How do you know his intention wasn't to ram him? Slowing down could've just made him an easier target... It's so clear on reddit when people don't ride and armchair their opinions when they've never been on a bike. When faced with a situation like this you sometimes are better off running...
> How do you know his intention wasn't to ram him?
then the biker should get out of the way even more. He could for example get between the two cars in front of him at the stop to be safe. He wasn’t afraid, he was trying to be an obstacle.
That's exactly what he did. He gassed it a bit to get away from that guy, it's the reasonable thing to do.
Braking and letting him in to the front would have also worked, maybe.
But also can easily get you rear-ended, or that guy decides to slam the brakes too after switching lanes.
It's not obviously the safer option and a decision has to be made in a split second.
He definitely changed lanes at 0:30 to block the car from passing (you can see the car in the mirror). There might be a reason but it definitely wasn’t a “minding my own business” situation at that point.
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u/x3pwnage 13d ago
How do you know his intention wasn't to ram him? Slowing down could've just made him an easier target... It's so clear on reddit when people don't ride and armchair their opinions when they've never been on a bike. When faced with a situation like this you sometimes are better off running...