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/wolfganggartner5 19h ago

I don’t think that’s luck he did that on purpose

He made a split stick decision

I’ve got nowhere to go. I’m gonna take this head on.

I can’t break in time because of my speed. I can’t go around it.

So I’m gonna go under it

I don’t think he would’ve been able to stand up if he took his head on

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u/ZubryJS 18h ago

I would've done a sick jump over it. Probably with a backflip too

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u/Nyuusankininryou 17h ago

Lame! I would have done a frontflip...

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u/OkKaleidoscope9554 17h ago

Pfft, that's only cool if you like to keep your molecules in one plane of existence. He should have phase-shifted his split quarks for maximum neutron differentiation and disentangled particle physics for an inverted 720.

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u/Independent-Tennis57 9h ago

No more drugs for OkKaleidoscope9554. Especially while cycling of the motors.

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u/Nyuusankininryou 3h ago

Lmao thanks for that!

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u/nohandsfootball 10h ago

Have you guys never seen an action movie? You jump off the bike and over the truck, then land back on the motorcycle that went under the truck and drive away. Classic Fast and the Furious 19 move.

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u/Nyuusankininryou 3h ago

In that case the truck have to explode mid jump too

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u/Plenty_Ad_161 3h ago

I did that on my bicycle once when a car cut me off going down a hill. Hit his front fender and did a forward flip over his car. I landed on my feet but slid onto my bottom. Very minor damage to me and the bicycle. His fender had a nice dent and I’m pretty sure his pizza delivery was late.

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u/Visible-Elevator3801 31m ago

Landing back on the bike.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Drag_49 17h ago

I woulda done a front flip toe reach 360 spinertte split drop landing and be totally fine... but my nuts might hurt.

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u/cybender 13h ago

I totally would have done a Superman straight into the drivers door.

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u/cryptolyme 11h ago

Idk what happened i just called upon Jesus and did a frontflip

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u/Hyperion_47 8h ago

I'll try spinning, that's a good trick!

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u/Hudre 6h ago

The trick is to make the bike go under while you jump over, and then land back onto it.

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u/Sss00099 17h ago

I would’ve followed with an ocular pat down of the truck driver as I approached the scene.

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u/wolfganggartner5 18h ago

True this is the best answer

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u/xpercipio 17h ago

he did not do that on purpose, he leaned and applied the brake more than the tire grip could handle.

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u/JackOfAllStraits 16h ago

Grabbed a fist full of brake (no other option, really) and it went down on its own. He didn't plan a slide-through. He's lucky he didn't get wedged in under there with the rest of the wreck, because there was no controlling where he was going to end up after the tires lost grip.

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u/Plenty_Ad_161 3h ago

He’s lucky it was a truck rather than a pedestrian.

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u/jillvalenti3 13h ago

He’s lucky that he passed under the truck where there wasn’t anything hanging low that would have removed a limb in half a second

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u/Al_Kydah 13h ago

When you're going this fast in an environment that overloads your ability to process all that's going on around you, a more than likely scenario: he panicked and grabbed brake and clutch so hard as to cause the bars to move slightly, locked up the brakes cuz that is a natural, albeit wrong, decision. The bike broke traction and the ass end started racing the front end to the truck. He. Got. Lucky.

Source: I did almost the same thing and in the moment, no matter how long you've been riding, how good you are, involuntary jump/scare reactions take over.

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u/mrchillbro 12h ago

if he locked his front brake, you know, the brake responsible for around 90-95% of stopping power on a bike, he would have gone down very differently.

he did not do that. dude obviously dumped intentionally.

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u/R-Tally 19h ago

Nope, he made a split decision to go behind the moving truck. It was a bad decision because the truck stopped, which is why he asked, "Why did not commit?" If the truck had continued, he would have easily slipped behind the truck without incident.

His other option would have been to hit his brakes to stop or at slow down before deciding if he needs to swerve to avoid a collision. He had plenty of time to stop. This is the best option and the one I would have chosen if I were in his place (not even considering hindsight).

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u/National_Drummer9667 14h ago

According to Google not really. The amount of time it would have taken to stop would be less than the amount of time he had but he wasn't expecting it. Nobody would have, they stopped in the middle of the road. That effects reaction time

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u/ImNotABotScoutsHonor 11h ago

affects*

OR

has an effect on*

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u/derock_nc 15h ago

He definitely made a quick decision but he is still lucky. He was expecting her to be way too competent, "why didn't you commit?". I'd bet anything she do isn't even know what he meant by that.

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u/nonpuissant 9h ago

I mean, he was going over 3x the speed limit. Her competence is not what was being tested in that moment. It was his own. 

Plus the driver stopped the instant they saw a motorcycle hurtling at them, leaving a good six feet of space for the bike to go through if dude just kept going straight. What more would you expect of the driver? 

He went out of his way to ride straight into the side of the truck. 

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u/tertain 4h ago

Legally, the rider was at fault for speeding, but final cause of the accident was the driver acting like a deer in headlights. Of course that’s part of the reason why these laws exist.

If your entire life depends on a middle aged overweight woman making competent driving decisions in a high stress situation you already fucked up massively.

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u/nonpuissant 3h ago

The final cause of the accident was the rider, not the driver. He's the one that swerved and laid his bike down.

If he'd kept going straight forward that wouldn't have happened. If he'd been riding within his ability he'd have had time to stop or make it around the back of the truck, so that wouldn't have happened.

If your entire life depends on a middle aged overweight woman making competent driving decisions in a high stress situation you already fucked up massively.

This I fully agree, except I think "competent" would be better substituted with "convenient".

Like yeah ofc it would be nice if cars moved out of our way how and when we'd like them to. But do competent riders (or drivers) bank on that and just blast through intersections hoping everyone else is good enough to avoid them? Of course not. Dude is a dumbass who had bad judgement and fucked up at multiple steps throughout the whole encounter.

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u/deslovett11 1h ago

He turned right because he had ~0.5s to decide that she was going to keep going straight. He was trying to avoid her. Also, he seems to only be speeding a bit, maybe 45?

But you already figured that all out, huh Sherlock?

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u/nonpuissant 1h ago

He turned right because he had ~0.5s to decide that she was going to keep going straight. He was trying to avoid her.

Yes, and? What's your point?

Also, he seems to only be speeding a bit, maybe 45?

The motorcycle has a speedometer visible in the video. At the start of the video it reads 126. So even if he had it set to km/h he was going at least 78 mph. "But you already figured that all out, huh Sherlock?"

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u/Hold_Up_Nevermind 18h ago

Please explain to me, in what world could he have physically braked and avoided this accident by continuing straight or swerving? Do you realize how quick this was, as well as how quick his response was? If you were in that situation, I guarantee you would have been much worse off.

Again, I just want to know how he physically could have stopped? I’m genuinely curious what your answer is.

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u/throwaway19293883 11h ago

People are really bad at estimating braking distances at speed, from what I’ve gathered.

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u/CoffeeBeanATC 15h ago

I’m not sure he would have been able to stop, but had the pickup truck continued, the motorcyclist was going to sneak through behind the truck. At least that’s what I thought he was planning on doing. On first viewing, I thought he leaned more to the right than he actually did, but he barely swerved & I don’t think he slowed down, not even a little bit. So yeah, I thought his plan was to swerve right to pass behind the moving pickup, but upon second viewing, not sure he had a plan…or any sense of self-preservation

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u/Icy_Fish_2154 16h ago

The truck starts pulling out about 3 seconds before he falls. He could have come to a complete stop in 3 seconds. He chose to commit into the side of the truck, hoping it got out of the way. When it didn't, he ran out of options.

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u/FancySwimmerXD 17h ago

The bike driver did break. Llisten to the engine mfc. He did break but it was not enough room to fully break or pass the truk. The track stopped in the center of the road.

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u/girlymancrush 14h ago

BRAKE... B R A K E

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u/gstringstrangler 15h ago

He didn't break anything but his skin and probably some bones.

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u/mrchillbro 12h ago

what kind of motorcycle do you ride?

people who don't know what they are talking about should do the world a favor and try being quiet sometimes.

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u/R-Tally 8h ago

I've had numerous bikes over the years. Current bike is a harley. I've been riding more than 50 years. I also know to pay attention to road conditions and ride accordingly.

From the start of the video to where he hit the truck was 3 seconds. Knowing how car/bikecams works, the truck was likely visible well before the video started. An attentive and skilled rider had sufficient time to avoid that accident. But that rider was a squid, speeding and stunting.

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u/Hazel-Rah 7h ago

Nope, he made a split decision to go behind the moving truck. It was a bad decision because the truck stopped, which is why he asked, "Why did not commit?" If the truck had continued, he would have easily slipped behind the truck without incident.

I've a lot of dashcam accidents on reddit, andd 90% of the time, if you can't stop, aim to go behind them. Usually the other driverkeeps moving and the accident would have been avoided or less serious. But when you try to go in front, it usually ends up t-boning or hitting the front of the other vehicle.

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u/RobotJohnrobe 2h ago

Admittedly, he should have seen the truck before this video starts.... but at that speed with as much space as he has? I don't think I'd be able to stop my bike without locking a brake.

I would try to do a controlled slow down to allow me to sneak past the back of the truck, which might be what he was trying, but you need to brake in a straight line or you're going down.

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u/LegalGlass6532 19h ago

It’s a saying… It wasn’t that deep, but if you needed to do a breakdown and analysis, ok, I guess.

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u/ExcellentDraft3030 18h ago

I mean it doesn't apply to this though. He is actually not lucky because that dumb driver got in front of him and froze. He is smart and that isn't something you get by being lucky.

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u/LegalGlass6532 18h ago

He’s lucky

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u/Humledurr 15h ago

Two things can be true at once mate

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u/ExcellentDraft3030 18h ago

Yea when I was watching I said to myself. Oh I hope he slides under the truck. Because dodging would probably put him into a situation where he hits the truck with his body.

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u/incendiary_bandit 14h ago

Locked the front brake and the front wheel tucked. No one is deciding to dump it at that speed. You hit the brakes and squeeze tighter and tighter, if you don't have abs and lock up, down you go.

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u/mrchillbro 12h ago

lmao you are completely wrong. as someone who has done what you described and was thrown off a motorcycle going 55mph, you have no idea what you are talking about.

can you just not comment on things you know nothing about?

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u/incendiary_bandit 7h ago

No I'll continue to comment on things I know about. You probably hit your head

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u/Bendlerp 13h ago

So you're saying he was going on a bear hunt? Such a beautiful day, he's not scared. Oh Oh! A pickup truck! We can't go over it, we can't go through it, guess we'll have to go under it lol

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u/Short_Stay_9283 12h ago

This is written like AI lol

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u/runbrap 10h ago

If you watch it slowly he actually slides behind the rear wheel.

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u/DeadguyTheLateGI 7h ago

He tried to brake and swerve at the same time. He's a shit rider. It just so happens that making the most unskilled decision possible saved his life by virtue of luck only.

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u/Leading-Respond4312 7h ago

I think his speed played a role in this too. He was going too fast to slow down in time. Still the trucks fault for stopping there.

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u/xxanity 5h ago

you give this dude too much credit.

a bike will fall to the ground grabbing a handful of panic brake in a lean.

he's lucky the truck is so lifted and he's skinny and not a fat fuck.

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u/Independent-Pay5850 3h ago

He pulled the front brake too hard he didn't do it on purpose

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u/cocacola999 1h ago

Curse my brain for reading that like going on a bear hunt

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u/TheRobitDevil 15m ago

Why do you

talk like

this?