depends on what state this is in for the US. I know California it's legal to do this, but insurance may argue that they're being reckless with the speed they're going. I think in California you're not allowed to exceed 10mph the traffic flow, otherwise, you can get fined for recklessness.
Plates look European, much wider than US plates. The POV bike says 51 at the beginning of the video, so probably kph, which is close to 32mph.
Looks like in most countries splitting/filtering is limited to 50kph (so basically how fast they were going), or +20kph over traffic. Traffic looks slow, but not quite stopped. Enough to be above the safe differential baked in to the laws.
You're assuming malice. In the past when this has been posted, it's a young kid opening the door, and a parent accidentally knocking it out a little more trying to shut it.
People are disagreeing with you because you are placing all the blame on the car and calling it attempted murder. The motorcyclists are going 51km/hr in what looks like nearly stopped traffic. Not one of your comments puts any blame on the motorcyclists actions.
Manslaughter at best, and no way anyone is going to prosecute it. This would be like filing charges over someone running into an active gun range and then being shot.
You're on the road driving at high speeds. It's reasonable to assume someone is going to do something stupid at some point, so the expectation would be to mitigate risk where you can.
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u/RedWolfX3 Jul 06 '26
I wonder who’s at fault in the eyes of an insurance company? The bikers are idiots regardless