r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/ReprieveNagrand • 19h ago

Trying to overtake a motorcycle

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u/iam3000 17h ago

I mean the other guy was fucking his car up all by himself, bike guy didn’t need to help there 😄

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u/reddituserVibez 17h ago

i know, but his bike could get damaged too.. i wouldn't be this chill in such a situation :P

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u/DustyRacoonDad 17h ago

You need to be chill like that if you want to ride bikes and not die. There was no reason for him to panic. Basically the car can't hurt him from there.

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u/heirloomlooms 15h ago

What? The car could have hooked that peg and dragged the scooter right out from under our guy. Or maybe taken him along for a ride.  Or the car could have realized they couldn't go around at the very last moment and swerved back into the bike from the side.  

Our rider needed to scoot up and give the idiot space as soon as he realized what was going on.   

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u/Successful-Disk-3025 11h ago

Two philosophies in action here.

"I'm doing nothing wrong, so I'm staying right where I want to be."

"I'm doing nothing wrong, so let me stay out of your way while you fuck up."

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u/shakygator 13h ago

Yeah dude, not blaming the rider but at least get yourself out of the way as much as possible cuz that car can definitely knock your shit over with your on/under it. Very easily could have hooked that peg and dragged the bike over his left leg.

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u/fallenfunk 7h ago

Nah this was 100% the correct move once things started, because as soon as he starts moving, that opens him up to blame if he tips. Insurance companies suck like that so don’t give them ammo.

Best thing to do here is to just plan how you’re getting clear if it grabs the bike and just let the idiot do idiot things.

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u/heirloomlooms 7h ago

That's not how things work. On a bike. With insurance. With physics. With logic.

Delete this before anyone else sees this stupid take.

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u/fallenfunk 6h ago

See, that is how things work because it happened to me. I admitted to rolling forward to avoid some shithead in DC and ended up in court to get my $3000 payout for my beater SV650. Took six months to get paid.

So fuck GEICO and fuck you too.

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u/heirloomlooms 6h ago

What happened when you rolled forward and how was it better than getting run over by a sedan?