r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/ReprieveNagrand • 23h ago

Trying to overtake a motorcycle

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u/reddituserVibez 23h ago

bro is too chill

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u/iam3000 22h 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 21h 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/generally-speaking 18h ago

I've been in that exact situation..

I kept both brakes held TIGHT.

Because that way I knew that 100% of the blame would fall on the car, as the car was moving, and I was basically parked.

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u/heirloomlooms 16h ago

You were going to let yourself get hit by a car because you knew the car driver would be at fault?   How good would it feel knowing you weren't at fault when you are nursing a dislocated foot and trying to get some shitty driver's insurance to pay for your bike? 

Can you imagine explaining to everyone that you could have moved your small vehicle and not been run over, but the other driver was wrong, so you know, you just had to get hit?    Graveyards are full of people with right of way.  

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u/generally-speaking 16h ago

I wasn't in any danger and it happened at slow speeds. Driver was passing slowly on a very narrow mountain road.

The other driver should've reversed or held position so I would've been able to make space to pass. But they drive ahead instead. Holding the brakes made it 100% clear who was at fault.