Looks like the rider was shaken but not stirred...look around the 2:15 time frame in.
http://youtu.be/FJ1pdBLc1rM
Looks like the rider was shaken but not stirred...look around the 2:15 time frame in.
http://youtu.be/FJ1pdBLc1rM
Edited to add: Max and I posted at the same time; interesting how the two of us, or any number of people, can look a the same thing and see either two different causes, two different outcomes or both. I betcha' this shows up all the time in courts.....
Actually, it seems like we both described the same things- how stupid the motorcyclist's actions were. The only place we differ is in the legality of liability. I am quite sure the car is at [legal] fault. Although the motorcyclist did all the wrong things, he WAS fully in the lane before the car initiated any lane change. Had the car driver looked (with checking blind spots) IMMEDIATELY before changing lanes, he would have seen the lane was occupied. I suppose one could make a case that the motorcyclist was reckless enough that a "normal" person who DID check properly still wouldn't have seen the bike. Hmmm...
Maybe in real life it would be something like a 70/30% split of fault. ??
But as I said, an excellent example of what NOT to do even though it may have been legal
But then again, watching it... biker boy never used a signal at all during his lane change...
The biker had his left turn signal on all the time; it was on the entire double lane change and when he was hit.
I had to go full screen to actually see his signal flashing, yep it was on the whole time.
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It was just stupid piled on stupid with a stupid cherry on top.
But it seems we all agree on that- many relatively small mistakes piled up to create this unfortunate situation. Fortunately, just a little thought and sense and it would have been, and probably HAS been avoided, countless times.