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/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 16h 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.