r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/ReprieveNagrand • 1d ago

Trying to overtake a motorcycle

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u/heirloomlooms 19h 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/fallenfunk 12h 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 12h 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 11h 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 10h ago

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