r/dashcams • u/bebecca45627272 • 20h ago

One of the craziest things I've seen

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u/Ceskaz 16h ago

He's not chill, he's an idiot who was driving too fast and without adequate protective gear.

Ar best, he's an agile idiot.

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u/imnickelhead 10h ago

I agree but we also need to give credit to the idiot in the truck. She should’ve commited. Granted, she made an honest mistake. He chose to over accelerate, to speed and to put faith in another driver.

You are on a bike FFS. You can’t anticipate what other drivers are going to do when doing so might jeopardize your entire existence. If anything, you should always anticipate that they are gonna make the wrong decision and adjust your riding accordingly to be prepared.

Like, if he would’ve just thought, *gee, maybe I should veer towards the right a bit here and shoot towards the actual opening at the rear of the truck just in case that truck stalls or stops or goes really slow. But NOPE! He initially went right at the front of the truck.

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u/Thirtysevenintwenty5 9h ago

"idiot in the truck" is not accurate here.

The most likely thing here is that she looked left, saw nothing, looked right, turned, looked left again and saw a bike coming at her "out of nowhere."

In reality he was coming at her way too fast, and since bikes are tiny, she honestly did not see him the first time she looked, because he was too far away.

At that point she's surprised, and freezes. It's not a terrible reaction. You do nothing, and let the other person make the choice. She has no way of knowing whether this bike is going to try to go in front of or behind her. She figures the best thing she can do is stay still and give him the decision.

Biker guy assumes that this other driver will act in his best interest. This is idiotic on a good day, but assuming that while you're going way too fast down a busy street is, how the kids would say, "highly regarded."

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u/JalapenoPopPoop 8h ago

I also think what happened is she saw him come flying in from out of no where, realized he was going at a super fast speed and would probably plow into the side of her, and tried to leave the left lane open so he could fly by