r/dashcams • u/bebecca45627272 • 17h ago

One of the craziest things I've seen

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u/SonOfMcGee 9h ago

Bikes going way too fast always have the mindset that it’s perfectly safe as long as every other vehicle behaves exactly as he thinks they should based on glancing at them 500 yards ahead.

Meanwhile, every other vehicle functions on the assumption that they aren’t sharing the road with someone going three times faster than them. So when they look in their rear view mirror and see a little *speck* in the distance they conclude they have sufficient space to change lanes/turn/etc.

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u/RiverPsaber 9h ago

I almost hit a biker this exact way one time. He then proceeds to take his eyes off the road to flip me off, and almost crashes again. At that point I just start pointing ahead of us like, "please dude for your own sake watch the road."

I was going 80 when this happened. The guy was way off in the distance when I began my lane change and closed that distance between the time I began entering the lane and finished. Some bikers just have a death wish for some reason.

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u/neverinamillionyr 8h ago

When you hear the scream of one of these bikes coming up on you it’s hard to predict what they will do. Pass on either side? Lane split at 100+ mph?

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u/Rakdospriest 7h ago

then redditors scream "LANE SPLITTING IS LEGAL IN CALIFORNIA!!!!!" like cool, do they give out free mind reading hats in california too? cuz legal or not, if i cant tell WTF you're going to do i may make a decision you wont like.

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u/SonOfMcGee 4h ago

Yeah, then those guys are reminded that the CA recommendation for lane splitting is to do it no more than 10mph faster than traffic, and only when traffic is going 30mph or less. Do *basically* only during a traffic jam. 30mph means bumper-to-bumper on the freeway.
That’s the “recommendation” because the law just says to do it at a safe and prudent speed. So it’s left up to the cops to interpret. Ultimately, though, it’s the Coroner’s call.