The road can be a very dangerous place, especially for anyone riding a motorcycle. Exposure to the elements can be a thrilling experience – and treacherous, as learned first hand by the motorcyclist in the following video, who narrowly escapes a nasty collision with a Chevy Silverado pickup truck.
Captured on October 3rd, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this video shows the view from another motorist’s dash cam. The conditions are clear and sunny. As the camera vehicle approaches an intersection and maneuvers into a turning lane, the occupants can be heard chatting about some errands as the camera vehicle waits for traffic to pass.
Without warning, a white Chevy Silverado pickup truck starts to creep into the intersection, running a red light. Suddenly, the Chevy is sitting right in front of a black crossover and motorcycle, blocking two lanes of oncoming traffic.
Miraculously, both the motorcycle and crossover avoid T-boning the Chevy Silverado with inches to spare. The camera vehicle lays into the horn while the driver issues a well-deserved expletive.
It’s not exactly clear what happened here. It looks as though the Chevy Silverado was stopped at the intersection and waiting for the lights to turn, perhaps moving forward prematurely after seeing the camera vehicle stopped in the turning lane.
Either way, it’s nothing short of miraculous that no one was hurt.
At the end of the video, the driver can be heard giving some very important advice to his young passenger.
“The man didn’t stop at the red light,” the driver says. “So there was almost a crash. That’s why it’s so important, when there’s a red light, you stop.”
Indeed. Hopefully the driver of the white Chevy Silverado will pay better attention next time.
Hit play on the video below to see it all go down. Be warned, there is some strong language.
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Comments
Damn. That’s my biggest fear as a motorcyclist … I’ve had a similar thing happen to me but *not** that close, Geez Louise.
As I watched my heart jumped up in my throat. Been there…done that. For sure inattention by car and truck drivers is the main cause of motorcycle accidents. I’ve had two. First a car ran a stop sign on a side street…Second a Blazer K5 turned left after stopping at a light controlled intersection. Both times the bike was totaled…I nearly was.
So glad too see the person on bike gets to go home and see his family could have ended so badly
Classic “white truck”. Not his vehicle, not his insurance, not his gas, so why care?
Got to have your head on a swivel now days. Always expect the unexpected specially at intersections. Lucky individual right there. Someone was looking out for him/her that’s for sure.
So, was the guy on the truck simply going to leave early? It looked like he was stopped and then started moving way before his turn. I have been in close calls like this before. Around here in the greater New Orleans area, there are a crap ton of asshats that run red lights, they are too impatient to stop on red and wait, plus, there aren’t any cops that enforce the laws, so they get away with it. I’m always leery when I approach an intersection, but even more here. None of the places I’ve lived had it this bad, seriously.
I will admit that I have chased down a few asshat drivers that ran redlights and came within inches of hitting my car or bike.
What is the point of making ‘Chevy Silverado’ the villian in this story? It was all about the driver, wasn’t it? Or, was there something specific about the truck they drove that contributed to the incident?
Sadly, this reminds me of the news repots using headlines like “Coca-cola truck caused mayhem on exit ramp”.
“It’s not exactly clear what happened here.”
WTF? A truck ran a red light and nearly killed someone!
Sad to see that the motorcyclist goes after the truck. That’s the wrong thing to do in that situation.
Wrong! Go after these morons and get them stopped, let them know what you think of their stupid mistakes, and maybe they will wake up, possibly saving another cyclist from serious injury or death!
I have done just that on at least one occasion, and was thanked for my action!
The assholes will blow you off, whereupon, I let them know they likely will face a
Lawsuit if I am ever injured by them, or anyone like them in the future
Put down the phone people, your conversation is not worth my life. RIDE ON.
Loud pipes didn’t help him one bit. So much for that obnoxious theory.
White pickup with a distracted driver. Notices oncoming vehicle to his right (the one with the camera) come to full stop. Assumes oncoming vehicle stopped for a red, and he’s clear to go. Goes. Stutters with near misses, no blood no foul, so decided to just keep moving.
Well the motorcycle guy was lucky. White truck driver not paying attention running light. Am a motorcycle rider and always caution but you never know. If when car , trucks are passing on a double highway.
Lucky, yeah, I guess, but also alive because he used his instinctive skills to execute an effective swerve.}
And that comes with training.
So, keep on training even after you pass your basic skills course, because you never know when those skills you learned will save your life.
I’d love to see if the camera can give enough info to catch the jacka55 in the white truck
….didn’t even stop
Good thing the rider was paying attention. I try to always look ahead and expect the exact thing you just watched. Thank God. I guarentee that truck driver was texting and didn’t realize they had moved forward. The biker had every right to go tell the driver his thoughts. You almost kill me because of your stupidity? I’m not going to smile and ride off. An earful would make the driver think twice about paying attention. And? Loud pipes do save lives. Smh
Since GM has known it has had problems with the their break system on Chevy/GMC trucks dating back 6 years to 2014 models. And there are several class action suites filed, you have to ask was it driver or mechanical failure? I have been a GM owner my entire life and after being involved in an accident this past March in Florida, issued a ticket for reckless diving, coming home to find 3 recall letters and a receipt from the dealership saying the problem was taken care of. The recall letters from GMC describing the break problem, described exactly what happened to me in the accident. How can GM continue to sell faulty products to the American people?
Your kidding right? Has nothing to do with brakes. It’s all about someone with their head up their butt. Distracted driver! And by the way, there’s been brake issues with all brands over the years not just GM.
I hope the motorcyclist told him off I would have done the same thing as the cyclist. Dumb,stupid ppl on the cellphone. GET OFF YOUR PHONE AN PAY ATTENTION !!!
CODE BROWN!!!! for the motorcyclist.