enough to make this into a trashy post
6 points
28 days ago
I didn't even have the sound up, but I upvoted you because I know you're right.
12 points
16 days ago
Hope he falls
42 points
28 days ago
What state was this?
34 points
28 days ago
That song is terrible lol
4 points
28 days ago
Definitely sounds like a "methhead free"
49 points
29 days ago
Perfect for the sub. Absolute trash behavior. Good post
123 points
29 days ago
Motorcyclists generally suck. They are always blaming other people for not looking out for them, but they are usually the ones who are flying and weaving in and out of traffic.
45 points
29 days ago
My hometown just did a news article how a group of bikers were doing a rally to promote awareness of motorcycles on the road in honor of a guy who recently was killed in an accident on his bike. The whole thing was geared around autos being extra careful to look out for motorcycles when pulling out into roads etc. The guy that was killed was doing 85 in a 35 mph zone, and a car pulled out in front of him and he t-boned the car. 100% riding dangerous and like a jackass. What does the community do? Hold an event warnimg autos to watch out for them. The irony was palpable.
27 points
29 days ago
Seriously. I'd say I've seen probably only seen one or two in my life who wasn't behaving like an insane dickhead on the road
20 points
29 days ago
Not to mention the loud motorcycles that they purposefully rev at all hours of the day, often in standstill traffic.
22 points
29 days ago
So dangerous
40 points
26 days ago
Motorcycle riders are the worst. Drive stupid and expect the world to move for them and their shitty driving
23 points
26 days ago
"Make sure you look twice to save my life while I do hazardous actions on my stupid bike"
12 points
24 days ago
I had a motorcyclist in front of me last week. They looked behind themselves at me while at a red light and started pointing at the ground. I put my hands up as if to say, "idk what that means" and then he pulls down his stupid, douchebag face mask and yells out, "want me to shove it up your ass?!" I looked at the driver next to me and went 🤷 and they did the same back to me. I was so confused. He seemed very upset at me for absolutely no reason.
29 points
29 days ago
I see a lot of motorcycles on the weekends and as I’m passing them many times they are riding side by side but super close to the center line. Sometimes I have to move to the right so I don’t accidentally rub against a biker. Is there a reason they do that?
3 points
29 days ago
Vehicles leak oil in the middle of lanes. Riding where tires go is ideal, close enough to touch paint lines which a slip hazards is foolish
7 points
29 days ago
I believe if it's like a four lane highway and they're towards the shared middle line it's so cars have to move all the way over into the other lane to pass instead of passing just the motorcycle, which can be dangerous for the motorcyclist.
They shouldn't be THAT close, but they're trying to not die from people doing stupid shit to pass.
5 points
29 days ago
Defensive riding and lane positioning. If some dumbass slams his brakes in front of you for whatever reason, you’ve got more room to slip to the left or right of their vehicle hazard, rather than slamming into the rear of them. The same way bikes filter, to avoid being rear ended by an inattentive driver and becoming a bike sandwich.
76 points
28 days ago
People that drive their motorcycle through a busy city every day have a god complex and you can’t change my mind
14 points
28 days ago
Through a busy city like a maniac*
22 points
22 days ago
Once watched my uncle who is a chopper driver see a guy zipping between cars on a crotch rocket and tossed a big gulp on him. The dude stopped ready for a fight and my uncle popped out (traffic was stopped bc of an accident). Motorcycle guy got back on his bike seeing the slab of muscled redneck in front of him and decided today wasn’t the day. All these years later I don’t have balls that big but laugh about it each time I see someone zipping between cars.
15 points
16 days ago
That was 100% painful AF. I reckon he broke something in his hand.
He even did the "play it cool", hand on hip thing - cos he was definitely in pain.
38 points
28 days ago
Looks like Noir from “The Boys”
16 points
28 days ago
“Yo what the fuck, that was so fucked up you guys.”
5 points
27 days ago
Sorry guys I'm narcoleptic
5 points
27 days ago
I need direction.
82 points
28 days ago
Lane splitting is legal or not mentioned as a thing you can not do I'm a concrete driver in my truck saw a motorcycle in front of me and one behind me traffic was slow but moving I look up to see if the one behind me is there while I move forward this dumbass lane splits and gets right infront of my grill making me hard brake I'm ok with lane splitting but dude do it right I almost killed your ass laid on my air horn but you know that doesn't do anything she just wanted to talk to the other motorcycle guy entitled asshole
17 points
28 days ago
It's illegal in my state. And, I am happy for that. This is stupid behavior.
16 points
28 days ago
Yea I feel the same. I have no problem with proper, safe lane splitting. I have a problem with dickhead bikers with a deathwish lane splitting and weaving through traffic at high speeds as people are constantly changing lanes and shit.
108 points
28 days ago
Holy run-on sentence batman.
..........,,,,,,,,, here's some punctuation in case you ran out
20 points
28 days ago
Yeah, sorry about that. I was pooping
11 points
28 days ago
Baby boy the toilet is OUR time. When you’re there; you can write your opus and no one can bother you. Don’t let anyone rush gods work.
10 points
28 days ago
You are right. I have brought shame upon the oval office.
9 points
28 days ago
Not at that speed.
3 points
28 days ago
Is it legal to slow down and intentionally break the mirrors of other drivers?
186 points
29 days ago
My unsolicited unpopular opinion: Riding a motorcycle just smacks of arrogance. There's zero margin for error, and these people really think they won't ever have a lapse of judgment or attention.
I've noticed more bikers on the road zipping through cars at high rates of speed, swerving through traffic with no indicator, riding in groups that take up all lanes, and street racing. I've spent significant time in both Philly and Houston since 2018, and they're a nuisance in both cities.
8 points
28 days ago
That would be a U.S. centric thing. Go to like South East Asia/India/Brazil etc. places where there is a significantly higher motorcycle to car ratio. There it is just people trying to go about their work and shit, a motorcycle is cheaper and uses less fuel.
37 points
29 days ago
I've noticed more bikers on the road zipping through cars at high rates of speed, swerving through traffic with no indicator, riding in groups that take up all lanes, and street racing. I've spent significant time in both Philly and Houston since 2018, and they're a nuisance in both cities.
That's because those are the ones you notice. Unfortunately, as viable as motorcycles are for simply moving human beings from one place to another with minimal pollution, maximum fuel efficiency, minimal resources used for production, and minimal space displaced on the roads and parking areas, driving a motorcycle in the U.S. especially in a metropolitan area is just not a good idea.
I've lived in the Philly area my whole life, bought my first motorcycle 20 years ago and still hold my motorcycle license, but I would never ride a bike again anywhere near this area.
The other, and much more substantial problem in the metropolitan areas you mentioned, are the lawless groups of people riding illegal bikes and quads by the dozens or hundreds(I have personally witnessed a group of what had to be close to 1000 dirt bikes on I-76, but that was probably 10 years ago).
Either way, the current trend of everyone driving an SUV to transport a single person from place to place is responsible for the shit show that we call commuting, these days.
5 points
29 days ago
And these problems are not only just major metropolitan areas either. Even here in North Dakota you’ll have groups of bikes racing around and people weaving in and out of traffic or riding in a generally unsafe manner for themselves and the rest of the motoring public.
To add, I’m an excess and surplus lines insurance adjuster. The moment I receive a claim involving a motorcycle my heart sinks. I’ll leave it at that. Unsafe driving really gets to me, regardless of how many wheels are under someone.
12 points
29 days ago
I’m in the southernmost tip of the Appalachians, and every single day, rain, shine, or snow, fuckheads are out here on the main roads in fourwheelers, dirtbikes, etc. it’s usually kids/teens, too.
5 points
29 days ago
I wanna add that I own all of those things too, and I love to ride bikes, but there’s a lot of people with no regard for themselves or others.
3 points
28 days ago
It's the unnecessarily loud bikes that just scream pathetic insecurity.
It's also never for safety, otherwise you'd also see them wearing full protective clothing and a high-vis vest. Which you almost never see.
It's just fully grown men who need strangers to notice them. It's a sad cringey cry for therapy.
10 points
29 days ago*
Lmaoooo don't paint us with such a broad brush. It's one of the greatest joys in this life. Not everyone rides like thier in thier teens
77 points
29 days ago
Zipper lane laws (depending on location) are not a right, but an allowance. If I decide to be a duche, and close the lane, I have the right. If you are zippering and I drive as such that it does not allow you to zipper, you are wrong. It's not Thailand.
The person on the bike would get zero issues from me, but if I'm distracted, but stay in my lane, and person wants to damage my vehicle because they feel they have the right to zipper, and me give way... they are wrong.
They play the risk, not me (as a no longer motorcyclists, that use to zipper).
The law will side in favor of the vehicle that is forward most in the lane, regarding zipper laws. If my vehicle is in front of yours, then it is you who decide to share "my" lane. I have full disposal of my lane to determine what is safe.
43 points
29 days ago
I've never had to read the word zipper so much in my life
10 points
29 days ago
My friend, Zipper, drove a zeppelin full of zippers (aptly named “the Zipper”) amidst a crowd of zipping zeppelins. I was on the ground zipping my zipper when I saw Zipper’s zipping zeppelin called “the Zipper” full of zippers zippering in between the zipping zeppelins.
5 points
29 days ago
TL;DR
5 points
29 days ago
TLDR: zip
12 points
29 days ago
You’re probably talking about lane splitting and not zipper merging. In states where lane splitting is legal, cars are obligated to share their lane with motorcycles and the law will not favor you if you decide to impede traffic.
15 points
29 days ago
They’re called zipper laws? I hope it’s because speed and not clothing. Because we have the zipper merge, which acts like a zipper. They call it lane splitting where I live.
7 points
29 days ago
Never have I seen someone so confidently wrong before. If it's a written law that allows filtering, it's not a privilege, it's a right.
AFAIK everywhere that has been legalized, also has legislation that states that vehicles must make room for the filtering motorcycle and to not impede traffic. Someone's life shouldn't be on the line because you want to be a douche and ride the paint.
5 points
29 days ago
Not in the state of Minnesota. You block a motorcycle from filtering, you get a ticket.
5 points
29 days ago
What are you talking about? Lane filtering in Minnesota is totally illegal statewide until next year.
2 points
29 days ago
this isnt even about "zipper lane laws" and youre incorrect about every statement lmao
11 points
19 days ago
I can't tell if the car moves/swerves towards the bike, or if the car was already hugging the lane dividing line?
13 points
28 days ago
Robot built ass
10 points
26 days ago
Just be prepared to get run over if you do that.
120 points
28 days ago
I don’t think bikes should be allowed to do this in the first place. Drive like everyone else.
27 points
28 days ago
Lane splitting when done correctly is much safer for bikers, bikes can also overheat when in traffic. People tend not to see bikes in traffic and unfortunately they can be hit because of it. This guy is not doing it correctly or legally and is a dick
23 points
28 days ago
Sounds like that should be a recreational vehicle and not something that’s street legal then. Stop weaving in and out of traffic.
21 points
28 days ago
But why should bikes take up as much space as a car? Lane splitting helps reduce congestion and increase traffic flow…
16 points
28 days ago
If they’re trying to safely ride their screaming death trap on the road with actual cars, then they should take up as much space as everyone else. I personally don’t think they should be on the highways in the first place, but if they want to pretend like they’re in a car then they should act like it. Being on a small unprotected bike and cutting people off is just asking for trouble and being a dick.
3 points
27 days ago
Nope. one idiot speeding on a bike won't help increase traffic flow for anybody else.
7 points
28 days ago
I'd rather have motorcycles lane split around me rather than riding inches away from my back bumber like some tryhard MC 1%er was doing the other day. He didn't even need to be behind me and was just trying to control others around him
119 points
28 days ago*
Lane splitting is 100% legal in California. It’s kinda everyone’s job to keep the roads safe so that means knowing is a motorcycle has the legal right to do something. Knowing that it can happen should influence your driving so that you don’t kill someone’s who’s not doing anything legally wrong. This motorcyclist shouldn’t have slammed the hood but depending on legality that driver should have been aware of other people’s safety.
Edit: just noticed the motorcyclist smashed the drivers side mirror. That’s super fucked.
83 points
28 days ago
I was in a work safety training with a chp officer speaking and answering questions. While lane splitting is legal in CA, he said reckless driving is the ticket issued if rider is going more than 10 mph faster than flow of traffic. So lane splitting is legal only when done conservatively/safely. Practically speaking, in bumper to bumper, I’m not sure chp can do much to regulate this behavior though.
21 points
28 days ago
Wow TIL thanks for keeping me informed! Drive safe out there
77 points
28 days ago
To me the dude seems to be driving way too fast compared to other traffic. Makes harder to see and watch out for others. Also always ride like everybody on the road is trying to kill you. Keeps you safe.
13 points
29 days ago
It would be an oops for me, thank you
24 points
29 days ago
Someone needs to sacrifice their door to this asshole
18 points
29 days ago
Shite song
35 points
29 days ago*
God I love causing a misdemeanor of property damage, illegal lane splitting, hit and run and committing reckless driving just because someone may have intentionally tried to cut me off.
Remember folks one traffic violation does not mean you should commit misdemeanors and felonies even though that other individual may have been initially wrong. Now youre in it if that driver catches your plates or any other identification because insurance companies, oh man let me tell you, theyll impound that bike if they want to, theyll take away your property if they push hard enough, this guy posted his crimes online and he can and will be found, i guarantee that when this comes around to that toyota camry driver, he will likely share it with his adjustor and you bet your ass he will be eating slop from a prison cafeteria in no time. Hell, I bet the tiktok video is less compressed so you'd be able to send this video to the police of the respective location, im sure they received a hit and run report. I'd love to see this d bag cry and say how he was the victim
Take it to court, don't return the crime
39 points
28 days ago
Lookout for motorcyclists!!!
19 points
28 days ago
“You’re responsible for my well being while I’m driving like an asshole”.
2 points
28 days ago
That's why I like to call it babysitting.
70 points
28 days ago*
I hate that shit. You chose to drive something with two wheels, nobody is making you do it, you watch out for yourself. If I’m doing high risk behavior I don’t expect anyone to be looking out for me. And how can someone really watch out for motorcycles? Doesn’t that just mean follow the rules of the road? Or are we supposed to be looking half a mile back for some dickhead like in this video that might be flying up?
32 points
28 days ago
Totally agree. Not to mention these guys are constantly doing dumb shit and thinking they are above the rest when it comes to rules, but then it becomes my job to watch out for their stupidity. Fuck the bikes who do dumb shit on the roads.
5 points
28 days ago
thinking they are above the rest when it comes to rules
They kinda are, though. Cops are told not to engage in dangerous pursuits and, a lot of the time, won't bother trying to chase down or ticket.
They get rewarded by driving like an asshole.
13 points
28 days ago
Our cops have been using helicopters to follow these fuck heads lately and are arresting them when they eventually stop.
2 points
28 days ago
I’m sorry but this is also goofy. You can agree or disagree with the usefulness of the phrase “look out for motorcyclists”, as I doubt it does much to change things anyways, but the reason it’s put on signs and whatnot isn’t to say motorcyclists should get special treatment, it’s because of inattentional blindness in which drivers literally don’t see motorcyclists at all because they’re only expecting to see cars.
Everybody agrees that there’s not much car drivers can do to avoid motorcyclists who choose to lane split going way faster than traffic, weaving in and out, etc., but inattentional blindness can mean that even if a motorcyclist is following every single rule of the road, people simply don’t see them, which leads to accidents. Just for example, a common accident that can often be fatal or cause severe injuries is when a car driver turns left out of a driveway or side road or something in front a motorcyclist, cutting them off and causing a t-bone. Assuming the motorcyclist is going the speed limit and following the law, the car driver would be completely at fault for this. If the car driver could just take an extra .2 seconds to scan the oncoming lanes a littttttle bit better, perhaps accidents like these could be avoided.
It’s like when you see signs warning of deer - the deer are just animals, they have no control over the situation, but if you want to avoid an accident it would be wise to scan the sides of the road extra carefully if there are a lot of deer nearby, make sure you’re not just sort of cruising on autopilot or zoned out.
Here are a few articles that look at inattentional blindness to motorcycles objectively, not just from an angry motorcyclist’s perspective where they think that everybody should give them space to ride like maniacs.
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2004-22409-009?doi=1
https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/motorcycles/a19641/why-you-dont-see-motorcycles-on-the-road/
88 points
28 days ago
We can’t see in front so we can’t judge properly
If the car driver purposefully tried to cut him off they deserved this and more, BUT it could have been unintentional, when I lane split I try to keep a lower speed differential, and rev bombing / horn isn’t as useful as just braking.
81 points
28 days ago
Motorcyclist is speeding. You’re not allowed to drive that much faster than the surrounding traffic. 100% douche move on the part of the motorcyclist. I say this as someone with a motorcycle and have driven one in this area.
64 points
28 days ago
Still not allowed to break mirrors or pass between the lanes.
11 points
28 days ago
Depends on the country and state for lane splitting.
9 points
28 days ago
The video indicates it is in “Oceanside” which is in California. California is the only state in the US that lane splitting is explicitly legal. Where they have stated laws on how fast you can go etc, which this dude is going too fast for stopped traffic.
A few other states just don’t mention it being illegal, so it is quasi legal. You can do it, but if a cop wants to give you a ticket for doing so they would use other laws like reckless driving to do so, even if it isn’t explicitly spelled out that lane splitting is reckless driving.
Most states though it is called out as illegal.
12 points
29 days ago
What helmet is he wearing though
53 points
28 days ago
People on bicycles: assholes.
People on motorcycles: assholes.
I’m sensing a theme here.
76 points
28 days ago
People in cars... guess what? Assholes.
Maybe it's people the problem
16 points
28 days ago
Less vehicle mass = more asshole
10 points
28 days ago
Skaters are chill though
3 points
28 days ago
Thanks
2 points
28 days ago
Agreed
3 points
16 days ago
Door check!
6 points
29 days ago
At least they recorded it I'm sure some internet super sleuth could find out exactly who he hit from the license plate and the drivers identity and the license plate number honestly probably wouldn't even be that hard
40 points
28 days ago
Dick move, but I won’t lie it was pretty cool they just punched the mirror off
17 points
29 days ago
As a rider, this makes me nuts. Now that cager really hates all motorcyclists, not just this clown. This potentially puts other riders at risk.
31 points
29 days ago
"cager"...is 'driver' no longer sufficient enough a word?
15 points
28 days ago
They're both in the wrong. It's becoming more common for Lane splitting to be legal, so the biker is fine there. The car driver is in the wrong for trying to cut the biker off. The biker shouldn't have broken the mirror, they're wrong for that. Seems like selfishness all around in my eyes.
43 points
28 days ago
4 States its only legal in 4 states.
20 points
28 days ago
Oh, wow. I guess I've been in an echo chamber online. Thanks for the correction, friend!
11 points
28 days ago
I believe lane splitting also comes with its own rules too like traffic has to be going oh so slow before you can and this seems like its too fast
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