Terrifying crash between motorbike and car driver divides Australians – so what do you think?
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Terrifying accident between a motorcyclist and a black sedan divides Australians over who is wrong, and you may change your mind after hearing both sides
- Motorcycle collides with car in heavy traffic
- Collision occurred near Redfern train station
- Video post divided opinion on who was at fault
Australians are divided over who was at fault in a terrifying collision between a motorcyclist and a car in heavy Sydney traffic.
Video of the accident shows the motorcyclist crashing into the passenger door of a black sedan in Gibbons Street, Redfern, on the edge of the CBD at 5:35pm on February 28.
The clip initially shows the motorcyclist stopped as a bus pulls up in front of him while the outside lane is blocked.
He gestures to the right, as if frustrated with another driver or in heavy traffic.
As the bus pulls away and changes lanes to the right, the motorcyclist sees a space and slides between it and a stopped bus, then moves into the curb lane.
But he is knocked over by the sedan, which heads into the same lane.
Australians are divided over who was at fault in a terrifying collision between a motorcyclist and a car in heavy Sydney traffic.
Video of the accident shows the motorcyclist crashing into the passenger door of a black sedan in Gibbons Street, Redfern, on the edge of the CBD at 5:35pm on February 28.
The impact is strong, throwing the driver over the left front of the car like a rag doll and dropping him to the ground.
The cyclist’s condition is unknown, but pedestrians quickly gathered to check on him.
The rider’s bike is thrown off the road entirely, landing on a completely dry natural strip.
As the black car indicated to the left, the driver did not appear to see the motorcyclist coming as they were concentrating on crossing in front of a gold car behind him.
Whether he had enough time to see the motorcyclist is difficult to determine from the video, which appears to have been captured on camera by another motorcyclist well behind the crash site.
The clip was uploaded to Facebook where opinion was divided.
Many blamed the motorcyclist, who appeared to be in a hurry to get ahead of traffic.
The impact is strong, throwing the driver over the left front of the car like a rag doll and dropping him to the ground.
“I am a cyclist and I agree that I was not riding in those conditions (obviously in rush hour),” said a Brisbane cyclist.
‘I’m guessing he just got out of the left lane and has his ‘glasses on’.
Another commenter said that the problem was not so much the motorcyclist’s speed as the fact that his speed was not adequate for the situation.
“It’s not your speed you need to watch, but the difference in speed between you and other traffic,” the man said.
‘Which means you shouldn’t drive fast when traffic is slow or stopped, or slow down when traffic is fast.’
But not all agreed.
“It’s not a bicycle accident, it’s a car accident,” said a Victorian man.
The car failed to yield when changing lanes and collided with the motorcycle.
Another bystander agreed, saying he saw the problem as the driver not allowing what might be in the inside lane.
The driver of the car assumed that everyone was yielding to him and did not do so himself.
The cyclist did nothing wrong. His only mistake was assuming that a car driver would actually look before changing lanes.
One woman said she didn’t agree that the bike was too fast and pointed to the right rider.
But he also noted that the accident was due to “bad timing in all respects.”