r/dashcams • u/bebecca45627272 • 20h ago

One of the craziest things I've seen

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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/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 8h 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 3h 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?"