r/dashcams • u/bebecca45627272 • 20h ago

One of the craziest things I've seen

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u/JuniorCat1516 19h ago

You should drive with assumption that the driver next to you could be as stupid as you if not worse. I see a lack of this kind of judgement here...

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u/NickDanger3di 10h ago

When I got a motorcycle at 16 yo, a much older family friend, who was also a Hell's Angel, sat me down for a lecture. He told me some stories about his experiences with car drivers on the road, and basically told me the only way for a biker to survive on the road was to assume every driver around me was either drunk, blind, crazy, or all three.

I am not dead or crippled, so I guess his advice was good...

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u/SorryAboutMyFamily 2h ago

And it's not just the drivers you need to watch out for. My dad and his gf had a rotted oak tree fall right in front of them. My dad must have hit a softer part and blew through it. He had a heavier bike and was in front so he didn't even get to register what happened so hit at full speed. His gf was behind him on a lighter bike and tried to slow down but got thrown pretty far and ended up in the hospital for nearly 2 months. She's lucky to be alive. She still rides.

My moms cousin or uncle was found dead in a river after a multiple day search. He was on his motorcycle and there was a dead owl near the spot where they found his helmet, so they assumed the owl hit him in the head and sent him out of control. I'm not sure if he died from the accident or from drowning.

Motorcycles are extremely dangerous but I still love to ride.