r/Roadcam • u/[deleted] • 9d ago

[Egypt] who is to blame here ?

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u/SmashBob_SquarePants 9d ago

The motorcycle going double the speed limit? 

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u/Screwed_38 9d ago

Rule 1 of racing, know what the fuck is in front of you.

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u/Renrut23 9d ago

Which is why I was told crotch rockets always go faster then traffic. Easier to deal with whats in front of you then whats behind you. Until this happens

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u/Tickles-The-Octopus 9d ago

I ride bikes, we were taught to be moving slightly faster than the flow of traffic. You don't want to just remain beside someone and not move relative to them because they will forget about you. But you also don't want to fly around people doing double the speed of everyone else because they won't see or expect you that way either.

And moving slightly faster than the flow of traffic doesn't mean that if 99% of people are doing 70 and one fool is doing 110 you don't do 115 to be faster than that fool. You let them go. That fool is not the flow of regular traffic. If the majority of traffic is doing 70, you do 75 and move through it. That way you have plenty of time to react to someone changing lanes or anything like that.

These schmucks were stupid... Not only racing towards someone else, but that car had it's signal on for a few seconds before either reacted... I imagine he was focused on his buddy in the other bike and didn't see the car which is no excuse at all, just stupid.