| Author | Message | ||
     Rick_a |
Personally, I've been fed up lately with being cut off ran off, blocked off, and generally disrespected by auto drivers. I usually "quietly" dance around such a perpetrator...as THEY expect... ...this morning a guy attempted to cut me off. Instead of slamming on the brakes to avoid "confrontation" I slingshot past him between lanes as he cut across my lane. At the next stoplight I heard yelling about "I almost killed you!"...bla, bla, bla. I just thought to myself..."yes you did," and ignored the rest. Funny how if I don't get out of the way it's always my fault. Screw 'em. | ||
| Biknut |
i like to kick their door as i go by. | ||
| Henrik |
Rick - keep in mind the "Lug Nut Rule" ... the one with the most lug nuts wins ... every time  Buells have no lug nuts  I know exactly how you feel (riding in Gotham), but also understand that "I was right" isn't going to keep you from being squished like a bug on the wind shield of life. Stay safe out there Henrik | ||
| Signguyxb12 |
stop your bike...get off and wave or clap  they lose their minds  | ||
| Spiderman |
I like to take off mirrors bwahahaha | ||
| Ted |
agreed Henrik, being six feet under, isnt much of a moral high ground. | ||
| M1combat |
Yep, take off their mirrors when they least expect it. | ||
| Ingemar |
I learned to keep wild gestures and my big mouth shut when this guy got out of his car at the next traffic light ... he seemed to 'keep getting out of his car', if you know what I mean. His hands must have been the size of my helmet. I got saved by the green light. I was outta there. And fast! Keep your spot until it really comes down to it. Then just give in man. Let 'em go. Nothing you do to keep your spot that is rightfully yours on the road is worth the hassle. A little humiliation might save your life though. | ||
| Rick_a |
The only thing I'm afraid of is getting my bike ran over if I get off it. Being in front of an irate driver in a POS car is frightening!  | ||
| Cataract2 |
I love cagers who somehow think hitting someone with full gear on and carbon fiber knuckles is a good idea. Now if they have a gun then it becomes a different story. | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
I still remember the guy that tried to punch me in the face while I was wearing my full face helmet. I can still hear the sound of his hand breaking over the ringing of my helmet. I am still to this day not certain what I did...something about my open megaphone exhaust and lane splitting in California... | ||
| Court |
>>>"I was right" Little comfort in New York City dualing with truck drivers from Queens. If you have anything to prove or a philosophy you feel you need the world to be aware of: 1) Do so at a race track 2) Do so off your bike Court - bikes and temper mix as well as aircraft and booze. | ||
| Newfie_buell |
Court, Booze and aircrafts, bike or any other type of motorized equipment, heavy equipment and similar things are a bad mix. A bar we used to frequent back in my early 20s had a race car video game that myself and a few buddies used to play. The type you'd sit in and actually work the pedals and steering wheel. After a beer you'd would be ok but as the evening progressed so did the driving!!!!!!! But as a bike instructor I usually tell people to cool off before riding as you will definately vent your frustrations while on it. Like Henrik and Ted posted, don't matter whose fault it is if your lying on a stretcher. | ||
| Gowindward |
"Yep, take off their mirrors when they least expect it." Let's not and just say we did! | ||
| Swampy |
This summer the Big Kid and I were heading to the Easyriders show in Fowlerville. The Big Kid accelerated up a hill into an intersection that a car was waiting at and of course the driver pulled out on him, he locked up the brake and turned around to go flip off the driver. I just stopped and waited and when he got back(2 miles at least) I asked him if they even know WHY a guy on a bike was flipping them off? I had a guy in a van cut me off on the highway a few weeks ago, I just got up next to him honked my horn and gave him a friendly wave, the guy looked so suprised and kind of happy that someone on a bike was waving at him. Anyways, maybe next time the guy in the van will be looking for his buddy on the bike. The problem is most of them don't even realize you are there, thats why they do the stupid things they do. | ||
| Chainsaw |
...most of them don't even realize you are there Yup. Just 'cause they're looking at you doesn't mean they see you Some days it's all I can do not to shoot my way through traffic. More often than not I just accelerate my way past the offenders without so much as a hand gesture, just a shake of my head. | ||
| Tom_b |
The best thing to do in a confrontation like posted above, is when they open the door to get out and stand up, hit the door with a body slam. They won't get up, I don't care how big they are. All B.S. aside, I just avoid this stuff when at all possible by using the ride ahead rule and always expect the other person to do something stupid | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
gees if your going to flip them off or give them a mean gester do it rite, flip them off while blowing passed them with the front wheel in the air | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
I frequently used to carry an odd lug nut or two in my pocket just to toss out at idiots like that. I also used to keep a large coffee can of pea gravel next to the seat in the truck, a handfull chucked out the window does a nice job on their paintwork. But I'm all growed up now.  | ||
| Rick_a |
For me, it's a cumulative affect. A cyclic change...I'll be fine for a while then get a bunch of idiots tick me off over a short period of time. Thats when I start riding like an arsehole (again). | ||
| Bomber |
cagers are looking not for other folks on the road, but, rather, for threats -- we do not immediately constitute a threat, so they often don't see us while not enough by a long shot, programs like the AMA's "Justice for All" can help -- the situation has improved, in the States, at least, a great deal as the number of motorcyclists has increased -- the chances of the driver next to you having a spouse, child, friend that rides have increase dramtically -- folks are more likely to see scoots if little Billy rides, yes? the only time I get really cranky anymore is when I see someone cut off my wife -- it's very difficult to control the avenging bomber in those cases -- I'm gonna have to get a handle on this before my daughter starts to ride! | ||
| Cowboyup |
It's nice to know other bikers have to put up with the same crap everywhere. I thought I was the only one. when other riders ask me what I do in these situations, I tell them to first swallow their pride, if every crappy driver is going to upset you, you're never going to have a good ride. I like to think of riding as a video game, and all the cars are being controlled by a computer. It makes it a lot easier to turn the other cheek. | ||
| Kelly |
I just took an antenna off of a mini-van on Sunday. I figured he didnt see or hear me so he didnt need the extra distraction of the radio. | ||
| Kandie |
A couple yrs ago down in the Keys a guy thought he could be right next to me in the same lane. I ended up on the shoulder. I had had it with the way people drive in Florida by then and that was the last straw. We followed the jerk, right on his back bumper, to Key West. At a red light he finally had to stop so I pulled up to his window and beat on it and yelled at him. He wouldn't put his window down(coward) and he just looked at me like I was some crazy woman. His passenger was ducking down waiting for me to come through the glass. The thing that really made me mad was I know he saw me when he did it. He was just another jerk that didn't care about people on bikes. | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
Car Window: $200 Bloody Knuckle bandages: $5 The Expression on the face of some Arsewipe as petite sweet Kandie in leather chaps and vest beats his window to death...priceless. For everything else there is Mastercard... | ||
| Kandie |
I'm just lucky I didn't get shot! PS I was wearing a swimsuit top, jeans and steel toed boots. I was ready to use them. | ||
| Swampy |
PICTURES PLEASE! | ||
| Daves |
They were scared. I was on the other side telling the guy to get out of the car so I could kick his •••. I don't like it much when anyone messes with Kandie. We followed them all the way to Key West. Too bad they didn't run out of gas. We could've "helped" them out a little. Dave | ||
| Daves |
Pictures on the way to Wyckedflesh to post for me. Dave | ||
| Doughnut |
I simply get RIGHT next to them and wave. |
