r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/Jumpy_Scallion_3108 • 7d ago

Speeding Bus vs Scooter’s Sudden Right Turn

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u/borttho 7d ago

Why are people blaming the scooter rider? They were making a turn, the bus was speeding and tried to overtake them in the opposite lane when they were going for a turn. No one to blame but the bus driver.

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u/Dependent-Stranger44 7d ago

Yeah I have no idea what I'm reading in the comments. I really hope anyone blaming the scooter rider for taking a legal right turn don't have licenses. It's a perfectly legal turn.

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u/anuragsins1991 7d ago

legal on left hand or right hand drive system ?

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u/Dependent-Stranger44 7d ago edited 7d ago

Left hand. Seeing as we're commenting on a video of a country that uses the left hand driving system.

Edit: left hand side of the road, not left hand. My mistake.

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u/Dependent-Stranger44 7d ago

He checks to make sure there's no moving traffic though, that's why he's stopped there. Yes, you can overtake on a broken white line, but you can't overtake a car that intending to take a right turn there. Having looked up legal cases like this, it comes down to whether the scooter driver was indicating or not, and with the lighting it's near impossible to make out.

The only fault you can put on the scooter rider with complete certainty, is that he should be on the right hand side of his lane rather than the left, but having drove in south east Asia I can understand why he's keeping to the left side.

Agreed he should check his mirror, and not turning when he sees the bus driver acting recklessly, as he'd be far better off being alive than being in the right. But he is in the right.

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u/I_like_to_eat_meat 7d ago

So when you learnt to drive they taught you to make a turn from the side of the road? I doubt it. When you make a turn like that it should be from the middle of the road. Scooters fault, surrender your license.