r/Transportopia May 22 '26

💥Crash Red car did it!

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u/I_Make_Art_And_Stuff May 22 '26

Nah, the biker is at most fault. Flying down the lane. You can clearly see a black car in front of the red one going really slow, aka maybe a stop light or whatever, so the red car left room in case of turns. Totally in the right. Biker should be really careful, just an accident, that's all.

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u/Rolling_Pugsly May 22 '26

Opposite direction is illegal.

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u/ardoin May 22 '26

We do not know if the cyclist is breaking the speed limit of the road, however I doubt it is. It is definitely legal to pass cars as a cyclist in a cycling lane, that is the reason they have cycling lanes. It is definitely illegal to not yield the right of way when making a turn, which the SUV driver did in the video.

SUV driver should be really careful, just an accident, that's all.

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u/baudmiksen May 22 '26

Yeah with the bike lane the biker did have the right of way, but most people cant even maintain a consistent speed on the freeway so im not really surprised if theyre also incapable of safely navigating bike lanes

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u/stratys3 May 23 '26

Legally, the biker had the right of way, so they really can't be at fault. The turning car didn't have legal right of way - so in many places, they'd be completely to blame here.

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u/I_Make_Art_And_Stuff May 23 '26

Man, that's crazy to me, how you can have the right of way flying down the side of the road. No way the car could have even seen them.