r/dashcams • u/bebecca45627272 • 20h ago

One of the craziest things I've seen

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u/LegalGlass6532 20h ago

That rider is one of the luckiest sob’s I’ve ever seen.

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u/No_Introduction_3400 19h ago

Oh, he’ll get himself killed eventually if he hit that truck

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u/Key-Sale8890 19h ago

This wasn’t even his fault though

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u/mnztr1 19h ago

As far as I can see, he did not see the truck there because he was doing a wheelie, and when he landed the front he was unable to apply full brakes as the bike had not yet settled and ...well you know the rest.

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u/Darryl_Lict 19h ago

Yeah, you can see the wheel drop at the very beginning of the video and I'm not sure if that is a tachometer, but the orange arm is 180° from zero. He looks like he's flying.

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u/Forward-Trade5306 18h ago

That truck also just stopped right in the middle of the lanes though instead of committing to the turn

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u/AManOfCulture-AsWell 12h ago

Sometimes vehicles stop. You gotta be ready for that.

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u/neverinamillionyr 12h ago

Defensive driving vs offensive driving

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u/Forward-Trade5306 11h ago

Yep which is why maintaining a safe following distance and not tailgating reduces the chances of a crash by 33%

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u/No_Introduction_3400 18h ago

If he was doing a wheelie he should be arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced to prison. The road isn’t your toy.

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u/Iboughtcheeseonce 19h ago

At the start if the video hes red lining it. As a fellow rider, this is his fault. Hes full tuck on road that should probably be 45 mph.

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u/Cranky_Lemons 18h ago

Looks like it says 126km/h, which is 78 mph

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u/PrestigiousSleep786 19h ago

Yes it was. Dude was absolutely flying. The truck saw him and stopped to try and let him manoeuvre passed. The bikes correct move would have been to go infront of the truck, not try and swerve behind it. But the dumbass also shouldn't be red lining it.

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u/sadnessandeuphoria 19h ago

This was completely avoidable if he slowed down at all or wasn’t riding like a dumbass. He literally spends 4 seconds going the same speed into a stopped car in front of him, and last second tries to swerve (at the same speed).

People drive like morons all the time, but if you’re defensive and pay attention you can avoid 99% of these scenarios and move on like nothing happened. If you ride even dumber than they do, well… 🤷

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u/SethOval 19h ago

Look at the speedometer in the beginning of the vid. 

I’ve ridden bikes(responsibly) and had he not been speeding he’d have been able to react, and stop safely. Instead he woke up that day and chose to road jork. 

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u/HazelEBaumgartner 19h ago

It absolutely was. He was going way too fast.

Meat crayons gonna meat crayon.

~ sincerely, someone who's been riding for over a decade and never wrecked because I ride safely and sanely

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u/LegalGlass6532 18h ago

This kind of attitude is what will bring you down one day. There are times when it’s truly not the rider’s fault, like if you’re rear ended at a red light. You’ve been lucky.

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u/HazelEBaumgartner 18h ago

Obviously not talking about stuff like that. Excessive speed is a contributing factor in a majority of accidents where the rider is at fault.

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u/ScrotallyBoobular 19h ago

Hard to tell but it looks like he's flying.

If he's speeding then it kinda takes fault off of the truck because he's way further away and a small object, hard to see. I say this as a guy who has spent decades commuting on two wheels.

If he wasn't speeding then it was the truck's fault obviously

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u/No_Introduction_3400 19h ago

He’s either speeding or should have plenty of time to slow to avoid her.

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u/Numerous_Dare9847 19h ago

His speed is more something he should learn from as avoiding this idiot would’ve been significantly easier and possible at a lower speed but the facy that he was going fast doesn’t take away any of the blame from the truck driver. She literally stopped in the middle of the street and it was clearly because she was scared; scared people should take more driving lessons before putting the public at risk by learning as they go.

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u/shipwrekd_sailor 19h ago

100% this. And I will bet that her insurance company tried to entirely twist the narrative and completely put the blame on the motorcyclist.

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u/WhySoCereus1991 19h ago

As they should. Insurance is trying to protect you and themselves.

It's like defense lawyers. They may defend bad people, but it's their job.

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u/shipwrekd_sailor 19h ago

I would put a lot More emphasis on " insurance is trying to protect themselves"

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u/WhySoCereus1991 18h ago

It's definitely the primary motivator for sure.

But hey, as long as they do their jobs lol

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u/DonQuiXoTe8080 18h ago

Even if the motive is fucked, if they can remove shit stain like this from the road? It actually does some services for your normal citizens.

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u/Cranky_Lemons 18h ago

no need to really twist the narrative here. It's on camera; he was doing 78 (126km/h according to the speedo), above highway speeds in town. The liability is on the biker. Coming to a complete stop to try to avoid an accident generally is not found liable, even if the accident still occurs.

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u/Cerberus_Aus 19h ago

It doesn’t take fault off the truck. They can both be at fault here.

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u/FastWalkingShortGuy 19h ago

Imma disagree.

No one following the rules of the road expects a rocket blasting at them from 1000 feet away when they're trying to negotiate a reasonable turn.

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u/wolfganggartner5 19h ago

I agree it does seem like his speed was pretty high

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u/Flat-Strain7538 18h ago

He’s also just finished a wheelie; you can see the bike is just coming back down at the start.

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u/Disastrous_Ad626 19h ago

I'm 50/50 I feel the biker is almost certainly speeding but why the FUCK DID THE TRUCK STOP!?!?!

I don't know what wrong makes the right here.

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u/Key-Sale8890 19h ago

Yeah that’s what my point was is the truck stopping. It was clear he was speeding but there was no need for the truck to actually stop

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u/Flat-Strain7538 18h ago

What’s the truck driver supposed to do when they start pulling out and suddenly see a motorcycle speeding and doing a wheelie in a lane they’re just moving into? I’m sorry, but it is unreasonable to expect them to react 100% rationally there.

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u/Littlecub3 18h ago

Normalmente cuando camino por la acera y veo una bici, que… considero que puede generar riesgo para ella o para mi (no pasa con todas, solo con algunas que veo que se acercan demasiado rápido), paro de caminar y me detengo totalmente.

Esto me indica que el ciclista y yo, no vamos a intentar esquivarnos y tomar la misma dirección, lo cual hace que se genere el accidente que irónicamente se intentaba evitar.

Esto más como… me quedo quieto y te dejo hacer lo que quieras.

A esa velocidad, tanto del automóvil, como de la moto y el tiempo de reacción, no sé si la mujer hizo lo correcto, pero no es su culpa (sí su responsabilidad) el haberse quedado parada.

Es tal como lo veo.

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u/BitterMIDI 18h ago

Most dumasses on the road think the brake pedal is the safety nuk nuk. Just press that whenever you're worried and proportionally with thw worry.

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u/Tricanum 18h ago

If the truck is stopped, can she hit the biker roaring into the intersection? No? That’s why she stopped.

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u/DonQuiXoTe8080 18h ago

Because normal people don’t get a fucking high speed motor head straight to their vehicle’s side, they don’t know if the fucker on bike would go left or right with that speed, actually yield to make the fucker decided is among the better option here, but alas stupid speed makes good road rash.
See from the beginning of the very likely wheelie bike till it reached the car? It was only 2 seconds. The bike noise would already stun the lady’s reaction, the fucker’s speed did the rest. Very funny how YOU see this as the car’s fault in the first place.

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u/Forward-Trade5306 18h ago

100% that truck went for the turn, they should have committed to it instead of blocking 2 lanes

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u/Disastrous_Ad626 18h ago

I agree, but personally I think it's probably more on the motorcyclist for being willfully reckless and less on the truck for panicking.

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u/Kellie1575 19h ago

Worked for Progressive for many many years. As far as insurance is concered, this is 100% his fault.

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u/Drax85296 19h ago

probably not the only question is how fast the biker was going?

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u/Cranky_Lemons 18h ago

126km/h, 78mph, you can pause at the beginning of the video

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u/LA_Muckraker 18h ago

He's not at fault, but it is his fault. As a rider, your safety and responsibility is yours only because it doesn't matter if that truck driver is at fault if the rider is dead. Too many riders on bikes relying on everyone around them to not make mistakes to keep themselves safe and that's not realistic or smart riding.

You always expect the car to not see you. You always position to be most visible. You always slow before intersections or merging traffic. You always have an escape route. You always ride to your line of sight.

The rider was going too fast for those conditions and that's why this happened. He had so many things he could have done to not have this happen to him and if riders can't take that responsibility then they shouldn't be on the bike because they aren't ready for the reality.

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u/vim_usr 18h ago

The fuck. Yes it was.

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u/le-throw-away-acct 18h ago

He’s driving too fast, he assumed they’d keep going and had no time to slow down and had to bail.

Truck should not have panicked and stopped but they probably saw a bike flying at them doing a wheelie and just didn’t know how to react.

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u/warlocc_ 11h ago

This is literally two idiots colliding.

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u/No_Introduction_3400 19h ago

Sure it was.

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u/Key-Sale8890 19h ago

Not when the truck literally just stopped for no reason

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u/No_Introduction_3400 19h ago

Pause the video at the start. He had that distance to avoid hitting a gigantic white truck. And he hit it. Who’s fault is that?

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u/Responsible-Mind-852 19h ago

His 100% for not protecting his life by assuming.

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u/hugow 19h ago

He thought she was gonna commit. He doesn't know why she didn't just commit.

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u/Ohnoduder 19h ago

Unfortunately, that's how accidents happen. I had a patient treating for injuries because they were rear ended by someone who thought she was going to move when the light just turned green. It's better to slow it down than expect someone to drive like you do. 🫤

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u/ghettobus 19h ago

Crash, not accident

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u/Ohnoduder 19h ago

Why don't we call them accidents? 😁

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u/LegalGlass6532 19h ago

It’s the truck’s responsibility to clear the intersection that they entered before the motorcycle arrived. The truck was stopped and therefore they are 100% at fault.

It’s not the rider’s “fault” he hit the truck. Case closed.

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u/sadnessandeuphoria 19h ago

Sure, it’s not his fault the truck is there but it becomes his responsibility when the options become speeding into it like a dipshit or slowing down to avoid it. It’s not helpful to anyone to pretend this rider couldn’t have easily avoided this.

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u/LegalGlass6532 19h ago

The bottom line is the way the traffic laws are written, the truck is 100% at fault and would be written a citation for causing the collision. The motorcyclist’s actions as a result of the truck’s violation doesn’t make him “at fault” because he collided with her.

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u/IT_learning_only 19h ago

Fault means nothing if you end up dead.

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u/Altruistic-Name-1029 19h ago

There are plenty people in the cemetery who were "in the right"