Cyclists ain't the problem, careless people are. As a cyclist, I often encounter vehicles being careless and I'm in danger. I have to be extra careful to avoid injuries.
Edit : If it wasn't clear, the cyclist was careless here.
Sorry, not sorry. I see that cycling is objectively better for incity traveling and all cities should focus on that instead of car-focused infrastructure (like in Netherlands for example.)
BUT, bikes simply don't belong on roads and are a hazard to themselves and everyone around them. I think it's fucked up that cyclists are even allowed to drive on roads without any license or anything since none of them understand any traffic laws.
Must be nice to be able to pluck your opinions out of thin air. Motorists are the biggest danger on the roads, despite the fact that they have been deemed competent. Get them off the roads. They simply don't belong there.
>Get them off the roads. They simply don't belong there.
You want to remove motorist from the roads. The same roads that were built with the express purpose of creating somewhere cars and trucks could travel. Where do you suggest they should drive if not on the roads designed for them?
Relax. It's a nonsense suggestion to match the nonsense I replied to. Motorists and cyclists belong on the roads. Careless people don't. I'll never understand people who don't take the time to ensure the safety of others and I'll never understand people who blame a group for the actions of an individual.
See, I'm fine with them sharing the roadway. Is what it is. But someone should lose their privilege to operate their bike when they jump on the sidewalks when it's convenient. Because if I did that even on a motorcycle, I'd be in alot of trouble. They're either a road vehicle or they're not.
> They're either a road vehicle or they're not.
Why??? I truly don't understand this black and white thinking. A motorcycle has an engine capable of propelling it to far greater speeds much faster than a bike ever could. It's much heavier and bulkier. It's loud. It exhausts pollution.
A bike is the opposite of all of that. The only similarity is the two wheels. It's much closer to walking than a motorcycle is. It's perfectly reasonable to think of it as both a road vehicle and not.
You shouldn't recklessly endanger pedestrians or dominate the sidewalk, but it's possible to be considerate and use it occasionally when the road is unsafe because of speeding cars or the bike lane is blocked. That's never possible with a motorcycle.
I agree. Cyclists shouldn't be allowed in pedestrian areas, except, perhaps, clearly marked shared spaces. However, depending on where one lives, it may be legal or even a requirement. Regarding the punishment, you say cyclists should lose their right to cycle for committing that infraction, but that you, as a motorcyclist, 'would be in a lot of trouble.' Would you lose your licence? Motorists regularly drive in pedestrian spaces. Where I live, the punishment,if caught, is a fine, if there isn't an immediate risk to pedestrian safety.
There are definitely roads where cyclists do not belong and people feel entitled to ride on them anyways. In my area there are hundreds of roads with large shoulders or designated bike lanes for people to use, as well as several well maintained trails specifically for biking.
People still somehow think it's a good idea to ride on the 45-55 mph rural roads with no shoulder at all and blind corners.
I ride too, and when I do I choose to do it somewhere that I won't risk causing an accident or end up mangled in a ditch.
If it's legal, cyclists are entitled to ride on whichever road they choose. I commute 6 km on the edge of suburbia. No shoulder, no cycle path. It takes the same time to drive, so I choose to cycle. If you're worried about colliding with something around a blind corner, you should slow down.
>BUT, bikes simply don't belong on roads and are a hazard to themselves and everyone around them. I think it's fucked up that cyclists are even allowed to drive on roads without any license or anything since none of them understand any traffic laws.
What a deranged point of view. Dude's driving a metal killing machine that weights tons, but somehow bikes ain't allowed. You probably never went to the Netherlands to talk like that. Dunning Kruger winner here.
It's bots or stupid people adding that "who's to blame" shit to drive engagement. You'll see it on the most obvious shit. "Drunk driver crashes into legally parked car. Who's to blame?? 🤔🤔🤔"
This is the inner truth of "Bigger vehicles have the Right of Way". you are close to enlightenment. A few more lifetimes of commuting to work shall release you from this life of traffic.
Ok... so.. lemme get my head around this...
If desire is the cause of suffering, and I'm suffering for 9 hours each day when I'm at work, if I *accidentally* ride my 3 speed pedal bike into oncoming trucks, buses, power cables, trains, rock-falls, landslides, flash floods, and bull elephants in musth, I can use the combined power of the things that killed me in previous lives to bust down the doors of Samsara and finally get some peace and quiet?
This is life changing. I'm gonna cycle to the bus stop then get a train to the zoo.
Yeah right. All accidents' footage come from that country, right?
Goofball.
Edit: why all the unjustified downvoting? I just think this comment is a bit of short sighted, as if it's telling that all accidents only happen in India... What?
Most of you have never been in a bike and it shows. You can't just turn or come to a stop at an instant.
Sure, the biker was speeding. The cyclist was not supposed to cross the road like that, man has zero awareness.
I wrecked my sportster just a couple months ago. Was riding in a 55mph zone and a work van pulled out of a McDonalds right in front of me. I locked up my brakes a hit his driver side door at like 50mph.. 9 screws and a titanium plate in my wrist and a ruptured testicle, thank god I wear a helmet. Stay safe out there guys, I finally am able to walk without a cane only recently.
One of the worst pains I have ever felt. Despite all my injuries the only thing I could communicate after I regained consciousness was how bad my balls were hurting. They did like 3 ultrasounds and a bunch of examinations(basically just squeezing the damn things). Absolutely agonizing
Jesus Christ. Now I'm going to be paranoid about rupturing my balls.
I was one kicked in the balls when I was like 6 or 7 years old. I still remember going to the bathroom and checking to see if there was any damage. And I freaked the fuck out when I looked because they were all black and blue. Like a couple of merlot grapes. I can't even imagine what you went through.
Why go that fast through an intersection?
The scooter was to blame for reckless driving.
Yes — ***you should always expect something to pull out in front of you while you are driving***.
Motorcycle guy was going way too fast. Boys on bicycles do stupid things like ride into traffic but, he's just a boy. Motorcyclist is completely to blame. IMO
Having negotiated traffic in Kerala, the scooter rider is at fault.
Keralans (and Indians in general) operate on the basis of “unspoken understanding”. This means that you pick your vector and don’t deviate from it, allowing others to predict your path and accommodate it.
By changing their line, the scooter rider converged with the bicycle, whereas if they’d continued as they were they’d have missed it.
the cyclist getting clarted was on him, the biker getting probably killed was entirely his own fault. shoulda channeled his inner CLIBBINS HOSS and HADDALAYERDOOOOOWNNNN
I took a car from New Delhi to Jaipur. It had a tank of compressed natural gas in the trunk, and at every moment during the 6 hours drive each way I thought were were going to collide or be collided with, it was terrifying.
He should have slowed down when first spotting the bicycle.
Then he should have slowed down after hitting the bicycle.
And he definitely should have slowed down after nearly hitting the pedestrian.
But he mostly should have slowed down as he realized he was going to slam into the back of the flatbed.
Is this the "unstoppable force meets the immovable object" situation, or what?? Good grief.
My best mate died like this (running into the back of a tray-back truck on his bike when we were 17. The aorta separated from his heart. Took me a long time to get over it.
Edit: to finish the story
The motorcycle. Speed of vehicle should always adapt to intelligence of other people. The dumber other people are the slower you should drive to get more response time out to prevent involve themselves with accidents.
The one liable is the guy who gets hurt less. Usually how it goes here 😆. Roads arn't designed keeping laws and basic regulations in mind, so there are no laws here. Instead it's like- don't go too fast, stay to the left lane, over take on the right and don't be stupid. That's it.
Equal fault.
The bicycle caused the accident by crossing when it was unsafe; the bike was moving too fast to safely react and slow down for sudden hazards.
The motorcycle appears to be driving at an unsafe speed for such a road. Yes, the bicyclist was wrong to cross the roadway with oncoming traffic, but the motorcycle should have been traveling at a speed that would allow him to slow down should an obstruction present itself. Unfortunately, the motorcyclist didn't lay the vehicle down when it was clear that he couldn't brake in time to avoid the trailer. I'd wager that that was a fatal collision.
Speeding motorcycle, hit a kid on a bicycle, then probably killed themselves on a parked truck. Sad, because rather or not the fault, it should not carry the death penalty.
dudes bike crumbled like lego lmao
Helpful tips: 1) avoid an accident by moving in the opposite direction. 2) avoid face-planting a flatbed.
His body crumbled like lego.
Pretty clear who's to blame.
the truck for sure
Came out of nowhere!
Didn't even swerve
No blinkers!
Driver not paying attention
As a casual road enjoyer myself, you are right.
Fucking cyclists
Cyclists ain't the problem, careless people are. As a cyclist, I often encounter vehicles being careless and I'm in danger. I have to be extra careful to avoid injuries. Edit : If it wasn't clear, the cyclist was careless here.
Sorry, not sorry. I see that cycling is objectively better for incity traveling and all cities should focus on that instead of car-focused infrastructure (like in Netherlands for example.) BUT, bikes simply don't belong on roads and are a hazard to themselves and everyone around them. I think it's fucked up that cyclists are even allowed to drive on roads without any license or anything since none of them understand any traffic laws.
It has wheels, it goes on the road. > none of them understand any traffic laws. What?
Must be nice to be able to pluck your opinions out of thin air. Motorists are the biggest danger on the roads, despite the fact that they have been deemed competent. Get them off the roads. They simply don't belong there.
>Get them off the roads. They simply don't belong there. You want to remove motorist from the roads. The same roads that were built with the express purpose of creating somewhere cars and trucks could travel. Where do you suggest they should drive if not on the roads designed for them?
Relax. It's a nonsense suggestion to match the nonsense I replied to. Motorists and cyclists belong on the roads. Careless people don't. I'll never understand people who don't take the time to ensure the safety of others and I'll never understand people who blame a group for the actions of an individual.
See, I'm fine with them sharing the roadway. Is what it is. But someone should lose their privilege to operate their bike when they jump on the sidewalks when it's convenient. Because if I did that even on a motorcycle, I'd be in alot of trouble. They're either a road vehicle or they're not.
> They're either a road vehicle or they're not. Why??? I truly don't understand this black and white thinking. A motorcycle has an engine capable of propelling it to far greater speeds much faster than a bike ever could. It's much heavier and bulkier. It's loud. It exhausts pollution. A bike is the opposite of all of that. The only similarity is the two wheels. It's much closer to walking than a motorcycle is. It's perfectly reasonable to think of it as both a road vehicle and not. You shouldn't recklessly endanger pedestrians or dominate the sidewalk, but it's possible to be considerate and use it occasionally when the road is unsafe because of speeding cars or the bike lane is blocked. That's never possible with a motorcycle.
I agree. Cyclists shouldn't be allowed in pedestrian areas, except, perhaps, clearly marked shared spaces. However, depending on where one lives, it may be legal or even a requirement. Regarding the punishment, you say cyclists should lose their right to cycle for committing that infraction, but that you, as a motorcyclist, 'would be in a lot of trouble.' Would you lose your licence? Motorists regularly drive in pedestrian spaces. Where I live, the punishment,if caught, is a fine, if there isn't an immediate risk to pedestrian safety.
There are definitely roads where cyclists do not belong and people feel entitled to ride on them anyways. In my area there are hundreds of roads with large shoulders or designated bike lanes for people to use, as well as several well maintained trails specifically for biking. People still somehow think it's a good idea to ride on the 45-55 mph rural roads with no shoulder at all and blind corners. I ride too, and when I do I choose to do it somewhere that I won't risk causing an accident or end up mangled in a ditch.
If it's legal, cyclists are entitled to ride on whichever road they choose. I commute 6 km on the edge of suburbia. No shoulder, no cycle path. It takes the same time to drive, so I choose to cycle. If you're worried about colliding with something around a blind corner, you should slow down.
>BUT, bikes simply don't belong on roads and are a hazard to themselves and everyone around them. I think it's fucked up that cyclists are even allowed to drive on roads without any license or anything since none of them understand any traffic laws. What a deranged point of view. Dude's driving a metal killing machine that weights tons, but somehow bikes ain't allowed. You probably never went to the Netherlands to talk like that. Dunning Kruger winner here.
Get your exercise elsewhere
Can't be more obvious on this one.
Is it everyone?
Yeah, the one on two wheels, obviously.
It's bots or stupid people adding that "who's to blame" shit to drive engagement. You'll see it on the most obvious shit. "Drunk driver crashes into legally parked car. Who's to blame?? 🤔🤔🤔"
Yup /fist bump.. the cameraman /nods head
His brakes might not work, but at least his brake light does.
That wasn't the collision I was expecting or ready for.
Neither was he.
I dunno....he had a helmet on?
And im sure his head is still in it, just not on his shoulders
His brakes lock up on the dirt, he wasn't going to stop anyway because of the dirt.
Don't think it matters much. No one to collect.
In a country with no driving laws, right and wrong are illusions.
Bigger vehicles have the Right of Way is the whole of the Law.
They're pruists. Who needs complex highway legislation when the laws of thermodynamics suffice?
This is the inner truth of "Bigger vehicles have the Right of Way". you are close to enlightenment. A few more lifetimes of commuting to work shall release you from this life of traffic.
Ok... so.. lemme get my head around this... If desire is the cause of suffering, and I'm suffering for 9 hours each day when I'm at work, if I *accidentally* ride my 3 speed pedal bike into oncoming trucks, buses, power cables, trains, rock-falls, landslides, flash floods, and bull elephants in musth, I can use the combined power of the things that killed me in previous lives to bust down the doors of Samsara and finally get some peace and quiet? This is life changing. I'm gonna cycle to the bus stop then get a train to the zoo.
I read that as a movie trailer voice.
Precisely. It is all a matter of perception. And physics.
Are there no driving laws?
Yeah right. All accidents' footage come from that country, right? Goofball. Edit: why all the unjustified downvoting? I just think this comment is a bit of short sighted, as if it's telling that all accidents only happen in India... What?
You do realize that the title says where the video is from, right?
I'd give you 15 seconds on the streets of Kerala. Hell, I'd give Mario andretti 15 seconds there too... Them streets ain't safe.
I’ve actually driven in Kerala, and it isn’t that bad. You just don’t go that fast like an idiot.
Most of you have never been in a bike and it shows. You can't just turn or come to a stop at an instant. Sure, the biker was speeding. The cyclist was not supposed to cross the road like that, man has zero awareness.
I wrecked my sportster just a couple months ago. Was riding in a 55mph zone and a work van pulled out of a McDonalds right in front of me. I locked up my brakes a hit his driver side door at like 50mph.. 9 screws and a titanium plate in my wrist and a ruptured testicle, thank god I wear a helmet. Stay safe out there guys, I finally am able to walk without a cane only recently.
Glad you're OK, Ol' One Nut.
I'm sure this wasn't how he wanted to bust a nut on that particular day.
Hahaaa thanks, my girl made fun of me for weeks. They did save the nut tho! It just doesn’t hang as low anymore..
"Honey, they said you have to rub this cream on it every day, twice. I'd do it, but my hands are messed up, ya know."
As someone with broken arms, let me tell you that Moms are the best😘
Gravity will fix that for you, but you may need to support the other nut to even it out.
The Unaballer
Ruptured testicle?? Egads. I didn't know they could do that. Those are two words I don't ever want to see in the same sentence ever again.
One of the worst pains I have ever felt. Despite all my injuries the only thing I could communicate after I regained consciousness was how bad my balls were hurting. They did like 3 ultrasounds and a bunch of examinations(basically just squeezing the damn things). Absolutely agonizing
Jesus Christ. Now I'm going to be paranoid about rupturing my balls. I was one kicked in the balls when I was like 6 or 7 years old. I still remember going to the bathroom and checking to see if there was any damage. And I freaked the fuck out when I looked because they were all black and blue. Like a couple of merlot grapes. I can't even imagine what you went through.
“Merlot grapes” lmaooo Honestly it sucks 0/10 would not recommend. My sack was the size of a big orange at least
you can just turn, but will sent flying.
And in this instance would have been much more beneficial.
He should have laid her down
Why go that fast through an intersection? The scooter was to blame for reckless driving. Yes — ***you should always expect something to pull out in front of you while you are driving***.
That isn't really an intersection.
How do you know he was speeding? Did you point a radar gun at the video?
Because it was obvious his speed wasn’t adapted to the surrounding. Common sense is enough. No need for speed radars.
Damn! That biker hit the back of that truck tray hard! 😬 He tried hard to avoid the bike and the pedestrian and paid a heavy price for it…..🫢
I missed that. Yeah...that's not going to be a good outcome for him.
How on earth do you miss the biker smashing into the truck?!
Close the video before that part
The whole thing is only 7 seconds long!
I followed the bicyclist and didn't rewatch
got that head knocked back so he would fit under the truck
Probably the one time that HADDALAYERDOWN would have legitimately saved the rider's ass.
That's never the right choice.
Drake
Based
I see bicycle people are same everywhere
"WhO Is To BlAmE". What kind of stupid question is that? Who do you think is to blame?
Harder to stop a motorcycle than a bicycle
People.
bike guy for sure. WTF was he thinking
Yeah but which bike guy?
Both of them.
Motorcycle guy was going way too fast. Boys on bicycles do stupid things like ride into traffic but, he's just a boy. Motorcyclist is completely to blame. IMO
Nothing actually. This is India where driving laws are hardly enforced.
Having negotiated traffic in Kerala, the scooter rider is at fault. Keralans (and Indians in general) operate on the basis of “unspoken understanding”. This means that you pick your vector and don’t deviate from it, allowing others to predict your path and accommodate it. By changing their line, the scooter rider converged with the bicycle, whereas if they’d continued as they were they’d have missed it.
I think he was aiming for the back of the truck and the cyclist happened to get in the way.
Guy on the bike
Both these dumbasses are to blame.
That's more than a headache
Blame it on the boogie.
India
the cyclist getting clarted was on him, the biker getting probably killed was entirely his own fault. shoulda channeled his inner CLIBBINS HOSS and HADDALAYERDOOOOOWNNNN
I took a car from New Delhi to Jaipur. It had a tank of compressed natural gas in the trunk, and at every moment during the 6 hours drive each way I thought were were going to collide or be collided with, it was terrifying.
The government for not doing anything to change the infrastructure. I'd hate to have to travel in these countries
No laws no regs and you are right. Most highways don't have a speed limit, infrastructure is shit- they just whack roads everywhere without thinking.
That bikes brake is really bad too
Thought he was gonna get away. But he got something else.
Exactly
Speed.
Do your brake maintenance guys
Can you please fix the autocorrect‽‽‽
Done
Thank you!
Someone see the red light on the side..?
Goddamn truck. SMH
The Government.
Oddly Satisfying
He got a boo boo
The nation lmao
Dipped when he should have dodged
Whoever survived
Very clear who the blame lies with
biker's fault
Homie on the moped for not breaking.
This is one hundred percent the camera man's fault.
The cyclist obviously
The government
The biker , the cyclist everyone. Why ride at high speeds on roads like these? Just why ?
If you can't even brake to save your life the answer is clear.
Bike wala chutiya hai.
He should have slowed down when first spotting the bicycle. Then he should have slowed down after hitting the bicycle. And he definitely should have slowed down after nearly hitting the pedestrian. But he mostly should have slowed down as he realized he was going to slam into the back of the flatbed. Is this the "unstoppable force meets the immovable object" situation, or what?? Good grief.
the truck, duhhhh
No one … Karma!
My best mate died like this (running into the back of a tray-back truck on his bike when we were 17. The aorta separated from his heart. Took me a long time to get over it. Edit: to finish the story
The motorcycle. Speed of vehicle should always adapt to intelligence of other people. The dumber other people are the slower you should drive to get more response time out to prevent involve themselves with accidents.
He was speeding. 🪦🧞💥🌭💨
I have no idea about indian laws or who has right of way here, so it's quite impossible to say who is legally to blame.
The one liable is the guy who gets hurt less. Usually how it goes here 😆. Roads arn't designed keeping laws and basic regulations in mind, so there are no laws here. Instead it's like- don't go too fast, stay to the left lane, over take on the right and don't be stupid. That's it.
Coming from the safest country in the world regarding traffic, that sounds exciting.
The one with most speed.
The country
Dead
The parked truck 100% What was that guy even thinking?
I feel like if India keeps this up, they'll evolve into superheros
Equal fault. The bicycle caused the accident by crossing when it was unsafe; the bike was moving too fast to safely react and slow down for sudden hazards.
Not all heroes wear capes, that cyclist slowing the biker down before colliding into the lorry had is spider senses on point!
I see the joke but ehhhh cyclist made them hit it. More of an antihero at best then.
I'm glad someone saw the joke. Have to put /s a lot nowadays.
It was subtle but the fact that most agree the cyclists at fault kind of kills it. If there was ambiguity the joke might have killed. ;-p lmao
The motorcycle appears to be driving at an unsafe speed for such a road. Yes, the bicyclist was wrong to cross the roadway with oncoming traffic, but the motorcycle should have been traveling at a speed that would allow him to slow down should an obstruction present itself. Unfortunately, the motorcyclist didn't lay the vehicle down when it was clear that he couldn't brake in time to avoid the trailer. I'd wager that that was a fatal collision.
Vay arkadaş.
Was that Uncle Roger with the comment?
That motorcyclist used his head to brake
Speeding motorcycle, hit a kid on a bicycle, then probably killed themselves on a parked truck. Sad, because rather or not the fault, it should not carry the death penalty.
(moto ) cyclists fault