This driver’s negligence could’ve ended a lot worse had the motorcyclist not had room to maneuver away.

South Carolina motorcycle commuter and Redditor /u/attacklibrarian shared headshaking dashcam footage from Charleston from earlier this December (Dec 12, 2024) to the /r/IdiotsInCars subreddit showing a driver in a Nissan Rogue make an illegal merge over an exit gore point dangerously close to /u/attacklibrarian.

Despite getting a healthy dose of horn, the driver didn’t even have the courtesy to acknowledge their massive mistake.

Check out OP’s video below with their Reddit thread linked here.

The incident happened on Calhoun St just before the James Island Expy onto the Robert B Scarborough Bridge (Exact location on Google Maps linked here.)

As the video shows, OP is riding along Calhoun St approaching the James Island Expressway when he observes a driver in a Nissan Rogue headed towards the Lockwood Dr. exit attempt to abort and merge illegally across a gore point (two solid white lines) aimed directly to the side of his motorcycle.

OP lays on his horn and it sounds like other cars around the pair do as well.

“What the f*** are you doing, lady?,” OP says to the lady under his helmet.

Thankfully, nothing comes of the incident and everyone makes it onto the bridge without further incident.

OP says he’s been a rider for over a decade but does admit towards the end of a reply in a now-deleted thread that he could’ve been riding more defensively.

“I’ve been riding for 15+ years and commuting almost daily, year-round, for most of that time. About 10 of those years have been on this route, so I am aware of where drivers tend to make mistakes. This is one of those spots because people don’t realize they are in the wrong lane and often make aggressive, dangerous, and illegal moves to get into the left lane,” OP clarifies.

“I could have and should have been more defensive by speeding up more than I did. As I commented on this thread, I know the graveyard is full of people who had the right away. F*** that lady though, haha!,” OP concludes a reply.

In South Carolina, disregarding a traffic control device like a gore point is subject to a fine of up to $232.50 before fees and 4 points on your driving record.