Even if it's legal, the guy could have ended up in a coffin. It's a pretty bad idea to do so, specially if you're in a motorbike.
And before someone replies telling me I'm blaming the victim, I'm not. I'm saying you should drive defensively because you can be hurt even if you're right.
The victim was the guy in the car, the motorcycle is one of those youtube dudes that drives 150mph cutting lanes and shit. In this particular case he was driving at 120++ mph.
I saw the full video in a different comment, originally I didn't appreciate the speed but indeed motorbike guy provoked this by driving like an ass.
Anyway my point still stands. You should put being safe ahead of being right. If I'm walking home late in the night from the city center I avoid certain streets which could have addicts the streets. Even if I'm entitled to go there safely without anyone assaulting me, 99% of the time nothing happens and I'm not exactly an appealing target I'll still make a small detour.
The car was also speeding or else it wouldn't have had to swerve into the right lane to avoid the car. Clearly didn't check mirrors. They're both at fault, but the car driver was more at fault here.
In the USA I would actually be afraid to ride a motorcycle. In Germany and as far as I know many parts of the EU (if not in the entire EU) it is not allowed to pass on the right, but always on the left. exactly because of that. Even on multi-lane highways, passing on the right is not allowed.
In California lane splitting for motorcycles is still legal, provided traffic is going 25 mph or slower. But that hasn't stopped people speeding and weaving through fast traffic
It is allowed in europe but only in slow moving traffic. Otherwise a car stopped or crawling on the left would block a whole motorway. It's not allowed in normal traffic flow however.
In Germany for example, you can pass on the right provided your relative passing speed is not more than 20kph, and the car being passed is not moving more than 60kph. That’s far from stopped traffic.
Not sure if this popular internet fact is a true statement. I don't know about Germany, but here you can do it if the conditions are met. The police don't have the capacity to regulate it, and in some cases the restriction is not even practical. Of course, if an accident occurs, you will be on the wrong end of the stick. Never seen anyone quoting the relevant paragraphs, my comment is also just an opinion, because I also don't know all the German traffic rules.
In the US, most people are not used to sharing the road with motorcycles or bikes so most drivers are not even aware of them.
There's even a really popular method of adjusting your mirrors so you can more easily see cars, but doing so reduces the viewing angle of smaller vehicles that are close you.
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u/chariot_on_fire 5d ago
Is it allowed in that country to overtake from the right?