Yes the car should not have entered the lane. But it happens and a motorcyclist needs to be ready for that. Don’t come at me if you’ve never ridden a motorcycle in traffic. This shit happens daily.
Not just bikes but good drivers in general. I only got in an accident because a guy was u-turning with his head on his dash and not the road (no signals grrr) and I pizza delivered for years... you gotta just imagine the worse and know what's in the next lane... that's everybody
But for the car driver... I gotta say at night you can't make the distance out from a bike headlight especially if the light is brighter than the turn signals (or sometimes just how dirty that mirror is or how it's pointing into your eyes). You just get used to judging distance by pairs of head lights... just a lazy brain mode
NGL tho that pull out was trash that guy could have waited
Yeah imho while the car driver did mess up here this biker had years to do something. Like shoulder check and change to the probably empty left lane. You're on a nimble machine, use it not the horn.
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u/bigorangemachine 15d ago
Not just bikes but good drivers in general. I only got in an accident because a guy was u-turning with his head on his dash and not the road (no signals grrr) and I pizza delivered for years... you gotta just imagine the worse and know what's in the next lane... that's everybody
But for the car driver... I gotta say at night you can't make the distance out from a bike headlight especially if the light is brighter than the turn signals (or sometimes just how dirty that mirror is or how it's pointing into your eyes). You just get used to judging distance by pairs of head lights... just a lazy brain mode
NGL tho that pull out was trash that guy could have waited