Danno wrote:
Leddy wrote:
So what about the video with the cat crossing 5 lanes? You mentioned the car crossing 5 lanes and video of it.Actually, he said "five solid lines." If you look on the video, there are four lines separating the HOV lane from the rest of traffic. So, he was off by one.
FWIW, in my opinion, it does not look like the car swerved because of the kick. It looks retaliatory. It may very well have been a reflexive jerk of the wheel, but it doesn't appear that way. I split fault at 30% motorcycle for escalating and 70% car driver for retaliation.
Edited to add: I stand corrected. There are four yellow lines and one white one, so in fact, five solid lines.
Is there video of the car's driver-side wheels crossing over the five lines? I.e., is there video of the entire car illegally merging from the No. 1 lane into the carpool lane? Because all I've seen is the moment the passenger-side wheels are on the lines, which makes me think the driver drifted to the right in order to create space for the motorcycle on the left, between the car and the wall. Why the driver did that I have no idea, but that's all I see here.
My opinion (not that anyone asked): Both the driver and rider are a**holes who deserve each other and the poor white Escalade(?) driver has all my sympathy in the world for getting caught up in the other two's bullsh*t.
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