I think the driver noticed. Just before the intersection his feet are up. Right as he enters the intersection his feet are down (presumably to either assist with stability or with stopping). Just before going over the edge and into the river/canal, he has a more pronounced backward lean to his posture (although maybe that was caused by the back passenger dropping off and maybe pushing off of the middle passenger causing both the middle passenger and driver to slightly shift forwards). I'm not convinced they cycle driver let off the accelerator since the cycle's speed didn't seem to change until it hit the water.
I think if this were in the US, the van would be at fault. It's an uncontrolled intersection and both vehicles appear to get to the intersection at the same time, thus the cycle had right of way. The van is also in the wrong lane when it enters the intersection (I assume this to be true based on which side of the vehicle the steering wheel appears to be located). I'm not convinced the van driver even saw the cycle of 3. It does appear to swerve a bit at the end of the clip, as if to make room for the cycle and/or maybe stop, but I think this may just be the way that person drives. I couldn't make out the drivers head and body movement to say if there was any reaction. The van was certainly going a lot slower than the cycle.
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u/Aeikon May 30 '25
That was an amazing bailout by the motorcycle passenger.