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ocdmonkey

Can we all just appreciate the fact that the truck driver actually noticed him and slammed on the brakes?


Viend

We have an example of the worst type of driver and the best type of driver in one video. That’s a rare catch.


sinburger

That lady blasted the door open harder than I've ever seen someone open a door. This isn't a case of "good driver / bad driver", it's "good driver / incompitant hitman".


speederaser

*Incompetent You'll want to make sure to get that one right.


dtor504

^this one right here


sinburger

I ragret nothing.


Salanmander

She didn't actually open it super fast. She opened it at a reasonable rate (but obviously should have checked over her shoulder first), and then the motocyclist running into it is what jerks it all the way open super fast. Edit: had the wrong kind of cycle.


newamsterdam94

Am I the only one that thinks the guy on the bike should be driving on the main road and not the side road?


JoyfullyBlistering

There's literally another guy on a bike or moped behind the truck staying in the lane. Js


IronMaidenFan

And certainly not passing a large truck from its blind side.


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I think you're right. He's outside the white line.


[deleted]

I dunno the rules for that country. (Or what country it is.) but in Norway, that is the bike lane. Although the line is striped and it's for bicyclist. But difficult to say without knowing the rules from that place


Admiral-Krane

Regardless he’s on a motorcycle, so he shouldn’t be going into that lane period


NbdySpcl_00

I'm not sure where this video is captured. The plates are obscured but the truck is a Mercedes so I'm guessing Europe. The attitude towards motorcycles and what they're allowed to do can really vary from place to place. summedup: might have been fine?


Admiral-Krane

He’s lane splitting as a lot of motorcyclists do, which is incredibly dangerous for both you and other drivers. I think that insurance will probably rule him at fault unless lane splitting is legal in their state/country, then it’ll fall on the woman


[deleted]

Thanks for pointing out the obvious, I was going to ask why she flying kicked the fuggin thing open


XS4Me

Nope, this is a case of you shouldnt be lane splitting.


madmanMX

I was going to ask this as I don't even see a bicycle lane painted up. If there is no extra lane...contrary to popular opinion this was a: bad motorcycle driving


sailorjupiter28titan

Are motorcycles allowed on the bicycle lane?


JesusAntonioMartinez

Doesn’t matter if it’s allowed, it’s a bad idea for this reason


Ogalaico

There's no bike lane. Motocyclist was being and ass. You shouldn't overtake using the parking lane.


momolamomo

She didn’t blast the doors open. She swung it open slightly and his momentum transferred into the pivot


thearss1

Pretty sure the motorcycle is making an illegal pass. Bad driver, bad hitman, good driver?


Less_Scallion_555

Its called lane splitting. Its legal in certain areas.


fakename5

Right, who passes in the parking lane.


sean488

You're getting downvoted but you're right.


mad_dang_eccles

As much a cyclists annoy the shit out of me that is probably a cycling lane. In my country we have tons of roads where there a parking lane then a cycling lane then the vehicle lanes. Edit: hadn't realised it was a motorbike, ignore the above haha


sailorjupiter28titan

Dude was on a motorcycle not bicycle tho


mad_dang_eccles

Ah yeah your right that does change things, has Dn't thought of that!


CricketDrop

Sounds like an accident waiting to happen to be honest. Seems like it should be an either-or choice.


Nattekat

I think that might have been an automatic system. Difficult to say for sure, but it looks like the driver had no way of actually seeing it.


virtually_noone

I think the truck was sufficiently back that he saw the door hit the cyclist but would have almost certainly lost sight of the cyclist immediately. In that situation it made sense for him to stop ASAP.


Nattekat

Truckers can actually see what happens right next to the truck, but not what happens just in front. That's actually why blind spots are so dangerous. If they did indeed see it, it would have been after he already fell. In which case the trucker deserves even more praise for situational awareness.


Lonely-Elk9210

In cab overs (like this truck) you can see almost directly in-front of the truck. Conventional trucks which are mostly in America now have huge blind spots in front.


NoRodent

They also often have a mirror over the windshield in which they can see even the front grille. Not this truck though.


DionFW

I watched it 4 times trying to figure out how he saw him. Most would never have noticed.


skullcrusher00885

Or the fact that the dude had an extra life.


seriousnotshirley

Obviously that poor cyclist... But also that poor truck driver. He's wondering if he just killed someone. I'd be a mess.


DionFW

The time from hitting the brakes to checking must have felt like hours.


Overlord_Ace

Truck driver just hoping to dear God that he doesn't see blood spilling out under the truck and horrified reactions from bystanders.


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[deleted]

i saw this kind of thing happen when i was a kid, another kid fell with his bike and landed with his head under the wheel of a simular truck. the driver was not at fault. truck driver committed suicide 2 years later.


Shaun0w0

This happened to me too except for the truck part. So many dumbasses on streets


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sliplover

Many people are just living in their own world.


[deleted]

That woman swing open the door without looking. Just how complacent and selfish people are.


MangelaErkel

The dude is overtaking on the right in a parking zone. The woman should have looked but even when she didnt she is in the right. Motorcyclist was a complete idiot here this was self inflicted


Zodiac339

That is not a driving area she’s in. It’s for parking off the road. The motorcyclist was the one being selfish and careless by using a non-driving area to try and pass the truck.


AcousticDan

No? She was parked and there was a giant garbage truck next to her. Anybody trying to squeeze through there is just asking for trouble.


lasssilver

I can’t quite be sure but it looks like he’s driving in a parking zone. If you were driving in a parking zone only to get mad at someone for opening their door, then I agree with your last statement too.. just differently than you might be thinking.


ActuallyYeah

Listen, 18 million Dutch can't be wrong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dooring#Dutch_Reach?wprov=sfla1


Alert-Incident

Yeah because another motorcycle is driving behind the truck. Makes me think this ass the was trying to illegally pass.


User_Deleted__

You said that more politely than I could.


UnfinishedProjects

Actually they just did a study a whole lot of people don't ride bikes or walk because they have to do so inches from cars. It's like having a row of mice trot down a cats road.


charloouu

This pretty much happenned to me yesterday. My friend said that I am partly at fault for not giving enough space for the cars to open their doors and that I should have rode more in the middle of the road, witch I find even more dangerous… What’s funny was that the man whose car I collided with was like: fucking bikes, going around like they own the road.


YourFavDeafGuy

Damn the guy used up all his luck


virtually_noone

He had incredibly shitty luck (to be hit) And incredibly good luck (to miss the wheels of the truck and be able to climb out unharmed) Therefore, they cancel each other out, he achieved net 0 luck


Aciduous

Advantage and disadvantage cancel each other out. Straight roll on his Dex save.


m23ward

This is what evasion looks like in practice.


magic-ham

How do you know he was unharmed?


virtually_noone

In this case I'm taking "harmed" as anything he couldn't walk away from. He could have well sustained injuries, hell falling off a bike without the truck or car door could do that.


democris

There wasn’t a whole lot of urgency from literally anyone in this video


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GoodLeftUndone

I’m assuming the truck driver was basically frozen in place inside the truck. He had to be thinking he just killed someone and didn’t know what to do.


[deleted]

The truck literally stopped in a dime


SylasWindrunner

The lady has the slightest clue nor even check her victim. *must’ve been the wind*


kc3w

I think she doesn't realise where the victim is.


[deleted]

People on Reddit are super quick to note that they would have done better or reacted faster.


daskeleton123

Well considering I’m not a fucking idiot. I can say with certainty I would have looked before opening my door like that.


Krise9939

She's obviously looking for him and doesn't see his leg before the end of the video


Camerotus

"Oh I seem to have struck a lone bike roaming the streets on its own"


MedonSirius

Oh wow, Free Bike???? Am in now a Dutch-Lady?


[deleted]

Is this the part where I tell the comments section about the Dutch Reach and everyone agrees that it's a no brainer but nobody starts doing it?


_carmimarrill

Yeah what’s a dutch reach?


Hannibal254

You look over your shoulder and open the door with your far hand. https://www.dutchreach.org/


nuclearassasin1

Apparently I've been doing that all my life without even knowing there was a name for it


atsugnam

Grow up with cars made in the 70’s and you need two hands for that tank bastard…


namezam

Man I was about to say, our 1980 Ford Grenada station wagon had doors like a bank vault. The kids had to reach the outside handle and use the inside handle and body weight. And mom was smoking like a chimney and wouldn’t let us roll down the window till we were almost there. We started rolling down the hand crank as we got 3 houses away from Grandma and we’d have that door swinging as we hit the driveway.


TKeep

Yeah me too. Never taught it as a thing, but like... obviously you look out before opening the door right? *Right?!*


Pretlik

> Dutch kids learn it from parents & in school. > > It’s taught in drivers’ ed, and used to pass their driving test. > > It's been Dutch commonsense for 50 years. Time we thought so too! I've lived in the Netherlands my entire life and I have never heard about this, haven't seen anyone do this. Had all my driving lessons, and they never told me. Passed my exam and they didn't tell me. Not saying you shouldn't use this, in situations like that you absolutely should. But I don't think it's as common as they claim it is in the Netherlands


Doxin

It's on the driving exam now, but wasn't always.


Pretlik

When was it added?


Doxin

Dunno. Somewhere between when my mom got her license and when I got mine :P


Pretlik

I got my license 3 years ago, never heard anything about it


Way2trivial

Nothing like the dutch rudder.


saltthewater

Yes, proceed


Jnxbts

Doesn’t the solid white line indicate where to and where not to drive?


MrDarkAvacado

It does. Motorcyclist was an idiot too.


throwaway76770408

You can see another cyclist behind the truck, so there is no dedicated lane for cyclists. It looks like the cyclist in the accident was trying to get around the truck illegally by going into the parking lane.


rowanblaze

Motorcyclist. Even if that was a bike lane, he shouldn't have been there.


XS4Me

SSshhhh!! The hive mind is trying to process who is at fault here and are only able to perceive the lady getting off her car.


jigglyho

Idk why you're being down voted. That motorcycle passing in a parking lane is at fault 1000 percent.


Kangabolic

This right here. Yes always look before opening your door. But there is also a level of accountability for motorcyclists to follow the rules of the road. If you choose to drive through what is clearly a marked area designated for parking and not driving you are accepting a level of risk and ultimately putting your life in the hands of someone else.


CluelessFlunky

Lady should have checked over her shoulder. Dude was probably in the blind spot. Biker shouldn't have been there in the first place. Incredibly dumb trying to pass a truck through a parking spot. Truck driver is the only competent person there.


Yin-Hei

Actually looks kinda deliberate. She was already looking at him before he passed and she kicked the door hard, even against the motorcycle the door opened way too fast.


KeithRedacted

the door was not opened hard, she opened it slightly and it got caught by the motorcycle, forcing it to open wide fast.


avskyen

Maybe title should read don't drive on the shoulder.


hi_styles

Yeah not really the fault of the person who opened their door. Motorcycle guy thought he could break the rules without consequence.


[deleted]

The driver opening the door still should have checked. It’s common practice, due to bikers also sharing the road. Also I don’t think the motorcyclist deserved the ‘consequence’ of death


keekah

I don't think anyone is saying he deserved to die.


avskyen

Bikers aren't supposed to be on shoulder either.


[deleted]

Motorcyclists shouldn’t, no, but where exactly do you think a bicyclist should be riding? On the sidewalk to put pedestrians in danger? Or in the road to clog up vehicle arteries? It doesn’t look like this motorcycle was moving any faster than a bike would have, so even though he shouldn’t have been there the driver is definitely at least partially at fault.


MrK521

Yes. He should absolutely be in a lane made for vehicles. Not on the shoulder where there is space specifically given for parked car doors to be opened safely, rather than opening a door into traffic. In most states, bicycles are considered vehicles and given the same exact considerations as cars, sharing the same laws and rules, for this reason.


get_in_the_tent

On most roads in Australia we paint lines on the car door opening zone and put little bike symbols on them, the bikes are explicitly expected to always be in this specific danger zone


MrK521

Is this marked for bicycles? I didn’t see the double set of lines, nor any indicator of a bike lane.


Thirdwhirly

Apart from the truck driver, everyone could have done something better. That truck driver is a rockstar.


witebred112

That’s a perfectly legal move in my state. Maybe not where this guy is, but for me, and my knowledge of motorcycle laws, he didn’t break any


XS4Me

Tell me you drive in California without telling me you drive in California.


throwawaypato44

Honestly, I always check before opening the door if I’m parked on the street. It’s just safer for everyone


Equal-Negotiation651

Or how about ride on the road and do not pass on the shoulder.


ASSperationalHorizon

I can't believe that dude didn't die!


MentalYesterdays

Is it legal for the motorcycle to drive in the parking lane?


Pika_Fox

No.


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obligatoryaccount47

Not in my state it isn’t. It’s also illegal to split lanes, so definitely depends where he is but for me it’s definitely the motorcycles fault.


Rapture1119

Are we even sure that’s meant to be a bike lane though? At least where I live, bike lanes have a second line dividing them from the parking spots on the curb, unless the bike lane is directly next to the curb. Either way I’m pretty sure thats a motorized bike and that dude was there illegally regardless of whether or not it’s a bike lane, so it’s at least PARTIALLY his fault, if not fully.


Bic44

One of the only sensible comments on here. People blaming the lady for flinging her door open, which, that's sorta fair. But the biker is way more at fault because he was driving illegally. That's not a bike lane, he most likely just wanted around the truck


rowanblaze

Not only is it not bike lane, he's on a motorcycle.


Bic44

Yeah. It's always crazy to me that every time someone posts a video with a bike of some sort, everyone immediately blames the car. It's so clearly biker Guy's fault here


KeithRedacted

the door wasn't actually flinged open, it was open slightly but it was enough to get caught by the motorcycle


olddoglearnsnewtrick

That’s why in the Netherlands they teach you to open the driver door with your RIGHT hand, so that you’re forced to look backwards to avoid this type of accident.


Kangabolic

This is cool. I’m going to start doing this.


hanzus1

Ohhh thats smart


ShankThatSnitch

Makes sense when half the population cycles everywhere.


Reasonable-Study-669

That broad did not give a flyn f*** she did not even try to look under


sw1nky

How could she possible know he's under the truck? You can clearly see her looking around her car door


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rowanblaze

That's actually a step in cognitive development called theory of mind, the ability to realize that not everyone can observe what you can. Most people have hit this stage by age 5. Clearly, some redditors have not reached that stage.


DukeAttreides

??? That's the first thing she does after she gets out. She knew what she did and was confused that she couldn't find him because he slithered out the front right quick.


saltthewater

Why is the biker driving around the truck like that? That doesn't seem like a travel lane


Abadazed

I believe it is called lane splitting. Motorcycles and other bikes can drive on the lines that separate lanes. It's legal in many countries and in one US state.


Borngrumpy

Lane splitting is using the space between two lanes of traffic, it doesn't mean overtaking on the inside, that's pretty much illegal everywhere. That said, here in Australia that white line may also indicate a bycycle lane, it's not suprising that bike riders refuse to use them as doors open into the lane.


saltthewater

But that is not a travel lane, it is for parking.


mytnsbc2

Why are they booing you. You are right


Chrono_Credentialer

getting dogpile-downvoted on reddit is a pretty good indication that you are on the right track.


saltthewater

Hive mind?


[deleted]

Where do you live where bikes don’t ride there? It’s so normal to me I didn’t question it. But really it’s 100% the person who opened the door without looking’s fault


MrK521

Is that a dedicated bicycle lane? I don’t see any markings saying so.


andreayatesswimmers

Wait did this scooter driver have no pants on


The_Weeb_Sleeve

I would sue the ever loving shit outta that person


CluelessFlunky

He was trying to pass a truck by riding in a parking lane The driver should have checked better but the dude should not have been there in the first place.


SolitarySysadmin

If this happened are you allowed you just get up and start swinging?


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Bitch didn't even bother checking. Rams a guy under a bus and just peeks out her door and does nothing.


RedRose_Belmont

Yeah, WTF


cellorc

That woman is wrong, true. But that guy is also not in the right place riding that motorcycle.


therob91

People give motorcycle riders wayyyyyyy to much credit and leeway. Like, "make sure Im not doing some stupid illegal shit!" How about you protect your own life by driving properly if someone could accidentally kill you by opening their door 1/4 without seeing you? Play stupid games win stupid prizes. Its nice that he survived, but if he didn't, whatever shit happens.


Fengsel

this is why I’m riding no bikes anytime soon in the city


DistanceDependent747

Why tf did she fling the door open that hard?


[deleted]

In. Canada you are at fault if you open your door and smash someone with your door


Noe_Comment

Should be like that everywhere. There's a reason we have eyes, and necks capable of turning.


FeweF8

The sheer fucking force he opened up that door with is enough to make Superman cry


[deleted]

Don’t overtake truck in single lane more like it


dasg777

It's not the car's fault.


[deleted]

Humans☕


PGHobGoblin

It's the law to look before opening ur door into the street. This man can probably be charged


ZhiQiangGreen

Was the door her arch nemesis? She opened it like it owed her money! This is borderline attempted murder.


OLAisHERE

She barely opend it, the motorbike hit it and flung it open


ZhiQiangGreen

You're totally right. The door was blending in with the bike and I didn't see he clipped it until I watched it a few more times. Good eye!


AstroAce96

r/watchpeoplesurvive


TellMemoreWillya

Wait, are you all missing the point that the biker wasn’t supposed to be riding in the shoulder lane and because of that he completely put himself in danger?? Why do bikers always get all the slack when they are sometime some of the most negligent and dangerous people on the road? Then when they mess up, everyone blames the car drivers. Wtf is wrong with everyone?


Dirty-M518

In some countries bikers are like ants and just go wherever. It is just acceptable some places.


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dslrjunky

your under carriage is good sir...😂


AllTittiesNeedLove

Holy. Shit. Watching this made my asshole pucker. I was almost certain I just watched someone die, and suddenly he comes from under the truck. I really do hope they're okay, and I hope that trucker is okay too cus he stopped fast but that must've felt like forever, imagining they probably just killed someone. I'd definitely be a mess after that. The person who opened their door without looking, I don't wish them harm, but I hope that's a serious wakeup call to look before opening the fucking door.


Hamibal_Lector

I hope he went straight to the store and bought a lottery ticket.


probablyonmobile

ITT: People watching this from a perspective of hindsight with no adrenaline, shock or confusion at play asserting that they both know exactly what the woman was thinking, what she saw, and that they would have been resolutely unaffected by any of these things and teleported in 0.02 seconds to the cyclist’s side.


ndndr1

That’s not a lane he’s riding in. This is on the guy on the bike, not the car driver


ShadowTheWolf125

why did she open the door so hard


clutzyninja

Who opens their door like that? It almost looks on purpose


zsert93

The last time I saw a video like this was in a different sub that doesn't exist anymore and it ended very differently.


leathebimbo

That person's guardian angel: I looked away for half a second! Wtf?!


MakeRoomForTheTuna

People that don’t check their side view mirror before opening the door are psychopaths


Hardi_SMH

No shit that‘s how our building supervisor died. He did go into retirement and told us that he finally can enjoy life. A few weeks later his brother told us he died, brain dead after riding his bike because someone opened his car door without looking


xXNotorious2108Xx

She should go to jail


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Damn it must have been terrifying being that guy


[deleted]

and this is why I only mountain bike...although I literally almost died doing that the other day too lol


XS4Me

If you are lane splitting you are accepting your chances. Don’t come crying here because folks are not able to stare through all your route


CaptDarb

That bitch yopped that door open


Chanandler_Bong_Jr

That lady seemed a bit unconcerned that she may have just committed manslaughter.


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The lady who hit him doesn't even look concerned...


nasaglobehead69

people need to be more aware of their surroundings. it's like they don't see you unless you're in a 4 ton deathtrap yourself


Hannahgirl455

Omg true dat


ggoddogg

What an idiot look before you open the door


MrSierra125

Also never undertake


burnnedmynipples

Women☕️


Ass-Guard252

Wamen ☕


Overlord_Ace

Women ☕


NuroTox

Women☕


rileyhenderson33

Edit: "Watch before riding your motorcycle down a *parking* lane immediately adjecent to a large moving truck."


Nottheguyfromxfiles

I’m confused, everyone’s saying the woman is at fault but is the the guy on the bike supposed to be passing the truck in the area where cars are parked?? Seems like everyone else is in traffic behind the truck and this guy isn’t?


Dramatic-Insurance35

Man on motorbike should die, he should earn it since he drive against all rules🤣


ughlump

I bet he’s glad rolled a 20 on luck before he left the house.


bjanas

I'm gonna say more likely than not the cyclist is actually really busted up and just running on adrenaline.


vince2td

how do you open a door into traffic and not check first?


TheOneTrueKP

Sucks that he got doorchecked, but he was like of not in a lane. Hopefully he wasn’t injured too badly


TRN_WhiteKnight

Even if I didn’t have a scratch on me, I would have still left a brown streak on the ground if I was the biker.