Overshoot a traffic light, and decide to reverse back to not block incoming cars? We’ve all been there. Not everyone is capable of doing so safely, though. For some, it can go very, very wrong.
Originally shared on Reddit, this helmet cam video shows a Toyota RAV4 trying to reverse back after overshooting a stop light. Inexplicably though, the person behind the wheel – apparently a student driver – backed up at a considerable speed, right into a stationary motorcyclist.
If that’s not bad enough, instead of stopping upon first impact, the driver continued on reversing, rolled over the bike, to then come to a rest on top of it. The motorcyclist, the person who released the video, was lucky enough to have jumped away in time. His Honda CBR 125 JC50, though, wasn’t as fortunate.
Now folks, when behind the wheel, it’s important to remember that you’re not the only one on the road. There are other road users too, i.e. other cars, motorcycles, and even pedestrians. It is absolutely vital to check your surroundings through all means available – through the windows, mirrors, reverse camera, etc. – before making any sudden manoeuvres; more so if you’re planning on reversing.
Spatial awareness is key to keeping yourself and others safe on the roads. One feature that helps with rear visibility tremendously is a reverse camera, so do consider such an upgrade for your own cars.
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and that is why lane splitting is so dangerous…….
do u even use ur eyes? obviously that suv was reversing to another lane.. if that bike place was taken by a car would u be saying this?.. and that bike was stopping at the middle of the lane.. its not even a lane splitting!
Toyota? Oh I’m not surprised at all!!!!
Typical Toyota driver .
not include supra/gt86/ae86 driver.
When it is obviously driver problem, some “smart” guys blame it is Toyota’s fault. lol
The car won’t move without a driver, but the car will break down itself. So when you see so many Proton broke down at roadside, you can point to Proton directly.
idiot
Students under 21 should not be allowed to drive at all. A public nuisance to all.
got ppl said that people with big cars like SUV and pickup truck have a small brain.. though i didnt agree with that statement, but after watching this video….
It’s a student driver that lost his cool. Nothing to do with the car.
And we see rat brain fast cars drivers who tailgate so closely, drives like a maniac and endangering other road users. Oh it gets better, when they are in a big group, they race and act like gangster on the road.
That video shows an incompetent student driver who panics. Nothing to do with the type of vehicle.
Actually CBR250 if I not mistaken
bro u look like Pharrell lol
He must be very “happy” with your comment :)
women… last year my friends’ mom reversed her Cayman S into a lamp post because she panicked and presses the throttle instead. A few months ago another friend of mine reversed her Focus into a sign.
org pompuan nih kalu eksiden biasanya suka buat eksiden yg pelik2.. org laki plak kalu eksiden terus maut.. sekian my 2 cents..
Somehow I must agree with you. Memang pelik tapi betul. Org laki entah-entah testosterone tinggi, cukup berani.
Sometimes, drivers of auto transmission cars can reverse abruptly thinking that they have engaged the forward gear. I have seen such case where the front car reverse and crashed into the back car at traffic lights. It won’t happen to manual cars because reverse gear are operated slightly different from the forward gear.
This is a anthem video for bike hater. #gif #loop #forever
Women + car = high risk. Add automatic transmission into the equation, you get confirmed crash.
No danger of this incident happening in Malaysia. We always either run the red light or overshoot and stop on pedestrian crossing or yellow box if theres AES
Women drivers….
Something similar happened to me. A college student reversed his car at high speed into mine. I kept honking but he still continued reversing fast. He hit my car and didn’t have the courtesy of saying sorry or to even look at me. What an idiot.
This “new” driver staying opposite my house likes to reverse straight into my driveway, right up to my gate (because that’s the easiest way for him). Anyways, one day, I had just pushed my bike out and parked on the drive way (to close and lock the gate). When I got on the bike, he was reversing directly on to my path, and I started to honked when the bumper was three feet away from my front wheel but he kept on reversing and knocked into my bike and I fell and was bruised. Some people just doesn’t seemed to have spatial awareness….
Majority of drivers lacks awareness,
That’s usually how accidents happens
I think I had the most bizarre experience with female driver. There was this one time I was at KL GH queuing behind another car to pay for the parking ticket(pay directly at the exit guard house). So this lady was walking pass in front of my car to get into her car which is parked exactly to the left of my car(the front passenger seat). She even lifted up her hand at me to make the STOP sign to alert me to let her pass first. After she got onto her car, she reversed her car straight towards my car and BANG!!! Imagine the first sentence that came out from her mouth when she got off from her car. “Sorry, I didn’t noticed your car was behind my car!!!!” Can you believe that?
when you reversing, always lower a bit of your side windows, this will help you to hear much more if there is a pedestrian or other vehicles that u cannot see by mistakes,
this is what i practice from experience, not from driving school