Police Release Video Of Motorcycle Crash To Warn Riders About Reckless Driving

Wherever you are on the internet, you're probably never too far away from a dash cam video.

There's a plethora of incidents caught on the cameras, whether it be fights, scams or road rage. We can see what mistakes other people make, then we can all learn a lesson from it: Don't be a knob.

Dorset police have released a video of a motorcyclist speeding through traffic, binning it at the end, with the aim being to alert people to the dangers of erratic driving.

The rider weaves in and out of cars on a dual carriageway, over and undertaking, before coming up behind a heavy goods vehicle.

Unfortunately for the 51-year-old, there wasn't enough room to maneuver another overtake, and therefore hit a kerb, which tumbled him off his bike, resulting in a broken leg.

Credit: Dorset Police via Twitter

In the Tweet they wrote: "The rider of this motorcycle was lucky not to be more seriously injured after riding in this manner. How many errors can you see?"

A lot of people on Twitter were quick to generalise the biker, claiming that many of them are the same.

One wrote: "Typical biker, think the Highway Code doesn't apply to them. Unfortunately this type of riding is all too common, lorry's fault in their eyes."

While another, who is also a biker, said: "Shocking that people ride like idiots, and film it so they have proof that they're idiots! Saddens me, gives us bikers a bad name! Be safe."

Dorset Police also urged motorists to 'ride carefully, within the speed limits and ride with consideration to other road users'.

Credit: Dorset Police

Another side of the reckless driving is that it can sometimes end in a scrap, too.

There's plenty of examples, but this row, however, between two Scottish blokes, takes it to the next level.

A man on his motorbike is filming the footage, with the video beginning with him arriving at a roundabout, waiting to exit.

While waiting for a chance to pull out, a driver pulls up alongside him, shouting at him through his window.

After a to-and-fro of abuse, the driver gets out of his car, pushing the motorcyclist to the ground. The driver then walks back to his car, but before he can get in the motorcyclist is on his back.

The man who uploaded the footage, going by the YouTube name of 2wheel honda, put in the description: "Guy shouted at me first. I didn't know I was going to be attacked.

"He also blocked my view of the roundabout so I couldn't pull away in time; also there was traffic coming.

"The reason I went back round to his side of the vehicle is because I though he may get a weapon from his car and also my bike was on the ground so I couldn't exactly run or ride away if he did come at me with a weapon!

"The cam has a three min buffer, the other 40 seconds is me sitting at a red light, but I filtered the left hand side along zigzags which I now realise or think is illegal, and this is why he has done it."

The incident happened at the Westfield roundabout in Falkirk, Stirlingshire. In the video, a woman can be heard saying that someone had called the police.

Topics: Crash

Mark McGowan

Mark is a journalist at LADbible, who joined in 2015 after a year as a freelance writer. In the past he blogged for independent football fan channel Redmen TV, after graduating from Staffordshire University with degrees in journalism and English literature. He has worked on campaigns such as UOKM8? and IIOC.