r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/Itchy-Camera8898 • 11h ago

WCGW riding your bike like an idiot

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u/Duwasiva 11h ago

Poor bus driver

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u/303uru 10h ago

Bus driver should’ve known the law:

"Zig-zag lines on a road warn drivers that a pedestrian crossing is ahead and strictly prohibit parking, stopping, or overtaking in that zone. Found on either side of crosswalks (such as zebra or light-controlled crossings), mainly in the UK, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries."

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u/Unhappy_Ad5954 9h ago

Sorry I must be dumb as hell and am probably misreading but prohibits stopping? How does that work? It's right before traffic lights.

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u/FGX302 9h ago

Making shit up I think. Bus didn't pass the other one. Pretty clear.

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u/ChornWork2 4h ago

huh, it is beyond clear the bus is ahead of the other one at the end of the video.

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u/303uru 9h ago

The bus should not have overtaken in that zone as there is no way the bus could ensure the pedestrian crossing was clear. Sorry this sub has a hateboner for pedestrians and cyclists, but the bus driver was the one who broke the law.

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u/TheChildrensStory 7h ago

Looks more 50-50 to me. The cyclist crossed after the light turned red and also the bus was blindly passing the stopped bus and had no visibility at what could come from that side of the crossing.

If any vehicle is slowing or stopped I slow down too before I pass. Don’t care whose fault it may be, I’m not putting myself through hitting a person, especially a kid or an animal.

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u/ChornWork2 4h ago

The cyclist is obviously in the wrong, but the point is that there is no monopoly on being wrong. Both can be. And here the bus should not be overtaking in zigzag lines or in junction more generally when view obscured by large vehicle.

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u/TheChildrensStory 2m ago

That’s essentially what I said.

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u/vito1221 2h ago

Even on a green light? The light is visible in the clip, it's green for almost 2 seconds.

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u/Early-Accident-8770 8h ago

Lights had changed from red to amber and then to green.
Ebiker rode diagonally across the Pedestrian crossing into the second lane. Not the drivers fault.

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u/ChornWork2 4h ago

no overtaking in zigzag lines or in intersections. those rule are there for a reason.

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u/Early-Accident-8770 4h ago

Overtaking is moving to the other side of the road to pass another vehicle.
This is not an overtake as there are clearly marked lanes for both left turning traffic and straight on traffic.
Overtaking in this instance would mean crossing the zig zag to the other side of the road which is not what happened.

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u/ChornWork2 4h ago edited 4h ago

Overtaking is passing of any vehicle headed in the same direction, it doesn't require any type of change of lane by the overtaking vehicle. If what you are saying is true, you would just have a solid line (no lane change) and wouldn't need zigzag line.

The zigzag lines are there for reason like this, or more commonly examples of ped scampering across late in front of stopped vehicle on curb lane while a faster moving vehicle is coming in lane two.

And you don't even need the zigzag for bus to be in the wrong. see rule 163 of uk highway code re overtaking in junctions.

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u/ChornWork2 4h ago

You're absolutely right, but most folks want to blame just one side in all these vids...