How easy it is to go for a road slide.

[Peteoz]

The only “fact” here (there appears to be much laying of blame without bothering to find out the full circumstances), is that the driver was charged with, and found guilty of, failing to change lanes only when it was safe to do so. Yes, perhaps the rider did not drive defensively enough for his own safety, but he did absolutely nothing wrong in the eyes of the law. :thumbup:

Pete

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Motorist definitely at fault, but the Spyder was moving too fast for conditions too. He should have been expecting the
car to move over, especially right after it came out of a side street.

No, there was no need to expect the car driver to pull over. Remember, this is in Oz. The car driver did right by staying in the left lane after he made the turn. The left lane is the slow lane. The Spyder was in the fast lane and had no reason to expect the car to pull over from the slow lane to the fast lane in front of him.

 

[Possible]

No, there was no need to expect the car driver to pull over. Remember, this is in Oz. The car driver did right by staying in the left lane after he made the turn. The left lane is the slow lane. The Spyder was in the fast lane and had no reason to expect the car to pull over from the slow lane to the fast lane in front of him.

I agree, the driver did his turn correctly, unlike most drivers around here who pay very little attention to what lane to turn into. But the video
shows a gap in the center median coming up, and it could have been the car was moving over into the other lane so he could turn right into a
side street. I guess I just never trust what car drivers are going to do. But we all agree that the car driver was in the wrong, I just think the
whole thing could possibly have been avoided.

 

[JohnRuckus]

This is a scary clip. It could have ended worse. Sure hope both recovered physically and mentally.

 

[VitoNam]

This incident illustrates to me a clear reason why it's always necessary to ride with protective gear.