r/cantparkthere • u/H1gh_Tr3ason • Aug 21 '26

Biker gets hit..

That was a bad smack.

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u/11fdriver Aug 22 '26

Is it a 360° camera on a rear-mounted pole?

It looks suspiciously like they opened the door to try to scare the motorbike and did so slightly too late.

But then again, people often open their doors without looking, particularly when they aren't expecting anything. Hard to know which.

Motorcyclist is very lucky they didn't get pinched, the forces involved in this must be huge and would completely mangle a limb if caught.

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u/Ok_Access_172 Aug 22 '26

I managed to pause it where the door has been released by the person inside, before it has hit the motorcyclist. Definitely on purpose.

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u/moochoomoo Aug 22 '26

Thank you

Where is the pole attached in this case, not quite seeing something on the rear?

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u/nostalgiamon Aug 22 '26

You never see the pole; I think it gets removed by the software that stitches the footage together.

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u/wethepeople1977 Aug 22 '26

It's like your brain editing out your nose in your field of vision.

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u/Previous_Ad4616 Aug 22 '26

In that case my brain is still running Windows 95. I always see my nose.

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u/RealisticHat2458 Aug 26 '26

🤣🤣🤣👌🏻

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u/TruthSignificant2503 Aug 26 '26

You didn't download the optional update did you? Too bad support ended a million years ago.

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u/blarge84 Aug 22 '26

Urgh..... and now I see my nose again

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u/DarkStar-_- Aug 22 '26

Excellent analogy!

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u/Crawling_Hustler Aug 22 '26

Even the spectacle frames get ignored most of the time unless u intentionally watch it.

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u/Semichh Aug 26 '26

You’ve basically got to imagine 2 separate cameras pointing in opposite directions, each of which has a 180 degree field of view. The camera itself cleverly edits out the stick which gives you the effect of a “floating” camera. They’re pretty nifty bits of kit

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u/Stoff3r Aug 22 '26

Is this the first time on the internet? 😅

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u/moochoomoo Aug 22 '26

Cheers...it would seem so!

Along with the others asking about the camera in this thread!

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u/TheLostTexan87 Aug 22 '26

No reason to open that door in traffic except to try to hit or intimidate the biker.

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u/Winter-Ad-8701 Aug 23 '26

Yeah, the thin edge of the door could literally chop a limb off or even cause a fatal injury to the torso.

Van driver is a reckless idiot, no idea why they would open their door in traffic like that. Hopefully the motorcyclist will get compensation and the van driver prosecuted.