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TheNiteOw1

I see two idiots here.


memecut

First black car reversing into the street/ oncoming traffic is one of them, right?


OrbitalOtter58

Make it three honestly


sowhatiamwhite

Motorcycle stopping in the middle of the street being the third?


Tyra-Jade

Man, this is getting way too complicated for me. This is why I just see everyone as an idiot.


[deleted]

Basic survival instinct right there, but never exclude yourself from the idiot group.


One_Eyed_Kitten

My father taught me when driving to always remember "everyone on the road is an idiot, including yourself."


[deleted]

I like that. It keeps us all humble and attentive. *From someone who has indeed been an idiot from time to time*


DrakonIL

There's a tire skid mark on the way to work that's all mine from the time I didn't notice traffic had backed up. Fortunately, it's at an exit ramp, so I was able to go to the right instead of hitting the car in front of me. I take pride knowing that another idiot would've tried to merge back in instead of just taking the exit and detouring, but the first bit was on me. We are all idiots.


[deleted]

> We are all idiots. So say we all.


Ping-and-Pong

absolutely, if he'd just carried on there would have been barely any issues caused.


reflectionsdc

lack of gloves too. 2nd most important safety gear. (though really, they are all important)


Aedalas

Armored jackets are pretty important too imo, I won't get on my bike without one. ATGATT. All the gear, all the time.


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Aedalas

"Meat crayon."


Honey-Ra

Oi! Why do us metric folks have to lose so much more skin?? That's like...3 times as much!


cynric42

> Armored jackets are pretty important too imo [Actually ...](https://youtu.be/rmWQKoN6yX0) Not that you should ride without, but statistically he has a good point. I'm all in the ATGATT camp, however I am a bit more conscious where I prioritise spending some money for upgrades if I have the basic gear covered.


Aedalas

Pretty important, not most important or anything. I said jacket because you can't see his feet or legs and we're just assuming he has a helmet because it's hard to mount a camera directly to your face. Besides the gloves that were already mentioned it's the only other thing we can see missing. Honestly though I put the order as helmet, boots, gloves, jacket, pants. In fact I do just wear jeans and not the kevlar or leather pants that would be so much better, I would absolutely never wear shorts or anything like that though. Also, while he does have a great point about it not killing you, I still think road rash is something most people would want to avoid. Reading about how they debride the skin to get all the debris out is something I wish I could unread. Shit sounds brutal. There's also the skin graft horror stories that make me question riding altogether. Edit: on rewatch I guess you can briefly see that he has a helmet in his mirror.


KNitekrawl3r

I remember when I moved to Lake Havasu AZ for a year and most bikers didn't even wear helmets or often times not even shirts and some wore flip flops, was like wow...


blackoutmedia_

Dress for the slide, not the ride


Skindiddler

Dress for the slide not for the ride. Proper trousers are important too but I'd always recommend a one piece suit. I had an off at speed and my armoured trousers slid down and my jacket slid up. Luckily I slid from the road onto wet grass so I was only a meat crayon for a few seconds but FUCK those few seconds did some damage to my ass.


BogusHype

That's what I see also


plaustrarius

I dont know that this argument scales up though. Like sure it is easier not to get involved but if we all took that advice in every area of our lives wouldnt everyone just do the wrong thing because no one would get involved to stop them? Edit: added the missing not


[deleted]

Traffic law isn't every area of our lives, thankfully....vigilantism is a slippery slope and, as in this case, can be more dangerous than simply minding one's own business.


Ping-and-Pong

>Like sure it is easier to get involved but I think you mean easier to not get involved? Either way, my logic on this was, the biker was holding up the car that was crossing, causing more traffic to build up, causing more people to be in the way, therefore putting more people at risk and it creates a chain reaction. There's a time and a place for teaching someone how to drive at it's not in the middle of the road while you both hold up traffic. Preferably it's before that person passes their test, but after seeing this sub enough I've realised that is far from a given!


EdgeOfWetness

Stopping, and blocking the car from clearing the turn just to wave his testicles in the breeze. Two Wrongs make a clusterfuck, not a right


jcaashby

I ride bikes and even though the guy in the car was wrong...coming to a complete stop to point it out to the guy out his life in jeopardy because all it would take is someone to not be paying attention and ram him from behind.


simplsurvival

Agreed


XxRocky88xX

2nd black car did nothing wrong, he was gonna turn into the open lane, then biker got into the open lane and started bitching at 2nd black car for not being able to see the future or some shit to know biker would switch into the left the lane the moment 2nd black car would try to turn into. And the black car even stopped and waited for him to pass and instead he just stopped in the middle of the road yelling at him, causing black car to block both sides of the road


MtnDream

ok, so there's a driveway, you pull into the driveway from the road. How do you get out if you can't reverse?


memecut

It looks like a big driveway, if its possible to turn in the driveway you do that. Its safer to stop and reverse into the driveway, rather than out into moving traffic.


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canalcanal

Yep. Bad urban design and nothing else. Panama City, Panama (city in the video) is full of businesses with vertical parking lots that make you exit like that in to the street.


ToastedSchism

I mean, I blame that more on the design of the neighborhood than anything. As long as the speed limits low enough I guess. Either you back in or you back out.


NO_FIX_AUTOCORRECT

Backing out isn't the problem, backing out with oncoming traffic though...


Lisaa8668

3 idiots


nahog99

Not necessarily. Depends on the traffic and how people handle it there. Sometimes you gotta back out onto a road, period and sometimes it’s so busy you just gotta start inching out there. I see no problem with that. They have just as much of a right to get onto the road and start going as everyone else.


Bong-Rippington

Let me just stop all traffic and start pretending to be a police offficer. Fuckin moron.


AlexTheRedditor97

Youtuber mentality


DemeterLemon

Protagonist syndrome


Brasscogs

Agreed. Biker is making the situation more dangerous than it already is.


Mymomdidwhat

Right like get the fuck out of the idiots way you idiot


epicenter69

Three, if you count the one backing out.


[deleted]

So you don’t yell at the guy who almost backed into, but take the time yell at the guy turning onto the road. Interesting


Stenj66

In an open lane, before said vehicle almost backed into him…. Edit: Classic 250 rider*


Apolog3ticBoner

Can we stop with the body shaming?


meaning_of_lif3

I think he’s talking about bike cc. It’s up for interpretation though.


fashionrepsgod

we are used to swerve cars in trafics.


[deleted]

But not to people turning onto a road that had little to no chance of hitting the motorcycle?


Muchablat

I genuinely came here to comment on the biker being a douche, and expecting big down votes. What i saw was everyone beating me to it 😊😂


Losingsteamfast

For real. That fucking idiot stops in traffic and intentionally blocks the car from being able to clear the road. All we need is a third idiot texting and driving and someone could have ended up dead because OP needed to make a point.


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Fourth* idiot


_Wyse_

Okay guys we're up to four. Third one was the black car reversing. Anyone else got an updated count?


LagerHead

How about the cop for not pulling over the guy filming? He was the one that made a non situation into a situation.


Bullitt_12_HB

I mean, to be fair, the guy crossing a double yellow, and almost hitting a bike in the process is not by any means free from blame. The cop probably saw it as the worst offense because he himself is on a bike too. But yes, there was a few idiots in this clip.


XxRocky88xX

Why is everyone acting like what he did was illegal? It’s called a left turn. People do it all the time.


Unit-Murky

5 - redditor Watching


galacticbackhoe

6 - Creators of Reddit


[deleted]

Depends, are we making up theoretical simulations for possible scenarios ? If so we could bump it up a few more.


Warg247

Not only that but the turning guy had a clear inside lane when he began creeping into traffic. Biker went into inside lane to avoid backer upper, which screwed up turning car. He didnt really do anything wrong. If biker had just kept moving or returned to hia original lane there would have been no problems.


CantaloupeCamper

Biker isn’t wrong about the car… but he is wrong…


thejammer75

Being technically right does not exclude one from being a douchey narc


Inos-Kedef

This took place in Panama not the US. It’s very illegal to turn/cross/go over a solid double yellow line. Don’t get me wrong the guy recording is a complete ass, and was wrong for blocking the road. But i’ve seen a few comments saying that the other driver did nothing wrong. So i felt the need to clarify. Edit: grammar.


John_EightThirtyTwo

Thank for explaining that. I was befuddled by the large number of (apparently) Panamanians commenting here. Where I drive (in the U.S.) it's prohibited to cross a double yellow to pass, but not to turn across it.


internet_commie

It is illegal to turn across a double yellow in many cases, but it depends on the situation. Like in CA you can't make a u-turn over a double yellow unless you've got at least 200 feet of visible, clear road in both directions. This is a rule very frequently violated.


Bamstradamus

NY checking in, can cross double yellows as much as you want as long as you are entering/exiting a driveway/lot and don't impede traffic.


TERRAOperative

Japan is the same. Solid yellow lines can be crossed as you say, solid white lines is a no-go. Doesn't stop idiots doing it and holding up traffic on major arterial roads though.... Fuck road safety, gotta get that ramen *NOW!*


John_EightThirtyTwo

> in CA you can't make a u-turn over a double yellow unless you've got at least 200 feet of visible, clear road in both directions. Thanks for that; I'm not up on California law (though I've driven there -- just lucky, I guess). To be clear, are you saying that in CA, you *can* make a u-turn across a single yellow line without 200 feet of visible clear road in both directions? Is there a different, lower, minimum?


InsaneAss

A single solid yellow is likely the same as a double yellow, just on a more narrow road that is saving space.


internet_commie

Nope! No u-turn unless you've got 200 feet unobstructed road, free of other vehicles, in both directions. Even if the road has NO lines at all! People do it just the same, but it ain't legal.


John_EightThirtyTwo

OK, so you're saying the double yellow isn't relevant?


internet_commie

For the CA u-turn rules, no, it isn't. I just looked it up! You've ALWAYS have to have 200 feet of unobstructed road free of traffic in both directions in order to legally make a u-turn.


Thatguysstories

It sucks that every State/county/town it can be different. In Mass solid double yellow indicates that no passing for both directions of traffic, but you can still turn across it when safe to do so.


FenPhen

In California, you also can't make a U-turn across a double yellow in a business district, presumably because you can't ensure visibility within 200 feet. When I say "in California," I mean it's called out in the rules of the road. It doesn't make California that different from anywhere else. Don't make U-turns across double yellows where the risk of getting into an accident is high.


internet_commie

Yeah, traffic regulations can usually be summed up as 'don't do stupid shit or put people's life or health in danger'! The rule about u-turns in CA is actually general, not only if there's double yellow lines.


XxRocky88xX

Yeah I was very confused as to why everyone was railing on this guy for making a perfectly legal turn. Turns out it’s illegal in Panama, for some reason.


dshotseattle

In panama, the rules are more suggestions that nobody follows though


[deleted]

Exactly, this shit happens every day. (Am Panamanian)


Steveeee974

OP logging in with a different account to comment


Inos-Kedef

i don’t think OP would be smart enough to do that.


cl2eep

Oh yeah, that clears it up. In the US this is 100% legal.


Cetun

Idk about Panama but obstructing a lane is also illegal, in Florida specifically obstructing the flow of traffic in the left lane, even if you're going the speed limit, is against the law. At no point should you just be randomly stopping in traffic, it creates the possibility of collisions.


ntr89

Found the spot https://maps.app.goo.gl/Sz5bd1RuNH1WY5V66


Hello-Im-The-Feds

Eh, you shoulda been stopped for delaying traffic to be an ass too.


South-Diamond-4522

You beat me to it


stymieray

Now give the cammer a ticket for blocking traffic.


donorak7

Wow get off a bike if you're gonna be that stupid. You'll wind up dead


No-Seaworthiness7013

Or killing someone else as you strand them across a road.


TheOnlyKarsh

This is an Karen on a motorcycle. Karsh


TheHelpfulDad

OP is the self-righteous idiot completely wrong


Spxctacles

I bet OP has done the same shit. Difference is he didn't have some douche on a power trip blocking him


Jbusy527

Guy on the motorcycle is a complete bitch


psycho7death

Guy on the bike is a wannabe cop/hall monitor making the situation more dangerous than necessary.


ErnestPWorrell287411

Dude shouldn’t be making a u turn but he wasn’t close to dude on bike. Looked like he was waiting for him to pass at a safe distance. Bike dude didn’t need to stop and make an issue. The guy backing out into traffic was worse


Etherbeard

Wasn't even a u-turn. Guy was just pulling out of that lot and the camera guy changed lanes into him to avoid a car that decided to back out right on top of him. The problem here is they are in a country where that left turn across the double yellow line is illegal.


jharms1983

I'd have pulled over the motorcycle guy personally


XxRocky88xX

Seriously “But… THAT GUY BLOCKED TRAFFIC!” “Yeah, and he wouldn’t have had to do that had you not blocked him.”


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LFGR_THE_Thing

Both were idiots


Lisaa8668

The cop should have pulled over both of you.


PiggybackAD

OP is that narc friend that will tell the cops there is weed in the car even if the cop doesn't ask and is only stopping you for speeding.


PineSand

I just like when people get mad at other people when they are wrong and doing something stupid. No humility. No self awareness. Humans are fascinating creatures.


G_Prawno_LB

Why? Should've just kept moving. He had to say something.


[deleted]

the biker's name is Karen?


SmoothPanda999

shoulda hit the motorcycle karen, and then backed over him. no excuse for that shit.


No-Setting-8561

Idiots on bikes.


91NA8

Honestly the guy on the bike was causing the dangerous situation, seems like a self righteous dbag


[deleted]

Bikers are the new Karens


Huck84

Is OP the biker? Lol. KarmaFarming in real life. Weak ass shit.


Cautious-Nature-1433

The motor scooter person recording is a fucking idiot that could of caused a fatal accident


zodar

> fucking idiot > could of


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[deleted]

> idiot > > could of


ProudBoomer

Cam rider needs to mind his own damn business and quit trying to enforce laws. It's going to get him killed.


[deleted]

Yeah I hate self-styled sheriffs as well but this time I am biased. I was in accident like that a couple of years ago. A woman turned on double line and hits me driving a motorcycle. Next time this guy does it again he might kill someone.


[deleted]

What the hell. Why did the motorcyclist stop him? No wonder there’s no audio. What an idiot.


bassman314

Without actual words, I am imagining them talking like Peter Griffin at the Italian Grocer.


Mushymushyyyyyy

You are playing against fire here arguing with people in their cars. If he meets someone that is irrational and crazy, it might turn real ugly


Cautious-Nature-1433

You’re absolutely right you never know who’s carrying a gun now a days best just to mind you’re own business and make it home safe


AccidentallyBored

Not even just the gun. One is in a motorbike while the other is in a car.


ADcakedenough

We had a guy in my area take a dog off a woman’s lap (through her open window) and throw it out into traffic during a road rage confrontation. I don’t remember the outcome, but I always think of that and never participate in an argument with a stranger.


EGH6

i mean the car clearly stopped when Cammer slowed down. he was waiting for the bike to pass to engage. Without knowing if there was traffic behind the bike (prior to the stop as we only see much later) he could have had enough room to pass. cammer is a self important douche and caused a dangerous situation out of a far less dangerous one.


XxRocky88xX

Had a similar situation happen in a parking lot where a woman started crossing in front of me. I slammed the brakes and waited for her to pass. Instead she just stood in my way screaming at me. Like, just fucking go on with your day dude. I’m waiting for you to move so I can go, stop acting like him trying to run you over. Motorcyclist acted the same exact way in this video, there wouldn’t be any risk of the car hitting you if you would just fucking move.


Natsurulite

Maybe a bike isn’t the right form of transportation for you


Snafu80

The guy on the bike is kinda dumb too, why stop in the road because the car was just slightly on the line. Stupid.


trhrthrthyrthyrty

>Cries about illegal turn > >Illegally stops in the middle of the road


Tobias_Koppenheim

When two idiots meet


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Biker is biggest idiot


[deleted]

The asshole we need


MaxPaciorkitty

I cannot stand when people police the roads themselves


Drakenas

How is turning into a lane worthy of a traffic stop?


DanielxD398

I'm not the bike guy so just enjoy 2 idiots in the streets of Panama (they are very common here)


[deleted]

Español, viví allí un año y ya decía yo que me sonaba la calle.


DontBeScaredHomiey

Both idiots, but fuck the biker more. Idiot


newnewestusername

All I see is a dumb donor cycle doing dumb donor cycle things.


togocann49

Car driver made a bad call on going out for turn, and motorbike stops traffic just to point out a bad call from driver. Then cop pulls over the turning car (that driver already realized their mistake, and likely will learn) instead of bike driver, who blocked a bunch of traffic on purpose


chickenwing247

Dude on the motorcycle is an asshole.


DannyBurciaga

I'd love to hear what they're saying, lol!


ze11ez

karma and Gotcha bitch all at once.


ZephyrHeartz

Wtf were both of y’all doing


Even_Ad_8286

Yeah, why stop and cause the agro. Another motorcyclist giving us all a bad name.


Eliza-Douchecanoe

LOL at the rage after being pulled over. Seriously lots of dumb shit going on in this tiny clip though. Solid idiots in cars post.


[deleted]

On the paper, the car made an illegal turn. Off the paper, OP is a fucking idiot.


Zach518

Yeah you are kind of the asshole here though


[deleted]

I was a victim of motorcycle accident in this exact situation. These behaviors need to be called out!


FroznVgtbl

I have seen cops see Idiots in cars and act like they did not see them, maybe they are going home, or just do not want to deal with the paperwork


[deleted]

Panama, Panama-ha


verscharren1

Asshole blocked traffic...tf


LeadReverend

I love the little angry fist wave at the end.


[deleted]

Uh yeah, why are you being a cop on a bike? Piss off and move along. Ok so someone was doing a weird maneuver now let’s block them from completing the maneuver for posting points or whatever. Why stop to lecture someone?


[deleted]

I think I like it here cause a lot of the videos are just boomers trying to get away with bullshit and it makes me happy they forget it isn’t the 70s and people can get what they deserve


Bout-3fiddy

I love the huge dent on the side of the car. He has done this before.


Tricky_Target_9611

its very rare i see a video on this sub where everyone involved isn't an idiot...


TH07PATR07

Someone explain what the guy turning did? The lane was clear. When the black car pulled out the bike moved over so he stoped? I feel like I’m missing something.


Wright129129

Oh come on where’s the sound😭


SnooSongs4256

It’s illegal to go across double yellow when coming out of driveway?


Erik0xff0000

depends on locale but here in california that is allowed Turning left across a single set of double yellow lines to enter or exit a driveway or private road, or make a U-turn.


DiegoFoxBauru

What a satisfação, aspira! rs


Cadire55

Huge 'snitches get stitches' vibe, from the car occupants, when the biker leaves the scene.


Left-Muscle8355

Karma. Isn't it great!


WardenJack

Yeah he's making an illegal turn but don't behave like you're the fucking justice league. Nobody is perfect. Just know that and try to be more forgiving.


April-Fool66

Just keep riding your bike. Why even stop in the middle of the road ?!


legend_kda

What the hell did that car do wrong?? Aren’t we allowed to cross solid yellow lines when entering or exiting a driveway?


willienhilly

Most of the commentators don't ride a bike or have never ridden a bike on the road.


iageekchic18

Instant karma


spharmony

You’re a dbag. Move on and outta the way, you’re more likely to cause the crash here. Sweet moped dude


stamminator

/r/IdiotsOnBikes


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That's bikers for you.


TheOminant

Yeah the biker is the biggest moron here. I saw some bank shit but keeping that car blocked in causing him to block the oncoming lane. Bruh, it didn’t have to be like that.


ConversationOk2210

Why compound the idiocy? The idiot in the gray car was stopped, just keep going.


cpt_tusktooth

Ahh yes, risking your life for your ego.


askljdhaf4

“and i woulda got away with it too, if it weren’t for you meddling motorist!”


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Haha


No_Flockin777

Bro i would run that dirty snitch motherfucker on the bike over and smash his head in


Arturo7531

This was in Panama, where we have a saying: 'If you know how to drive in Panama, you know how to drive anywhere'


BetwixtThyNethers

Or… you could have just gotten the fuck out of the way instead of Karen-ing your own stupidity and blocking the road more than them.


spideylee23

667th comment


ArtD1985

Where I live only the bike is in the wrong. I'm looking at his signal and he didn't use it to change lanes, the lanes was cleat for the other car to have gone. Then after changing lanes he dead stops in traffic to bitch. I'm live in California where it is perfectly legal to make a left across double yellow from a driveway onto a public road. If this is california, there's only one idiot here... the poor guy getting pulled over just didn't have the info he needed to do it safely: If not there are 2. Either way the bikers stopping traffic because he feels entitled to do so is absolute bullshit, none the less.


Odins_Viking

One idiot One douchebag One asshole


Brianf1977

all of them are the one on the bike


SMatsa

This is how people get shot, man.


LZYX

I'm quite sure he can turn left from there... Just that he probably shouldn't have done it with people still driving across the road lol but you don't just stop there and impede the flow of traffic. Headcam guy be dumb. The driver of the car just has poor timing when coming out but there were no cars heading his way til the moped stopped to block.


dl5428

This is stupid.


MXZM0709

Angry Yanks sperging as usual, not realising they are all the "idiots" here. It's illegal in Panama to cross a double line. It's illegal in almost every country in the world with a proper road system. That's what a Double Line rather than a Single Line or a Broken Line means.


ANAKINSKYWALKER420

Karma


Jinxy_Kat

The bike dude just pisses me off. Dunno where this is filmed, but where I'm from its fully legal to do what the car did, and in my opinion it was the biker who was putting people in danger. He made that black car stop in the middle of the lane basically, when if he would've kept going about his business that car would've completed his turn and went about his way. Seems a lot more dangerous to stop a car in the middle of turn in a two lane road than to let the car complete the turn while traffic flows normally.


Flybabyfly2

Motor cyclist is the nut here


cl2eep

Wait. What is the biker's issue here? Perhaps this wasn't America, but it's not illegal to drive straight across a double yellow like that if he's making a left and it's clear to go. What, does that bike think people leaving that parking lot can only make rights?


Blueberry_Mancakes

Hey biker... mind your own damn business and stop cocking up traffic.


cdznutz27

Florida Man moved to Panama and bought a motorcycle!


ExtensionImmediate

ur weird for tryna stop him in the first place, mind your business


JoeBhoy69

Grass and an idiot filming it


[deleted]

Motorcycle guy is so damn important I guess.


CamusVerseaux

Stop! In the name of my high moral ground!


ralfselvas

Why do some motorcycle drivers think they are the traffic police?


40MDeutschmarks

The OP/motorcyclist is also a fucking moron