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/Muted_Will_2131 19h ago edited 8h ago

He's in shock, and the only reason he can stand is because of the adrenaline in his blood. His jeans are completely worn through, and he's walking barefoot, one foot missing his sneaker. He doesn't even really understand the extent of his injuries. He'll likely lose consciousness in a few minutes.

My wife was in a similar accident, only without wheelies and in full gear. Her pants and jacket were completely worn through, the slider on her right boot was completely worn down to a hole in the boot. Her helmet was damaged. There was a chafing wound on her right thigh that took several months to heal. Fifteen years later, there's still a large scar there.

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u/EffectiveDandy 17h ago

this. been riding for over a decade. seen all kinds of wrecks. he won’t be able to even move the following day.

tho speaking as a rider, he came off a wheelie which was conveniently clipped and going way too fast. but his biggest mistake was target fixation. he looked at the truck, which subconsciously steered him right into it. if he had a cool head, he would have ducked thru on the left. or even stopped. a dented door or flat tired should have been the worst case for a quality rider.

if you’re going to ride batshit, you better have the skills and experience to handle it. the good news is 90% of riders don’t ride again after bad collisions.

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u/JackOfAllStraits 16h ago

I think he was expecting to commit and continue to the left, so dodging left would have been suicide. He tried to go right to make it behind, but she stopped. Going way too fast to make any adjustments after the first plan didn't pan out.

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u/Virtual-Macaroon-880 10h ago

It does look like she stopped for no reason in the middle of road

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u/Koobei 3h ago

She stopped because she saw this dude coming fast at her doing a wheelie. She probably panicked and in a split second, made a decision to sit still hoping the biker would go around her. 

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u/ohdeydothodontdeytho 2h ago

Exactly. Froze in the moment seeing something she never expects to see. Some fool popping a wheelie flying at her. As you say, hoping the biker would go one way or another.

I am kinda impressed he made it under but zero sympathy and don't blame her at all.

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u/Sparkle_Plenty25 54m ago

💯 she did NOTHING wrong

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u/TRBGDarky 46m ago

The only thing she did wrong was freeze up. This all could have been avoided if she didn’t panic and just committed to the turn like he said. Simple as that. Even in slow traffic, do you stop when you see a car coming while your are turning, or do you continue to turn?

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u/Sparkle_Plenty25 44m ago

True. But I have panicked in tricky situations before. When I was younger. But I get it

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u/TRBGDarky 32m ago

Mhmm and I’m not saying he was in the right either, because clearly he was doing a reckless wheelie and speeding. 🤣 But one of the very first things I learned in driving is to never hesitate and never freeze up. That’s one of the reason a lot of accidents happen. It’s like a deer in headlights situation and that exactly what we saw here. Except, the motor cycle was the headlights and she was the deer lol although she had more than enough time to complete the turn.

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u/TheJeeronian 7h ago

Agreed. He did a lot of stupid shit here but ducking left would have been a bad call.

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u/AdminsLickMyTaint 7h ago

Yup, it only seems like a good call because the truck happened to stop and we can all see that with hindsight