Didn't have a chance!

[musicman]

What some of us would like to know is why were the bikes going so slowly that the car driver felt the need to pass them?

This happened in Taiwan, the front 'bike' is in fact a scooter, two-up.

[Banditbandit]

Where is Katman?I'm sure he would be able to point out the rider's failings in not be able to avoid such an incident.

The riders had no chance ... fuckwit car driver ... by the time the front bike would have seen the car passsing it was way too late to do anything ...

[idb]

Why were they all on the wrong side of the road...all excepting the car?

[onearmedbandit]

Fucking Labour party.

[idb]

Fucking Labour party.

That's not fair - you can't blame global warming on them...

[Tink]

Interesting to note, the bike in front of the camera car started breaking as soon as the car pulled out, ready for something to go wrong. Well done him.

Good on him... still looking from where that scooter came from, and I got good eyesight! hmmmm

Yep, sadly Steve is right.
The cause of the accident is a motorcyclist

Scooter... I think though if your in a bullet like a car, no matter what idiotic things bikers do, you should have defensive driving up your sleeve, can't change other people but we can change ourselves. (that car could have avoided the scooter surely).

[MSTRS:Me]

... (that car could have avoided the scooter surely).

To be fair - he nearly did. It was just that inconvenient bike coming the other way...

[Banditbandit]

Fucking Labour party.

That's not fair - you can't blame global warming on them...

I'm really not sure what the Labour party and Global Warming have to do with this accident ?

[Banditbandit]

Bullshit - at the 2 second mark you can see the bike parked on the side of the road up ahead.

Yes - I wondered about that - when I first saw the clip I was under the impression there was no bike infront of the car ...

Yep, sadly Steve is right.
The cause of the accident is a motorcyclist

NO! The car did not have to pull out - merely slow down. Yes, the scooter Rider did pull out, but there are no signs of any brake lights on the car or the bikes. You can clearly see the rear bike brake lights come on as the car pulls across the centre line and the rider anticipates trouble (well done) ..

However, the car should never never never have crossed the centre line ... the car was in no danger of running into the scooter - and never braked, just slowed a little then accelerated into a dangerous pass ...

[oneofsix]

The bike pulled straight out from the side of the road in front of the car.

There is no side road! The scooter is well ahead of the car when first seen so plenty of room for the rider to join traffic, if that is what happened, and the car to react. It more appears to me that the car caught up with the slower bike but didn't give it due regard of being a follow road user.

[idb]

I'm really not sure what the Labour party and Global Warming have to do with this accident ?

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[idb]

The NZ rule, as I understand it, is that the following vehicle is always at fault.

[Swoop]

The cause of the accident is a motorcyclist

I'm sure double yellow lines still mean the same thing in other countries.
The cause of the accident is the (impatient) person failing to keep right.

[Katman]

There is no side road!

Is English your second language?

[bogan]

The NZ rule, as I understand it, is that the following vehicle is always at fault.

Which only counts if they are following the vehicle, something pulling out in front does not. Also if the car you're following stops abruptly from hitting something, it generally isn't your fault either.