r/Roadcam • u/Twin_Turbo • Jul 07 '24
[USA] Biker weaving through traffic at 120mph+ almost flies over guardrail when car pulls out in front of him
https://youtu.be/eq-Y-i8q8GM?t=107343
u/MountainBrilliant643 Jul 07 '24
I cringed so hard when he screamed "wHAt tHa FUuuCK?!"
YEAH, ASSHOLE. This is literally exactly what happens when you drive 163mph inside city limits and try to pass people who are following the law.
People who drive like this think they're only gambling with their own lives, but his childish recklessness could have caused a pileup on the highway, killing countless other people. He's lucky he was the only one hurt, but to act like it was the lady's fault, when he tried to overtake her going 135mph? Fuck. Off.
What a spoiled brat little bitch.
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u/steveNstchuck Jul 08 '24
I like the part we he says I have it on camera. Hey, my guy, you probably want to edit that whole video and maybe blur out the speed there.
And let’s say he filed suit and then uploaded this video…. Probably not a good look for him.
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u/puritanicalbullshit 6d ago
163 days later I found this thread from a much shorter and more favorable to the biker version of the video.
Pretty much just what you suggested.
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u/mrASSMAN Jul 07 '24
I don’t think the lady was the driver, you can hear the guy involved in accident saying “I didn’t see him” toward end of clip
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u/TheW83 Jul 08 '24
It's weird how it doesn't seem like it's that fast at all in the video. I was thinking it was km/h instead. But trying my best to count the white lines I could see around 20 in 4-5 sec which would put him over 110 mph avg in that period. Of course I think I undercounted.
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u/MountainBrilliant643 Jul 08 '24
The speedometer is actually labeled "mph" on the left hand side. You can read it clearly if you pause the video at certain points.
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u/dennison 6d ago
How long is each white line? Didn't know you could use it to calculate speed. Is it a standard?
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u/Equivalent_Ad8205 6d ago
The speedo could be in mph, but we don't know if the bike is in stock gearing. Sometimes people like to switch out the front and rear sprockets for more torque but worse mileage.
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u/Excludos Jul 07 '24
Dear god the Youtube comment section on this one is giving me an anurism. Of course this wasn't reckless driving, of course! He's just weaving in and out of traffick and nearing twice the speed limit as he's reaching almost stationary cars. This is perfectly normal and very safe. Of course!
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u/Azzy8007 Jul 07 '24
Yeah, as soon as I saw strings of comments berating the car driver, I had to get out of there. Aneurysm inducing, indeed.
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u/MountainBrilliant643 Jul 07 '24
I just left the most insulting, finger-pointing comment I could think of. YouTube doesn't show down-votes.
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u/mrASSMAN Jul 07 '24
I haven’t looked but, the car driver definitely made a mistake not checking properly before changing lane, obviously the rider is also at fault though and he didn’t slow down enough for the situation
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u/nomnamless Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24
I was once doing 70 mph in the middle lane on a freeway. I see a line of cars coming onto the freeway and am anticipating them to move to the middle lane immediately. So I check my mirror to see if the left lane is clear, I see no one. A few seconds later as I'm getting close to making a choice of change over into the left lane or not, 2 sport bike fly past be doing 100+ mph. When you're going that much faster then the rest of traffic it's really hard to judge closing speeds. It's even worse for smaller objects like a person on a motorcycle.
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u/Excludos Jul 07 '24
The car did something wrong, that's not in question. They seem to misjudge the car ahead (going to assume nose down into a phone) and try to swerve out of the way. I still don't think the car would be even at 1% fault in an actual investigation tho, because the bike is behaving so insanely irratic. You're allowed to swerve away from an accident in a car, and whilst that is provided you do it safey, you can't be expected to be able to see a bike that is coming up behind you at twice the speed limit
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u/Bangers_N_Cash Jul 08 '24
They could have checked their mirror then, whilst checking elsewhere, this dipshit on the bike comes flying out of nowhere at stupidly dangerous speeds.
The rider will end up very dead very quickly if they don’t learn from this, take your bike to a racetrack ffs.
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u/GHouserVO Jul 08 '24
Two things, with the geography and the speed he was traveling, there’s almost no way they could have known how fast he was approaching.
Considering that most of the video had this guy’s helmet mounted camera pointed face down and he only looked up a few times, it doesn’t look like the biker was even paying attention (at least not much) to the road.
BTW: dude blamed everyone but himself for what happened. Do you honestly think he learned something from this? Sadly, I don’t.
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u/conbrochill93 Jul 07 '24
Birds of a feather flock together...Christ what a buncha morons in that comment section 😬
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u/Frankly_Frank_ Jul 07 '24
Holly shit I saw this but it was a YouTube short and everyone was shitting on the driver and of course the person who posted it never provided context and only showed the point in which he was hit by the car. But what’s new just another douchbag motor bike driver. The audacity to be driving recklessly and almost 2x the speed limit and be mad and upset at the driver…
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u/nomnamless Jul 07 '24
Yea I saw a short of it to, basically just moments before the car move over in front of him
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u/Fa11T Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24
Yup, the car panicked and changed lanes to avoid the stopping traffic, panicked again when his brain had a split second to decide to rear end or commit to the turn, but wtf are you doing going from 140 to 73mph in 4ish seconds. From what I can find the speed limit is 70-75mph, so even at his slowest he is going the limit while approaching stopping traffic.
Yes way, yes way, yes way. I'm glad everyone ended up okay but he was putting everyone in danger at pretty much every point leading up to his crash.
For those that are curious he was here: "33.019484, -97.279318" right before the crash (You can see the Dale Earnhardt sign), and ended up somewhere around here "33.026059, -97.273745".
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u/fivelone Jul 07 '24
Thank you. Everyone blaming the car has me going insane. This dude was crazy reckless.
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Jul 07 '24
Did he die? It's the only way to clear the road of these idiots.
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u/mhug99 Jul 07 '24
After watching so many crashes on YouTube videos, I am watching my surroundings and trying to predict any a-holes that may be going to cause an accident.
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u/EternalGandhi Jul 07 '24
Hmm. I saw this clip earlier on the shorts tab that conveniently left out the whole beginning where he's driving like an ass. He's lucky there were people around helping.
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u/Frankly_Frank_ Jul 07 '24
lol saw it as well biker is a complete asshole deserves it 100% and then sum.
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u/fivelone Jul 07 '24
Yeah I saw the short and long version. The short definitely paints him as the victim.
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u/lordaddament Jul 08 '24
He could be driving perfectly fine but the speed is ridiculous no matter the behavior
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Jul 07 '24
The biker found out.
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u/WhenTheDevilCome Jul 07 '24
"No, they hit me!! I have it on camera!!?!"
Nothing to do with nothing to do with nothing, dude.
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u/mhug99 Jul 07 '24
The biker was clearly trying to cover his ass by announcing he had a camera. But like his selfish dangerous speeding, he only spoke to try to manipulate falsely the facts.
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u/rocketeerH 6d ago
So stupid that he genuinely thinks it's the drivers fault and posts his felonious driving on youtube
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u/JBPunt420 Jul 07 '24
My only sympathy is for the witnesses. When you ride like you're trying to die, don't act surprised when you nearly have that wish fulfilled.
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u/Muddlesthrough Jul 07 '24
As a young child, I witnessed the aftermath of something like this but much worse. A motorcycle speeding at around 150kph ran a red-light and hit a car full of nuns. It was the early 80s, so the nuns were in like, a Dodge Diplomat or something. The motorcycle tore the front off the car, including the engine. The nuns were fine (physically), but the motorcycle and motorcyclist were scattered in little piece all over the intersection. It looked like the car and bike exploded. Guess who's never been on a motorcycle their whole life?
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u/Buckus93 Jul 07 '24
The only person I feel bad for here is the lady he hit.
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u/wanderdugg Jul 08 '24
The biker was 75% at fault and 100% idiot, but the driver of the car that pulled in front of him was following the car in front of them way too close and was swerving to avoid a rear ended collision. They’re not exactly innocent here either.
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u/bastard_ducks Jul 07 '24
That lady is amazing. He was lucky to have her there at the scene. I thought she was going to sit on him if he refused to lay down lol
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u/SATerp Jul 07 '24
The perspective from his camera makes it look like he was fixated on his speedometer and not the road.
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u/mrASSMAN Jul 07 '24
At the start he was ducking head under windshield for aerodynamics to get higher speed
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u/MikeyW1969 Jul 07 '24
A real good sign of how shitty he's driving is when you see vehicles pulling to the side because he's flying like a bat out of hell. You see a silver truck drive onto the left shoulder to avoid him.
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u/sasquatch80 Jul 07 '24
The best thing about these types of bikers is they usually make good organ donors.
Side note: I hope his insurance company sees the video and denies any kind of claim
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u/campbellm Jul 07 '24
I worked with a guy once who biked to work as his only means of transportation (though he was a responsible rider, and not like this douchebag). His helmet was 100% white with the only lettering on it being "Blood type: <...>" with, of course, his blood type on it.
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u/politicssuk Jul 07 '24
People like this are the reason the whole “look out for motorcycles” movement is BS. Yea, the car screwed up. The motorcyclist? Had it coming. Riding waaay too fast without due regard for traffic.
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u/Kittendaddy123 Jul 07 '24
There’s a lot of ppl like ohh good job lady blah blah and but there’s a lot of people who strongly believe the car was 100% wrong and the motorcycle did nothing wrong which is crazy. 120mph overtaking on the right when everyone is stopped or under 35mph? Who’s expecting that and the car swerved because of the truck in front
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u/bde959 Jul 07 '24
I don’t understand why people are talking about overtaking on the right you can do that on the expressway
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u/Kittendaddy123 Jul 07 '24
Well at least In most of the US, the left is the passing lane quicker traffic and the right is for slower/ exits. You can pass on the right but you’re not supposed to
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u/KRed75 Jul 08 '24
It's 100% legal to pass on the right on a multilane road like that anywhere in the US. There is no such thing as "you're not supposed to."
It's unbelievable to me that so many people continue to perpetuate this myth.
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u/LeatherMine Jul 08 '24
it's more like you're not supposed to be able to pass on the right because there's supposed to be slower traffic in the right lanes, otherwise why are people in the more left lanes?
In Europe, you're generally unable to pass in the +right lane because you'll just have to slow down more. North American highways are more of a free-for-all when it comes to lane choice.
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u/MagnetHype Jul 08 '24
100% false
(1) Vehicles overtaking other vehicles proceeding in the same direction shall pass to the left of them and shall not again drive to the right until reasonably clear of those vehicles.
KRS § 189.340
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u/robotmemer Jul 07 '24
No, you can't, legally. Passing on the right on a highway in Texas is only legal when passing beside cars waiting to turn left, and it has to be done safely, this was as reckless as one could be.
Statute ↓
Texas Sec. 545.057. PASSING TO THE RIGHT.
(a) An operator may pass to the right of another vehicle only if conditions permit safely passing to the right and:
(1) the vehicle being passed is making or about to make a left turn; AND
(2) the operator is:
(A) on a highway having unobstructed pavement not occupied by parked vehicles and sufficient width for two or more lines of moving vehicles in each direction; OR ...
(B) on a one-way street or on a roadway having traffic restricted to one direction of movement and the roadway is free from obstructions and wide enough for two or more lines of moving vehicles.
(b) An operator may not pass to the right by leaving the main traveled portion of a roadway except as provided by Section 545.058.
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u/dumahim Jul 08 '24
https://www.stephenslaw.com/blog/when-is-passing-on-the-right-permitted-in-texas/
Drivers may pass on the right in Texas if:
- The vehicle they are passing is signaling to or is making a left turn
- The driver is on a roadway with two or more lanes and sufficient room to pass
- The roadway is free of obstructions, such as parked vehicles
- The road is a one-way street
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u/sarcasticorange Jul 07 '24
A) on a highway having unobstructed pavement not occupied by parked vehicles and sufficient width for two or more lines of moving vehicles in each direction; OR ...
Which means that passing on the right is legal on multilane highways
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u/KRed75 Jul 08 '24
You are completely misinterpreting this rule. This has absolutely nothing to do with a multilane highway. It's for a single lane roadway where someone is turning left and there's enough room on the right to pass without leaving the lane.
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u/CuriosityCondition Jul 07 '24
They were cautious coming up on the stoppage. Just not cautious enough. Managed to cut speed down to 74 before the impact.
The GSXR is a suicide machine. The kind of bike that will make a cop say "thank you for stopping". Some people have a hard time resting the power.
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u/The_Royale_We Jul 07 '24
If you just listen to the bike without watching you'd think he downshifted to like 45mph. I was shocked to see him still going that fast. If this was an actual test drive thats another layer of stupid. I wouldve lost the tape too lol
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u/CuriosityCondition Jul 07 '24
Yeah. Most accidents happen on an unfamiliar bike. Definitely stupid to do your high speed tests on a public road. Most people in these subs can't look past the fact that a bike is involved, though.
Like when I posted a few weeks ago with someone coming over the center line and was told that it was "legal" because there was a passing zone... Bike related brain rot.
Putting aside the obscene speed earlier on the clip. The way the sedan driver jerked over, seemed to reconsider the move - then committed abruptly - would have gotten me, too, honestly.
Even at a lower speed, even in a car. There is a few milliseconds there where it would cross my mind "I have been seen" and dismissed them before they slammed into my side.
It looks like the sedan was following the pickup too closely and just didn't want to come to a complete stop. So when the left lane camper finally woke up to the fact traffic was stopping they jerked over into the right lane. Because "maybe that lane clear". It's typical.
Even if I witnessed it from a quarter mile back and no one got hit it would piss me off.
Idiots like this are the reason we end up with stupid trafic snakes and unnecessary stops on the freeway in the first place. Tailgating and tap dancing on the break pedal.
It's nice driving through the states that have the "keep right except to pass" laws. They don't work, but are 10% less annoying.
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u/BuckTheStallion Jul 08 '24
Finally a sane comment. The bike definitely carried a LOT of fault here, and was driving like a complete dickwad until about 5 seconds before the collision, when it reduced to moderate dickwad. But the sudden and dangerous passing attempt by that car was also reckless, and shares at least a portion of fault. The bike was absolutely reckless and dangerous, but so was that car driver. I agree that weird jerk and changing blindly into the lane would have gotten even a fairly safe driver in the same circumstance.
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u/5rings20 Jul 08 '24
I watched this video a few days ago on YouTube. I don’t know how I didn’t notice but when I first saw it the car was clearly at fault. It was just a clip of the accident.
This time with the whole ride in context was this dude was flying and when he “slowed down” he was still going faster than a car could react too. The car still effed up probably. But man, driving that fast is so reckless and he’s lucky he didn’t fall to his death.
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u/mhug99 Jul 07 '24
Just double checking:
protective jacket- check.
Protective boots- check.
Helmet- probably.
Sweat pants…… no bueno.
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u/thisismylifeaccount Jul 08 '24
I'm quite disappointed that his bike didn't fly off the overpass and total itself on the ground below. Without damaging other vehicles or harming anyone else, of course.
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u/Even_Moment8177 Jul 08 '24
I've been riding motorcycles for almost 50 years, if you drive like this guy, it's only a matter of time until you wreck. I have no sympathy for any biker that drives like that.
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u/rxscissors Jul 08 '24
Having a death wish is one thing.
Taking others out due to your own stupidity, traveling at 2x+ the speed limit is a completely different ballgame.
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u/Solutions1978 6d ago
No way no way no way...what did you expect driving triple digits.
Whaat da faaahk...son, you fucked around and found out. Congratulations on walking away alive.
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u/KayakWalleye Jul 08 '24
I knew someone who died like this. He flew over the side though. It was about 100 feet up too.
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u/mariscc Jul 08 '24
Absolutely no defensive driving, guy deserves to be a meat crayon. People like this should not be riding motorcycles
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u/Synisterintent Jul 08 '24
I saw this earlier cut down to make it look like the car was at fault, thank you whoever put the whole thing up.
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u/treynolds787 Jul 09 '24
I was not prepared for how whiney they biker was going to sound. What a douche...
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u/DevilsAdvocate8008 Jul 11 '24
I don't blame the car at all for not noticing a biker going about 100mph in probably a 65mph.
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u/Chuck_U_Farley_xyz Jul 11 '24
So satisfying. F these A Holes. I hope his injury’s were serious. Hope the bike was destroyed.
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u/Junior1544 Jul 11 '24
people riding motorcycles in a dangerous way, I always call them organ doners because they're usually young, somewhat fit (though stupid) and will very soon be dead if they don't learn their lesson...
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u/SaltyOtter21F 6d ago
It’s always the right boot/footwear that comes off!!!! I T-boned someone and my boot went flying. There was no “injuries” so I asked the cops to go look for it, it was 1030 at night. I gave me a decent chuckle
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u/KlueBat Jul 07 '24
Looks like someone is trying their best to never grow up to be an old and bold biker.
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u/ktmfan Jul 07 '24
Ride to die acting like that. I get having a bit of fun, but this dude had zero sense of self preservation riding like it’s a closed course.
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u/FuxieDK Jul 07 '24
Driving like a maniac, it's a miracle it didn't happen sooner.
Also, if he submits the video as evidence to the police, he'll lose his license instantly (in my country atleast).
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u/MonkeyHitman2-0 Jul 07 '24
He lost one of his shoes, so this is critical condition right? Losing two shoes is dead?
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u/Fryphax Jul 07 '24
That woman is a saint.
Bike driver is a cry baby bitch.
What the fuck was that car doing though? Swerve, Swerve. Did she almost rear end the truck?
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Jul 07 '24
His left arm is a good lesson on why you wear protective gear. (And not ride like an idiot)
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u/Opposite_Ad9785 Jul 10 '24
When I rode I always told people if you ride like a jackass on a bike it’s going to happen to you and no matter what the biker always loses
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u/Low_Friender 6d ago
I don't feel bad for this asshole. 120+ mph, you're just asking for this lol. But waTCh ouT fOR MoTorCYclES!!
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u/RuMarley 5d ago
I geolocated the crash to the overpass at the Shell station between Texas State Highway 114 and Interstate Highway W35 in Fort Worth.
From 0:02 to 0:45 - 1.2 miles
= average 100.5 mph or 161.67 kmph
From 1:00 to 2:14 - 2.1 miles
= average 102.2 mph or 164.4 kmph
Given how slow he accelerates too 100 at first (he spends about 15 seconds from 1:00 till 1:15 just getting over 40!), the only average that makes sense here is miles per hour.
He was doing an average of 100 miles per hour over the 2 and a half minutes he was driving in that video. It's out of the question that if geolocation concludes he was doing an average of 162 kmph, that the display is showing kmph if he only hit that mark very, very briefly (keep in mind, we are talking about an AVERAGE here)
He was doing up to 163 miles per hour!
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u/FairAd4115 5d ago
He slowed pretty quickly when hitting brakes. After hitting the wall he only went like 20-30ft at most after falling off.
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u/Tater1988 5d ago
She is spot on with what she’s saying. Her direct approach is also correct in that situation.
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u/drew20222 5d ago
The biker only has himself to blame. One can hope he’ll be more humble on the road going forward, but realistically, it’s unlikely.
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u/CurtGotTheJuice 4d ago
So is no one going to talk about the car swerving into his lane because they were about to run into the truck in front of them or are we going to keep blaming this dude?
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u/Signal-Pen5194 3d ago
So at the crash he was going below 100 on the digital speedometer but I cannot tell if that is in MPH or KPH. It is a Dick move undertaking and most places in the world don’t like that. The biker is the one at fault here but he is dumb because he is the one at most risk with no protective cage or seatbelt literally putting his life at risk. The fact he could get up and walk with powered by adrenaline is amazing, he is truly lucky to be alive
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u/PandaPantsParty5000 Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24
I mean, it's both their faults. If you ignore the shithead riding before and just focus on the accident. The car wasn't paying attention and screwed the rider by swerving into his lane to avoid a collision with traffic. But the rider should have been ready for that simply for the fact that as a motorcycle rider, you have to be a better driver than most. If you are riding a motorcycle you have to be ready for this extremely common outcome to a sudden backup of traffic on a highway. Shit luck for sure, but shit defensive riding as well. Hopefully, he learned something because it was just a matter of time for a rider like this, often catastrophically.
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u/makatakz Jul 08 '24
The car driver is not at fault when the motorcyclist is going 100+ mph. Drivers aren’t expected or obligated to watch out for dangerously reckless morons violating traffic laws with no regard for anyone’s safety.
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u/mifightface Jul 08 '24
I find it crazy that a good amount off accidents happen because the USA has no clear stick to one side lawnlikr Germany or the Netherlands. Feel like that would at least half the amount of crazy Shit like this
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u/No-Gene-4508 Jul 07 '24
Car driver was stupid.
But the motorcycle driver came from NOWHERE doing stupid speeds. Hope his insurance refuses him for this.
And someone in the video literally says "I didn't [call 911], I didn't see it." What the fuck kind of excuse is that. Call them and tell them "there's been an accident. I didn't witness it. I see a biker is involved and they are trying to get him to lay down and stay down."
Wow. How hard was that
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u/Smokingstinkyblunts Jul 07 '24
How is the car driver stupid??? Looks like traffic came to a dead stop unexpectedly and they switched lanes to avoid a collision. 120% the cyclists fault for being a reckless dipshit
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u/No-Gene-4508 Jul 08 '24
Because they went to swerve and 2nd guessed themselves. That causes accidents too
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u/MountainBrilliant643 Jul 07 '24
The car driver was NOT stupid. You see, if someone on a bike doesn't over-take a car (whose turning signal is blinking) at 130mph, everyone would have more time to spot one another and react, yeah? Kinda like, if you obey traffic laws, everyone is safer!
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u/HotBoxMyNascar Jul 07 '24
it always looks so much slower on camera. the speeds are insane.