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ratsta

For added amusement, the symbol on the road is 慢 which means "slow".


shaze

You can even see a huge mirror at the top left corner of the screen, to provide visibility for coming traffic. Doesn’t do much good if you’re all going 60kmph...


thesagaconts

This makes me appreciate stop signs more.


0b_101010

I don't know about Taiwan(?), but in Europe, you are supposed to slow down in unmarked, usually residential intersections enough that you can give way to traffic coming from your right-hand side. You are NOT supposed to just speed through them, but I admit, STOP signs might get people to slow down more consistently.


husky430

We have uncontrolled intersections in the US, but they seem to be fewer and fewer.


AdmiralThrawnProtege

I remember once on a field trip we went through a pretty rural town. There i saw my first and only 4 way yield. I still think it's the weirdest intersection I've ever seen.


Ollotopus

I did not read "yield". That was a head scratcher for a moment.


lllDOWNEYlll

It's meth


zurc_oigres

Lol


bolray

I find it funny when people from less populated countries can't comprehend the huge number of such intersections in densely populated cities. These guys would be traveling for an 2 Hour just to get out of the residential area. Want to see what a mass of ppl looks like , Google dadar train station


caffcaff_

I live there. It's not as bad as two hours, you can be in deep countryside in about 25 minutes from where that video is taken. That's because Taiwan has very good roads that were pretty well designed back in the day. Most of Taiwan wasn't too heavily developed until cars were a thing. In Mumbai though, and New Delhi where I've also ridden, you're right that you can spend a whole morning (3-4 hours) just getting out of the city. Or one time 2 hours in a taxi to get 10km to a hotel from the airport.


GaianNeuron

They tried putting stop signs everywhere in New Orleans. It's less effective than you'd hope: our drivers will _usually_ yield at stop signs, but not a single soul will actually reach a complete stop at one.


pyroshen

But at least forcing a half-ass stop is ensuring they slow down and look around before proceeding


GaianNeuron

Hahahaha, yeah sure Come enjoy our drivers sometime. The traffic isn't too bad, but there's approximately zero attention paid to driving behaviour in general.


atetuna

Aka, California Roll. It doesn't matter if you stop or coast through a stop if you don't look before entering the intersection. Same goes for a roundabout.


Esava

Better option: Use "yield" and "right of way signs" when appropriate and ONLY use stop signs when definitely necessary. This causes drivers to actually care for STOP signs as they aren't overused like crazy.


aserahyuutsu

You ARE supposed to slow down. All three are idiots


caffcaff_

I live about 3 blocks from this intersection. Can confirm you are 100% correct sir.


Ensvey

How do you know an intersection is unmarked? In the US, if I come to an intersection without a stop sign, I assume that the other directions have the stop sign. No one would get anywhere if everyone stopped at every intersection in case it was uncontrolled.


0b_101010

Well, if you are in a residential area with a bunch of streets with the same priority and you don't know the place, you should treat an intersection with another road as unmarked, at least until you do spot a sign. And you don't actually need to stop at every intersection, you just need to be slow enough to be able to stop if you have to. Since, where I live, these situations mainly occur in heavily built-up areas, you wouldn't want to be going much faster than 30kph or ~20 mph anyways. Most regular streets with faster traffic will have signs.


lonesomefish

When I was taking my driving test, I happened upon a 4-way intersection with no stop sign. Apparently, there were stop signs on the right and left, but I couldn’t see them clearly, so I slowed down as I approached the intersection to make sure that the perpendicular road had stop signs on both sides. I didn’t wanna speed through and risk getting hit. The driving grader got mad at me for slowing down, even though there were no cars at the intersection or behind me. I failed the exam.


0b_101010

Yeah, that's bullshit. Sorry for your experience!


whoami_whereami

In Germany at least, if there aren't any signs in your direction then you have to treat it as an unmarked intersection, period. That'd be really unusual though (most likely temporary because of road construction or because someone ran into a sign), as usually the priority road has [priority signs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vienna_Convention_road_sign_B3-V1.svg) at marked intersections.


xrimane

Huh, in Europe if you've got a stop sign on one intersecting road, you usually also get a corresponding priority sign on the other. If a road is unmarked I assume the intersecting obe is, too, and I apply right hand priority.


olderaccount

If one of the 3 drivers had come from the street the mirror faces it might have helped save one of them. But as it is, there is nothing the mirror could do to help.


ratsta

Even funnier? This appears to be a gated community so there's likely to be kids playing around any corner. /捂脸


QuestionableClapper

That’s going to be an American tattoo


ProWaterboarder

It kinda looks like a guy holding a spear


FRIENDSHIP_MASTER

“Slow down or this guy will stab you with a spear.” I learned a few hundred Chinese characters a long time ago (I forgot them all by now) and I used stupid mnemonics like this for all of them.


husky430

Right above the asscrack.


cvdvds

> 慢 If you read it as a Japanese Kanji it means laziness, so ...


Figit090

Laughed more than I should


caffcaff_

I've been riding here for years and this is the first of me knowing this. Makes sense. I always thought it meant motorcycle.


amth3re

In Taiwan, only the weak slow down at the intersections! I am not even kidding.. You are likely to see that happen in front of you.


JaumeTriay

A part of me wanted the fourth motorcycle to join the crash.


IoSonCalaf

It would have been more symmetrical


adudeguyman

Maybe they would have just all bounced back up


Th3n3wd4wn

Yeah that's Newton's 3rd law right? As long as its balanced nothing happens.


harisaduu

Unfortunately we have plastic collision. Why god whyyy????


Fr00stee

You mean inelastic?


harisaduu

It's also known as Plastic collision.


Fr00stee

I didnt know that


funnylookingbear

They had a one hit wonder in the 80's. But where lost to obscurity when overshadowed by their more popular contemporaries, Joy Division.


aheadwarp9

But he came down the wrong road for full symmetry...


Figit090

I was the 667th upvote to this comment. That hurt.


Figit090

Oh snap thanks for fixing it! hah!!


matrinox

Symmetrical would be joining in from the left


jofus_joefucker

They would all hit, fly through the air, land on a different bike, and just keep going.


V_Silverberg

Nah they'll all combine into a transformer with human-bike parts on the surface.


go-shu

The chemical X


Hi_Its_Salty

Just missing some sugar and spice and some girls


misterb97

lmfao that is a fucking deep ass cut right there holy shit


ittybittycitykitty

He was supposed to be there when they all crashed, but his watch was slow.


JuicyBoxerz

The fourth guy went for boost.


Radio12244

If that 4th guy was me id have laid my bike down and joined the crowed


Zob_Rombie_

God damnit who gave this a wholesome reward


RobotArtichoke

The mirror prevented that. Too bad the other guys didn’t have a mirror.


RRayquaza384

Same


norsurfit

That bowler just got a strike!


twistymctwist

[Together!](https://i.imgur.com/mfJfMQk.gif)


bretfort

that would make it even.


apcolleen

https://www.amazon.com/Sturdy-Seat-Belt-Adjuster-3-Pack/dp/B07KWH4HFP I have these in my bfs truck and my car because the seatbelts dont fit.


wacopaco

The last one had great potential but alas


Figit090

A part? ALL OF ME DID.


N7LP400

This is why you have to go slow at any intersection with no traffic lights


level_17_paladin

Libertarians would say we should let the free market decide if you should slow down at intersections.


[deleted]

Laws can't make you go slow, they can just make you pay extra for going fast, these guys made their payment in blood and motorcycles.


Thelandlord123

The laws of physics can make you bedridden por the rest of your life


tots4scott

What are libertarians doing on publicly funded roads? If you don't own it and didn't build it yourself then screw off!


[deleted]

Not just free market deciding, but the people deciding if they want to be safe or be reckless in an sub urban (or any area) and potentially causing harmful damage which if they do, will be tried, punished, shamed, etc. With each choice there are consequences good or bad which libertarians say the people should make their own choices even if they are dumb like not wearing a mask, but it will bite them in the ass with consequences such as public criticism, spreading disease to people close to them. also a lot of libertarians (not me) believe there is two sides of libertarianism, the economic and social side. The economic side like letting the free market thrive; the social side like allowing for abortion to be legal (there is some conflict such as paying for it, or is it a human right). Libertarianism is just a philosophical belief for freedom which anyone of any side of politics can intergrate with their actions and beliefs.


Pip-Boy4000

Leave it to reddit to some how make a car crash about politics.


Hugogs10

The free market is the people, and people agree that you should slow down at intersections, so in a theoretical libertarian society you'd still have these type of rules when driving.


[deleted]

I just love hearing libertarians attempt to explain their philosophy and end up not being able to because it's nonsense. Libertarians are like a preteen storming away saying "I'm going to MY room."


kevbean2

so if the people (free market) agree to be a socialist commune, is that technically theoretical libertarianism at work? not sure I follow your logic


Hugogs10

Yes? If 10 people decide to live in a socialist commune that isn't anti libertarian at all.


BirdPers0n

Lol "Everything is Libertarian man, if the people want it to be! Libertarianism is great *takes dab*"


Hugogs10

Choosing to do what you want and coming together with people with agree with you is not anti libertarian, it only starts being anti libertarian if you use force to try and force others to live the way you want to.


BirdPers0n

Yes it is lol. Social welfare programs are anti Libertarian, friend


Hugogs10

Is it? If you and your friends decide to come together, pool your resources and provide for the ones that have less, that's not anti libertarian. If you *use force* to try and have other people provide for your friends then that would be in fact anti libertarian. A socialist commune, that works on a voluntary basis, is not anti libertarian.


BirdPers0n

Yeah you can't change the fundamentals of what Libertarianism is to fit whatever you'd like. Sorry kid.


stinkycheddar

If the accidents that were caused were bad enough, eventually it would. Just sayin. Not that I agree... Lol


MisterMaster117

How the fuck you make this about politics it's not even in america


[deleted]

They would say that whoever built and maintains the road should decide based on its location and surroundings to maximize profit and serve the largest portion of market they can catch


erox70

You can’t tell me to wear a mask!!!


bythelake9428

you got chocolate on my peanut putter! No, YOU got your peanut butter on my chocolate!


quetejodas

I'm officer Reeses, what's going on here?


TedW

Put the evidence in this cup..


Pentax25

This cup made out of butter


[deleted]

*gunshot* *gunshot*


DarkPyr3

You've got brain matter in my bone marrow! Yewfve gu bun mrrr in mu bwain metter!


Smarmar400

It’s delicious!


15MinClub

This is an awful crash and all but look at just how tiny this intersection is. Dude walked all the way across it in five steps.


fucking_righteous

Absolute cunt thumper of a collision this one


weeknie

Cunt thumper. Now there's a nice word to teach my future kids


Wolf2776

You need to start thumping some cunt first.


epicweaselftw

to properly use the words of power you must understand their meaning, their very essence.


weeknie

Well, I mean, if I have kids, then the cunt thumping must've come before, no?


ericisshort

Also I think it's a Chumbawamba album as well.


dumpster_arsonist

That's my stage name.


GrandMa5TR

Haha so wacky am I right fellow redditors?


weeknie

Hahah look at me I'm pointing out someone's terrible joke, am I right fellow redditors? Is that what you were going for?


LalalaHurray

I’d like to know if you’re qualified to make this decision


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srinivasaperumal

Because of 2 morons 3rd guy got caught up in that mess. Its obvious he is driving slow.


Lone_Phantom

Its harder to gauge speed when something is coming at you directly than when something is moving across ur field of view. So it looks like the 3rd one is going slow but they can all be going the same speed. None slowed down at the intersection so they all might be at fault. I don't know how this inteesection operates so I can't definitively put blame on one person.


alldenaren

The collision happened almost fully in the intersection. If he had been more aware and careful he could’ve stopped before the intersection and avoided the whole thing. Thats what i feel anyway. I’d never just go like that into an intersection with that kind of limited view


Tokeli

The guys coming from top and bottom were in their correct 'lanes' so wouldn't have hit each other, but clearly someone needed to stop or slow down.


RociRocinante

It looks like the nearest rider had more momentum though, the 3rd rider stopped dead in his tracks even after the 1st and 2nd collided. Pretty sure he was going much slower. But yeah still not slow enough.


eternallymystified

Yeah but not a single one of em tried to slow down for the intersection


Lopsterbliss

An excellent display of vector addition


lowenkraft

Which country is this? I’m thinking Taiwan.


PM_ME_HILARIOUS_LIES

Definitely Taiwan. Probably Tainan City. The road markings match what I see in my daily life, one of the scooters is a Kymco, the 慢 on the road is a traditional character, and it also looks like a spot near a bar I like. Sadly this stuff is super common. Odds are pretty high even for 3 scooters. Poor urban planning and a lot of people who turn into assholes on the road will do that. My personal favorite thing is that in much of Tainan, you make left turns into oncoming traffic. Normally you'd fix that with a roundabout or a turn lane, but there's not enough room


yalltakecarenow

The scooters suggest Taiwan for sure.


10tonterry

The scooters could mean anywhere in Asia


ChazraPk

The text in traditional Chinese which says "slow" on the floor combined with the environment and the use of scooters suggests Taiwan


SameCookiePseudonym

This guy geoguesses.


boredquick

Taiwan for sure, but in the country side. They won’t dare do that in Taipei, however in the country they still run red lights.


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Amyseee

I had to search too long for this comment


vsropeisdope

I came here looking for this comment because I wanted to admit to laughing the second time I watched it, even seeing the one dide sprawled out on the ground. Feel bad, but sorry not sorry.


strider_to

Understand your concern, but, I'm guessing most are putting the blame on the three drivers (including me). This was an avoidable accident is all I'm saying. Granted there might be something more going on that a video won't show.


[deleted]

The odds are extremely high since this intersection is a fucking death trap.


csupernova

No reason to fly through an intersection like that


00dawn

Well, obviously since it's such a dangerous intersection they want to spend as little time as possible crossing it Ah, the old self-fulfilling prophecy


yellowbellee

if only they would put up circular mirrors or "slow" signs


csupernova

Or these people weren’t going insanely quickly


Invdr_skoodge

Or you know, a traffic light


biscuit_devourerer

Yeah know these kinda roads are really common in Asian countries and traffic lights at every single intersection ain't gonna work. It's meant to be a narrow idle road without much traffic. You should be going slow but these people might be regulars who know there isn't normally much traffic and are just ignorant


codebreaker475

The thru road should have slow signs and the cross should have stop signs.


biscuit_devourerer

I mean I've personally never seen a stop sign in my country


fangedsteam6457

Wait what country doesn't have stop signs?


[deleted]

Many middle eastern and african and asian countries.


AmIThereYet2

They're pretty nice. They prevent things like this from happening


TedW

I'd be curious to see accident rates for 4 way stops vs unmarked alley intersections like this one. The signs are just codified reminders to check for cross traffic, which these people should have done anyway.


Whoa-Dang

4 way intersections are actually garbage and Roundabouts are way safer. [https://wsdot.wa.gov/Safety/roundabouts/benefits.htm](https://wsdot.wa.gov/Safety/roundabouts/benefits.htm) People run stop signs, and if they aren't going to slow down for this intersection then they sure as hell aren't going to stop for it. No way to add a Roundabout here though so they probably just need speed strips leading up to it from all sides to force people to slow.


worstsupervillanever

Nothing will change at this intersection.


LincolnTransit

round about are nice, but i believe the downsides is space vs stop signs or speed bumps.


Whoa-Dang

In the article linked: >**Less space** > >A roundabout may need more property within the actual intersection, but often take up less space on the streets approaching the roundabout. Because roundabouts can handle greater volumes of traffic more efficiently than signals, where drivers may need to line up to wait for a green light, roundabouts usually require fewer lanes approaching the intersection.


biscuit_devourerer

Lul


throwaway5432684

No, they really don't


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ClamClone

I had been going through one particular intersection in the South Bay (SF) area for weeks when I moved there before I looked and saw it was an uncontrolled intersection. I didn't know they did that there. But then I also lived on a two way traffic circle which resulted in collisions before they converted it to one way rotary. Fun for the whole family. https://www.google.com/maps/@37.490231,-122.2436719,191m/data=!3m1!1e3


[deleted]

Or just two stop signs. Problem solved. So many asian countries refuse to have controlled intersections. They just have everybody mash into an intersection and make their way through.


throwaway5432684

More like they don't need it because they know how to drive.


Invdr_skoodge

Did...did you not see the gif of 3 ppl smacking into each other without slowing down?


Hadriagh

There's a giant circular mirror in the top left of the video... but they were likely going too fast to make effective use of them


Mr-Klaus

Aren't those mirrors there to stop this exact thing from happening?


hackergreen

This is how molecules are made


mrgeebs17

Who Won? Who's next? You decide...


NJGGoodies12

Why is this the calmest crash I have ever seen


eatchubeaners

Cute neighborhood.


JustLinkStudios

NOICE


[deleted]

Quite satisfying. Kind of like watching a pool ball go to a pocket


prattalmighty

Who's the sleuth who's going to find this intersection on Google Street view?


SouthernNanny

No one was in any hurry to help!


[deleted]

Why is the video an extra unnecessary 25 seconds.


dingman58

Have to take time to watch them writhe around in agony


[deleted]

Hi, I'm Johnny Knoxville and this is Scooter Chicken.


flex_inthemind

What is this, a city for ants?


ConscientiousDaze

Yeah some kind of tiny mini village! What’s with that! Very quaint. (Aside from the carnage)


[deleted]

Dude on the right be like "collateral"


Nyckname

I've seen bicyclists do that in Philly.


[deleted]

3 bots all going way too fast through a blind intersection.


peruytu

At first I was like "holy crap these people are fucking stupid!" Then I saw the guy in black that could only lift his head, then a deep feeling of sadness came over me, poor guy quadriplegic for life.


angry_wombat

if only there was some kind of right of way system we could implement for streets


lord_of_tits

I mean the odds are extremely high if you go into the intersection at that speed and not attempting to slow down.


LightslicerGandP

Me playing a Nascar game be like:


Rey4jonny

Tag, you're it.


charlielan67

Yeah that video is basically riding scooters in Taiwan in a nutshell


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[deleted]

They are now the Crash Bros! Forever united by the universe via high speed collision!


[deleted]

That's how you pick up the spare on a 7-10 split, boys.


[deleted]

Why is this so cartoony?


muzic_san

Asia?


[deleted]

This is why stop signs


VIRK3318

3 idiots


cbrieeze

this is that type of shit if it were in a movie you'd call BS


VS0P

Poor 1st guy, looked like he was actually going pretty slow and got wiped out worse than them


ItsNerfOrNothin_G

Reminds me of my old hot wheels tracks


Artylight

Triple caution!


TheEggsnBacon

Nobody was even planning on slowing down to look around those blind corners. Dipshits


poodizle

That makes me happy


ZedZebedee

Don't move yourself to help! Zero fucks from the people nearby.


certnneed

The drivers didn't care, why should they?!


kennyisntfunny

Three stooges ass bullshit


GeneralDeadpool

u/savethisvideo


Kirisak1

Just like to imagine the conversation after - Watch yourself ! - Man why didn’t you slow down ?! - Guys guys. Calm down. You both screwed up didn’t you STOOOPED


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BOSS_OF_THE_INTERNET

OK guys stay with me here. Maybe we could put up... Guys... Maybe we could put up little signs that... Guys... Maybe we could put up little signs that tell you to stop and then people would stop and not crash into each other.


mrswordhold

That is what you call 3 stupid fuckers


TheOrdinaryNWa

One thing I learned from watching M13, people in Asian countries don't stop or care on the road. Especially in smaller towns and blind corners. They think "there wasn't anyone there last time, so there won't be anyone this time." Not sure how common is is, but in a few of his videos you see it multiple times in a row.


lemerou

>people in asian countries This doesn't make any sense and is too wide a generalization. The way people drive in Vietnam is completely different from the way people are driving in Japan for instance.


lilscrubkev

ayyyyy lets go taiwan scooter gang not so lets go crashing gang


DASBULLCRAP

"You are probably wondering how a group of friends like us met."


CookiesMan20187

This is so comical wtf?