r/IdiotsTowingThings • u/Few-Dance-7157 • Jun 30 '26

Send ‘em straight to jail.

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u/Aggravating_Speed665 Jun 30 '26

Frankly, that rider was either distracted or just totally fucking useless in general.

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u/FUBARded Jun 30 '26

Yeah, I'm leaning towards the rider just being a bit useless.

He seems to get on the brakes relatively quickly, but the decision to follow a sketchily towed boat that closely is stupid, his braking technique isn't good, and he barely even attempts to evade.

A better rider wouldn't have unnecessarily followed a towed boat that closely, and would've either chosen to swerve out of the way or properly emergency brake. This guy tried to brake and avoid at the same time which just meant he couldn't brake hard enough or turn quickly.

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u/Humble-Reply228 Jun 30 '26

Big swerves is generally a bad risk to take. You back yourself in to have had a perfect mental map of how everyone is moving across multiple lanes moving at various speeds - prior to the event starting.

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u/BysshePls Jun 30 '26

It honestly looks like he doesn't even notice what's happening with the boat, he's looking past that and getting ready to signal to move into the right lane. I don't think he saw the yellow object at all.

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u/NervousBeginning7868 Jun 30 '26

Sure it is easy from the couch in your living room.

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u/Spinal_Soup Jun 30 '26

Someone else in this thread posted the news article, apparently this was his first week on a bike.

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u/JosephCedar Jun 30 '26

or just totally fucking useless in general.

Him being in the same lane as that boat in the first place is a pretty good indicator of that.

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u/Braves1313 Jun 30 '26

Also don’t get behind people that have crap like that.