Interesting accident, whose fault should this be?

JustinR1979

Lane splitting refers to a two-wheeled vehicle moving between roadway lanes of vehicles that are proceeding in the same direction. More narrowly, it refers to overtaking slow or stopped vehicles by traveling between lanes.




Using the lane of opposing traffic is not going between lanes, it's using another lane to overtake.

Retrogamer

Car is at fault. They caused the accident by not noticing the biker.
The impact from the accident was made worse however by the bikers speed.
As the car driver was looking the other way whilst pulling out though it's likely the accident would have still happened (but with less impact) if the biker was traveling slower.

JustinR1979

If it was a car OVERTAKING, everyone would be screaming he's a crazy !!!!!
But a car wouldn't do it, they'd realise the traffic was stopped for a reason, and not OVERTAKE.

bod1467

Strider590 wrote: »

You say your a biker, but then you claim that filtering over hatch markings is not allowed, when clearly it is.

I was prepared to give you the benefit of the doubt regarding your diatribe in the prior paragraph, but the one quoted above is patently and completely wrong - I SAID NOTHING OF THE SORT! :mad:

THIS is what I said ...

bod1467 wrote: »

Based solely on what can be seen .... The biker is mostly at fault - he overtook across chevron lines, and did not seem to consider why the cars in front (in both lanes of his carriageway) were going slowly. From an insurance perspective I don't think it'll be 100% assigned blame though.

The previous biker in the video was also in the wrong, but got away with it.

anotherbaldrick

That bike rider seriously needs both his eyesight and cognitive state checked out.

photome

JustinR1979 wrote: »

If it was a car OVERTAKING, everyone would be screaming he's a crazy !!!!!
But a car wouldn't do it, they'd realise the traffic was stopped for a reason, and not OVERTAKE.

I agree with this.
no one has answered

that bike was overtaking not filtering

the bike was mostly at fault

DoctorFoster

Strider590 wrote: »

You've seen what you want to see and you hear only what you want to hear.......

I learnt that from you.

JustinR1979

DoctorFoster wrote: »

I learnt that from you.

Next you'll be posting links that confirm you are wrong.
Not sure how it helps your argument doing that, is a bizarre method I can't see catching on.

Car_54

The Highway Code Rule 167 applies to ALL drivers and riders:

DO NOT overtake where you might come into conflict with other road users. For example

• approaching or at a road junction on either side of the road

JustinR1979

Car_54 wrote: »

The Highway Code Rule 167 applies to ALL drivers and riders:

DO NOT overtake where you might come into conflict with other road users. For example

• approaching or at a road junction on either side of the road

I did broach this subject - not sure if it's a junction, or car is emerging from a driveway or similar??


As I've said, nearly had a few bikers over my bonnet who've been overtaking (that's filtering to our special friends) when I've been turning right out of cul-de-sac.