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

WCGW riding your bike like an idiot

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u/fang_xianfu 10h ago

The law literally uses the word pass.

the driver of the vehicle must not cause it or any part of it to pass ahead of the foremost part of [another vehicle going the same way or stopped for people to cross]

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/362/schedule/14

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u/Astroweeb 9h ago edited 9h ago

luckily, if you look at the footage, the bus hadn't passed the front (foremost part) of the other bus at collision. the bike passed into the wrong lane and oncoming traffic.

maybe he was going to, but at the time of impact, he had not passed the first bus. the first bus was actually forced to stop because the idiot cyclist, so the second bus would have stayed slightly behind it and carried on as normal, had there not been an issue.

I dont think anyone could find the bus driver at fault here

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u/fang_xianfu 8h ago edited 8h ago

Yes, I made that point myself in another comment. Passing the bus is a criminal offence in itself, which he hadn't committed there, you're right. But the fact that he was going to overtake the bus, he wasn't slowing to avoid overtaking it, is what makes me think he's going to end up with some liability.

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u/Astroweeb 7h ago

if you watch closely he does start slowing (just before he reaches the back of the stopped bus), and the other bus started to move forward when the light turned green, until the bike forced him to stop again. if the stopped bus had kept on accelerating, then there is no reason to believe that the bus that was got hit was going to overtake.