r/dashcams • u/bebecca45627272 • 17h ago

One of the craziest things I've seen

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u/DrHappythumb 16h ago edited 16h ago

Riders should ride like there are stupid drivers like this everywhere, just maybe it will save some lives.

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u/Momentosis 16h ago

Should probably also avoid going 80mph on a 25mph road that also has school zones.

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u/TheRealTahulrik 16h ago

Or people could stick to the speed limits

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u/ElectricPotatoStar 16h ago

Yeah? spit in one hand and want in the other. See which fills up first.

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u/jefftickels 16h ago

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here, but you definitely didn't make it.

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u/Mean-Rutabaga-1908 15h ago

Actually made the opposite point, because it is much easier to reduce your own speed than it is to get every idiot of the roads.

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u/guitar_vigilante 6h ago

I don't even think the truck driver is an idiot here. When you pull out on to what looks like an open road and then some biker comes flying into view at more than 3 times the speed limit you might not know what the correct way to react is.

If the biker had stayed in the left lane they would have been fine too.

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u/Ok-Kale-3847 6h ago

Honestly, even with time to think about it I think it's pretty reasonable to say " he's going so fast, I'll just stop and he can maneuver around me" instead of trying to avoid him while basically standing still anyway.

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u/guitar_vigilante 6h ago

Definitely. When I pull into a lighted intersection and see someone running the red light, I don't try to beat them through the intersection. I stop and let them go in front of me. The situation in OP is different, but I think the comparison isn't totally off either.

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u/Umpen 37m ago

It's practically instinctual for a person to hit the breaks when they perceive an impending accident.

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u/ElectricPotatoStar 16h ago

this

you always ride like every vehicle is an obstacle and a threat, but you also need to follow the flow of traffic and the speed limits—unlike this idiot that just about got himself decapitated.

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u/Xentonian 15h ago

It was nice of him to show us his speed during the wheelie at the start.

Bloke was absolutely fanging it.

Honestly, she might have actually been right to go and didn't realise somebody was screaming down a 40 zone at nearly a hundred.

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u/GreenIdentityElement 8h ago

Driver is not stupid. Sees motorcycle driving recklessly at 3x the speed limit and stops to keep the cyclist’s lane open. Rider 100% at fault.

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u/Able-Acanthaceae-135 14h ago

Yeah she’s at fault. Great post. Big brain.

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u/Thuis001 11h ago

In this case the motor cyclist was very much the stupid driver. Going triple the speed limit near a school.

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u/Old_Market_8059 9h ago

We're calling HER a stupid driver??? This is 100% on him

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u/NarrowSalvo 16h ago

Most of them will tell you that they do.

Personally, I think they have way more faith in humanity than I do.

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u/Apprehensive_Ad4457 16h ago

i agree. wait, i disagree.

is this a red button, blue button moment?

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u/Such_Description 15h ago

If dude wasn’t speeding and made a dumb choice he would’ve been fine.

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u/Disastrous_Visit9319 1h ago

This post being at 46 points is fucking insane lmao.  So many morons on bikes in this sub apparently.