Have you ever seen an auto accident happen right before you?

[warcrow]

I did -today. It was the first time something like that has happened to me. I'm not talking about a little fender-bender. I mean, a real accident.

I was driving on my way to work and I looked into my rear view mirror and saw a motorcycle coming up behind me. At the speed he was going (80ish?), I had a feeling he was going to pass me. So I looked to my right to get over for him, but there was a Civic in my blind spot. I thought, ok, well....I bet he'll probably split us anyways. Now, I always try to make sure to be pretty respectful towards motocyclist on the road. So, as he sped up to split us, I made sure I hugged the left side of my lane just slightly (he was passing on my right). Well, the car next to me speeds up and then cut me off! WTF! :shocked: I see out of my peripheral vision the guy on the bike hit the breaks dodging the dumbass in the civic and streaking back behind me. I looked in the review to catch him and all I saw was him wobbling around and losing control off the bike!! I looked foward to see what was going on in front of me and I saw was red tailights. I hit the breaks, slowed down, looked in the review and he was already on the ground.

I then pulled over. The civic was long gone and no where to be found. I then kicked myself for not paying attention to the plates on the Civic or even not going after him. It was too late though since I didnt even know he had not pulled over until after I stopped. Anyways, I ran back to the guy on the bike with about 10 other people (everyone was stopped on the freeway) to see if he was ok. He was in full leathers, a helmet and pads, and said he was "probably only bruised". I told him I was going to call 911, but he told me not to bother, and that "everything was fine." I looked at everyone else and we tried to tell him to atleast go to the hospital. He said that he was going stragith there.

WTF WAS THAT GUY IN THE CIVIC THINKING!!! :|

Jesus Christ! :shocked:


Anyone else actually seen an accident unfold infront of them?





Foot Notes:
- Driving to work.
- Motorcycle attempts to pass me and another car (Civic) by driving inbetween us.
- Civic, at the last min, speeds up and cuts both of us off.
- I'm fine and break, bike hits breaks and gets speedwobbles and crashes.
- A bunch of peeps stop on the freeway to see if guy is ok and he is.
- Civic never stopped and the guy on the bike doesnt even really seem upset.
- I'm confused by tthe whole thing and get pissed at dumbass drivers and then go to work.

 

Who's the dumbass? The guy in the Civic who made a legal pass, or the guy on the motorcycle who decided to pull a boneheaded illegal move like splitting two cars on the freeway?

 

[her209]

Yes.

 

[KarenMarie]

I did not see this but...

VeggieFrog was in the UK with my ex-hubby and they were driving on his motorcycle. Somethig went wrong with the bike, and he pulled over into a parking lot. A friend of his lived across the highway and he sent VeggieFrog to borrow some tools. His friend was not home, but his dad offered to bring the tools over.

the dad was diabetic, and his eyesite was shot... crossing the highway he got hit. He and the tools were strewn all over the highway. My ex took it harder than VeggieFrog.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: jumpr
Who's the dumbass? The guy in the Civic who made a legal pass, or the guy on the motorcycle who decided to pull a boneheaded illegal move like splitting two cars on the freeway?

The idiot on the motorcycle who pulled the boneheaded move KNOWING he was putting himself in danger.

Edit: And warcrow, you were apparantly driving in the left lane while not passing?

 

[KLin]

I was headed to orange county taking the 210 to the 57. A couple of cars passed me and were darting in and out of traffic probably going around 85-90. about 200 yards ahead of me I see brake lights, then a car going from right to left across 3 lanes of traffic and ramming into the concrete median wall. About 3 cars were involved. It didn't look pretty.

 

[MikeMike]

how can you guys assume it was an illegal move? its not illegal in all states for bikes to split cars, in cali its legal under a certain speed, and i cant tell where the original poster is located at.

mugs: the civic was in his blindspot, so apparently, he was "passing" the civic.

MIKE

 

[myusername]

Originally posted by: jumpr
Who's the dumbass? The guy in the Civic who made a legal pass, or the guy on the motorcycle who decided to pull a boneheaded illegal move like splitting two cars on the freeway?

I think the key here is that it was a california freeway. While it's definitely not the safest move, I'm pretty sure they legalized riding the center on CA freeways to help with traffic flow.

Edit: But yes, it is an assumption on my part; location is not stated in OP

 

[moshquerade]

Yes. I was in it.

 

[warcrow]

Originally posted by: jumpr
Who's the dumbass? The guy in the Civic who made a legal pass, or the guy on the motorcycle who decided to pull a boneheaded illegal move like splitting two cars on the freeway?

Thats legal in Cali, jumpr.

 

[Gurck]

Haven't seen any, but I hear tons. I have an extremely steep, curving hill right near me. People, being the geniuses they are, seem to feel that it's illegal or otherwise undesireable to do any less than 60 down this hill (80 in inclement weather). The sound of screeching tires followed by a crash never grows tiresome though; I love the idea of stupid people getting what's coming to them.

 

Originally posted by: warcrow

Originally posted by: jumpr
Who's the dumbass? The guy in the Civic who made a legal pass, or the guy on the motorcycle who decided to pull a boneheaded illegal move like splitting two cars on the freeway?

Thats legal in Cali, jumpr.

Well I'm almost positive it's not where I live, so I stand corrected. Doesn't make it any safer though. :|

 

[warcrow]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: jumpr
Who's the dumbass? The guy in the Civic who made a legal pass, or the guy on the motorcycle who decided to pull a boneheaded illegal move like splitting two cars on the freeway?

The idiot on the motorcycle who pulled the boneheaded move KNOWING he was putting himself in danger.

Edit: And warcrow, you were apparantly driving in the left lane while not passing?

I was going faster than everyone else @ about 75MPG (roughly). I was passing The guy on the bike was doing 80-ish...maybe 85...dunno. Whatever it was, he was going faster than I.

 

Originally posted by: warcrow
about 75MPG (roughly).

Damn, I gotta get whatever you're driving!

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
how can you guys assume it was an illegal move? its not illegal in all states for bikes to split cars, in cali its legal under a certain speed, and i cant tell where the original poster is located at.

mugs: the civic was in his blindspot, so apparently, he was "passing" the civic.

MIKE

a. He had to look to see that the Civic was there. If he was passing it, he would have known it was there.
b. The Civic ended up in front of him.

I didn't know it was legal for bikes to do that in California, I stand corrected. It doesn't seem like a particularly safe thing to do, but I guess the Civic driver is mostly at fault for not being aware of his surroundings.

Edit: warcrow, I wasn't blaming you or anything for being in the left lane when you shouldn't be, I was joking because a lot of people here get really worked up about people driving in the left lane

 

[warcrow]

Originally posted by: jumpr

Originally posted by: warcrow

Originally posted by: jumpr
Who's the dumbass? The guy in the Civic who made a legal pass, or the guy on the motorcycle who decided to pull a boneheaded illegal move like splitting two cars on the freeway?

Thats legal in Cali, jumpr.

Well I'm almost positive it's not where I live, so I stand corrected. Doesn't make it any safer though. :|

I agree with you there. If I was on a bike, I would never do it. It always makes me wence even if I see someone else doing it.

 

[Chronoshock]

I was on a friend's balcony and on the intersection below it, seems like a car ran a red light or something and it hit another car in the intersection. After the crash I see the engine!!! lying on the ground next to one of the cars. Seems like it was a pretty hard impact or a really sh!tty car

 

[Bulk Beef]

Originally posted by: warcrow

Originally posted by: jumpr
Who's the dumbass? The guy in the Civic who made a legal pass, or the guy on the motorcycle who decided to pull a boneheaded illegal move like splitting two cars on the freeway?

Thats legal in Cali, jumpr.

Technically, I believe that it's not illegal. Subtle difference.

I ride, and I split lanes (illegally) on the highway, but doing it when traffic is actually moving is just asinine, regardless of what the law says.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: sward666

Originally posted by: warcrow

Originally posted by: jumpr
Who's the dumbass? The guy in the Civic who made a legal pass, or the guy on the motorcycle who decided to pull a boneheaded illegal move like splitting two cars on the freeway?

Thats legal in Cali, jumpr.

Technically, I believe that it's not illegal. Subtle difference.

I ride, and I split lanes (illegally) on the highway, but doing it when traffic is actually moving is just asinine, regardless of what the law says.

so basically you're saying you wouldn't get ticketed for it, but if you got into an accident, you would be at fault?

 

[warcrow]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
how can you guys assume it was an illegal move? its not illegal in all states for bikes to split cars, in cali its legal under a certain speed, and i cant tell where the original poster is located at.

mugs: the civic was in his blindspot, so apparently, he was "passing" the civic.

MIKE

a. He had to look to see that the Civic was there. If he was passing it, he would have known it was there.
b. The Civic ended up in front of him.

I didn't know it was legal for bikes to do that in California, I stand corrected. It doesn't seem like a particularly safe thing to do, but I guess the Civic driver is mostly at fault for not being aware of his surroundings.

Edit: warcrow, I wasn't blaming you or anything for being in the left lane when you shouldn't be, I was joking because a lot of people here get really worked up about people driving in the left lane

well..apparently the Civic stayed in my blind spot for a while after I had passed him by speeding up. I forgot he was there, frankly. I was just listen ing to my music and in a thought. I think he might have been playing games despite my lack in any interest in the subject. I was just cruising.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: sward666

Originally posted by: warcrow

Originally posted by: jumpr
Who's the dumbass? The guy in the Civic who made a legal pass, or the guy on the motorcycle who decided to pull a boneheaded illegal move like splitting two cars on the freeway?

Thats legal in Cali, jumpr.

Technically, I believe that it's not illegal. Subtle difference.

I ride, and I split lanes (illegally) on the highway, but doing it when traffic is actually moving is just asinine, regardless of what the law says.

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Seems it is legal in California only, if done in a "safe manner." Not sure what the actual wording of the law is, that's just the way that article described it. I'm not sure that doing it at 80 mph would be considered safe. Hey, at least the guy's alright.

 

[LiQiCE]

There was one day I was at an intersection near my house, and behind us an Ambulance was coming with its lights on. The light going our direction had just turned red, and the Ambulance started to slow down to enter the intersection with the sirens on.

The other direction, there were 2 lanes, the left lane had about 3 cars in it and they were all stopped. The right lane had no cars, and I looked and saw an SUV (an older Ford Explorer I think) coming towards the intersection pretty fast. I thought the guy was a jerk for not slowing down ... but from my vantage point it looked like he would be going just slow enough to let the Ambulance pass through the intersection before he passed through. I was totally wrong, and the explorer slammed into the back of the ambulance. I realized it a split second before it happened and all I could say was "I can't believe..." before it happened. The ambulance stood up on one side for a split second and I thought it was going to tip over. The explorer did not slow down at all before impact and he probably hit the ambulance going about 35-40mph. All I could say after it happened was "HOLY S*IT! I can't believe he didn't slow down!" ... I have no idea why the explorer didn't slow down at all. Maybe the person was drunk or not paying attention ... but the lights and sirens are a pretty good indicator to most people that they should slow down.

Anyways, luckily the ambulance didn't tip over, and it didn't seem like they were carrying anybody (I think they were going to pick someone up). In any case, we called 911 to tell them about the accident (pretty dumb since the ambulance probably radio'ed it in already, but we wanted to be safe). Everyone was OK from what I could tell because they were all walking around after the accident.

Was pretty much in disbelief the rest of the day that I had seen the accident unfold before my eyes. I knew it was going to happen ... I just couldn't do anything about it. Luckily this one wasn't that bad.

 

[warcrow]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
how can you guys assume it was an illegal move? its not illegal in all states for bikes to split cars, in cali its legal under a certain speed, and i cant tell where the original poster is located at.

mugs: the civic was in his blindspot, so apparently, he was "passing" the civic.

MIKE

a. He had to look to see that the Civic was there. If he was passing it, he would have known it was there.
b. The Civic ended up in front of him.

I didn't know it was legal for bikes to do that in California, I stand corrected. It doesn't seem like a particularly safe thing to do, but I guess the Civic driver is mostly at fault for not being aware of his surroundings.

Edit: warcrow, I wasn't blaming you or anything for being in the left lane when you shouldn't be, I was joking because a lot of people here get really worked up about people driving in the left lane

No offense taken, mugs.

 

[warcrow]

Originally posted by: jumpr

Originally posted by: warcrow
about 75MPG (roughly).

Damn, I gotta get whatever you're driving!

1993 Mazda RX-7

 

[myusername]

On a day with ice on the roads, I was travelling about 50 down a 4 lane hill with a speed limit of 45 .. I had been out earlier, so I had a good idea of what the roads looked like. At the bottom of the hill, the road curves through an area shaded by trees that still had ice on the road. Some dumbass with his family in a minivan passes me in the left lane (I estimate 55 - 60) about the same time that I start to slow down ... once he gets about 5 carlengths in front of me he realizes that he's hit ice and slams on the brakes (dumbass southern drivers) causing him to skid right across the double yellow and nosefirst into a cab.

I slowed, but didn't stop, as I was heading to the grocery store, and there was a guy pulling a car out of a ditch that would have had a radio...

as I drove off, in my rearview mirror I saw some guy laying in the middle of the street holding his head. This confused me, and I thought "get out of the street you dumbass" .. then I noticed that the cab, which was 25 feet away from this guy, no longer had an occupant or a side window - apparently the driver forgot his seatbelt.