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Rider Crashed into by Ignorant Driver

Failing to obey the basic road safety regulations is always one sure way to cause trouble, and failing to check one's mirrors prior to changing lanes is probably one of the most common ignorant mistakes motorists make.
Now, when it comes to a car bumping into another, it's just some lights and bumpers smashing and bending, but if a bike is involved in such a scenario, it's time to say hi to the asphalt. We saw our fair share of really nasty crashes occurring because of this mistake, and we're rather happy to see the biker in this video was not injured.

While some might argue that he should not have been there, we must add that he wasn't even splitting lanes: the guy simply had plenty of space to pass the cars stopped in his lane, and his way to filter ahead of the stalled traffic was as natural as it gets.

However, should the driver in the adjacent lane have checked his right mirror for one second, he could have seen the bike approaching and maybe, just maybe, he would have waited for it to pass, thus sparing the rider a fall. Maybe...
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