monkeythumpa
When I go slow, I go fast
About 7:50 am this morning on the Bay Bridge before the plaza. A fellow rider got a surprise!
youtu.be/vPsi_KaB6cI
youtu.be/vPsi_KaB6cI
Who got goosed by a white SUV this morning?
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i_am_the_koi
Be Here Now
Wow, and he just kept going?
I wonder if he realized what happened. :dunno
I wonder if he realized what happened. :dunno
two wheel tramp
exploring!
I agree. That driver was being a donkey and rather than make a big kerfuffle the rider was like, meh, I win by getting home first. :laughing
msethhunter
Well-known member
The car pulled a dick move, for sure. But that rider looked pretty unsteady.
ZCrow
Well-known member
Is this another rider is in the wrong existentially because x,y,z? Sure using his turn signal and riding more decisively would help but the SUV is definitely at fault.
msethhunter
Well-known member
Naw. It's a shared fault. And one of the hazards you have to contend with should you decide to split. He was all over the damn place, and it seemed like the SUV was going to try and pinch him out. At which point, her kind of wandered into the SUV. Had the SUV maintained his distance like he should have, the seeming drunkenness of the rider wouldn't have been an issue.
Terminal_G
Well-known member
Perhaps a distracted driver (looking at a ship, reading an email, masturbating furiously) looked up and thought, "Shit! A moto!"
msethhunter
Well-known member
Distracted Soccer mom on Facebook in traffic? Nah, never happens.
EastBayDave
- Kawasaki Fanatic -
distracted by previous squeeze me thinks?
Rookie surely.
Rookie surely.
dowlinginchico
Home Wrecker
Sometimes it is hard to figure out what a bike is going to do. His intentions were VERY unclear. At the same time, the SUV was to impatient to wait and see what the bike was doing. Both wrong is my vote.
I don't think they ever made contact anyway?
I don't think they ever made contact anyway?
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NB0tt
Well-known member
Watch the clip again; there is obvious contact....just a lil love tap
dowlinginchico
Home Wrecker
I did... a few times. What I see is the bike getting closer, he finally notices the SUV and jerks around a little, then continues to get a tad bit closer for a split second. I dunno though, I could definitely be wrong.
But this is was a semi tricky part of my commute for years. You need to cross over in front of drivers who are DYING to get into that diamond lane. Generally, that is the only thing on their mind. They are switching from being frustrated in traffic to being able to fly down the carpool lane.
But this is was a semi tricky part of my commute for years. You need to cross over in front of drivers who are DYING to get into that diamond lane. Generally, that is the only thing on their mind. They are switching from being frustrated in traffic to being able to fly down the carpool lane.
dowlinginchico
Home Wrecker
Rel
Groveland, where's that?
The rider has his spot in the lane. He can move side to side within the lane at his leisure. The SUV accelerated and took away the riders spot in the lane. This the SUV is at fault.
Now, had the rider been sharing the lane with the SUV, and the rider moved left in the lane and made contact with the SUV, the rider would be in fault.
Lastly, because there was contact, and if there was any damage, the rider would have committed 20002 VC (hit and run) even though the rider was not at fault for the collision.
Now, had the rider been sharing the lane with the SUV, and the rider moved left in the lane and made contact with the SUV, the rider would be in fault.
Lastly, because there was contact, and if there was any damage, the rider would have committed 20002 VC (hit and run) even though the rider was not at fault for the collision.
dowlinginchico
Home Wrecker
I guess it is a grey area to when a rider is in the lane vs sharing. He was definitely sharing before the incident. If there was a defined distance/law from the line that describes sharing vs "owning", I guess it would be easier. But that is what a LEO's discretion is for. I do agree he was pretty deep in the lane when this happened, but I also feel it was a transition from sharing to owning. SUV definitely threw caution to the wind, or was not paying attention. Either way they were wrong.
I love hearing it from a LEOs POV. Thanks!
I love hearing it from a LEOs POV. Thanks!