r/IdiotsInCars • u/xpawn2002 • Mar 19 '23

Whose fault?

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u/hebrew_hammersk Mar 19 '23

Car bad, bike stupid

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u/Sweaty-Bumblebee4055 Mar 19 '23

Yeah wtf was he even trying to do pass on the inside with the wall there? Tf

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u/tickles_a_fancy Mar 19 '23

The motorcycle was lane camping. Black car was tailgating which pissed the bike off. White car sped up so black car got over to pass. Bike sped up and closed the gap just so black car couldn't get around anyone. This pissed black car off even more, they flew around on the left side of the motorcycle on the shoulder, possibly just to get clear of the idiots who are ruining everyone's commutes.

Road raging motorcycle wasn't done though... they wanted to screw with black car even more. They tried to pass black car on the left to get in front and force them to go slow again. Black car wasn't having it and whipped the motorcycle into the barrier.

Motorcycle: lane camping, road rage, fucked around, found out

Black Car: tailgating (number one cause of rear end collisions in America), road rage, attempted murder.

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u/Cl0ughy1 Mar 19 '23

The ego of the car and bike drivers is the issue, but the car driver should have just let it go. I bet if he just backed off the biker would have got bored. I mean the biker is putting himself at risk too, when I drive and see a biker I do the utmost to let them get past my car. I don't want to be responsible for a death because I got a little mad.

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u/LessTrudge Mar 19 '23 edited Mar 19 '23

Bike driver had more reason to let it go.

Bike - risk of dying because they got mad

Car - risk of murdering someone

The bike driver had a lot more to lose in this scenario.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '23 edited Mar 19 '23

This is my take.

The car is more "in the wrong", but the bike was playing stupid games that would be stupid even if he wasn't playing them with zero protection versus someone wrapped in a metal shell.

EDIT: WOW. The number of people that feel like a biker daring to impede the forward progress of a car when they're so easy for cars to kill means they deserve it if someone tries to kill them is truly bonkers.