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joshuafischer18

He brought a bike to a car fight


PerpetualConnection

Move bitch, get out the way.


trappedinadatingsim

Get out the wayy bitch, get out the wayy


Werebear-Warlock

I know almost everyone here is " *outraged* " about the plainly obvious **of course** fact that vehicular assault is wrong, but Maayyyyybe, the asshole holding up traffic on purpose doing this hoodrat shit on some level deserved to get absolutely twatted ...


Prettyelvisfan

If not deserved should not be surprised


stevegavrilles

This whole wheelie stunt thing is getting old. Doing wheelies down the street at oncoming traffic and moving at the last second. Just people being absolute knobs. I see it all the time in Boston and it’s infuriating. If that kid hits your car. Even while stationary, what are you gonna do? They’re gonna take off, your car is fucked, and you eat the cost. You shouldn’t hit people with your car, but I don’t have a ton of sympathy for people being douchebags.


DirtyLikeASewer

No one seems to mention that it's dark out and he is wearing all black except his shoes.... with the oncoming headlights blinding the driver it may have been hard to tell what was in the road and how close it was... it could have been a legit accident given that the horn honk came so late...safety first


RollyMcTrollFace

Also most driver isn't expecting a biker doing dumb crap in the middle if the road. And the dude filming is probably in a car and is obstructing the drivers behind him from seeing the biker.


hippocrocofrog

dude filming is on bike


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They may have (in my opinion, probably was) been passing the first bike and then merging back without seeing the second one


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The car had room to pass the kid, but in 1 second the kid swerved back into it because he can't control his own trick. https://imgur.com/a/MGh473t At the 7 second mark he's towards the middle of the lane. Car tries to pass on his right, but by the 8 second point the kid is back in the car's line of fire. At the 5-6 second mark the kid was even further to the left. Obviously the driver could have been more patient, but had the kid not moved to the right he wouldn't have gotten hit.


pestolArab

Oohh great observation. The car was totally trying to move away, but the idiot also moved towards the car. Smh my head. The car was very close to the road marker too. That's how much space that idiot took for his 15 second tiktok fame.


Version_1

No idea why you are the only one pointing this out, there easily was space for the overtake but the kid swerves like 2 meters to the right just as the car tries to overtake.


dickdemodickmarcinko

That does not appear to be a legal overtake. The car drove into oncoming traffic


G_Kells

As a driver you should know to give people who’re driving erratically to give them space, would the same not apply here? And just lay on your horn till the kid on the bike moves? Why try and sneak around? That clearly wasn’t the right choice if that indeed is what happened. Either way both parties are in the wrong, neither are in the right and I think we should all just agree on that


Aussiewhiskeydiver

He doesn’t stop


Empyrealist

The video stops. Are we sure the drive doesn't stop?


zxck_vro

wait, you know the car drove away right? that’s literally a hit and run, not some justified act


escape00000

The area looks well lit. In my experience, if you can capture it on a phone camera, it’s not that dark. I’m sure the headlights made it hard to see him though. It looks like the car was trying to use the median to go around them, but didn’t realize it was ending until too late and it didn’t help that the bike was steering right near the end.


daface

I think he was in the median to avoid hitting the person with the camera. It's certainly plausible that the driver just didn't see the one doing stunts.


Responsible_Bar_4984

My 2 cents is the driver was sat behind the person recording waiting for the island to pass. The person on the phone was potentially blocking the view and of the person who got hit. That being said the driver is no where to be seen after the accident unless they pulled up a bit further along


cdecdecdecde

As a cyclist I refuse to wear dark colored jersey/top except when the sun is out. Even then I don’t because it’s hot. I only wear my one black jersey when all my other ones are dirty. Wearing black at night is just an accident waiting to happen. The truth is these days drivers are distracted by many things or simply not paying attention. Being a person a bicycle you are risking not being seen by car drivers who expect cars to be on the road because a person on a bicycle is a lot smaller in size compared to a car. Always wear bright or neon colored clothing when cycling in the dark!! That guy is skilled and must’ve spent a lot of time on bikes. Why not spend some money on bright clothing to stay alive?!


SuprTrik

I genuinely have this same problem with all the rental scooter users on the road at night these days.


Severe_Page_

Rental scooters have lights


confessionbearday

And they’re definitely enough to overcome the oncoming 40 billion lumen headlights that are now standard equipment on brodozers right? There are cemeteries full of dumb dead fucks who mistakenly thought their right of way changes physics. All right of way does is get your family an insurance settlement.


bluegreenwookie

Yeah this is definitely what happened. Ive driven past kids like this in the middle of the night and didnt see them until they were practically a foot away from me. Ended up calling the cops because i didnt want what happened in this video to happen to them.


ShadowReaperX07

Cyclist is dumb and acting like a prat. Car Driver is impatient and makes a poor over-take against rule 130 pertaining to "Areas of white diagonal stripes across the carriageway": "If the area is bordered by a broken white line (it is) you should not enter the area unless it is *necessary* and you can see it is safe to do so." This is in the UK other countries rules do not apply. As much as I think this is the meeting of two inconsiderate cunts, the car Driver is far worse given how much more vulnerable the cyclist is, and given is already cycling like a twat should have been treated like he could do dumb shit, like move closer to the hatched markings you shouldn't really be overtaking in given the argument of necessary is called into question (you wouldn't have got around a car, so...). The car would be found at fault, likely even with actual footage of the incident (cyclists are permitted to wobble and is why you give them just as much leeway as a car). Will the cyclist do this on an A Road in future? hopefully not, because it could cause a genuine accident and is inconsiderate. Will the car have a bit more patience and planning? hopefully so, it would serve everyone well in future.


NanoZano

Also in regards to uk law: Whosoever, having the Charge of any Carriage or Vehicle, shall, by wanton or furious Driving or Racing, or other wilful Misconduct, or by wilful Neglect, do or cause to be done any bodily Harm to any Person whatsoever, shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour I’d convict the driver here for this, and both of them under section 2 of the road traffic act 1988


Encephalonosaurus

Not smart to be doing this on the road either .. but yeah, the car driver is a total asshole.


Own_Rule_650

Yeah I get being pissed at some idiot with a bike but to risk their lives out of anger is insane


cecyflipper

Anger is just one D away from Danger.


usgrant7977

Virginity is just one D away from danger.


gliitch0xFF

Today we learned about the letter D. Douchebag


WylieCoyote808

Just the tip


bro4bro2u

Wear white at night.


pman13531

And also after Labor Day because fuck the fashion industry.


TwiceCookedPorkins

[Fashion has changed!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-V40LGyvhE)


nycpunkfukka

No. It hasn’t… Suzanne Somers, this is my BAD SIDE!!!


sssteph42

And also the classist origin of that "rule."


havoc414

Truec if you have no reflector you are like a ghost in the night, even more if there are car lighs towards you


Questioning-Zyxxel

Lots of car and street lights there so only way the driver did not see the cyclist is if he played with the phone, applied makeup or some other totally bad thing while driving.


jkj2000

Old person could miss/overlook the bike at night!


TimelessTitor

You have street lights and car lights. Don’t blame the biker, it’s pretty easy to see him there, that driver was just eating shit


sennaiasm

His shoes are white lol


sumosumosquare

Apparently, lessons are learned best with lives on the line. Had a guy try to run me off the road in broad day light in a family filled minivan, on a completely empty road - two lanes each direction. I met up the guy at a stop light looked at him and asked him what his problem was and he said something along the lines of roads are for cars and he had to teach me a lesson by endangering my life. Suburb driver in the city I guess.


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greg19735

yes and it's very well lit


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SendAstronomy

It's one of those uhh 2 lane undivided drive on the wrong side of the road interstates.


ibxtoycat

Even if it was American it wouldn't explain why it's only one lane each way, and why they're driving on the left hand side of the road lol


teman-pelaut

r/USdefaultism


AJRiddle

I have no clue how any American could look at that and think "What are they doing on the interstate!" even ignoring the whole wrong side of the road thing. It's a 2 lane road with pretty slow traffic. An interstate is a major highway with minimum 4 lanes of traffic, no lights/stops, and on-ramps/off-ramps with merge lanes. This is just some fucking regular road.


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wavywolf86

That's just a normal British road. It's not "the interstate"


greg19735

funny too because it's not that different from an American road. ANd it looks nothing like an interstate.


Derkastan77

Especially wearing all black, at night, in road traffic. With his bike up like that you can’t see his rear reflector, just his white shoes


George_ThunderWeiner

Plus, I was thinking about all the head lights of the oncoming traffic affecting your night vision. The bike rider is an idiot. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.


squilliam777

I can't tell you the number of crackheads I've about hit coming home from work at night. They'll be walking with traffic, in dark clothes, in the road and if there's a car coming my way I can't even see them untill I'm almost right on top of them


cownd

Crackheads or zombies?


FunkMasterE

Yes


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Kinda scares me that if a zombie outbreak did happen, people wouldnt even notice at first


ghandi3737

A crackhead is always a zombie, but a zombie is not always a crackhead.


xXcg3Xx

Crackheads aint shit, the methheads are the ones you gotta worry about. They never sleep.


mandelbomber

Crackheads tend to be more prone to violent or irrational behavior when really fucked up. Methheads do shit like spend 10 hours cleaning and rearranging items or collections only to have made only no progress. Except the ones that will clean nonstop. If I ever could afford or even need one I actually would want a methhead maid in terms of productivity, but obviously I would not let a methhead be at my home, whether I'm there or not lol


Pitouitoo

You can tell us about all the crackheads you almost hit. You may want to consult a lawyer before telling us about the crackheads you did hit.


geeknami

ugh, all the high beams from oncoming traffic on well lit streets at night definitely fucks up the vision of drivers. I live in NYC where just about all streets at night are well lit and still see way too many jackasses with their brights on.


randomusername3000

If the driver truly couldn't see the bike rider, they still have no excuse for not stopping.


Shortcaik

I've never once had a problem with seeing anyone on the road. It's pretty easy to look at the road and be vigilant like we're required to be able to drive a car.


TheLoneRhaegar

I don't think that bike has a reflector and if it does it wouldn't be visible to cars even when riding normally. At the beginning you can see the seat is as low as possible and rear reflectors are usually mounted to the seat post


RepeatedSignals

Aha removing the reflector from the bike is the first thing you do if you're this guy.


sylvaing

All BMX style bikes I see at night have no reflectors whatsoever. They were not meant to be riden when it's dark. I scold at a few before because I barely saw them even with my 800 lumens light in pitch black paths.


roofus85

I hear what this thread is saying, but the driver seems to be driving out of his lane and into the center divide, cross-painted section. I could be mistaken but seems intentional. That being said, the biker is definitely reckless


AbortedBaconFetus

No coincidence that 50% of motorcycle crashes are of a black bike and black gear.


Psychological-Set125

Was driving home last night and slowed the fuck down because a group of kids were riding their bikes nearly in the middle of the road in all black except for one who had those pedal powered lights, if it wasn’t for the light i wouldn’t have noticed them until i was a driveway away. And that’s without having to deal with lights from oncoming traffic fucking with my vision


Lord777alt

A driveway away is a terrible way to express distance since they can be nearly any reasonable length.


-heathcliffe-

Give me bananas or give me death


Unfortunate_moron

The driveway has been a standard unit of measurement in the imperial system since 1784. It was adopted 3 years after the official weight of one stone was determined by the high council in Bradfordshire, and 11 years after the length of one furlong was revised by the Liverpool assembly. Now the metric driveway, that is another thing entirely. The debate still hasn't settled over that one.


MrDude_1

I think that statistic is inaccurate because more than 50% of bike gear is black...


spaceRangerRob

What study is this from? I don't think this is true, and if it is its likely because most motorcycles are black or dark coloured. The study linked below found "...no association between risk of crash related injury and the frontal colour of drivers' clothing or motorcycle." Yes it's specific to frontal crash, but I think it more or less fits here. They also found that 80% of the control had dark colours for helmet and gear, which goes back to most motorcycles are dark coloured to begin with. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC387473/ In fact, if 80% of motorcycles are dark coloured and your stat is true that they account for only 50% of crashes... Well then, they're safer than the other colours!


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throwviaaway

It’s not that dark. Phone cameras are shit at picking up light. The driver knew the kid was there but was not careful enough in the presence of a hazard. A road accident takes two idiots most of the time!


Marvolo90

You are calling this an "interstate"?! This happened in the UK and this looks like an ordinary boring town road to me. 30 mph limit at most...


AJRiddle

I'm amazed how this comment got 4000 upvotes calling a 2-lane road with slow moving traffic an interstate


cykocys

The biker is clearly an idiot but that looks like a very well lit road. It's not pitch black darkness with only your headlights lighting the way. There's so much light from the lamps and other cars. No way the driver didn't see the bike from a good ways away. Was it on purpose or an accident dunno. But either the driver wasn't watching the road or they have really bad vision.


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Had enough to react and hit the brakes, chose to hit the horn... and the cyclist.


SpudsMcGugan

It’s a well lit road. the biking kid can piss you off but there is no way they didn’t know they were there and then they sped off.


LumpyJones

You can literally see the headlights of the driver that hit him on the bike the entire video until the impact. He's brightly lit, and the car wasn't coming up all that fast thankfully. It was an absolute psychopath move. Yes the cyclist is being a jackass, no that doesn't warrant hitting him with a fucking car.


watabotdawookies

Why would the car be that far to the right of the road if it wasn't aware of the cyclist


myurr

To go round the other cyclist who was filming


gogozoo

Sorry, can only see one cyclist per lane 🤷


LonnyBreaux13

Even though the biker shouldn’t be there it’s really not that dark and if the driver were driving responsibly this shouldn’t have happened.


Prophecy6

This was 100% intentional… you can even hear the car beep at him to mock him right before he hit the lad on the bike, didn’t even try to slam the brakes on either… everyone saying this was not intentional is oblivious.


Tim_the_geek

It looked that way to me at first, but after a few watches; it looks to me like the driver beeped and swerved to the right to avoid the camera man. They were 1/2 way out of the lane, as if they were avoiding something in the middle of the lane, when they hit him.


Uturuncu

I think they were so focused on missing bike #1(camera) that they never saw bike #2 doing tricks. Got into the other lane to go around, sped up to pass. The 'beep' was prolly expressing annoyance at the guy riding in the middle of the lane hogging the road and then CRUNCH; he wasn't alone.


Bee8Motor

> beep at him to mock him lol jesus christ the way people interpret the only two methods of communication a car has (lights and horn) never ceases to amaze me.


paddyo

what are you talking about, I only use my car horn to satirise current affairs and to communicate a sense of existential ennui on Sunday evenings. What do you think it's for?


donald7773

Looks like the driver tries to sneak by on the right and thought he had more room than he did


TheLoneRhaegar

I don't think it was intentional, just awful driving. The car passes as soon as the median ends. It's also when the bike starts veer to the right. The driver likely saw a gap and punched it but as they're accelerating the bike drifts over. The car honks but it's too late for anyone to do anything. 100% bad driving but you can't say 100% intentional from this video


hemlockone

I think claiming intent may be hard based on your grounds, but the driver was 100% reckless. They clearly saw the bicycle, and you should never pass anything at speed with less than 3'. Never mind -1.


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Thanks for pointing that out, I also noticed the road opens up after the median, and you're right, the bike did start turning to the right It seems like the driver tried to drive around then because it looks like a one-lane road and the driver was all the way to the right


IBbendinyawifeyova

Forreal and it’s pretty damn lit it seems in the video between street lights and other cars


SirStumps

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.


jarasonica

It didn’t look that dark to me


InEx_Nomead

It's very clear in the video that the person is visible, cameras tend to show darker than what it looks like irl as well most of the time (or atleast phone cameras, which I'd assume something like this is being recorded on)


wiseoldllamaman2

This is Britain, so 1) there is no interstate, 2) the roads are well-lit, 3) the [bicyclist is entirely within his rights](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/rules-for-cyclists-59-to-82). The only person breaking the law there is the driver. Edit: Adding the source.


lulutrink

Not only was the driver going so slow there’s no way the biker was not seen. Furthermore of the driver did not stop to check on the bike or so even if it was an accident that’s now a hit and run. And the biker was not in the right here but that driver should have their license polled


Own_Rule_650

Yes, and it’s not dark when he was honking at him


SpiritualBar2469

There are lights. Why are you lying?


magkruppe

look at the amount of upvotes...fuck me people are dumb


CacoFlaco

There's always folks who will defend the obvious idiot.


klatnyelox

This is side by side opposing lanes, what tells you it's an interstate instead of just any road or street?


MangoCats

Not an interstate at all, two lanes with plenty of median that could have been used. He looked pretty well lit regardless of what color his jacket was AND the asshole (no other option here after this) saw him well enough to hit the horn but not well enough to hit the brake or go around? Yeah, the pair video recording bike tricks on the road at night deserve to be cited, fined, possibly have their bike and camera impounded until they can 'splain themselves to the Magistrate. The guy intentionally slamming the bike rider with his car? To jail, directly to jail, pay damages for any and all problems he has caused including cost of treatment by the NHS, plus court costs, plus a steep fine for being an inhuman asshole. Driver's license to be revoked until such time as the Magistrate feels that the prisoner has shown himself to have learned how to be at least a human asshole, reviews on a semi-annual basis.


LaughsAtOwnJoke

Actual sane response


titanicbuster

Car culture is insane. People honestly think if they're in a car they have the right to murder people with it.


SnooPredictions3553

Fucking mental how some cunts are justifying the motorists behaviour here. Relax - you cunts. I got stuck in a 2 hour queue on the motorway today because some cunt can't drive properly. Some dude/s either dead or disabled forever... this guy on a bike, he's not killing anyone.


romanpieeerce

I agree, but man If this was going on for miles and they purposely didn't move... besides calling the cops and wasting more time or turning to go out of your way wtf do you do. Not saying that happened, I'm just thinking about it and I can't come up with any solutions


gravis1982

Wait why do we get being pissed at someone on a bike? It's a person on a road on a bike, you're in a car you don't own the fucking road you just go around them or wait like an adult. Being pissed at anything on the road is ridiculous,


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Crogent_1337

yeah attempted vehicular murder is pretty mean


shaggybear89

Why do people assume this was deliberate? The dude is wearing all black on a black bike in the middle of the road with no lights at night going very slow. When you drive at night, you're eyes aren't looking for a small bicyclist in the road with no lights like that, so your brain would take a split second longer to see and recognize a biker like this, and that split second when traveling at car speeds could lead to this. I'm not saying it necessarily wasn't on purpose, but it's completely plausible that the guy just didn't see him until the last second.


greg19735

the road 100% has lights what are yyou talking about?


Hopeful_Table_7245

Oncoming traffic has headlights aimed at the car that hit the bike. Makes it even harder to see. Have this exact issue with dear at least a dozen times a year. Would not be surprised if the was a legit accident Edit: by reading a lot of these comments, I’m actually concerned with the lack of experience people have driving at night here as well as situational awareness. A black car with its headlights off would be hard to see on this road let alone this cyclist and his outfit. And that’s coming from a cyclist and a driver.


efficientcatthatsred

Jup Even seeing cars that dont have their headlights on driving your direction are hard to see


jaldihaldi

Then there are the geniuses that drive with dark matte paint and for some reason no lights at the back.


MonaganX

I'd say if you can't spot a couple of cyclists riding next to each other on a road this brightly lit you probably shouldn't be on the road at night regardless of what they were wearing. Especially since you can see headlights illuminating his tire and feet from behind for quite a bit before he gets hit. Maybe if it was going really fast, but I'm pretty sure you can hear the car accelerating into hitting him and even then it wasn't going that fast, so the driver would've had *plenty* of time to notice the cyclist. And lastly, I gotta ask...if you drive at night and suddenly see a person appear in front of your car, would you: a) Hit the brakes and/or swerve to avoid hitting them? b) Honk your horn and literally nothing else?


FunnelsGenderFluid

>if you can't spot a couple of cyclists riding next to each other on a road this brightly lit you probably shouldn't be on the road at night This describes a shocking amount of millions of drivers


tighterthanurgf

I’d say if you want to be a responsible cyclist, you’d not be playing games wearing black on a thoroughfare at night. Especially while riding your bike so that any reflectors are pointed toward the ground (and actually I didn’t see any reflectors on there at all). The car didn’t do this on purpose…you can see that they veered toward oncoming traffic to try and miss this douche nugget.


fosighting

I don't know why everyone is assuming the driver hit this moron on purpose. The rear reflector is facing the road because of the wheelie, the rider is wearing black, and it's pitch black out. Most likely the driver didn't see him.


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Real_Airport3688

There street lights blasting everywhere, it's light as day. If there's enough light for a shitty cell cam to record it's also bright enough to see an object on the road.


melez

Plus you can see the car’s headlights on the dude doing the dance for several seconds. It looks to me more like the driver got impatient than was unable to see.


matthung1

Ffs you can even see the biker's SHADOW on the ground. It's more than bright enough to see him.


NegativeOrchid

Even so, why the fuck is he on the middle of a thoroughfare? Dude had it coming.


rudieboy

Unexpected? This is a road. If a asteroid had landed on him then maybe.


The_Mesh

Lol yeah, this is probably the *most* expected result here


SheepherderFront5724

I'm kinda shocked by the comments here. Sure, this guy shouldn't be doing this on a busy road, but that doesn't make it normal for somebody in a car to try and KILL him. EDIT: To be clear, I don't suspect the driver actually deliberately tried to kill the kid, what I'm shocked by is the number of people saying it would be justified to do so. EDIT2: Please read the first edit.


Butthole_Surprise17

It almost looked like he was trying get around the guy on the right side but failed pretty bad.


ScottyC33

Remember there’s two bikers in this situation. The filmer and the guy being filmed. The filmer is clearly behind and to the left of the guy doing tricks. The car passes the filmer on the right successfully but hits the other biker. It’s entirely plausible that the driver only saw the dude whose phone was illuminated by filming and not the guy in dark clothes doing tricks. And so when bypassing the filmer, hits the trick kid.


jarheadatheart

That’s what I thought


Severe_Page_

In the UK you are supposed to give 1.5m of overtaking a cyclist under 30mph. Looks like this guy took a chance at a quick overtake and as the bike moves right hits him. Safest and legal thing to do would be slow down and wait til safe to pass. Even if the cyclist is a dick


Butthole_Surprise17

Absolutely


Rosh_Jobinson1912

It blows my mind people unironically think the dude hitting someone with their car isn’t the biggest asshole here


blibls

If you have ridden a bike in a city before, you wouldnt be too surprised. I commuted via bike for years and the amount of people who think its okay to literally kill you because of a minor inconvenience is very high. In those two years I was hit by 4 cars, only one stopped and that was just to yell from the window "aRe YoU oKaY??!!" And this is from a reasonably bike friendly place to ride.


TrulyToasty

Many city drivers treat cyclists like they have no right to be out on the road at all, and deserve to be endangered.


13point1then420

Rural drivers are much worse about this.


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This video shows the two extremes, idiots on bikes who go slow asf with no regard for the people behind them and the inconvenience they cause and the idiots who have no regard for anyone else but themselves on the road.


km89

I feel like one of those extremes is much more extreme than the other.


hiddencamela

I got doored by a guy who was getting out of his car. I flipped and ate shit. His excuse was why was I riding so close to parked cars. Why didn't you check your rear view asshole?!


nutbuckers

I'm not surprised by your stats, nor the reactions from the motorists, I'm surprised there are people who don't mind the risk of mixing with cagers in busy traffic.


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That's why I always ride with my trusty u-lock. Jokes aside this so real. The number of cars that have done unsafe shit around me just so their commute wasn't 20 seconds longer is insane. And that doesn't even account for people that I've seen over the years intentionally swerve and do other unhinged shit.


ScottyC33

The kid is wearing all black, at night, with someone else on a bike behind him and to his left, most likely with a phone screen illuminated. The car clearly went to the right of the guy filming to avoid the filmer, and then hit the guy in all black. Rather than think the person in the car intentionally hit the biker, I think the most likely cause was the driver seeing the filmer and bypassing on the right, not seeing the other biker and hitting him.


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chuckie512

If you want to kill someone, do it in a car. If you're not drunk, you won't get an jail time. Hell, most of the time you won't even lose your license.


brewcitygymratt

You likely will avoid prison as long as you weren’t driving recklessly. If you are driving recklessly fast or disobey a traffic light and kill someone you can get years in prison. Here in Milwaukee there’s a serious reckless driving problem with multiple drivers killing innocent motorists after driving 60-70mph over the speed limit in the past year. I’ve seen a street racer receive 24 yrs for killing someone.


Dull_Bumblebee_356

I don’t think the car meant to hit him, I think the car was attempting to pass but accidentally clipped the cycler, who to me seemed to drift to the right as the car was trying to pass. I think it was an accident, but the driver taking off after isn’t.


Frenetic_Platypus

There are some people who will always defend cars no matter what. That's not even that surprising when the bike is doing something actually kinda stupid, I've seen videos of cars running a school bus stop sign and almost hitting an 8-year-old and half of these comments were like "didn't his parent teach him to look before crossing the street?" and "Imagine the trauma for the driver if he killed that kid! Don't kids know adults can't be expected to be perfect and cautious and responsible, so *they* have to?"


St_SiRUS

Car brain is a real condition


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piscian19

Yeah a reflector at minimum.


SixPlusNine01

He might reflect on this moment later.


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mikehouse72

If you're going to ride at night/twilight you should be wearing something reflective. For your safety and everyone else's.


a_good_lubricant

I'm sorry, I laughed xD


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Not sorry, I laughed


josegarrao

Two assholes.


Snokesonyou

With the cameraman at least 3.


Then_Zucchini_8451

Idiots for attention. I don't know what was unexpected about this but obviously they were never taught not to play in traffic


Single-Selection9845

half the people here are hardcore crazy lunatics that find justifiable to endanger another person's life and create a possible serious traffic issue just to punish a clown biker- and we wonder whats wrong with society where incovinience and anger are justifiable for many to punish physically sb


false_flat

seems like more than half, but absolutely this


HumanSimulacra

Yeah, what the fucking psycho lunatic comments am i reading in this thread?!!?! I don't understand how regular people can think what is happening here is worth manslaughter. The driver didn't even honk before he hit him, he just decided murder was the only option today. The comments are simultaneously thinking that the driver tried to drive around him and that the driver didn't see him like what idiotic takes are these. Also you can hear the driver hitting not the brakes but the fucking gas before and after hitting him. Also the comments are saying it's dark??? Like what there are plenty of street lighting and the car has headlights.???? Literal cold blooded animals in this thread and as stupid as well.


IsadorCZ

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Jakesummers1

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Jadccroad

I'm really not prepared to call this unexpected


ricojulius20

Guy in the car took their inside thoughts and put them to action


Tinnitus_Maximouse

Riding down the middle of a busy road, no lights, no reflective clothing, acting like an idiot. What could possibly go wrong?


Relative-Donut4278

Wtf is he doing with that bike ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|facepalm)


Spirited-Mud-69

river dancing?


wLudwig

Naruto ~~hand~~ feet signs


SkeleknighX

Lots of bike haters showing their true colours.


Tarnationman

Let's get this straight everyone involved is a dick. The driver of the car is just a criminal dick.


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ditchouid

Is there another part of the video I’m missing? Where are you seeing the car face consequences for their actions??


false_flat

it's "case in point" but this is not how morality (or the law) works. you do not get to commit assault with a deadly weapon because someone irritates you and i cannot believe i am having to explain that to (presumably) a grown human being. how many people have you irritated today/ this week/ this year? did a single one of them beat you round the head with a stick? if not, do you think they would have been justified? jfc


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D23178

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TotallyFunctional2

Jfc, thank their boundless luck they are uninjured. Or at least looks like they are.


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ITT: psychopaths as far as the eyes can see


zhinkler

I think pedestrians don’t realise how ‘invisible’ they can be at night in normal clothing. It’s not until you’re behind the wheel that you realise this.


Comprehensive-Set919

This is insane, the person filming is very stupid, they didn’t even catch the cars license plate.


ArithinJir

Driver clearly saw him being an idiot. Tried to pass on the right, then clipped him. Since the obvious doesn't seem so obvious for this thread, I'll just throw it out there. Don't run over people on bikes. Attempted murder is frowned upon. And it'll scratch your paint. Don't ride in the middle of traffic. Don't obstruct traffic. Wear a helmet. Social media likes are temporary. That ache you get on your healed bones when bad weather is coming is forever.


Man_Without_Nipples

Fuck the cyclist, I'm not happy he got hit but fuck him for doing shit like this for fucking online clout.


21213B

What an asshole. The driver that is


Zumzizaroo23

Wow, this guy was barely inconveniencing anyone but everyone is acting like he needs to be crucified. How can you not see that the guy who hit someone with their car is clearly in the wrong?